The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-17
RECORD IS REVIEWED
IN SPEECH OF BURROWS


CHICAGO. ILL. June 1s.-The speeci!
of Senator Burrows, the temporary I
chairman, was regarded as the keynote /
was quite long and entered upon an
exhaustive discussion of public dues-I
tions. After reviewing the campaignI
Of four years ago, Senator Burrows
said.
In view of this Endorsement. 1t be- !
come pertinent and opportune to In |
.quire, What has the Republican party
done in the last four years of govern
mental control-in many respects thel
most remarkable and brilliant in theI
history of the party and the country
to forfeit public confidence or create
distrust in its capacity for future adj.
ministration1 Although some untoWard
the republic during the last four years,
yet these have been met and overcome
with alarcity and courage, and the
country has marched steadily onward
in its matchless course of Industrial
triumphs. The wise and beneficent
legislation of the Republican party
during the long years of Its ascendency
and administration of national aIrairs
laid the foundation for the public veal
SO securely that no disquietins condi-
| ton, not even a temporary panic.
which necessarily touches the main
spring of all Industrial life. could ar
4 rest the country's resiStless advance.
Since the last national Republican
| convention. four years ago. our pop.
ulation has increased from 81, 100000
to S7,50oQo0. while 100000 of immi-
grants from every quarter of the globe
| have found welcome to our shores and
protection under our flag.
During the last four years our
s value from aoa sssssooaooo 70 si'asl..
| 600. 900.
$751;, 100000 to SLAP 100000,
| The output of coal from 100000
| tons to .i2O,OO0,000.
| The product of gold from $4,000, 900
| to $90,000,000.
The accumulation in savings banks
/ of $2.S15.O00. 000dn 1903 was augmented
Ito s3,495. 100000 in 1907.
I The deposits in All banks IN 1903,
/ aggregating s9.55S,00O, 900, reached the
fabulous sum OF s13.000,0 100000 in 1907,
an increase of $3,5i6,000,O0O in four
Two million of spindles in
our cotton mills We're added. and the
domestic cotton used i'll our factories
in 1907 amounted to over 100000
/ bales, as against 3,92iOOO bales III
\ 1903.
The importations of raw silk to sup
ply our mills increased from little
over 15,0oo,000 pounds in 1908 to near
4 ly 100000 pounds In 1907.
i In spite of the disqueting condi-
! lions incident to the regulation OF
rates on interstate railroads, 10000
miles Of new trackage have been add
I'd in the past four years.
me tonnage of vessels passing
through the aSault Ste. Marie Canal has
| increased from 2S,00O.000 in 1903 tC
il.OO0,0oO in 1907.
i The output of pig iron. the barometer
of trade. in 1907 was 25.7S1,0o0 tons
as against little over 1s,o0O,000 ton.
4 in 1908, and our exports of iron ant
T steel Increased from $a6,64200O In 100;
) to s1Sl,531.000 IN 1907.
4 The cotton fabrics wrought il
American mills from our domestic hbel
consumed In 1908, 3924000.000 bales
d while in 1907 they required more tina,
q 100000, 900.
Our exports of manufacturers adj
! vanced from st6S,000,000 In 1908 t
Il $740, 900, 900 In 1907.
Our Imports OF raw material, for us'
in domestic manufacture increased
: from $3.50 100000 in 1908 to $iI70o0,
8 900 in 1907, while our exports In thu
j, calendar year OF 1907 were nearly
j. IS . & - III