Richmond Palladium (Daily), 24 November 1900 — Page 7

"STAND UP FOR AMERICA AND AMERICA WILL STAND UP FOR YOU! PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY.

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social conditions. It la our duty to pro tect ny lurni our iirmfijM anfl Olveriw manufacturing Interests; but we owe a greater duty to ourselves to see that the I .. I all m. . I f . .1 . Industrious men and women ho labor In thla country are protected from competition with the degraded form which labor unfortunately takes on In the I hlllpplnes. If we can hold the Philippines without endangering ourselves and our Institution they are of sufficient Importance to ua to hold them, but If the constitution snoini torre upon us a recognition of the Filipinos' rights and powers upon the same level with ourselves we should turn from these Inlands . . frum a nestilence. 1 n 1 r nollttesil nhli. Rations at home are serious enough with out incretiiiB me ciuucuiiies inciaent to the participation In our Oovernment of two distinct races. We should, therefore, not Increase these difficulties by adding to our voting population the eemlclvtltied millions of the Philippines. What has been said of the Philippines In Its conclusions applies to porto liico. PEOSPERITY CERTAIN". Lincoln Godfrey, head of the large dry goods house, or William Simpson Rons A Company, said: I desire to see the present Administration and the national policy adhered to during President McKlnley s terra continued and I sm sure that if this Is done prosperity will continue in the future as It nas so oountiiuny in tne past. CONSTITUTION AND THE FLAG. Those Who Charge TJs with Imperialism Are Unfit to Be Trusted with the Government. Ffobert H. Hinckley, an eminent lawyer, says: The Constitution of the Vnited States provides in Article IV. Section 3. as follows: "Tha Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all the rules and regulations respecting the territory or otuer property belonging to the United States." For some time after the adoption of the Constitution it was contended that tne above provision applied only to the territory which was a part of the United States at the time of the adoption of the Constitution. There was a difference of opinion, however, on the subject, and when by purchase the United States soqutred the possession of the land included in the Louisiana and Northwestern Territories the question became one nf vast importance and was not easily settled. The admission of Maine and Missouri into the Union raised the question squarely in 183). Bryant's "History of the United States" says: "The right of Maine to admission as a part of one of the thirteen original States with a republican form of government was absolute under the Constitution. The auestlon with regard to Missouri was. whether under the Constitution Congress had the right to create a new State out of purchased territory and admit It to the Union without a republican form of government." John Adams doubted if under the fontitution Congress had the right fo'prohioit slavery in a Territory where It already existed. The question was postponed by the Missouri Compromise, and when that

WHO'LL LOWER THE FLAG? The boys who carry our flag in that distant sea will be sustained by the American people. It is the flag of our faith and our purpose; it is the flag of our love. It represents the conscience of the country, and carries with it, wherever it goes, education, civilization and liberty. And let those lower it whi will! President McKinley at Evanston.lll., Oct. 17,1899. If, following the clear receipts of duty, territory falls to us, and the welfare of an alien people requires our guidance and protection, who will shrink from the responsibility, grave though it may be? Can we leave these people, who. by the fortunes of war and our own acts, are helpless and without government, to chaos and anarchy, after we have destroyed the only government they have had? President McKinley at Savannah, Ga., Dec. 17, 1898.

