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power and prestige under the SPONSOR
ship of the Republican party was moth
ing short of marvellous.
The great victory for the gold stand
ard cured the uneasy, panicky conditions
that had prevailed in the money market.
1t was possible in 1897 for great i'm
proNements to be financed by railroads
and other corporations. The investor
came out of the woods where he had
been during Democratic times IN
bought bonds that represented cash to
be expended in more rails, more bridges,
more cars, more machinery, more sky
scrapers and more othe. things that re-
qnircd enormous consumption of iron and
steel. But the increasing ability of the
country to bay more iron md steel was
met by increasing necessity for larger
consumption. The railroads suffered
from cur shortages because they could
not buy lew cars fast enough to keep
pace with the increasing business that
came 10 them. In almost every line
OF industry the calls in the iron and steel
industry for material increased so rap
IDLY that it was n difficult matter for
the iron and steel manufacturers to hire
new men fast enough for the additional
work to be done, and to otherwise keep
MP with enormously increasing consump-
ton. But the Republican policy of pro-
lection not only operated by its general
business effects, to stimulate the increas-
ing consumption, but also to force the
increasing consumption to be met, not
by larger foreign imports of iron and
steel. giving more work for the foreign
ers to do, bnt by increasing domestic
production. giving more work for Amer
lean ~laboringmen to do at continuously
increasing wages.
Consumption aud Production.
Here are the figures as to how both
consumption and production of pig iron
almost trebled between the Democratic
year 1894, through the Mckinley and
Roosevelt administrations, up to the year
1904.
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TURN OUT THE BEST TYPES on
THE SHORTEST NOTICE, AND AT
THE LEAST COST. TO PEACE
ABLY INVADE WITH iron AND
STEEL THE MARKETS OF THE
WORLD. DURING THE TWELVE
MONTHS ENDING WITH JUNE.
1904, THE TOTAL EXPORTS OF
IRON AND SIuEEL AND THE MAN
UF A CTURES I'll EREFROM
A NJ o MED TO Sill, 4S.5S6.
AGAINST 500 .e2O.oG4 DURING THE
DEMOCRATIC YEAR 1894.
During the last eight years the Brit
ish newspapers have been forced to dole
fully notio > continued succession Of
American inN-strial triumphs over Great
Britain. Now it is an American firm
that gets the contract to build the great
Atbara bridge across the Nile in upper
Egypt. Now it is an American loco
motive that superseles the British loco
motive on a leading English railroad.
Now it is an American electrical COM
pany that gets all the orders for the cleo
trical equipment for the great new Lon
don underground railroad system. And
thus episodes of American commercial
conquest during the last eight years
could be repeated until they would grow
wearisome to read. The continued tri-
umphs of the United States in the steel
and iron trade, at the same time that
this industry in Great Britain has been
in process of decline, led to the creation
recently of a British Commission of bust
ness experts to investigate the sit
uation. This commission in it's first re-
port on the iron and steel trade presents
information of the highest value from
firms employing over 81 per cent of the
labor in this combined tradc-31,OOO
out of an aggregate of 265,0OO workers;
and it has ascertained that while this in
dustry has been advancing rapidly in
other countries it has remained almost
stationary in Great Britain. The i'm
ports have increased 200 per cent and
the exports have declined ~ per cent,
and foreign competitors, protected in
their own home markets, have made it
the basis for the conquest of the British
market. The masters Of the trade have
been consulted, and only 5 per cent of
them are content with free trade and
a policy of inaction. The employers of
81 per cent of the labor are convinced
that neither masters nor men can expect
: equality of conditions unless the home
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THE PRoDlGAL PARTY.
Biblical Story that Fitsthc Democracy
of Today.
portland Oregonian.)


