The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06

bur IL In true ~ TO al Of the leading
STAPLES. Let III look IT whea;. for
instance. The census Of 1890 show-
ed an average annual yield for the
ten years preceding OF 500 900. 900 /.
bushels. The advance reports Of the
present census show al average an
nuai yield for the ten years past OF
eos 900 900 bushels. This 10 an In
crease Of 30 per cent in the amount
of wheat produced. as against only
IS per cent increase in population
60 we see that the production OF
wheat has increased much greater
than the increase Ia population.
Nov. II our Democratic friends
were In power. and prices were again
as low as they were under the Cieve-
land administration. we can imagine
seeing our Democratic friends de-
ciaring that the low price OF products
Ia not due TO Democratic policies. but
is due TO the fact that there is an
"over-production" of products In
deed, every one will remember that
during the Cleveland administra-
ton that the stock cry Of the Demo
Gratis in explaining low prices was
that there was an "over-production"
of products. Their cry OF over
production" nnder the Cleveland adj
ministration was no more true then
than Is their cry Of "under-produc-
ton" now.
The fact is. that there was not
over-production during the Cleveland
administration, as the records show.
/ There were enough people then to
have produced all of the cotton and
bread-stuff and meats which the
country consumed, but the fact was
that though cotton was only cents
a pound, there was not a person
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| We have often been asked by some
Democratic friend to explain just
how Republican policies caused far
mers' products to sell for better
/ prices and caused times to be more
! generally prosperous. Economic con-
ditions and the effect of government
tai policies upon the same Is so in
tricate and ramified that no one can,
| in few words or by looking just at
one phase of the situation, give a
| full and complete explanation, but
we admit that any voter who desires
such information should have some
satisfactory answer. Therefore, we
will briefly give one sidelight upon
the situation, which is a part of the
answer. and it is this:
During prosperous times, such as
We have now, the average individual
is able to consume more grain and
meat and buy more clothing than in
less prosperous times, as under the
Cleveland administration. The peo-
pie wanted clothing and meat and
bread and the necessaries of life and
some luxuries as much under the
Cleveland administration as they do
harder then than they do now and
produced more wealth products then
than they do now, but after they sold
their produce for what they could
get for it, they were still unable to
buy as many of the absolute neces-
saries of life as they needed. This
had a tendency to send prices still
lower, Just as now the ability of the
farmer when he sells his cotton and
other produce to buy everything his
family needs and some things-lux-
uries, which they do not absolutely
,need-has a tendency to send prices
up.
In this connection, it should be
noted that the very prosperous de-
cade in which We are living, capita
has been encouraged to invest in
profitable enterprises, the wheels OF
industry have been in motion. la
borers have been employed at profit
able wages, and have themselve:
Joined the great consuming class
and consuming as much as the,
need. The Democratic party threat
ems legislation, if it gets in power
which will shut up the shops, turf
laborers out of employment, anC
force us to buy our manufactured
goods abroad. This will throw la