The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-25
A REPUBLICAN ASSET.
COuntry's Prosperity VIII Add 'rhou-
sands of Votes to Party's Total.

SdilLlug NlCLOry IOf his party. LIE
cereal crops are larger than was ever
known before except in 1905. and the
difference between this and that year
is slight. The manufacturers and the
farmers are complaining that they can
not get adequate transportation facili-
ties for their products. TO this COM
plant the railroads answer that they
are getting locomotives and cars as fast
have many orders ahead, some of
which can not be filled until the mid
die Of 1907. From the time, around
the middle of September, when gold inn
portation set in, something like $45..
100000 of that metal has been import
ed, and the inflow has not ended yet
From Washington, Chairman Sherman
has probably heard the good news that
the governments income is steadily
gaining on its outgc- The deficits were
brought to an end in the fiscal year
1906, and a surplus of S25,000,0O0 was
rolled up. For the present fiscal year,
three and a half months of which have
expired, the surplus promises to go
above $40,OOO,OOO.
1t will be said by the Democrats that
the Republicans are not responsible for
the big crops Of 1906, which are hav-
ing such a quickening effect on general
trade all over the country. This is
true only In part, however. The farmer
gets from 20 to 80 per cent more for
his gain than he did in Democratic
days, and is thus encouraged to plant
more of ii. Knowing that good mar
ket at big prices awaits him, he IS
sowing and planting much more than he
did few years ago, and he is paying
off his mortgages and improving his
land. These changes are one result of
Republican sway As figured by the
-eport just issued by the Department
of Agriculture, the aggregate cereal
yield of the country for 1906 is only
about 35,000,O00 Of bushels below that
of 1905. which broSe ali the records.
But when the department, few weeks
hence, figures, cut the farm value of
this years grain crops 1t will be found
that they exceed those of year ago.
Prices are higher for farm products in
| 1906 than they have been in many
years. and the advance is due 10 the
general prosperity which Republican
control of the government has brought.
As the country believes that Republican
control Is going to last for years TO
come, without any internisslon, the
prosperity wave is rising.
Here is where the Republican cam
paign managers find encouragement in
the record of the output of the farms
| as well as of the factories. Each Is an
| evidence that the outlook is bright for
| the continuance of Republican sway.
| The Republican spellbnders can get
| inspiration from all sides these days.
That 5000, 100000 which, few weeks
hence, the Department of Agriculture
will announce as the value of the prod
ucts of the farms and plantations fol-
| effects of Republican control of affairs.
The sun shone and the rain fell IN
| Cleveland's days as President. Repub-
| lican sway has not changed the alter
nation of the seasons, or altered any
| law of nature. But Republican sway
has given to each worker an increased
reward for his work, and has encour-
| aged him to do more and better work.
| There were good crops during some OF
| Clevelands panic years, but the farmers
| got less money fer them than they did
| in the Republican days before and az
| terward Men were just as anxious 20
| work in 1896 as they are in 1906, but
| the work was not 10 be had. Samuel
Gompers, who is making Democratic
speeches In the present cfmpaign, said
there were 100000 idle men In the
country in 1895, in the middle of the
| Democratic panic He would have
| trouble to find 1900 idle men in the
| country TO-DAY among those who want
work. although the population has beea
increased 100000 since then. And
yet the sun shoae just as brightly ~
the DAYS of democratic adversely as il
does In those Of Republican prosperity
Spring came about the same time then
as it does now. But the whole indus
trial and financial situation has beer
changed in the interval. AS measured
by railway earnings aud bank clearings
double as much work Is being done In
the United States in 1906 as was done
In 1896. The rewards for doing the
work are greater now than they were
then. These are some of the things
which are working for Republican sue
cess in the present canvass. Chairman
Sherman would be justified in directing
his spelbinders to claim that the I'm
try's prosperity is a Republican asset
1t is upon Republican courage, conser
vatism and sanity that the ccuntry's
| prosperity rests. This consideration
will add hundreds of thousands of votes
K. the Republican total in the congress
sional elections of 1906.-St. Louis
Eloha- DpmOcrat