was repealed the terrible conflict cf lw.1-65 settled the matter by extinguishing v.averv and establishing the r edcral ioveriimciit on h broader and tirmir Hats of centralization than had been deemed possible. The right of the C ongross to make all needful rules and regulations respeotThg the Territories acuuireii bv purchase- up to this time has not since been, and no doubt never will be again, called In question. The great Western Territories were nil rurchased. either from France or Spain, l'id we purchase the Philippines, or did we acquire them by conquest? They cirtainlv became the property of the United States and Uewey's victory was no doubt the cause. Twenty millions of dollars was the sum paid to spatn and the treaty of Paris giving us the Islands became part of the supreme law of the land as much as the CoiisUlutton. This treaty was made by longress. not bv President McKinley. Assuming then that the Philippine Islands we-e conquered, and the Constitution gave Congress Ihe power to make all r.eedful rules and regulations respecting the terltorv or other property belonging to the I'nt'ted Stales, and there was no other power able to do it. we must say that in this respect the Constitution did follow the flag. ,i,ki Has the civilized, or uncivilised. Inhabitant of any of the Philippine Islands any knowledge of the l ined States ttovernment to enable him to act intelligently in regard to any question of citlrenshtp? Has he become bv the mere force of the acquisition by the United States of the islands in which he was born a cltiien of this country equal to one born on American soil, under the rule of t hf v. on; stitutlon and laws of the I nlted Mates? The answer must be no. and in this respect the Constitution does not follow t'rhearight of Congress to govern the territory acquired by the United States, either bv purchase or by conquest, must not be questioned. That this right ought to be exercised in the interest of humanttv and to advance civil and religious liberty, all Americans will demand and as soon as the condition of the Objects in the Philippine Islands will admit of their receiving the rights of American citizens under the vonstlunion there can be no doubt the will receive them, whether our country is governed by Republican or P-emocratlc administration. To quibble about this important question and to suggest doubts and difficulties more esreciallv to regard the prese'administration under President McKinlev - being guilty of imperialism or militarism, is indicative of mental weakness and a wnnt of knowledge of the true stuation of affairs 1n which our country 1. at present involved. Those who so charge the administration are certainly to be regarded as unfit to be trusted with the government of our nation. GEORGE VTCRESSON SPEAKS. Indorses McKinley's Administration with Both Hands Nation Demands His "Reelection. A president and treasurer of the great bearitia: his name, and also i president of the American Pulley Company. (crit V. Cresson is in a position ' to speak with autnomy on question-, m national welfare. The company's works at Kighteenth and Allegheny Avenue r."k among .lif leading industrial establishments of the city. The American Pulley Company is a concern nearly as large The works have just been finished twI represent ihe results of fifteen years labor. Tb- new establishment is resliy a wonderful Industry and its product Is regarded as he pulley which will come into universal use in the very near future. The hundreds of workingmen who re rmploved in these two establishments give Mr. Cresson a gnod opportunity of learning the thoughts of the laboring rlasse-s. Mr. Cresson is also president of the Manufacturers' Club and is thus brought Into contact with the represea-

tattve business men of the city. He says: I Indorse the McKinley Administration with both hands. President McKiuley has guld ;d the nation as well as any President we ever had. I am certain that no President could have done better than McKlnley und-r the conditions existing dutlng the years of his wise administration. I feel certain that he will be reelected, for the .st interests or the nation demand it. The prosperity which the country has enj yed since his Induction into office wag not cheeked until i gitators began to suggest the possibility of the lection of Mr. Bryan. The cnetk which prosperity has had by the Bryan agitation has oetn very bad for manufacturers. I am convinced that if McKinlev is reelected the future will be one of splendid business, whereas if Bryan is elected many manufacturing inuuscritte wlM te compelled to close their doors.

