The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-17
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{. sToRY OF
.PRosPERITY."

sfaALL iIKEs5TTEI THE sToR9.os
PRosPERITY.'
EExtrac from remarks of Hon q
SsB. Foraker, Of Ohio. in daily Congres
siona1 Record. February 4, 1901
4 80 a few days ago there was made IN
4 another place where men legisIate a
livery brilliant speech, in the course OF
4 which the speaker quoted from news
4 papers, the leading newspapers from
4 almost every State throughout the
whole South, in order to show what
A the conditions We're, according to
] those papers almost every one of
them a Democratic paper-on the list
day of January last.
Twas happy thought that induc-
ed this speaker to cite these news
papers. He commences with the
State of Missouri
The Kansas City Star says
Bank clearings are not always a
definite indication of business move
ments, but they may be taken. as a
reliable basis of comparison in noting
progress in any one city. The clear
ings in Kansas City for the past year
were one thousand and seventy-five
millions, or an increase of eighty-six
millions g per cent? over the record
of 1902. Building records and real
estate transfers show similar Increase
Both the wholesale and retail mer-
chants report gains
I am not going to read all of these,
but want 20 read a few of them
just to show how universal they are
and how a1lalike they tell the story of
prosperity, The ST. Joseph Gazette
says:
The country upon which ST. Joseph
depends for its maintenance is pros
porous to a most gratifying degree.
Crops have been fairly abundant;
prices for the products OF the farm
and range farsin excess of the aver
age for many years.
Now 1 come down to Virginia, skip
ping quite number.of& citations from |
other papers in Missouri. The Dis |
patch; of Norfolk, says:
The cities OF tide-water Virginia
have experienced a solid and increas-
ing growth during the past ten years.
Norfolk is III many ways better off
today than a year ago. Churches,
schools, charitable organizations, and
business organizations have flourish
ed and grown and improved within
the year. Local bank deposits have
shown a steady increase during the
year, and local bank clearings also
indicate an Increase in the volume of
business done in the city, and the
record of the year past is the largest
in the history of the city
Mr. President, to go on with this,
could read TO the same effect from
The Petersburg Index-Appeal, to the
same effect from the Jacksonville
rimes-U Union, and from the Pensacola {
News, as to the condition of things
n Florida; and l could read to the {
same effect from the Leader, paper |
published in Lexington, KY, as to the
conditions existing in that State, and |
rom the Louisville papers to the same s
Eject. All these papers, let me re- {
mind the Senate, are of date January L.
/, showing the condition only month
go. as published in these Democratic
apers; in their respective localities.i c
he Atlanta Constitution, January L, c
avs: n
Annual reports of all city officials f
how a bright chapter in the history a
f Atlanta, the year 1908 having been T
ne of the most prosperous in its 7
istory. The clearings of 1908 having "
lcreased by S13.791, 5S0.34 The o
ears record is remarkable one,
nd is considered as a strong indica- e
on of the substantiability and $
rowth of business in Atlanta . ic
The Augusta Chronicle and mum
er of other papers in that State are
loted.
Then he goes to North Carolina, |
I'D from the Raleigh News and OBJ
erver, he quotes, this:
The year that closed last night has
zen good one for North Carolina
Id the American Republic. Crops =,
i've been large and prices good. 1t -
IS been a specially good year for -
rmers.'' -
l quote from the Wilmington Morn - -
g Star: -
The steady Increase in the com ~ ~
cree of Wilmington is extremely -