The Democratic party is like n certain
son which wandered Off into a far cOun-
try and filled his belly with the husks
which the swine did eat. But when he
came to himself he said, l will arise and
go back to the home of sense and honesty.
which I left and will ask to be taken
back as a hired servant Oh probation. \
will admit that l was wrong and have
now seen the light and l hope to be re-
stored through good behavior to my for
mer place in the confidence of the folks
ut home and decent people generally.
That is to say. the Democratic party
could be conscientionslE likened to the
prodigal son if it had acted on the. lines
just laid down. But the attitude It ac-
tually assumes is. something entirely DIFF
ferent. Without explaining or reprobnt-
ing his actions Of 1885 and 1900 Wien
he voted for Bryan. Judge Parker asks
the support and confidence OF all gold
standard men because he somewhat pat
roni2ingly recognizes the gold standard
as 'i%rrevocably established" lie doeA,
rot animadvcrt upon his w conduct in
leaving home or ever upon the quality
of the nutrimeHt which the far country
Of populism afforded the Democratic
pauncl.
As near rs we can make Is out. The
Democratic idea is that the Elder Broth
err should be thrown out on the world
and the Prodigal Son installed as man.
ager Of the estate.
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AS TO IMMIGRATION.
A Campaign Issue that I. Worthy of
the Voters Attention.

They are coming. the less Fortunate,
coming to this American continent to
secure a better life for themselves than
they have in their own land. They are
coming from the less prosperous paris of
Italy, and from Bohemia and from Hun
gary and from Poland, and throughout
all that wide northern Slavic region
wherein is oppression of the Jews. In
other words, they are coming from every
where! From Europe the most oppressed
and, in some cases, most unintehigent
classes are coming here to find better
conditions for themselves. and meanwhile
to necessarily infuse a new element of
blood here as we'll as a new element Of
thought and religion and general drift
of being. We accept them md their
blood and the infusion of their genera
tons for the future. We accept them. in
the broadcast sense, with the idea that,
by and by. there will become a homo
geneity Of the races which will take care
OF itself. The Morse in all his varieties
is, of course, a part Of us, but the assimi-
lation of the Latin in all his varieties is
another thing. We are trying to be big,
broad Christians and make no distifac-
lions. -
Certain laws have been enacted under
the regime of the Republican party. and
the manner in which they are being en-
forced illustrates. as we'll as could be,
the earnestness OF the present admins
%tration, in allowing the f%ltering into this
country. in all generosity, of those who
seek a better harbor for what there is in
life. 1t is but fair to the Republican
party in this campaign that every voter
should think of all that the party has
done in the enactment of laws and the
enforcement of them, in all liberality, as
to perfecting the immediate business well
fare of the country and as to controlling
the amalgamation of its future blood.
This is one of the side issues of the
campaign to which the attention of every
voter may we'll be directed.
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has carefully picked out of thcir set
iip.s the t~wenty-six most bciiicost,, alb
~solutisf. i~mperialistie sayings OF which
President Roosevelt has ever delivered
himself. These are the quintessence of
his bloodthirsty expressions. -. Nothing
that he has said has ever gone farther
on the road to military dcspotis.n than
these twcnty-siX things.
Ex Pnrte Argument.
Or course, as every reasonable he
ing knows, such eX parte argument IS
not fair. 1t were easy by choosing ont
all of .Ienersan's sayings on one side 20
prove him an ardent expansionist, or by
picking out of all his writings on the
other side to prove him a bigotcd CON
traciionist. He could be shown up as
Il protectionist. is al that lie said in
favor of that principle We're collected to-
scther, while all that he said against it
We're omitted. Or by reversing the pro
| cess it could readily he demonstrates,
that he was an absolute and perpetual
free trader. lit could be shown that
he was a practical anarchist, advocating
a revolution every twenty years, thar
the tree of liberty might be kept We'll
watered with blood. Or by emitting this
N!dSS VI MS WfilluSS auu CoIliiIili.S ll''
opposite class he could be represented
as constantly e~njoining implicit obcdi-
ence to the law.