BUSINESS WAS DOUBLED. Charles E. Hires Hopes the Nation Will Not Depart from Republican Principles. Hires' rootbf or has become a household word in the homes of the nation and the greatly Increased pales which It ha had in the last few years is another side light on the increased business of that period. Said Charles E. Hires, president of the company bearing his name: Luring the last four years our business has more than doubled in volume and we are employing more than twice as many people. A part of this increase is due to the fart that we have branched out in a new line of industry the preparation of condensed mnk but the fact still remains that ail industries have prospereu mightily and that we have shared in the general improvement. I therefore hope that the nation will not depart from those principles and mm Eii-uuve wnicn nave guiaea it m the last four years, and I am positive that if they are not departed from. Drosperity will continue and be even more astounding in its extent than in the past. PROSPERITY WILL CONTINUE. Lincoln K. Passmore Cites the Ex perience of Grain Shippers. One of the most prominent grain firms in the Kast Is I. M. Parr & Son. Limited. with offices in the Bourse, and Lincoln K. Passmore. vice-chairman, necessarily is thoroughly posted on the export trade. He said: The experience of American grain ex porters affords a particularly favorable opportunity for realizing the growth of rctionnl prasperlty. uurlng tne period of Industrial depression under Cleve land s administration grain exporters experienced no difficulty in making their shipments by rail to the seaboard; now they cannot get their grain through readily and exports are steadily fall ing off. The explanation lies In the fact that during the period of depression there were always plenty of cars to move grain, because there was not enough manufactured goods transported to; fill them. Kallroads orrerert every inducement to grain shippers. Now the manu facturers are so busy that their product requires nearly all tha freight cars, and it is difficult to get the cereals to the shipping ports. Kxports have been falling off because home consumption has Increased, and as the American farmer secures relatively btter rates than the farmers in any other part of the world he is not desirous of sending his product abroad to n-eet the low-priced grain from other producing countries. it is the domestic consumption of raw products and the fcrelgn consumption of manufactured products that makes for the prosperity of a country. That ihe American farmer is prosperous must be evident to all. He is now securing Ml coots per bushel for exact ly the same grad of wheat that he secured but 5 cents for in l.V and 1S94. I am vi rtain that if President McKinlev is reelected the farmer and the manufacturer and the worklngman and the business man. all will continue to enjov the unbounded prosperity of the last few years The credit of the Government, the integrity of its currency and the inviolability of its obligations must be preserved. President McKinley 's inaugural. L. G. EOUSE S OPINION. Money Cheap, Farmers Paying Off Mortgages and Balances Piling Urj Miners Making Money. As president of the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurmce Companv. an institution exceedingly favorably known in Philadelphia and with interests extending into every section of the countrv. President Levi G. Fouse Is well qualified to speak upon national tojdcs. Discussing financial and economical conditions oi to-day and contrasting them with the period of financial distress which proceeded the advent of the McKinlev administration, he said: A significant feature of the conditions we tind ioughout the country to-d avis the chmpness of money. Prior to the change from the Cleveland administration to that now in control of the national destiny securities yielded from 5 to 7 per cent. Because of the national prosperity money is so cheap that it is sometimes difficult t make the same class of seouritles yield more than 31 per cent. It Has been found that the mortgages made during the tiemoeraiic stringency are being paid off. and during a recent tour through the West I was told by a number of bankers that as much as TO per cent, of their clearances, representing money deposited by farmers, had been used in paying oft mortgages and that balances were pil-ng up. This condition is an evidence of the prosperity of the country and is a sufficient reason for not experimenting with a change of policy in the national administration. A tour of the Western States Kansas. Colorado. Utah. California. Oregon and Washington gave me opportunity to learn that a great change of sentiment had taken place since the campaign of As an illustration, 1 learned from the proprietor of a large and prominent apartment hotel in Denver that the result of a straw vote which he took in l!!? was forty-seven votes for Bryan and eleven for McKinley. This Fall he took a similar vote and the result showed fifty-four for McKlnley and seven for Bryan. And then my informant pointed to a house opposite him and said that there resided in it fifteen persons, men and women, who lived there in that at that time fourteen of the fifteen votes we.e cast for Bryan and one for McKinley. but that in November next there would be fifteen votes for McKinley In the minlrg camps, Leadvil'ie. Victor and Cripple Creek. I spoke with many silver mine owners, and without exception they admitted making more money at the present price of silver th&n they

did when stiver was lvi cents to the dollar, and this is accounted for by the fact that the amount mined worked out at so much lefS expense Upon questioniiig they admitted that as their profits were now greater than before. If silver was sold at a iegui Instead of a commercial value the profit would be so inordinately high as to iead to a calamitous condition of some kind. The people turn a deaf ear to the imperialism cry of the remocrats. and they seem enthusiastically to favor expansion, as the Republican party uses that term. With reference to the experience of my company, I may add that we find business better than ever before and that the increase has continued this year, despite the disturbance of a Presidential campaign.

