The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24

an the public mind by saying the coun-
try 10 going TO the bad; that great In
austrieB are shutting down; that the
aailways are retrencMng, instead OF i'm
proving roadbed and equipment; that
no new factories are being constructed;
that thousands Of working people are
Idle and that Republican prosperity il
a myth. These atatemenkB are 20 paa-
pably false OF 20 greatly exaggerated
chat intelligent perWonS are not misled by
them, but there is danger that when the
Canards are reiterated by the calamity
howler8 few people who do not keep
closely IN Souch with Industrial and COM
mercSal conditions may DO led to believe
them.
Amy man OF newspaper that deMber-
atsly attempts DO create distrust In the
financial or ooInmsrciai world ID little
less than criminal. Some States have
punitory laws framed for the purpose
Of sending 10 prtsOn persons who eircu-
hate Rntruthful rumors about banks and
trust companies. II che man who causes
a run on q bank By spreading a false
rePort 10 a criminal, Is not the man or
RewSpaper that attempts 10 make politi-
cal capital by destroying public conf
&ence also . cTdminal2 And, by the same
reasoning, ~ not the party that permits
Or indOrses the utterances Of the calam-
Gty howlsE and Spreader Of false rumoCs
an enemy Of tho law7
What Ts Possible.
Suppose the Democratic party won a
victory at the polls through destroying
confidence In commercial and industrial
circles, would the administration of that
mai tN he NHn h. -
Would not capital, which L. always timid
IN the face Of uncertainty, begin to hide?
And when capital 10 distrustful what
happens? Industries lag or close, trade
Of the retail merchant falls of, the job
Der and wholesaler suffer, railway traf-
nc dimhnishes, hundreds Of thousands Of
wage earners are thrown out of work,
distress becomes general, coup houses
are opened and cities are compelled to
begin charitable works for the idle.
No political party that countenances
che creation of distrust is worthy of the
peoples confidence. 1t will be a sorry
day for the country when the calamity
howlers succeed in reversing those benefI-
cent policies which the Republican party
hAas put into effect and which have re-
suited in an era of the greatest pros
9S@Aky any udS ever kuOWus
That Industries and business Of all
kinds continue to prosper there can be
no doubt. The few strikes in the build
Sng and other trades are not indicative OF
depressed conditions. Wage earners do
mot strike In times Of panic or waning
prosperity. Strikes are generally for
higher wages, and no toiler expects an
increase In wages when work is scarce
and thousands Of his fellows are idle.
There Ii ample evidence that prosper
Gus times are still with us. A glance at
thu newspapers, Democratic as we'll as
Republican, shows that millions of dol
liars are being expended in building new
factories and ealarging old ones, in con-
ssructing new trolley lines and improv-
Ang the rOadbed and equipment Of steam
railways.
More persons are employed now than
ever before. As proof Of this statement.
take, for instance, the railways, whose
franc always is a reflex Of business
conditions generally. The number of en-
*4eye" on the pay rolls Of the railways
Ia the United States on June 80, 1908,
was 1,312,537, or $50 per 100 miles Of
&ne. These figures, compared with those
Of 1902, show an increase Of 123, 222, or
- per 4OV m4lSS or line.
4 summary Of dispatches taken from
Ne Boston Evening Transcript, the
.YsssgbuPg Dispatch and other reputable
@SwsPaRsrs In the last Eve days 10 here
sven:
Steam aRd Electric Raiiwaya.
New YSrk.-TwO millien 10 the estimate
the ceat OF the steel rails wanted by
leS Grand Trunk Pacific sponsors for 1905
Kansas city.-one million dollars 10 to
spent ~ the ChicaFO, Burlington &
ment Of holdings In Clay County, No, OBJ.
JACKSON, Miss,SThree hundred and fifty
@lectrle Railway In constructing u line
from Henderson Point to Point Cadet.
Pittsburg.-The Baltimore & Ohio will
station at BALTIMORE, the Wabash, Pitts,
surg Terminal is erecting a $4,000 freight
house at Ptttsburg.
AlamogOrdO, N: M,-The 81 Paso &
aenceB at Alamogordo for employees.
Bunalo.-Ten large locomotives have
been added to the rolling stock of the Bos-
ten h Maine Railroad equipment.
Sintsn, Tex.-Work commenced on the
81. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railroad |,
which is to extend through San ratricio
MISUNDERSTANDING railroads are in
Sreasing their coal and cattle car supply.
The Baltimore & Ohio is In the market for
4,OO0 gOndolas and $50 refrigerator cars;
the Wheeling Lake Erie has ordered LOCO
wooden and 500 steel cars; the PittshurH
= Lake Erie has put into service 1000 new
0teel cars.
Burlington, vt.-At a cost Of $500. 900 the
Central Vermont Railway will construct a
branch line from Bethel to the newly de,
yeloped granite quarries three milas from
BufraIo.-The Lake Shore intends to re-.
sumo four-tracklng the road from Buffalo
70 Chicago.
Wichita. Kan.-The Frisco Line Is recon.
RtructinS its track and roadbed between
wichita and Ellsworth. giving employment
20 several hundred lahOrers.
Pttfsburg.-The Union Switch and Sig.
nal Company reports that the new orders
Booked for August exceed any other mouth
81 the year.
chicago.-Western railroads brought
10 Chicago last week 5,205O00 bushels OF
grain, showing an increase Of more thar
100000 bushels over the grain traffic In
fA0 corresponding week last year.
New York.-The manufacturers of mr..
chine tools report that there Is a decided
Improvement in the demand from the rail-
roads which are repairing their rolling
Nsz xsEk.-EiEht million dollars wnl b,