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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Penny Wise-Pound Foolish Democ-
raCy.

In the last Democratic Congress, elect
ed in 1892, largely OH the issue Of econ
somy, the only items Of national expendi-
ture where there was any large money
saving was for the navy and for coast
defences.
Appropriations for the former were
cut down $9,000,OO0 and for the latter
$3,000,00O. Yet notwithstanding such
diminished expenditures in the means for
promoting the safety and prestige of the
nation, this same Congress was penny
wise in this way only to be pound foolish
in many other directions. with the net
result that for the first time in the
history of the United States the total
appropriations ran above the billion dol
lar mark. 1t is matter OF historical
record that THE LAST DEAIOCRA-
TIC CONGRESS WAS THE FIRST
ACTUAL BILLION DOLLAR CON
GRESS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

Pacific Ocean over the commercial path
way which we have made and beneath
which underles our cable system There
is nothing in the world that can stop
the Asiatic demand for the wheat prod
ucts of the United States, and the wheat
products of the United States have made
this country. to great extent, the tre
mendous power it is.
They talk about imperialism" There
IS no imperialism" This continent is
producing what the rest of the world
needs. and the inhabitants of this CON
tinent, under the rule of Republican adj
ministration. associated with other intel
ligent governments on either side. pro-
pose to supply Asia with these prod
ucts that Asia needs. The fact THAI
the United States has completed its
pathway across the vast ocean and has
its intermediate stations. and its posses
sions close to the Asiatic coasts, is but
an incident of events which are part
of the industrial history of the world.
Does anyone imagine that the present
majority of the American people are go
inc to neglect their ostensible duty, not
merely to themselves but to another por-
ton OIL tHe HuHidH race IHey VIII
hardly do it.
This is but talking of the products of
the wheat fields that Asia now demands.
1t has nothing to do with iron and steel
and the thousand and one other prod
ucts of all our fields and all our facto-
ries which they will otherwise demand.
This is but referring to the simple at
fair of one single product, but it is
enough to afford an illustration
And vet they talk about Imperial
ism.' There is no Imperialism. We
are but brothers who are going to as
sist in feeding the rest Of our brothers
of the world; to give them the benefits Of
it all and to reap ourselves the benefits
of it all. To submit to anything else
would be silly 1t is but a problem of
common sense.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
WHAT is TO BE WILL BE
Growth of the Asiatic Demand for
Products of the United States.

The Asiactic nations have lived upon
rice-stating things in general way
and the Teutonc races have for some
generations lived upon flour. 1t has
become standard within the last year or
TWO, that at least one of the ASiactic
nations has come to live upon -four.
Those desperate little fighters, the Jap
anese, have taken to hard tack. as did
our own American fighters during the
Civil War, as a part of their subsistence.
and the same regard as to whatever is
made from our wheat has already ex
tended, IN a measure. to the more vast
Asiatic empire of China. That clever
correspondent. William r. Curtis, speak
ing of the extent to which our flour is
already used by Japan, says:
While the imports Of -four within the
last year or so have been much greater
than ever before on account of the nrena-
rations for war; nevertheless there Is rea.
SOP TO expect a continued expansion of the
market. Japanese families generally are
beginning to use wheat flour for various
purposes. Nearly every household is now
using it to make the little cakes and sweet
meats which they use with their tea sew
eral times day in large quantities. A
still larger amount of cheaper quality is
used for paste by the manufacturers of
screens, umbrellas, fans and other articles
of that kind. Since the war began hard
bread has been introduced into the army as
an alternate ration with rice. The soldiers
relish the variety; bareback is easy to
handle and carry, the nutritive value of a
pound of flour is equal to that of pound
of rice and it costs less. The Japanese
export their best rice to France, England
and China, where it brings big prices, being
vast quantities of cheaper rice for the con-
sumption of the coolies and the laboring
class from Korea, Burmah, China Singa-
pore and other parts of the East Indies.
it is entirely practicable to substitute
cheap brands of flour for this low-grade
rice, and it will he easy to do so when
the soldiers come home with their appe.
titles for bareback and wheat bread
Could there be, under any circum-
stances or conditions, expressed vaster
idea of the enormous trade relations that
must henceforth exist between America
and the Asiatic countriesi America
produces bread. The Asiatics have learn
ed to eat bread with the rest of the
world. We are going to supply them
with it. We have to ship it across the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
A Remarkable Exposure.

