The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-28
WONDERFUL TIDE
OF PROSPERITY
REPoRTs or slsps low
MOST sEHis 5ISA sv
ALI ovEA copHT

MOST REht.liI q 3 - = =
ALE ovEF TI5E COUNT
vvashineton y Yer IN the
history q slae lied States has here
been such d high degree of general
prosperity rs IN this year of otir
Ford 1906. when the people OF the
country ale reslping the harvest or ten
wears 81 mint id Replh1 tcan cone
troll of every department ot the Ma
tionai Government me deal
reports ii tlae guyer ntneft, tlie5 re-
views of connie rcfal condtt ions pub
Isshed bsstae lie agsne ties and
trade nawspsper ali beaF to
the fact chat the wond erful tide OF
prospefit III lila bee an to- rtse In the
United states on the morning Of the,
nv whsnW iIfaIns Mckinley was elect
81 pres dent has not vet reached fits
heiefii ,1t8 stan sweeping onward and
using still higher as It advances.
rbere n no line Of business which has
nnt faIi fbe reyigifyi eEecta OF pub
III commence inspired by a knowledge
that the administrative and legisla-
ffre branches OF the government are.
q tite control OF men committed to
ti,ose policies that haye placed the
t1nfted states far in the lead OF every
other nation OF the world in the pro
auction and consumption OF those com.
Sinodftfes that are necessary for the
son,f s,rt ana EN- oyment Of mankind.
oking bar Il ward It Is hard to re-
sthat but ten years ago, when the
tonntry stood In fear Of Organism
ana socialism. scores Of thousands of
men were walking the streets OF the
er cities looking in vain for work
nd eompalled to resort to soup houses
and Zee lodging houses for food and
shelter. To-day. in spite Of the fact
that, TIA country. in> the last twelve
months has absorbed more than a
mi lion irnmierants, from the grain
fa1dss of lie west and the cotton fields
81 stl,e soItli to the factories OF the
rJort Il asd New England the cry goes
fpsfoi more men. In spite Of the enor-
mons axpenditnres Of the railroads
for fll9fEandSgOtlL miles OF d0uDIesETaCkS
for third. ana fourth, and even fifth
and Ixf tracks; IN spite OF the addi-
tion 81 tens Of thousands Of cars to
tfiefT equipment, their facilities are
aSed Us gtbeFutn1ost and freight block
aIfas are again threatened. On the
csreat axes the Transportation condi-
lions are similar to those on the rail-
sfoa and lI.alss shipbuilders now have
contracts for twenty-seyen great
steel freight carriers. Building opar-
ions hi over the country are limited
only BY the supply Of materials and la
Dor and nowhere in this broad land
Isl there a man who really wants to
work who can not have his pick OF
han a dozen or more Jobs. Yet, in
lie faca Of all this, there are Demo
Crafts who are vying with each other
for. places lin the front ranks of those
who viii welcome the return of their
twicedefeated apostle of free trade
ana socialism ana who fondly believe
that the people of the United states
"a deliberately vote this fall to put
ak Democratic party in power in the
Iolse at Representatives.
n il now announced that Mr.. Bryan
win launch q new ''paramount issue"
ia his coming speech in Madison
SQUARE Garden and that it will propose
fnodffied form Of governmental
ownership Of railroads. 1t is Mr..
IsFgar,s idea that each State should
\ own and operate the roads within its
own borders. This fantastic idea will
Gain little headway, however, in the
facs Of the record being made by the
;Repubiican party whereby all OF the