Our appeal is not to a false philosophy or rain theor.es, but to the masses of the American people, the plain, practical people whom Lincoln loved and trusted and whom the Republican pair has always faithfully strived to serve. Maj. McKinley to Notification Committee, 1896. UNPARALLELED PROSPERITY. Bryan's Election Means Idle Mills and the Army of Labor Starving. William J. Matheson & Co.. Limited, dye stuffs. 13i South Front Street, are re-presented in all sections of the United Slates and Canada and have a national standing. Says Frederick Turnbull, manager of the local branch: During the Administration of Mr. McKinley the business community of the United States has experienced unparalleled prosperity. We have enjoyed a protective tariff, which, if not perfect, has been satisfactory to the great majority of manufacturers, who have been enabled to keep their employees fully employed until quite recently, and the present lull in business can only be attributed to the Hryan apparition with its theories of Oovernmental procedure. Hefore Mr. Bryan aspires to trie Presidency of a great country like the I'nited States he should travel among the commercial nations of the world with which we do business, for he shows by his numerous speeches a vast amount of ignorance regarding interrational trade. and why any business man in this country, be his enterprise small or great, can vote for Mr. Bryan with his wild theories against established facts. I am at a loss to comprehend. I have been engaged in business here for twenty years and have had enougn of Democratic national control; during the four years prior to Mr. McKinley s inauguration we suffered severely financially, and for one whole year during Mr. Cleveland's Administration our establishment did not pay expenses and losses through failures were Immense. I hope no business man will support other than Mr. McKinley at the coming election, for should Mr. Bryan be eleced we shall see the great business of our country dwindle to insignificant proportion, our mills idle and the great army of labor starving. The Republican Party broke tie shackles of 4,000,000 slaves and made them free, and to the parfv of Lincoln has come another snpreme opportunity which it has bravely met in the liberation of ten millions cf tie human family from the yoke of imperialism. President McKinley to the Notification Committee, July 12, 1900. - Kotable ProgTsss ia the Flour Trade. Business up the State has enjoyed the same general prosperity as that reported by the Philadelphia establishments. One of the notable industries of WilkesBarre. Pa-, is the merchant milling concern known aa the iiiner-liiliajd Hilling

Co. They are perhaps the oldest Hour manufacturers in that section of the State, having been established In The firm was Incorporated March H. KL They report an increase of 7 per cnt. In the volume of business sine 1. IS per cent. Increase In the number of employees, and 1 per cent. Increase in the amount of wages paid. DEMOCRATS TIRED OF BRYAN.

They Will Bury Him So Deep He Will Never Be Heard of Again. The firm of Young. Smyth. Field Co.. represents the leading dry goods lntrests of the city. No line of business perhaps is more materially effected bv general depression than dry goods and notions, nor more correspondingly prosperous when business is generally on the upward trend. Kx-Postmaster John Field, the head of the above firm, has tftis to say on the subject of the contrast between McKlnley prtsperity of the present dav and the Cleveland depression of four years ago: "My conviction is that the men who are truly Democratic of the old conservative school are so tired of what ought to be termed 'Bryantsm' that they will march to the polls and vote ao as to bury him so deep he will never be heard of again. "The difficulty we had to contend with under Cleveland was the uncertainty as to maintaining the gold standard of values and the radical changes caused by the Wlison tariff bill superseding the SlcKinley tariff bill. The trouble was rot so much with President Cleveland as with his party, which he was unable to control. I have been all my Jlfetime engaged in mercantile business, but taking that quadrennial from 1892 to 1S96 i. was the most unsatisfactory period, leaving out the Civil War period, of all my experience In business. "Surely the year 1S93 can never be forgotten. This city was dotted all over with souphouses, to relieve the wants of intelligent working people who could not find employment. The last four years, lorn si5 to the present time, has been a period of steady and continued prosperity. Business reached the normal level, and there has been, on the whole, universal prosperity, ample employment

Keystone State's

Prosperity

The industrial statistics in the annual report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs for 1899, just issued, show that Pennsylvania industries enjoyed tremendous prosperity under President McKinley's administration. The following comparison is made from the records o fortyfour industries, representing -354 establishments. The same industries and establishments were recorded during every year from 1892 to 1899 inclusive:

' Average a,..7A Average Year Persons P ,1 Yearly Value of Product Employed Wages Pal Earnings 1892 136,882 $67,331,376 $491.90 $269,452,465 1893 122,278 56,818,289 464.66 226,017,762 1894 109,383 45,229,667 413.50 185,626,971 1895 127,361 56,704,511 445.78 222,730,930 1896 118,092 52,102.365 441.29 211,252,732 1897 121,281 52,138,941 429.90 222,995,654 1898 137,985 62,676,615 454.52 266,044,530 1899 1 154,422 78,179.333 506.27 377,934,411

PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE 1899 COMPARED WITH 1892. Persons employed: increase 17,540, or 12.81 per cent Aggregate wages paid: increase $10,847,457, or 16.11 per cent. Average yearly earnings: increase $14.37, or 2.92 per cent. Value of product: increase $108,481,946, jot 40.26 per cent. In 1899 the increase as compared with the preceding year was as follows : Persons employed 16,437

Aggregate wages paid Average yearly earning! . Value of product i pnd fair wages for all who are willing ; to work, while husiness capital has se- ! cured, as a rule, satisfactory returns, i To me the very idea of seeking a change from our present conditions is incomprehensible." BRYAN'S P0PULISTIC DOGMA. A Silver President Could in a Day Class TJs Among the Silver Nations. President Henry M. Dechert. of the j Commonwealth Trust Company, occupies j a foremost position In the financial world I and his valuable statement will command attention and consideration. He : says: The Sound Money Democrats who vo- : ted for President McKlnley. either dii rectly or indirectly, in K6. have found : no cause for regret for that vote. We all ; remember the anxiety and gloom which ruing over business during the Summer and Fail of lss. When the clock struck 12 upon election right the telegTaph announced to the countrv the election of President McKinley. and thereby struck the first hour of prosperity. At once business in every department began to revive, and that happy condition has continued from that day to this. The dread of the country going upon a silver basis undoubtedly caused the depression cf lss. The expectation of sound financial legislation during President McKinley's term caused the revival of business, the recent action of Congress has cemented the solid walls of prosperity, built upon a, gold and silver coinage in a proper ratio to each other, arid not as Mr. Bryan's special plank of the Kansas Cltv jlaiform demands, an unlimited silvercoinage at the arbitrary and untrue ratio of 15 to 1. It is not Democratic, but Populistie dogma -which would compel the Oovernment to buy silver at that rate although the market rate Is 32 to 1. A "Silver- President with his Secretary of the Treasury and Attorney General, notwithstanding existing legislation, could in a day cause the country to stand at home and abroad In the class cf silver nations, comprising China. India. Mexico and some of the South American States. Mr. Bryan and his direct representatives in July lart demanded of the Kansas City convention tne adoption of thi

silver plank, namely. -The immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ration of IS to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation." The Democratic delegations from Indiana. Ohio, Pennsylvania. New York. New Jersey, Maryland and Connecticut resisted Its adoption, urging the Democrats of the South and the Populists of the Northwest to be content with a reaffirmation of the Chicago platform, including its silver plank, but Bryan, through the Nebraska delegates. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina: John P. Altgeld. of Chicago, and Richard Croker, of New York, compelled the adoption of that separate and distinct silver plank, although the present market ratio of silver to gold is about 3i to L. The Kansas City platform also calls for the retirement of the national bank notes, the clause referring to it being as follows: "We demand the retirement of the national bank notes as fast as this Government's paper and silver certiticates can be substituted for them." This seems to bring us back to the remote days of the greenback party, which proposed an unlimited issue of paper currency by the Government. The transition from a well established bank note system, whereby the notes are absolutelysecured ro the holders bv the deposit of Oovernment bonds, to an unlimited issue of greenbacks and silver certificates together with the transition from the old to the silver standard would shock usiness Interests everywhere. No one can conceive its disastrous effect upon trade, manufacturers and labor. These questions are at the root of ail individual and public business and are the paramount tstues of the Presidential campaign. The real issues of the campaign are: First. Shall our present standard of money be debased? Second. Shall the present financial system of our nation be changed in accordance with the domestic of the Kansas City platform, whereby our financial institutions, our mills and factories and our business interests of every kind would be exposed to great loss, and In many cases to certain ruin? Defeat of the nominee of the Kansas City convention will enable the Demo-