The marvel of the present political
campaign is the revelation Of a man!
1t was thought that the Democrats had
nominated solid old judge as can
didate. Now it is known that, through
all the recent years, he has been but
the foxy political manager of the foxy
HILL He has been forced by circum-
stances to come out of the underbrush
and now the country knows him for
what he is.
The man has gone to New York City
to take charge of his own campaign.
This was to be expected. He couldn't
help it. But think of what has been re-
vealed! A man nominated for Pres
dent who has been but the adroit bench
man and manipulation for a politician
who has never been a statesman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
JOHN MITCHELL'S TESTIMONY
Strong Argument i'm Behalf of the
Protectivc Policy.

A recent letter from Mr.. John Mitch
ell, President of the United Mine
Workers, who is now travelling in
Europe, fully sustains the Republican
contention that American workingmen
are better paid than in any other ,coun-
try. His last letter was written from
Belgium. where he found the hours of
labor longer and the wages only about
one-half of those paid in this country.
Upon careful inquiry he found that the
great majority of the laboring popula-
ton in Belgium work from ten to eleven
and half hours, and that only about
one i'll ten works less than ten hours.
AS to wages Mr. Mitchell writes:
'Of all the working people of the coun-
try dncluding women and children) engag-
ed in private industries about quarter
earn from 40 to 60 cents, and another quar-
ter earn from go to so cents. Less than
one in six earn over so cents day, and
less than one in hundred of the whole
working population earn over S1.30 a day.
Only about one man in ten earns over 80
cents day, and only one in twenty earns
over S1.2O. The wages of women are natur-
ally much less. Almost quarter of all the
people engaged in industrial enterprises are
women and of these women about twO-ffths
earn less than 80 cents a day.
will reply that the cost of living in Bel
GUM is so much less than in this coun-
try as to equalize things. Mr.. Mitchell
does not find it So He gives the prices
of some of the necessaries of life show
ing that they are very nearly as high
as they are here. He visited the coal
mines, and says: 1.-THE Belgian miners
earn only $3.50 a year, which is less
than one-half of what the American
miner receives Recurring to the point
that the cost of living is so much less
in the old country, he says: THE Bel
gians say that they earn less. but that
it costs them less to live. The truth is
they live for less because they live on
less" That tells the story American
workmen are not only the best paid. but
the best fed, best housed and best cloth
Ell of any i'll the world.
Mr.. Mitchell is not politician. He is
simply telling the truth about conditions
as he finds them. and in so doing he
furnishes a strong Argument for the Re-
publican policy OF protection.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

There is no better criterion of general
prosperity than the postal business.
When times are good the postal revenue
increases, and vice versa. The report of
the Postmaster General shows that for
the year ending July /, 1895, the receipts
from postal revenue were 76,171,OOO.
For the year ending July l, 1902, they
were $119, 1855, 229, an increase of 81 per
cent during seven years of continuous
Republican rule. During the year ending
July 1, 1895, the receipts from the money
order business were $S12,03S; for the
year ending July |, 1902, they were ST.,
SS9,S17, an increase of 1873 per cent dur.
ing seven years of Republican prosperity.
The Postmaster General in his annual
report for 1902 said: 1.-THE increase in
the postal revenues attests the wonder
full PROSPERITY of the people and the ac-
tivity of business interests throughout
the country" 1t would not have been
proper for the Postmaster General in an
official report to attribute this wonder
full prosperity in 1902 to the operation Of
the Dingley tariff law and other Repub-
lcan measures, but such was the fact
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

In every national campaign for forty
years past the Republican party has
stood upon its record of things done, of
laws enacted, of policies established un-
der which the country has progressed
and prospered The record of the Dem
ocratic party made in two administra-
tons was so full of disaster, of CONNER
cial shipwreck, of industrial paralysis
and business failures that it's chief bust
ness in recent years has been to get as
far away from its record as possible.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Parker Would BE Unsafe.

