CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-09-15


in the public mind by saying the coun-
NJ IL going to the bad: that great In
dustries are shutting down: tbaf the
railways ere rrtrencidng. instead Of i'm
proving roadbed and equipment; that
no new factories are being Constructed;
tha4 thousands OF working people are
+ Idle and that Republican prosperity is
q myth. These statements are 20 pal
pably false or % greatly exaggerated
that intelligent Persons are not niisied by
them, but there is danger that when the
canNrds are rrsterated by the calamity
k/Rlers 4 few people who do not keep
e4o>ciy in touch with Industrial and COM
merrsal conditions may be led to believe
them.
Any man or newspaper that dehber-
ateiy attempts TO crease d;strurt In the
dnanciai or commcryisl world In little
~ than criminal. Some States have
pdYAsory laws framed for tho purpose
OF sending to prison persons who eircn-
inte untrn.hfni ruusors about banks azsd
trust companies. II the msn who causes
run ON baak by spreading a false
report IL q criminal. is not the man or
newspaper that aitempss to make ssoiiti-
cai capital by destroying public conf
rraeonins. IL not the party that permits
or iniorses the utterances OF the caism-
ity bowler and spreader Of false ruanor~
an enemy Of the lawy
what 10 Possible.
Suppose the Democratic party won =
Victory at the poll. through destroying
confidence la commercial and industrial
circles. would the admin >trafion Of that
party have the confidence Of tho people
Would NOT capital. which IL always timid
In the fscs of uncertainty. begin To hidef
And whm capital is aistrsstfui what
happensf Industries lag or close. trade
Of the rctsIi merchant falls on. the job
lsss and Wholesaler suffer. railway traf-
DC dininishe~, hundreds OF thousands OF
wage sArner are thrown out OF work.
distrses bcrumes general. soup houses
are opsosd and cities are cympelied to
begin charitable works for the idle
No political party that counzenances
ths ereaton OF disfrust 10 worthy OF the
psx<ss's couhdcpce- IL will b. q sorry
VI far tho country when the caiamiey
stwless succeed in reversing those bench
cent policies which the Republican parry
has put Into effect and which hare re-
anltsd In an go of the greatest pros
kQsrtty any nation has ever known.
\6hat Industries and business Of all
kin>ls cou6lnue to prcsper there can be
NO dOuhs. T>he few strikes In the build
ing and other trades are not Indicative OF
depressed condst3onA Wage earners do
no< strike In times sf panic or waning
prnpersty. etrikes are reneral,y for
hgh9 vaess, and no toiler expects an
inersass II wagcs when work 10 scarce
SD thousands Of his fellows are Idle.
There h ample evid<uce that prosper-
ous tines are sill with us- A glance at
The aew~npGs, Democrssic ~ well -
Republican. Shows that millions OF dol
= ~. I-1 L. hail
factories and snlsrgiue old ones. In con-
strucsIng new trolley lines and improv-
Ing the roadbsd and equipment OF steam
rai1waya.
More pcrpons are employed now than
ever before. Az proof Of this statement
Aks. for Instance. the railwayr, whose
trahc always IL . reflex OF business
cpnditjons Esoeniiy. The number Of en-
ployes on the pay rolls Of the railways
IN The United States on June 10. 1903.
was l.S12.537. or $50 per 100 miles of
line. Thc~s hsurcs. compared with those
Of 1902. show an increase OF III. .222, or
~ per 100 miles Of line.
A summary of dispatches taken from
the Bcston Evening Transcript. the
Pittsbarg Dispatch and other reputable
: sgepNpers In the last Ave days is here
AF0teem ssd Electric Rastwsve.
PfRew Yesk--Two million IL the esfimate
- the eeu ~ the steel rniia wanted by
~ 0rsnd Trunk Pacinc sponsors for 1915
~ kan.ns city.-oue million dollars 10 10
sgcHss ,s +, sse c cnis.se. Bu5iinfion I'LL .,, =
mctiN q holding. In Clay County. No. OPP
pssite knnsss city
Thousand dollars win he spent ~ the Coast
Electric Railway ~ eo',strucslnr . iius
Pfttsburr -The RaitImorr a Ohio ~iii