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$15,502,78 , . . , . $51.75 $111,859,881 cratic party to rid itself of Populistie leaders and platforms. LIKE OLD WHIG TIMES. Rallying Cry Then S2 a Day and Boast Beef To-day It Is the Full Dinner Pail. The first political campaign I remember." said A. Coiburn. head of the A. Colburn Company, whose spices, fas, etc.. have become a household word throughout the land, "was back In the forties, and the issue fought then is substantially the same now. Those were the times of Locofocos and Whies. and the rallying cry was J2 a day and roast beef, just as to-day it is the full dinner pail. "I have never been able to understand the benefit of low free trade prices on goods. If the laboring men of the country were not enabled to earn wages sufficient to purchase them. From a somewhat extensive business experience I am prepared to assert that business will prosper in the future, as undoubtedlv it has in the past four years, if the present Administration is returned to pwer. I believe it Is to the best interests of the workingmen to cast their votes for the Republican party, and I have not the least doubt that If President McKinlev is reelected the wisdom of choosing him will be apparent to all after the heat of political strife is over." DEPOSITS LARGELY INCREASED They Tell a Story of Prosperity Which Cannot be Offset by Argument. Effingham B. Morris, president of the Girard Trust Company, commands attention because of his personal prominence and the eminence of the great institution over which he presides. He savs: The Increase In the number of depositors In saving funds and other similar depositories throughout the countrv. as weilas the marked increase in volume of the deposits, tells a storv of the prosperity of the country and of its distribution through the people which cannot be offset by any arguments to the contrary. This prosperity thus exemplified in exciil sAviigs u also apparent in the

larger savings anl the larger investments of those who labor with their brains as well as with their hands. The accumulations of men who work with both are just as much entitled to security as those of men who work with their hands alone, and yet sj soon as a ir.ajt's savings get beyond the point where they are cared for him by others, and he puts his brains to work to uti.ise his savings and perforce combine wuh others, then he loses ad right to respect and becorr.es a bugaboo with which to trig: ten tae ciass 01 worsmen trom noni every American tame. The existence of combinations of capital or so-calied trusts is to mv mind not a political question, except that history shows the employment of capita! to have been u'.ways more marked under the Kepuo..cati party than under Democratic ru e. Deposits in saving funds do not increase when the LiemocraUc party 13 in power, nor does capital seek active employment; it seeks safety only. T deveiooment of this ilea of combination is a natural one; it is the growth of. the world's trade; it cannot be credited to or charged against any political party in any particular country. It is part of the commercial growth of the world. It exists m every country of tne world to a greater or less degree. It is the same growth which brought the looms of single cottagers into one factory, and the separate hand forges into one mill where combined power could be economically supplied to all and combined capital could market their products. The same cry against oppression of tfe Individual was heard when tnese Individual looms and forges were thus combined under one control. The next step to combine the smaller factories into one larger combination or trust is a logical one and has been force! upon manufacturers because their market has so broadened In recent years by the growth of international trade that a single factory or a single mid cannot command enough capital to promptly handle its business any more than the individual weaver or individual ironworker could do a century ago. The market for the products of anycountry can no longer be limited to its own borders: the whole world is open to all its inhab:tants. not only to dwell in but to trade in. Time and space are being annihilated but the process requires