Without questioning the sincerity of
Judge Parkers expressions on the
money question he was, by his own state
inents, more devoted to his party in
1896, than he was to his sincere CON
victions of right. That being the case.
we have right to assume that he might,
at an extreme moment, again surrender
his principles for the sake of his party.
Such a man cannot be held up as a safe
candidate for the highest position in the
government.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Get in Line with Propress

A young man about to form his earliest
political alliance and cast his first vote
should seek to be with a progressive par
ty. The young naturally look to the
future rather than to the past. A DO
litical record that holds out no promise
of future achievements is of little value.
The Republican record of things done
shows that it is party of progress and
the only one that appeals to patriotic
young Americans.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Not the Only Important Question.

Admitting that the gold standard is cir
revOcably fixed" as Judge Parker says,
though he did not help fix it, that is only
one of many important financial ques-
tons that may come up in relation to
financial matters. The question of the
preservation and extension of our sys-
tenn of banking and currency; the refund
ing of our national debt as it may, from
time to time, become due. apd many 9TH
err questions Of like importance may
arise. To place the settlement of these
questions. in unfriendly hands might re-
suit in such disturbance Of business as
would shock the whole country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Join a Live Party,

Alliance with a political corpse offers
no inspiration, no attraction to the first
voter NO young man possessed of
youths high impulse. Of it's love of action
and achievement, of its fever of reason
and impelling courage, should willingly
Consent to an alliance with the Democ-
racy. The first voter should ally him
self with a live party.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Employment and Wages.

Steady employment for all our people
at good wages, even with living expenses
high. is preferable to employment for
only oneIhalf of our people with living
expenses low. The country has never
seen suffering at time when labor has
steady employment at goou wages, no
matter what the price of food and
clothes may be. Good wages increase
consumption and high prices are sign
of national prosperity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE
A Change Would Cause Injurious De-
preston in Business.

preston in Business.
Comparison of the statistics of the
United States with those of other coun-
tries shows that this country enjoys a
much greater degree Of prosperity than
any other. During the ten years from
1892 to 1902 the population of Great
Britain increased 10 per cent, that of
Germany 10 per cent, and that of the
United States Fl per cent. During the
same period the total deposits in all
banks in Great Britain increased 43 per
cent, i'll the United States 101 per cent.
Coal production in Great Britain increas-
ed q per cent, in Germany "a per cent,
i'll France p per cent in the United
States % per cent. The production OF
pig iron increased IS per cent in Great
Britain, 50 per cent in Germany, IL per
cent in France, "a per cent in the United
States. The production of steel increased
IS per cent in Great Britain, 132 per
cent in Germany, 1873 per cent in France
and 173 per cent in the United States.
The exports of manufactures increased
is per cent in Great Britain, 30 per
cent in Germany, 10 per cent in France,
and 1o5 per cent in the United States.
Great Britain, with her enormous outflow
to her colonies, exported in 1902 manu-
features, to the amount of 81, 1875, 900, 900.
while the United States exported 81, 403,-
100000; but whereas Great Britain in
this item gained only Is per cent during
the decade from 1892 to 1902, over the
last preceding decade, the United States
gained 155 per cent.
Why should any person vote to ex-
change such prosperity as that for a
period of political incompetence, disturb
ing legislation and business depression?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Personal Abuse will Not Win

The Democratic party has been so
long in the opposition and its every day
work has so long been criticism, that it
forgets that no battle was ever won
by swearing at the enemy. Abuse Of
Mr.. Roosevelt will make votes for him.
He is a very popular man. Personal
criticism will not draw away from him
any man who admires him, but it will
stir his admirers to the more earnest sup
port of him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

"NO more important question can en-
gage our attention, and none should
receive more earnest and thoughtful
consideration, than one which seeks 70
guard and preserve the high standard
of our population and citizenship. -
Senator Fairbanks in the Senate, January II. 1919
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
The Obvious Situation.

