The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-10-18
PROSPERITY.


every hand Chairman Sherman. of the
republican congressional campaign
committee, sees things today that
will encourage him in his work of
organizing victory for his party.
The cereal crops are larger than
was ever known before except in 1905,
and the difference between this and
that year is slight. The manufact-
urers and the farmers are complain
ing that they can not get adequate
transportation facilities for their pro-
ducts. To this complaint the rail-
roads answer that they are getting
locomotives and cars as fast as the
shops can turn them out. They have
many orders ahead. some of which can
not be filled until the middle of 1907.
From the time, around t e mi idle of
September, when gold importation set
in. something like $3.50. 0s0. 900 of that
metal has been imported, and the
inflow has not ended yet. From Wash
ington, Chairman Sherman has pro-
badly heard the good news that the
governments income is steadily gain
ing on its outgo. The deficits were
brought to an erd in the fiscal year
1906. and a surplus of s25, 5000
was rolled up. For the present fiscal
year. three and half months of
which have expired, the surplus prom
Uses to go above $40. 100000
1t will be said by the democrats
that the republicans are not respon-
sible for the big crops of 1906. which
are having such 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 grain than he did
in democratic days, and is thus en-
couraged to plant more Of it. Know
ing that good market at big prices
awaits him, he is sowing and plant
ing much more than he did a few
years ago, and he is paying off his
mortgages and improving his land.
These changes are one result of re-
publicans way. AS figured by the re-
port just issued by the department Of
agriculture, the aggregate cereal
yield of the country for 1906 is only
3, 500, 900. of bushels below that of
1905, which broke all the records.
But when the department. few
weeks hence, figures out the farm
value of this years grain crops it
will be found that they exceed those
of a year ago. Prices are higher for
farm products in 1856 than they have
been in many years, and the advance
is due to the g. neral prosperity wnica
republican control of the government
has brought. AS the country believes
that republican control is going to
last tor years ito come, without any
intermission, 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 we'll as of the factories.
Each is an evidence that the outlook
is bright for the continuance of re-
publican rule. Spellbinders can get in
spiration from all sides these days. That
SIS. 600, 000, 600 which, few weeks
hence. the department of agriculture
will announce as the value of the pro-
ducts of the farms and plantations for
1906. will be fine tribute to the tonic
reflects of republican control of affairs.
The sun shone and the rains fell in
Cleyeland's days at present. Re
publican sway has not changed the
alienation of the sea sons or altered
any law OF nature. But republican
sway has given to each worker an
increased reward for his work and
has encouraged him to do more and
better work. There were good crops
during some of Cleveland's panic
years. but the farmers got less money
for them than they did in the repub-
lican days before and afterward.
Men were just as anxious to work in
1890 as they are in 1906. but the work
was not to be had. Samuel Com
pers, who is making democratic
speeches In the present campaign.
said there were 80. 900. 90 idle men in
the country in 1895, in the middle
of the democratic panic. He would
have trouble to find 5000 idle mer
in the country today among those
who want work. although the popula-
tion has been increased $1,000. 00(
since then. And yet the sun shone
| just as brightly in the days of demo-
cratic adversely as it does in those Of
republican |. ysperity. Spring came
about the same time then as it does
now. But the whole Industrial ant
financial situation has been changed
in the interval. AS measured b.