money. The cry of "trusts" seems to me i therefore to be "Vox et praeterea nihil." i It is a campaign sung for those who have j always been opposed to every step taken i by the hosts or industry and progress. Trusts will be regulated as all oiher necessary factors in human advance. : ment have been, but the inexorable laws ; of trade will do this better than anv statutes which can be devised, and the ; regulation will proceed in spite of any ', such statutes. The proposition to reg- ! ulate trusts by prohibiting, their inter- j state commerce is like an endeavor to! extend the levies across the Mississipi ! and stop its flow. Th1 levees are rers- ' sary by the river's side; they are futile 1 across its channel. j Prosperity is menace, we are fold, by the specter of imperialism and mill- . tarism reaching out for colonies and ! world powr. This is as old ;s the r;- ; tion. Washington. Jackson. Grant were 1 all despots who would ultimately gov- f em the country by force nf arms. To ' a generation whi-h witnessed the peace, j ful disarmament of a million men are I not the words "militarism" and "im- j priali.m"' in very truth but specters, J and without the substance of flsh and ! biood say-e only that which has leenj sacrificed in the endeavor to take ijD a duty laid upon us in the name of hu- ' manlty. and In the face of th civf!izei : world, and of which we wouli be r:1 a i soon as it can honorably be discharged? I To hold the fear of imperialism abroad ; in so great regard as to make us willing to incur the tril of vitiated curr-n v i at home is rather more of a sacrifice : than seems called for. The Taga!og are an estimable people and their sufferings are. no doubt, to be deplored, but the certain ruin which will follow a accent j dollar is of more consequence to the: mill and mine workers and to the hun- ! dreds of thousands of depositors in banks and savings funds of our own lands : than the entire island of Luzon and all ( its Inhabitants. They wli be taken care of In due time j as well by Republican politicians as j bv those of Democratic faith and purity; ; there is not raurh to choose between the comparative ability of both these classes; ' but the preservation of a sound stand- -t ard of value upon which our people can deiJ with the world is accordance with j the rules of other civilized people is so j paramount that no other issue can hide j it. While men are found willing to desiroy prosperity ui business confidence!

by an avowed attack upon the standard of value it is i.ilf to lull voters into security by the plea of the inability of t.e--e men to di much harm.

AN INSURANCE VIEW. Alfred S. GUlett Gives Some Pointed Reasons Why MeKinley Should be Elected. Paid Alfred S. OUlett. president of the Girard Fire and Marine Insurance Company. one of the ,il i. reliable institu-ti.-ns of Philadelphia: The issues of the campaign are the subject of much debate and much could be sail in ff.vor of the retention of the system of government in force during the iast four years. Do we want a change? Py no means. Was there ever a time of such general prosperity as that which the ration has enjoyed since President McKinley vas elected? Positively no. Could the laboring man at any per.0,1 in the history of the country reap s.ich a general reward for his labor? No. There is more money per capita in ciiaulation th;:n ever before: all the industries are prosperous, and though we it-.surance men are suffering through causes that are purely accidental, the nation is reaping the benefit from a national policy which, if continued through the votes of the people, will surely cause industries to flourish in the future as they have in the past and will give us four years more of good times. The national credit is of too paramount importance and nothing should be done to tarnish or impair it. Hen. W. McKinley, xn House of Representatives, April IS, 1S78. The financial honor of this Government is of too vast importance, is entirely too sacred to be the football of party politics. Mai. Wm. McKinley at Canton, Sept. 15, 1896. AN IMPRESSIVE STORY. A Large Increase in the Sales of the Enterprise Co. in the Last Three Years. The books of the Knterprise Manufacturing Company of IVnnsylvania tell an lnr.presslve story of the growth of business under the Republican Administration. The company is one of the largest in Pennsylvania. Says M. V. Koenig of the company: The percentage of Increase of sales daring 1Ki7. 1S; and lfcfSi. as compared with lsiti was 6 per cent.. 9 per cent., and 30 per cent., respectively . The principal articles we manufacture are: Meat an i food choppers. 3S sizes and sty its for hand and power; rapid grinding and pulverizing nulls, -M sizes and style?, for hand and power; sausage sniffers and lard presses; fruit, wine and Jelly presses; meat juice extractors; cold handle sad irons; raisin seeders; cherry stoners; smoked beef shavers; self-priming and measuring pumps and faucets; bung hole borers; lawn mowers; lawn sprinklers, etc. We are at present work-

M'KINLEY'S WISE LOGIC You cannot help the farmer by coining more silver; he can only be helped by more consumers for his products. Major McKinley to delegation of farmers, August 24, 1896. The way to help labor is to provide it with steady work and good wages and then to have those good wages always paid in good money. Major McKinley to delegation of workingmen, August 24, 1896. Our flag has been assailed in those distant islands in the Pacific, and I ask the people of Iowa whether we shall not stand firmly and unitedly until American sovereignty shall be established in every island of tho archipelago. President McKinley at Waterloo, la, Oct. 16, 1899.