AS far as the Middle West is con-
cerned, politically speaking, about all
the Republicans are doing. in generosity,
is sending out FIRST aid instructions
to the Democrats. This is no war Of
determination.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
PARKER'S FAVORITE POEM.

(Alton B. Parker is very fond Of the po-
estry of James Whitcom5 Riley Current
Uncle David Bennett Hills at Parker'sv
house to stay.
10 help him fix his fences an to tell him
what to say;
David says: BE keerful. now you are a
candidate.
Or else they'll git the best of you-that's
jest as sure as fate;
Now don't send any kilograms, creatin'
further doubt.
Or Roosevelt II beat you,
eff you
don't watch
out!
"Wunst they was a candidate at thought
he'd have chance
If he'd tell the people what he knew
about finance;
Went about tn country with holler an
a whoop-
When the votes was counted he was UNI
derneath the soup.
Stick to what | tell you, or you'll amble.
up the spout
Fer Roosevelt II beat you,
eff YOU
don't watch
out!
"Wunst wore feather plume: I Am
a Democrat
Till cyclone from tn west jest blew
away my hat
When they asst me what l was. | an
swered cool an I'm.
With another feather plume which read:
Il Guess | AM
Bet your life that David knows jest.
what he is about
An Roosevelt II beat you,
eff you
don't watch
out.
BEST be purity keerfu how you talk
about TIL trusts
Ii you want to roast one better wait
until it busts
An tn money question-don't have very
much to say
AS to Observation-Disclosures Henry Cas-
saway!
Stick right to a whisper, don't you never
dare to shout,
Or A.oosevelt II beat you,
eff you
don't watch
"Have your picture 'taken-uut be keerfup
what you wear
Put on all tn overalls an look like
county fair
Take your little plunge into the Hudson
every day,
Keep below the water when yo,l'va any
thing to say
Mind your Uncle David-his suggestions
never fout-
For Roosevelt II beat you,
EFF YOU
DON'T WATCH
OUT"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

The passage of the National Irrigation
Act marked new era for the West.
It's effect upon actual settlement NAV NOT
unfairly be compared to that Of the
Homestead law, signed by President
Lincoln in 1862.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
Republican Saving vs.. Democratic
Saving.

The net savings to July /, 1904, in in
terest on the public debt due to the re-
funding operations of the financial act
of March IA, 1900, passed by Republi-
can votes (the Democrats in both
branches Of Congress voting almost solid
ly against it, has been as follows:
Threes of 1908 ............S 3,262,327
Fours Of 1907 ........... 1902, 1888
*Fives of 1901 .......... 957, 641
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

"They 1.-THE Democratsl have occupied
three entirely different positions lon
the Philippine question: within fifty
days. Which is the promise they real
1y intend to keep?'-Roosevelt's letter Of
acceDtanCe
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

According to the Bankers Monthly for
August there are 7,305,22S individual
depositors in the savings banks of the
United States, land it is safe to say that
100000 will vote for the Republican
ticket, at least all who are legal voters
will.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

Under the Wilson low tariff exports in
creased $940OO,0OO; in three years un-
der the Dingley tariff they increased
$155, 100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
$14,245,S51
PIF.AfO,OJI
This saving of S14.245.S51 represents


This saving of S14,245,S51 represents
no denial to the United States of any,
thing needed to promote it's prosperity
and prestige. 1t is a saving which could
only be accomplished by a party which
understands business and finance. 1t was
natural enough that the Democratic
party, which has never showed any sane
comprehension of large business affairs.
and whenever it has been in control of
the treasury has acted like a bull in a
china shop, should have opposed the Re
publican refunding law.
*The fves of 1904 include the two issues
of the second Cleveland administration.
SIC, OOO. 900 each. These bonds were issued
partly to cover growing deficit under Demo-
cratic rule, and partly to protect the geld
reserve. which wds shrinking rapidly be-
cause of business apprehension due to the
Democratic agitation for free silver.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Good Work Performed by the De-
parlneut of Agriculture.

