The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-23
BILLION DOLLAR COUNTRY
Facts Which 1t Is Desirable to Bear
in Mind,

Facts Which 1t Is Desirable to Bear
in Mind.
Evidently Judge Parker has lost track
of the fact that the United States has
become a billion-dollar country, while
be has been dreaming away his man
hood on the bench at Albany. Otherwise
it is impossible to account for his ac-
ceptance OF the Republican challenge
to a comparison of Democratic and Re-
publican administrations"
1t there is any issue before the Ameri-
can people upon which the Republicans
are more ready to appeal to the voters
than another, il 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
Wrinkle remarks, Ignore the fact that
the United States of 1904 deals with
billions, where in Cleveland's first adj
ministration its finances could bs dis
cussed in terms Of nine figures. Neither
Will they permit him to compare net
expenditures under, Cleveland with ex-
traordinary appropriations under Nc
kinley and Roosevelt,
When he makes his comparisons be-
tween the expenditures of 1SS5-1SS5 with
those Of 19Ol-1903 he will not bt per-
mitted to ignore such facts as tie in
crease in postal expenditures 'FRONT.' $50
942,415 in 1885 to $13S, 7S4,4S7 in 1903,
and that the excess of expenditures on
account of the postal service over re-
ceipts last year was only $4,000. O44, Is
compared with $S,3S1,572.
AS ar index of the growth OF the Uli-
ted States in every direction that MARKS
advance in national welfare there Gin
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. Tilden and Grover
Cleveland. be permitted to point with
Democratic pride" to the enforced econ
omies of Cleveland's second term 1893
1896, without being confronted with the
following deficits that waited on Demo-
cratic policy and Democratic admins
tration:
DEFICITS DURING CLEvELAND's SEC
OND TERM.
1874 500. 500, 261
!o9o 42.SOo,223
1880 o,2O3.2 46
With no exceptional expenditures. over
$26O,OOO,OOO was added to the public
debt during Cleyeland's term.
And when they are discussing the
expense Of running the government of
q people that has increased nearly so per
cent. in population and more than 100
per cent. in wealth since Grover Cleye-
land was first inaugurated, Republicans
will not forget to remind American vo-
tiers of such billion-dollar facts as these:
MONEY IN CIRCULATION.
1881. 1903.
Sl'z92 o,s.olot ? 1867, 692, 100.
Deposits In National Banks.
l,1o6,316.517. 5000 93, 500.
s1,0o5, 172.147. 81. o35. oo4. s45.
S344.5o!.9l6. 81 ,S14.570 1853.
Deposits in Loan and Trust Companies.
~ioo'4i',-oo' $l,5s9, S3S, 796.
s577, 527,s 2s. s1,o25. 719, 237.
$74o, 1879, 1855. - 1.4ao1 41. s7e.
VALUE OF FARMS.
ESTIMATED OH Census returns for 1880. 1890
and 1909
SAC 1000; 500. 900, 10000
() Value Of Farm Animals
$2,4oe, 42s Ss3; So. 102, SIS, $40.
$427, sos, $50. $3.50, s49. 265.
rieisul lous Carrieu one mile by Railways.
Tons. Tons
80. 1902, O7O, $50. 17o. 2o1 27s Cog. |
Vt I'm cents per TAT 1888 cents per
wages in Manufacturing !o iud mse
1880. Ionn
$947 ,953. 795. s.. 32s. col 2i4.
Bewildering and incomprehensible as
are these billions in many respects, they |
yet present a demonstration of the
growth OF our country SO clear and sim |
pie as to be within the comprehension OF
a child. Only one word need be added |
to rectlfy what might be an erroneous
IMPRESSION from the figures as to the |
value OF farm animals Cal. During the
second administration Of Cleveland this
value shrank from So, 4S3, 5O6 .6S1 in
1898 to ,727.926,0S4 in 1896, from
which 1t has since risen to over So. 1OO,- |
100000.
It almost seems as if the earth and
the KIN refused to bring forth their
natural increase under a Democratic ad-
ministration.