Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

an. orators TO create lack Of confidence
In the pubic mind by saying the eonn'
try 10 going 10 the had: that great In
dustriss are shutting down: that the
railways are rrtrenchlns. instead Of i'm
proving rosdb-d and equipment: that
no new factories arc being constructed: (:
thst thousands OF working people are
Idle and that Republican prosperity Is
. myth. These statements aFe so PAL
pably false or 80 kr.ltiy exaggerated
that Intelligent persons are not misled by
them. but there Is danger that when the
canssds arc reiterated by the calamity
howlcfs Q few people who do not keep
closely Ia touch with Industrial and com.
merrisl conditions may be led 10 believe
them.
Any man or Newspaper that d.iber-
stsly attempts TO create distrust In the
financial or commercial world IL little
les than criminal. Some States have
punitory laws frumed for the purpose
OF ssndin: to prison persons who elrca.
late unfri.hful rumors about banks and
trust companies II the man who causes
. run on a hank By spreading q false
report is . criminal. IL not the man or
newspaper that attempts to make politI.
cal capital by destroying public coah-
dence also Q criminaly And. by the same
reasoning. 10 not the party that permits
or indorses the uttcrances OF tho calam.
ity bowler and sprcadcr Of false rumors
an enemy Of the law?
what 10 Pos. 4bis.
Suppose tho Dcmocr &c party won q
victory =. Es polls susA .dnsi1aylaT.
circles. would th. aauN lstration OF that
party have the coniidcnNS Of the people !
Would not capital. whichN ~ always ,!mil
tn the face Of uncertainty. begin To hide
And when capital II distrustful what
happens? Industries lag or close. trade
Of the retail merchant falls OF. the job.
ber and wholesaler suffer. railway traf-
hc diminishcs, hundreds Of Thousands Of
wage earners are thrown out OF work.
distress becomes general. soup houses
are opened and cities arc compelled to
begin charitable works for tho Idle.
No political party that countcnnnces
the creation OF distrust is worthy OF tho
peoples coafdcncs. II will DO . sorry
day for tho country when tho calamity
howlers succeed In reversing those bcncn.
cent policies which tho Republican party
has put Into effect and which have re.
suited In an era Of the greatest pros.
pcFity any nation has ever known.
That Industries and business OF all
no doubt. The few strikes In the build
Ing and other trades are not indicative OF
depressed conditions. Wage earncrs do
not strike In times OF panic or waning
prosperity. Strikes are generally for
higher wages, and no toilcr expects an
increase In wages when work Is scarce
and thousands of his fellows are idle.
There Is ample evidence that prosper
Gus times nrc still with US. A glance at
the newspapers, Democratic as well as
Republican, shows that millions OF dol.
lars are being expended In building new
factories and enlarging old ones, in con.
strucins new trolley lines and improv-
ing tho roadbed and equipment OF steam
railways.
More persons nrc employed now than
ever before. As proof Of this statement.
take. for instance, the railways. whose
traffic always Is reflex OF business
conditions generally. The number Of en-
ploycs on the pay rolls of the railways
in the United States on June 80. 1908.
was 1.312,537. or $50 per 100 miles OF
line. These figures, compared with those
of 1902, show an increase OF 123. 2222 or
4S per 100 miles of line.
A summary OF dispatches taken from
the Boston Evening Transcript, the
Pittsburg Dispatch and other reputable
newspapers in the last five days is hero
given:
Steam and Electric Railways.
New York.-Two million Is the estimate
Of the cost Of the steel rails wanted by
delivery.
be spent by the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad Company in the develop
ment Of holdings In Clay County. Mo-, op.
AaI
thousand dollars Will be spent by the Coast
from Henderson Point to Point Cadet.
Plttsburg.-The Baltimore & Ohio will
spend 100000 In improving Its PASSENGER
burg Terminal Is erecting $4,000 freight
AiSmcsordo, \; M;.The ,,,. Fl raso s
dences at Alnmogordo for employees.
Buffalo.,-Tcn large locomotives have
been added to the rolling stock Of the Bos-
Sinton, TeS.-work commenced on the
st. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railroad,
which Is to extend through San Patricio
Piitsburg. railroads arc In
creaslng their coal nnd cattle car supply.
1000 sondolas and $50 refrigerator. cars:
the Wheeling & Lake Erie has ordered 1000
wooden and 500 steel cars; the Plttsburg
steel cars.
Burlington. Vt.--At n cost Of s2OO, 900 the
Central Vermont Railway will construct n
branch line from Bethel to the newly de-
yeloped granite Quarrics three miles from
Bethel.
Bufalo.-Thc Lake Shore intends to re-
sumo fourtracking the road from Buffalo
to Chicago.
Wichita, Kan.--Thc Frisco Line is recon
structing Its track md roadbcd between
Wichita and Ellsworth, giving employment
to several hundred laborcrs.
Pittsburg.-Thc Union Switch and Sig
OrUprq
booked for August exceed any other month
Of the year.
Chicago.-western railroads brought
to Chicago last week 5.2aJ 900 bushels of
grain, showing an Increase of more than
1000, 900 bushels over the grain traffic In
the corresponding week last year
New York.--The manufacturers Of ma;
chine tools report that there Is n decided
Improvement In the demand from the rail.
roads which are repairing their rolling
stock.
New York.-Eight million dollars will be