1t is useless to multiply examples. by
such Il narrow scheme of special plead
ing the wise ma could be shown a fool.
because wise men sometimes are fool
ish. The most foolish man could be
shown a sage. because foolish men some
times are sensible. The gutter drunk
ard could be proved n teetotaler. for he
has occasional periods of complete so
briefly. Such n method is wholly false.
The World knows it and resortcd to it
only because its case was weak.
1t YOU would judge what kind of a
President Roosevelt would make the
fairest method is TO consider what kind
of a President he has made. But if you.
for some reason which it is not easy
to conceive. refuse this test. and PIE
fer to Judge him on what he has said.
do not read merely stray words and
sentences gathered and arranged by his
enemies. In ali fairness read these
words in their proper contents. Read as
much of Roosevelt's writings as You have
time for. You will find them the express
sions not of a bloody and despotic intel
lect but of a clean. strong, honest mind,
instinct with patriotism.
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Republican Policy 1. in Line with
Territorial P~reccdents.

LL
Four wears ago the Democratic par
ty denounced the acquisition of the Phil
ipline Islands by the United States as
Il dangerous form OF national expansion
and thoir retention as an application of
militarism. The only logical conclusion
OF tiis position Was our immediate re-
liremcnt from the Islands, leaving them
u shift for themselves. In his letter ac-
rep;ing the nomination for Vice Presi-
dent in 1900 Mr.. Roosevelt commented
on this position as follows:
The simple truth is that there is moth
ing even remotely resembling imperial
ism or militarism involved in the present
development of that policy of expansion,
which has been part of the history of
a nation. The words mean absolutely
nothing as applied to our present policy
in the Philippines, for this policy is only
imperialistic in the sense that Jefferson's
policy in Louisiana was imperialistic;
only military in the sense that Jackson's
policy towards the Seminolcs or Clusters
towards the Sioux embodied militarism;
and there is no more danger of its pro-
ducing evil results at home now than
there was of its interfering with free
dom under Jefferson or jackson, or in
the days Of the Indian wars on the
| plains. y
The only certain way of rendering
it necessary for our Republic to enter
on a career of 'militarism' would be to
abandon the Philippines to their own
tribes, and at the same time either to
guarantee a stable government among
these tribes or to guarantee them against
outside interference. A far larger army
would be required to carry out any such
policy Than will be. required to secure
order uuder the American flag; while
the presence of this flag on the Islands
is really the only possible security against
outside aggression. y Properly
speaking, the question is now not wheth-
er we shall eXpand-for we have already
eNpanded-but whether we shall con-
tract
That was the issue four years 6
Now the Democratic platform says:
"We believe with Jefferson and John
Adams, that no government has a right
to make one set of laws for those at
home and another and a different set of
laws, absolute in their character, for
those in the colonies. q +" Il We insist
that We ought to do for the Filipinos
what we nave already done Tor the
Cuhans.'
There has never been a time since
the formation of the government that
Congress has not made one set of laws
for the States and another set for the
territories. The laws enacted by Con
gress for the government of the Philip
pines are no more absolute than those
which have been enacted during the last
hundred years for our various territories.
The demand that the United States
shall do for the Filipinos what it has
done for the Cubans is unreasonable. We
never claimed to own Cuba, but we pos
sess the Philippines by an undisputed
title. A Republican administration did
entire justice to Cuba as demanded by
the circumstances of the case, and the
Republican party can be depended upon
to do entire justice t. the Philippines.
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Oemoralizing Effects Of Democratic Policies VS..
Beneficial Effect Of Republican Policies.
KING TO PAuPER AND PAUpER TO KING
Phenomenal Rise of the Industry Since 1894
Accurate Barometer Of General Trade
Conditions-Wages Increased.

The iron and steel industry is often
referred to as the barometer of gen
eral business" 1t reflects conditions of
depression or prosperity throughout the
country in a remarkably sensitive way
for there is no business nor industry
ain the country which does not share
closely in the various conditions which
make steel either king" or "pauper,"
and, as Andrew Carnegie once said,
steel is always either king or %paupcr."
