Milford chronicle., 1904-09-23
BILLION DOLLAR COUNTRY
Facts Which II Is Desirable to Bear
in Mind.

in Mind.
Evidently Judge Parker has lost track
Of the fact that the United States has
become a billion-dollar country, while
he has been dreaming away his man
hood on the bench at Albany. Otherwise
1t is impossible to account for his ac-
ceptance of "the Republican challenge
to comparison Of Democratic and Re
publican administrations"
If there is any issue before the Ameri-
can people upon which the Republicans
are more ready to 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 edi-
tors to whom he addressed his Rip Van
| WinSle remarks, ignore the fact that
the United States of 1904 deals with
billions where in Cleveand's first ad-
| mlnistration its finances could be dis
cussed in terms Of nine figures Neither
will they permit him to compare net
expenditures under Cleveland with ex-
traordinary appropriations under Nc
Ainley and Roosevelt.
When he makes his comparisons be- |
tween the expenditures Of 1SS5-1SSS with |
those Of 1901-1903 he will not be per
---AN'NN " 4shOAG ouEu AdELa as the III /
crease in postal expenditures from S5O,-
942,4l5 in 1885 to S13S. 7S4.4S7 in 1903.
and that the excess of expenditures on
account Of the postal service over re-
ceipts last year was only S4,560044. as
compared with $S.3S1.5T2.
As 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 will Judge Parker nor the edi-
tors to whom he unbosomed a choice
medley OF ideas from the wit and wis
dom of Samuel J. Tiden and Grover :
Cleveland, be permitted to point with
Democratic pride" to the enforced econ
omies Of Cleveland's second term 1893 l
lS96, without being confronted with the i,
following deficits that waited on Demo- =
cratic policy and Democratic admins :
tration:
,e OND TERM. "
81 SG9, ,SO3. 26i IL
Soc Soc 42.sO5.223 p
1876 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. %. .2O3.246 n
with no exceptional expenditures, over
'26O,OOO,OOO was added to the public
~"N '4''tiAiH N4tNtlllu LeEIns
And when they are discussing the n
Expense Of running the government of
people that has increased nearly 80 per
eht IN population and more than 100 o,
er cent in wealth since Grover CIeve- y,
ma was first inaugurated, Republicans Il
I'll not forget to remind American vo- h,
srs OF such billion-dollar facts rs these: tn
,o.- MONEY IN CIRCULATION.
!, ,292,56s 6l5 s.. 3G7. G0o Ifo 7;
,oo Deposits in National Banks, tn
Deposits In Savings Banks. th
-'V9o'l = Ia 81. 935. .2O4. .S45 III III
'44,3QIolG Si.si4.57O. 1863 to
eloSlls ~ Loan and Trust Companies WI
so'4l|-V3 $l,5s9 sos, 79G.
7L52IS2o. s1,o25.7Io. .2s7. Al
VALUE OF FARMS. ''-0 i'i'0'v' tn,
on Census returns for 1850, 1890 sal
900 aud 1900 tht
500, 900. 10000 IA IA
al Value of Farm Animals w 70
Production of Minerals. neral sV-'''0'''O in
p sos, ESQ 81. .2GO 6i9, ,a6J - -
Tons. Tons. ow
u q 052 Cats per lat 65 5 20 5a5is a8 I9s pSr wa
wages $ in Manufacturing III Industry. Ii.iGy soc
$50 foOO g
i .95s 795. 50, 32s. sol. 2j4 Ioi
8ewildering' and incomprehensible as ~, ~,
these billions in many respects. they -'e'
present a demonstration Of the
with Of our country SO clear and sim
as to be within the comprehension OF
'h.ld. Oa.y one word need be added a
rectify what might be an erroneous y
preston from the figures as to the Z
ne of farm animals (a). During the
ond administration of Cleveland this !
le shrank from S2,4S3, ,5OG.GS1 in \
3 to S1,727. .926,0S4 in 1896, from !
ch it has since risen to over So, ,1OO.- y
900.
almost seems as if the earth and
kline refused to bring forth their
lral increase under a Democratic ad