The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-12-09
THANKSGIVING for All.

The New York Sun thus sums up what the
United States had to be thankful for:
1t is good American business that the de-
posts in national banks in the South and South,
west increased from $4S7, 240, 600 in 1908 to
$3.50. 1856, 900 in 1905, gain of SlO2, GAG, 900,
or q. l per cent, in only two years. By it.
self the South increased $50, 1876, 900, or Il. 8
per cent, and the Southwest $22. 25O, 900, or
1876 per cent. Texas shows the largest in :
crease, SIT ,233 OO0 or %. 9 per cent; Missouri
follows, with SIS, 635. 900, or 15.4 per cent.
Virginia with $11, 1884, 900, or 1915 per cent,
and Maryland with SO, III, 900, or 17.3 per
cent. Oklahoma has 81, l86, 900 increase and
Indian territory So, 766, 600. Kentucky, Louis
lana and Tennessee have each more than IS
OOO, 900 increase, while Florida and Georgia
increased more than 81, 10000 each. These
are the figures published by the Manufacturers
Record, and they spell Prosperity with big
spy for the South and Southwest.
More good American business by the Penn
syvania Railroad. Coal and coke shipments
on lines east of Pittsburg and Erie in the week
ended November Is were | ,02S, 900 short tons,
an increase of 120, COO tons.
1t is good American business, particularly
in view of future requirements OF our navy,
that coal deposits of great value have been
discovered in Batan Island, one of the Philip.
pine group. At present coal has to be brought
from Australia and Japan to the Philippines.
The veins are so rich that the coal under a
half square mile would furnish 200, 900 tons a
year for 3S years. Quartermaster General
Humphreys report says that there is coal
enough underlying the lands on which Uncle
Sam has an option to last his Philippine gov
eminent and his army and navy in the far
East for 1884 years. Some of the veins are
thirteen feet thick.
Twenty five Thousand freight cars, worth
about $40, 000, 900, were ordered by the New
York Central last week.
Railroad construction now under way IN the
United States calls for an expenditure of ST.
900, 100000. Three, htths of it is for new lines
and extensions west and southwest of Chicago.
Mississippi Valley lumber mills shipped
1874, OOO,0 600 feet of lumber in the nine
months ended September. This was an in
crease over 1904 nine months of lOl, 531 900
feet. October shipments did not lessen, be-
ing, from Minneapolis alone. SO, l5S, 900 feet,
an increase of 1850. 900 feet over October,
1904. That's good American business. The
mills are shipping almost from the saw.
1t is good American business when state
timber sold as it did at St. Paul on October
II, at the highest prices yet recorded Prac-
tcaly everything offered, about $4,000, 900
feet was snapped up.
1t is good American business that our ex-
ports for the twelve months ended October
reached the record breaking total of 81 $780,
600, OO0 The nearest similar twelve months
record was in 1904, 81, 4S3, 100000. That is
all national gain, except the imported mate
rials for manufacturing included therein.
What is included in that total for wages and
internal expenses is not national ioss as it was
disbursed entirely among ourselves-just
changed hands, that is ALL
With our iron production booming. with
our lumber production booming, with our ma.
,iona banks, State banks, savings banks and
all our conservatively and honestly managed
financial institutions booming, with our export
trade booming as far as the efforts we put into
il allow it to boom, with our East, our West
and our South each trying TO help the other,
with our factories booming as they never
doomed before, with our schools crowded to
The doors with q, OOO,O 600 American children,
native and adopted, in training for American
c;tizenshp; with the public conscience, poll
t;caI. social. financial and religious, awakened
IS # was never awakened before; with the
"Rogues' March being played over political
bosses and grafters of every size, shape and
bue, have we not had every reason in the
world to be thankful?