The Teton peak., 1904-09-22
BILLION DOLLAR COUNTRY
Facts Which II II Desirable to Bear
In Mind.

Facts Which It II Desira BILE to Bear
in Mind.
Evidently Judge Parker has lost track
Of the fact that the United States has
become a billion,iollar country. while
be aas been dreaming away bis man
hood on the bench Al Albany. Otherwise
il is impossible TO account for his ac
ceptance Of the Republican challenge
TO a comparison ot Democratic and Re
publican Administrations
If there IS any issue before the Ameri-
can people upon which the Republicans
are more ready 70 appeal to the voters
than another, it Is that relating TO the
administration Of national finances But
they will not let Judge Parker. Or the
hungry aggregation Of Democratic eii-
tors 10 whom he addressed his Rip Van
"inkle remarks, ignore the fact that
the United States Of 1904 deals with
billions. where in CIeveIand's first ad-
ministration its finances could be dis
crlssed in terms Of nine figures Neither
will they permit him TO compare net
expenditures under Cleveland with e1-
traordiRary appropriations under Nc
kinley and Roosevelt
When he makes his comparisons be-
tween the expenditures Of 1SS5-1sSS with
those Of 19cll903 ne will not be per
mitted to ignore such facts as the in
crease in postal expenditures from So
42,4l5 in 1885 to S13s. 1si. .4s7 in 1903,
and that the excess Of expenditures on
account Of the postal service over re-
ceipts last year was only S4J6O 0f4, as
compared with SS.3s1.512
A an index Of the growth Of the Uni
ted States in every direction that marks
advance in national welfare there can
be no better standard than the increased
use Of an ever improving and extending
mail service.
Neither viii Judge Parker nor the edi-
tors to whom he unbosomed a choice
medley Of ideas from the wit and wis
dom Of Samuel j. Tilden and Grover
Cleveland. be permitted to point with
Democratic pride" 20 the enforced econ
omies Of Cleveland's second term 1893
1895. without being confronted with the
following deficits that waited on Demo-
cratic policy and Democratic admins
tration:
DEFICITS DURING CLEyELAND's SEC
OND TERM.
le.Ns $fz9. sfI2 1,f,l
A'-' --.....'......-.. 2j.93-2i6
With no exceptional expenditures. over
s2Gb.UpOO was added TO the public
debt during Clevelands term.
And when they are discussing the
expense Of running the government Of
people that has increased nearly 80 per
cent. in population and more than 100
per cent. in wealth since Grover Cleve-
land was first inaugurated. Republicans
Will not forget to remind American vo-
ters Of such billion-dollar facts as these:
MoAEY IN CIRCULATION
81. ..,2 rs .Gi5 81 ss7 e1rs leo
bepo.i's in National Banks
sl,lub.oib9li s.. 2np 500 SO
Deposits IN Savings Banks.
sl.1o.l'2 IA s2.935 api s45.
$S4i.|ti 5lb S1.sl4. so. 1853
DEPOSITS In Loan and Trust Companies.
Total Imports.
s577, ,5z7 SO sl.oo57ls. 81.
So, ise755 8. 40 I4l.s7s.
ESTIMATED Oh Census returns for 1880 1890
1885, ,o.o
sl4'"oy"Hn s22.opo.Uo.OOO
g. AZ. ~. .:ss3 x3 1trl 515 .4o
SAT-. .ss,s So. 81 so s,s ~,
Freight tons carried one mile by Raiiways.
Tons Ton.
o<-S-.oio'5-J li2. 221. 2Is y93
tet Iva cents per tat .it3 cents per
Wages in Manufacturing Industry.
lssl 1900
Ss4i.953.s9j s., 32s, Col, "a.
Bewildering and incomprehensible as
are these billions in many respects. they
yet present a demonstration of the
growth Of our country 80 clear and sim.
pie as to be within the comprehension OF
child. Only one word need be added
to rectify what might lie an erroneous
impression from the figures as TO the
value OF farm animals Ia During the
second administration of Cleveland this
value shrank from S2.4S3. SOC. .6Sl in
1893 to sl.727,926,Os4 in 1896. from
which ii has since risen to over So. 100.
10000.
IL almost seems as If the earth and
the kline refused TO bring forth their
natural Increase under a Democratic nd.
ministration.