The Delta independent., 1904-10-21
REPUBLICAN POLICIES
THEIR RESULTS CONTRACTED
WITH ThOsEO OF DEMOCRACY.
The Property OF the Agricultural
Class Msaus that Men EuEassd In
All Other Linss Of Inaustty Are
Also Pros porous.

In his famous Chicago convention
speech in 1896 W.. J. Bryan said that
| the American business man included tho
man who Is employed for wages, the
merchant at the crossroads store. the
farmer who goes forth in the morning
and tolls all day, and begins in tho
spring and tolls all summer. the miner
who goes a thousand feet into the earth,
the attorney in the country town." etc.
He also expressed the Democratic idea
that II you make the masses prosperous
their prosperity will find its way up and
through every class
The Republican party during the last
eight years, In fact as well in theory,
has been carrying out this Democratic
idea" OF making the nation prosperous by
making the masses prosperous" 1t hns
reached out after the laboringmen In
the cities, the farmer. the country mer-
chant, the miner. the country lawyer,
etc.. all included In Bryan's definition
of tho american business man," and
1t has made them all prosperous. 1t
may be said of the prosperity thnt the
Republican party brought not for GER
tain classes, but for the masses, and
from them up and through every class.
that THERE WAS PROSPERITY
ENOUGH FOR ALL.
Through the opening of the mills Of
the United States. rendered again pos
sible by the return of the country In
1897 to the Republican policy Of pro-
lection, the unemployed classes were
given work. THEY WERE THEN
NOT MERELY BUSINESS MEN. as
Bryan said they were. but BUSY MEN.
A Contrast Of Results
In Democratic times there was con.
stant and frequent allusion to the ARMY
OF THE UNEMPLOYED. The Co1ey
Army TINT went to Washington. In 1894
to demand that the government give 1t
work vas but small guerrilla detach.
ment II the vast army that stayed Mt
home. suffered. starved and found the
living Of life to be almost uncomfortable.
When this army Of the unemployed got
work. and not only that. but got steadily
increasing wages. 1t made a quick and
a good market for the products OF the
fnrmer who goes forth in the morning
and tolls all day. and begins In the
spring and tolls all summer
There are nearly nine million men In
the United States who make q living for
themselves and families by tilling the
soil. and who must depend for their
prosperity oa the demand for their prod.
ncts from those employed In man,rfac-
turing industries. The census Of 1900
showed that the wage. of those employed
y, manufacturing industries had incrras.
ell $431. ! l05 $50 from 1890 to 1900. Tho
figures would have been immensely more
striking could the census decade have
covered 1894. In the midst of Demo
cratic times. to 1904. the present time.
NO WONDER THAT WITH SUCH
ENORMOUS GAIN IN WAGES TO
THE LABORING CLASS OF BUSI.
NESS MEN. WHO WE'RE GIVEN A
CHANCE TO BE BUSY THROUGH
THE REPUBLICAN POLICY OF
PROTECTION. THE PER CAPITA
CONSUMPTION OF WHEAT IN.
CREASED FROM 3.44 BUSHELS IN
1904 TO OF, BUSHELS IN I.sD4. THE
PRICE HAS DOUBLED. AND THAT
ABOUT THE SAME THING IS
TRUE OF PRACTICALLY EVERY
THING THE AMERICAN FARMER
PRODUCES.
This farming class Of business men n
now given adequate reward for their toll
by day and through spring and sumner
II now can. In fact already has, paid of
mortgages and started checking accounts
with the country banks.
a Change In Conditions.
The merchant at tho cross.roads store
now finds the farmer and his wife and
children have money to spend. md want
more and bettcr clothes to wcnr. books
to read. and bric-n -brnc tn ntiorn the
country home. The farmer could now
afford III he wanted tol I" change from
the cOrncob pipe Ia rsnI Havana cigar,
and dress every bit ns siyIishIy ns the
business man In the city. puy m high
fees to his doctor and his lawyer, and
1ust A. much rent for the pew In church.
His wife could dress In satins. silks and
lnces, just like tho city business mans
wife. nnd hire q servant girl to do house.
work that In Democratic times she her.
self had to do. lie could afford To have
his daughter wear clothes that would
make her look just as attractive a. tho
bankers daughter In the city. md study
music. art. French, etc, that would make
her just ms much at home in the most
accomplished society. lie could afford
to send his son to college where re could
get an education that might make him
some day a railroad or bnnk president,
or even President Of the United States,
The American farmers Increased proa.
pcrity rcciprocalIy benefits tho working
man in the cities. and tho workinxman'a
again rcciprocniIy benefits tho /
farmers In the country, creating thus an
cndless chain Of mutual benefits.
As for those who Ego a thousand fr~t
In the earth" etc. they. too. have fully
shnrcd In the Republican prosperity
which has increased enormously the de-
mnnd for Iron. copper. zinc. lead. coal. |
coke and the precious metals. In mining,
ms well ~ In all other branches Of hon. |
est industrial effort. tho American bust.
ness man" cnn now secure tho hire that
tho Bible snys his labor IN worthy Of,
but which Democratic policies ruthless.
ly deprived him of.