When times We're hard, as during the
period of the last Democratic admins
%tration, 1S93-1S96. there was indeed an
open door into the palace Of King Steel
for the wolf of poverty to enter and
make Steel n Pauper.
1t was shown then that when panic
and depression visit the country, steel
the most quickly of almost any COM
modify.
TIE RESULT OF DEMOCRATIC
POLICIES WAS NOT ONLY TO
HI1AVILY CURTAlL THE AMERI-
CAN CONSUMPTION OF IRON AND
STEEL, BUT TO GIVE AN OPEN
DOOR TO TILE FOREIGNER TO
SUPPLY WHAT DEMAND THERE
w -A"s l-fIFI. IN TWO years, from lSJ2
to 1894, represented by the change from
Republican to Democratic rule. the pro-
duction of pig iron in the United States
dropped from 9,157,00O tons to 6,65T,3SS
tons.
The financial depression that existed
through the Cleveland administration
made it difficult for railroads to float
the issues OF bonds that were needed to
raise money for new rails, bridges, cars
and other equipment involving large
consumption of iron and steel. The same
was true of the building trades, and
other industries which can use iron and
steel only as their business can expand.
and. whose business instead of expanding
during the last Democratic administers
ton, vas forced to contract.
Remarkable Change occurs.
After the election of President Nc
lNinley the enormous gains both in our
consumption and our production Of iron
and steel, attracted the attention OF bust
hess interests throughout the world.
Steel, which was Pauper under the
Democratic administration. once again
was Ming. snd like King Cotton and
King Corn, Tie growth of his worldwide
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SUGAR TRUST POLITICS.
Close Relation. OF Wall Street ana Eli,
Democratic Party.

Democratic Party.
(New York Letter in Los Angeles Times,
When New York State was being got
into line for Judge Parker, Havemcytr
put IN guard for Parker one of his own
men. Cord Meyer by name. Cord Never
is the sugar trusts representative in
Democratic councils. The Republican
party is able to get along without having
a sugar trust representative in its couh.
ellis, but if Democrats come into power,
it will be Cord Meyers happy duty to
make sugar stock go up and down on the
New York Stock Exchange and to let
it be known to anxious statesmen when
it is going up n when it is going down.
DO the people out West know that i IN
New York, when the Democrats desire to
carry an election, they go ont and tell
the district leaders that a certain stock
on the New York Stock Exchange. saw
Manhattan Elevated. will so up $50 per
share in case of Democratic success?
That is what they do, and it does 90 up,
too. and that shows how close the Demo
cratic party is to Wall street in New
York, where Parker and his cohorts come
from. They buy elections with stock
tips, and Cord Meyer. Billy Sheelan and
Belmont are extraordinarily good tip
Sters,
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eve want no laws inspired by pas.
sion, nor do we want them admins
tered by seltiskness or incapacity. The
best lnws, wisely ad administered, are
what we demand, and they can be se-
cured If we but do orr daty, q duty
commanded by the sacriice Of those
who sleep ON this field, nnd by our swn
interests aud h interest. of those
who sbnll follow us."-Senator Fairbanks
at Freehold, N. j., June q, 1909.
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President Roosevelt said in his speech
Of acceptance: "A party is OF worth
only in so far as it promotes the NATIONAL
interest" Measured by this standard
what is the Democratic party WORTHY
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The average weekly rate Of wages in
the United States is 179 per cent and in
Great Britain 100 per cent. 1t marks
the difference between protection and
free trade.
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The country is indebted to the Repub-
lican party for the national bank sys-
TEN, the resumption of specie payments
and the establishment of the gold stand
ard. 1t can well afford to point with
pride to these and other achievements
opposed and denounced by the Democ-
racy,
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Latest Republican outra...

On Aug. 20 Il fall of snow. the first
OF the season. occurred in Minnesota.
and it cannot be denied that it occurred
under the Roosevelt administration.
