Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1892 — "Provokingly" Pro[?]rous Country. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

"Provokingly" Pro[?]rous Country.

The New YorkferaZd desires the election of Cldand, yet the Herald is bound) confess the prosperity of thcountry under President Harril’s administration and the of the McKinley law. Io wonder the Herald calls thondiiion of the country “prov<ngly healthy. Says the Heroic

“The busineef the country is in a provokirf healthy and flourishing co'tion. Imports during the fiscfear eliding June 30 were greater those of any former year, aunting' to eight hundred and fty-thre* million dollars, while X>rts are also exceeded the best record and reached the amous aggregate of one billionfenty-seven million dollars, ailroad earnings for the first sjaonths of the year are greater 11 those for any similar perit* history, amT the output of has been greater thane* before. Business failures’ the first half of the present ar have been one thousand ft* in number and forty millioollars less in gross liabilities ti they were during

the corresponding period of 189 L New industrial enterprises for manufacturing iron, cotton, and woclen ’fabrics are going into operation in various sections, and while the margin of profits [ te small, business is on a splid foundation, and the outlook in every direction is hopeful and encouraging. The grain crop-* is promising, money is abundant, and collections are easjk In the face of such a condition of things the calamity howler must remain silent. His howling will bcqge nobody, not even himself, for he is 1 too smart ndt to realize that the country is in a marvelously prosperous condition find likely to continue so.”

To vote a straight Republican ticket stampjwithin the square enclosing the eagle at the top of the ballot, and nowhere else. If any other square is stamped in addition to the large square dhe ballot will be thrown out. After stamping fold the ballot so as to leave the initials of the poll clerk on the outside and hand to the election officers.