The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-09-16

/ aln"nE mon, tn" rapiialstie class fled
f from tho Tray and sought shelter else.
where. II Was the plain men In
blouscS. with only u few honorable ex-
e"rtlohs. that followed the fortunes
ol the struggling colonies from Lex
ihgton To YorkteVn. So IN all the great
difficulties mat have boset our repitb-
ne from lis inception Ia this hour, It's
main r"lanc" has been for the mnntl-
ihcttife of wealth IN the time of peace
aud the defense If the flag In time
~ war upon the plain people. tAp-
piauso) Knowing the foundation upon
! winch this paftH rests in this state. /
have an abiding faith that cannot De
shaken IN its triumph at every election.
where lis cause Is plainly presented
Ia the people.
Tho history ot the state is matter
Of common knowledge. Al the close
of The campaign of 1sa2 President Har-
rison wrote me a letter IN which oe-
Cured "A phrase which | have never
forgotten. He said. Old experience
~ not instructive. each generation
much have It's own Old experience
1892. and that probably was because
that generation had not experienced
amy Of the nostrums administered By
the democratic party II the body
polite.
a Change.
''ln our day the conditions are some
what different II IL not my pnr-
pose in the briof spell am To speak
" you tonight e. 90 over the history
Of dire disaster bul want to speak
~ you Of something cheerful and
hopeful ana reassurng, | assert now
and challenge contradiction anywhere
that this country from IL moral point
Of view and from a matnrial point Df
iinA has forged forward faster aud
! higher and more substantially since
he first Inauguration Of william Nc
kinney than any country has ever
forged forward since or before Not
Wishing 10 have these statements in Il
mere figure of speech. il u CURED Ia
mo to appeal 10 a few of the plain
figures evolved by The cold statistics
On th" situation
''I'acre is 10 means Of registering
tilF bIP8lh ~ llt country 10 pfac-
tically and universally as the post
office. which reaches eYnry village,
hamlet, counting house and home in
all our broad band. IN 1897 the postal
receipts Of the United States were
$4,000, 900. II years later they
amounted To S23O. .000,nOO Ia 1897 lust
~ rnral Free delivery carriers were
delivering the mails 10 the farmers Of
the United States In 1910 the superb
army oi more than s5,0oo mon were
| visiting the farmers homes every day,
delivering the mails. CApplanseD In
/ 1897 We had lss,N00 miles Of railway;
In 1910 2i5,0oo miles Of railway. The
Increase amounted 10 practically the
| equivalent of the total mileage of
! many Of tho countries Of Europe. In
| 1897 the railroad employees of this
country numbered $4,000. IN 1910 they
numbered one million five hundred ana
some odd thousand.
Bank Deposits.
Passing from tie postal rnglstfy.
we come to the deposits in the banks
IN 1877 The total deposits in all the
, banks, except the savings banks.
amounted to $5,sSS, 13at37o. Twelve
years later the deposits amounted to
sliioS t77 being an Increase in that
period Of time ia the bank deposits Of
the country of moro than $s,i19OOO. 900
Take the life insurance polcies-t those
! PROVISIONS laade by men aud women
! everywhere for tie day when the hand
/ Of death shan be laid upon the family
and we find registered the number or
| policies In 1897 of all kinds 1O,2O6.577
IN 1908, 10 years later, 25,S5o, ,105
| policies The total amount of policies
~ figures In cash amounted to