Crops. flowers and garden produce were
damaged, and there was the dickens to
pay generally.
The Republican party cannot deny
that this thing has happened under a
Republican administration. but it can do
this: 1t can promise another snowfall
on Nov. 8, SO vast that the memory of
all preceding snowstorms will be lost.
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industries are protected. The commits
sion itself renorts unanimously flint the

industries are protected. The commits
sion itself reports unanimously that the
relative decline of the iron and steel in
dustry canno be attributed to natural
disadvantages or want of skill and ell
terprise on the part of either of British
manufacturers or workmen, but is due
to the fact that their competitors in the
United States and Germany. having Sc
cured control of their home markets by
means of tariffs und the regulation of
their export trade, are in Il position to
export their surplus products.
Increase in Wages.
The value to labor and to the indus
trial and commercial interests Of the
United States of the development Of the
iron and steel industry under Republican
rule will be apparent when it is real
lied that the wages and salaries paid
in iron and steel manufacture in the
United States have increased from 500,
273,956 in 1890 to $4,000, 900 in 1900.
Ihe growth and Importance to labor of
the iron and steel industry is Illustrated
by the following table, the figures being
a part Of the official report Of the United
States Census of 1900:
Iron Ore Regions Get Benefits.
The extraordinarily good times which
came to the iron and steel industry of
the United States brought exceptional
prosperity to our iron ore regions, the
United States soon assuming a greatly
increasing lead over its closest competi-
tors, Great Britain and Germany.
From the Democratic years. 1895 to
1901, the latest date where official data
is available, the production of the three
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Conquest of Foreign Markets.
With the vast increase in the domes-
tic production of iron and steel under
Republican rule it became possible to
conduct the industry at a relatively far
greater perfection and lesser cost than
when the work was lone on only one
third til. scale. THIS CAUSED THE
UNITED STATES. BY ITS SUPE-
RI0R METHODS. ABILITY TO
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1t is sometimes well to consider what
might have been. Where would our gov
crnment finances, our revenues, our do
mestic industries and our foreign trade
be now il the Democracy had succeeded
in 1896 or 1900?
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countries was
Great Britain, Germany, u. S.
Gross tons. Metric tons. Gross tons.
1895 IL. G15.414 / 2,340.G GOO 15,g5I.G14
1896. +. .13. 7OO,764 IA, / G2 335 16.WD5,44o
1897. -. 13, ISL, S7S l5,465.9T9 17,51S.OiG
1898. . . IA, 11G,93S 15.9O1, 2G3 Is. 433,T16
1899. . IL. 4G1, $40 1889. 035 24,6S3.1I3
1900. -. IA, 02S,2US 1864, 294 27,:,53,1G1
1901. 1925, 19S 16.570,258 2S,SS7,479
In 1901 the 2S,SS7,479 tons of ore pro-
duced by the United States exceeded by
42.O23 tons the combined output of Great
Britain and Germany. which amounted
only to 2S,S45,45G tons.
The high record OF production in this
country was reached in 1902, when the
total was 35,554, 135. in a combined
world output of about $1,000, 900 tons.
Germany reached its highest record in
1900 with 13,964,294 tons, and Great
Britain it's maximum in 1889, when its
total was IA, 546, 1O5 tons.
In 1901, the year whea this country
for the first time produced more ore
than Great Britain md Germany com
bined, the total world output Of ore was
19,9S1,935 tons, leaving only 51,O94,45G
for the entire world outside the United
States, whose production was 2S,SS7,479
tons.
For that year the oficial figures, with
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And then the telegraphic wires bore,
as upon the wings of the wind, the
words of Watterson, to be printed in the
morning papers that there could be read.
by the toiling millions. the fatal words
OF objurgation, ADMIRATION and divina-
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the exception Of Russia. show produc-
lion hy countries as follows:
the PHILIPPINES.

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