The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-10-12
WHY CHANGE
Statistics TO Prove That Republican
Policy Brings Progress and
Prosperity


To the Editor of the Sun Sir Dem
ocratic newspapers and speakers are
trying to convince the American vot-
er that our business interests are not
In good shape by reason of continued
Republican national policies and con-
troll. That assertion is false in gen.
eral and untrue in particular. If
things were AS they say under what
policy otker tnan Republican have the
following results been obtained2
The Construction News has com
piled figures of the amount of building
done in our twenty-six principal cities
in July. 1904, compared with July,
1903 The total are:
July, 1904 ........,......S3 5, O69, Pol
July, 1903. ...............2 80, S25, 226
Increase, ......,.........S5 So, pa, OPS.
The table shows gains in nineteen
of the twenty.six cities and losses
in only seven. The gains run from >
p cent. tSeattle) to us per cent
brooklyn. The losses range from 10
per cent. (Minneapohs) to 61per cent.
(Pittsburg) Next to Brooklyn the
largest increase was San Francisco
--1O7 per cent. This shows that
building prosperity In July, 1904,
stretched clear across our country. AS
marks along the road from East to
West, we note the following increases :
Buffalo, Ga per cent Milwaukee Sc
per cent. ; Chicago lin spite of its
strikes), Is per cent. st. Paul, 80 per
cent. Omaha, "a per cent Also, from
South to North, we note increases
New Orleans "A per cent. Memphis,
50 per cent Cincinnati, so pr cent. :;
Atlanta. 81 per cnet. The losses shown
are in Pittsburg, Detroit. St. Louis,
Indianapolis, Denver, Mime tpolis
and Louisville.
On June 30, the deposits held by the
savings banks of the Empire state
amounted to s., l12, AIS, j52. On June
30, 1904-only one year later-the total
was 81, 1866, OYl, 444. Should not the
Republican party and its policies get
the credit of that $j4, 600, 600 increaseg
The Wilson low tariff, free trade law
was repealed in July, 1897, In that
fiscal year our import of agricultural
products amounted to $500, S71, S6S
In the next fiscal year the agricultur-
al products imported dropped to S3l A..
291, 766. Does not that $50, 00O, 900
decrease and stand to the credit of the
Republican party? Certainly it went
to the benefit of the American far
mer.
If, as the Democrats say, business is
in bad shape, how is it that return
issued few days ago shows that our
national banks have So, ass, 900, 000 on
deposit, and $500, 0OO 600 suIplusS
If Republican national control IS not
good for the farming interest of our
country, why is 1t that our exports OF
agricultural products amount to nearly
$780, 600, 900 year, equal to 3d.
0O0 900 each working day, 1925, 600,
each nOur. 81. 600 each minute, and
1913 each second2 In other words,
each time the clock ticks, three $40
gold pieces and 80 over or their equlva-
lent, rt on their way back to Uncle
Sam.
If Republican national control is
not best for our manufacturing inter-
este, how do you account for the fact
that our export of manufactures was
800, 900, 600 more in Gartield's last
year than in the first, and ST, 900 600
less In the lat year OF Cleveland's
first term than In his first? Also, why
those exports were $40, 900, 900 more
in McKineley's first year than In
Cleveland last year? Also, why
they were $40 600, 900 more in Roose-
velt's fourth fiscal year than even IN
Mckinley S last Year, Also, why the
total gain in exported manufactures
in McKInley's first term was $5s7,
900, 900 over Cleveland second term
Walter j. Ballard
Schenectady, Oct, g.