The Department of Agriculture. estab-
lished, fostered and maintained by the
Republican party and successive Rerub-
lican administrations. is doing much good
by investigating and experimenting in
the various branches Of agriculture. The
results of these Investigations and eX
periments have been published from time
to time in handy little pamphlets called
Farmers Bulletins There are bulle-
tins on cattle, hogs. sheep, horses. poul-
try, fruit, vegetables grain, pastures,
grasses. soils and many other subjects
pertaining to agriculture 1t has been
the policy of the Republican party to
place these bulletins within the reach of
every farmer who wants them. and they
can be had for the asking Following.
is a list of the bulletins with their titles
and OumharS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

No.
p Feeding of Farm Animals
n Hog Cholera and Swine Plague.
Il Fowls, Care and Feeding
40 Sheep Feeding.
~ Butter Making.
80 Pee Keeping.
so The Peach Twig-borer
81 The Culture of Tobacco.
SO. Tobacco Soils
3d. Fish as Food.
SS Alkali Lands.
So CoWpeaS.
81. Potato Diseases and Treatment
So Sugar as Food.
81 The Vegetable Garden.
o. Good Roads for Farmers.
So Raising Sheep for Mutton.
80. Insect Enemies Of Shade Trees
1O1. MilletS.
1O4. Notes on Frost
106. Breeds of Dairy Cattle
1863. Farmers Reading Courses.
Ill. Farmers Interest in Good Seed.
lip. Bread and Bread Making.
113. The Apple and How to Grow 1t.
115. Hop Culture in California
116. Irrigation in Fruit Growing.
120. Insects Affecting Tobacco
III. Beans, Peas, and other Legumes as
Food.
123. Red Glover Seed: Information for Pur-
chasers.
143. The Conformation Of Beef and Dairy
Cattle.
14S. Celery Culture
100. Clearing New Land.
152. Scabies in Cattle
1913. Orchard Enemies in the Pacific North
west
154. The Fruit Garden: Preparation and
Care
155. How Insects Affect Health in Rural
Districts.
1876. The Home Vineyard.
157. The Propagation of Plants.
15S. How to Build Small Irrigation
bitches.
$50. scab in Sheep.
161. Practical Suggestions for Fruit Grow
erS.
166 Cheese Making on the Farm.
no. Principles of Horse Feeding.
III. The Control of the Cooling Moth.
173. Primer of Forestry.
ia. Broom Corn.
175. Home Manufacture and Use Of I'm
fermented Grape Juice.
176. Cranberry Culture.
1T. Squad Raising.
17S. Insects Injurious in Cranberry Gull
ture.
179. Horseshoeing.
1871. Pruning.
fry &c Food
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-09-28

who wants one or several or any num-
Der of these bulletins can obtain them
by writing to his member of Congress or
to Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of
Agriculture, Washington, D. c., Civ
ing the numbers and titles of the bulle-
tins he desires. Such letter of request,
no matter by whom written, will receive
prompt attention. The policy of the Re
publican party is to conduct public bust
ness for the benefit of all the people,
The Newtown bee., 1904-02-12

last Sunday morning, in the street, all most entirely uninjured.
 Levi Warner is sexton at St Marks church, this year, and Clarence Rob ertS at the other church.
 Mrs c. B. Thompson received, last week Friday, the sad news of the death of her father, Samuel Whaley, at the residence of his son in Danbnry. Mrs Thompson and sister have the sympa- thy of all in their bereavement.
 Eli Roberts is soon to move his fam fly to the old Sturdevant homestead north of the village.
 Mrs H. M. Jessup is with her daugh- ter, Mrs Anna Harris, in Springfield, N. J.
 Mrs Charlotte Livingston is spend ing the winter in New Milford with her daughter, Mrs Nettie Peck.
 Don't forget the Clipper Minstrels at the Town hall, New Milford, Tues day evening, February 16. Bigger and better than ever.