ing on a line of electrically connected meat and food choppers and rapid grinding and pulverising mills. We anticipate getting out a very complete line of thest machines, should the present prosperity of the country continue:. LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE. One Thousand Houses to be Built Should There be No Change of Administration. The extensive interests of William Whitmer Ar Sons. Inc., manufacturers of and wholesale dealers In lumber. Girard Trust Building, brings the lirm into contact with industries in many sections of the country-. Martin Lan, treasurer, sa vs : We can sav candidly that our business was. without exception, the most prosperous during the last few years that it has ever been. Tho great difficulty has been In maiiv cases to get sufficient lumber manufactured to fill our orders, and we find that this has been the experience of people in other lines, of business. Not enly business lias been good, but money to carry on enterprises has been plenty. At the present, time we know of one small town nearby where there is needed ;n''i houses whi-h will be built without doubt should there be no change In the administration. With prosperity on every si'i-. we think it foolish fur any reasonable buririess man. except he is politkMn. to do anything else hut "let well enough alone," and not lend his influence or fcive his vote to a party whose 1 reactions ;nd prophecirs bv our prosperity h.'ve proven to be false In every parii-iil tr. NO COMPARISON POSSIBLE. Col. Elkins Believes McKinley Will Be Elected by a Large Majority. Colonel William L. Elkins. whose business interests are rf-presented In many cities, including Chicago. New Yc.rk. Buffalo, etc.. us well as in Philadelphia, is therefore qualified to speak fi.r the w hot' country, says: There is no comparison as trf-tween the administration of President McKinley and that of Cleveland four years ago. Te ore is so fr sujerlor to the other tht r:o c.'rr.r-arion can be made. The anticipation of the reelection of McKlnley makes everyne feel very happy and I fUi.v believe that he will he reelected by a large majority The business interests of the country demand It snd I cannot reli ve th3t it is possible for him to be . feaied. especially by a candidate like i'ryan. whose policy everyone knows would ruin me country. The American jKf pic know a good thing when they see it and th?y will continue the Republican party m r. OUR MERCHANT MARINE. A Proposed Shipping Bill Which "Will Give Employment to Thousands of Workingmen. Morris. Wheeler Sc. Co. are among the leaders in the iron trade, which largely govern other hr.es of business. Impression in iron means depression in all branches of trade, arid an opinion from this ii" is accordingly significant. Antirew Wheeler, of the above f.rrri said he thought there had not been sufficient attention given to the fact that both Bryan and o;evenson were free traders, and that in the unfortunate event, of their ei-ction there would be a great check put upon new enterprises, and a feeling of doubt and uncertainty would take the place of the feeling of cor.fiflence tta- exists when it is known tnat the friends ,f protection to American industry are in power. Workman who can recall the years 183S to !. when the Wilson tariff bill was In bc.t d CleveUr.d and Steve, toa

were In power, when vast manufacturing districts were turned Into charity org animations and soup societies, will rally to the banner f McKinley and Hoosevelt, and thus lend their aid to make present prosperity permanent and make Ihe early years of the new century the most prosperous, expanding and progressive the country has ever seen. As some evidence as to what may b expected in thla direction there is now pending a shipping bill, which, if adopted, will give employment to thousands of har.ds and make work for hundreds of branches of industry. McKinley and Roosevelt are enthusiastically in favor of such a measure, and their active and cord;! help can be confidently relied on. while both Hryan and Steyrnson are on record as opposing national aid to our depressed merchant marine. If there were no other Issue 1n-olve1 than this question of the building ut of our merchant marine It should h sufficient to make the workingmen of the country move in one solid phalanx In favor of the party who would build up the vessels for foreign carrying trade in our shipyards, and retain at home among our bn people the millions now paid to foreign nations for the transportation on the ocean of our own products.

INCREASED ONE-THIRD. The Link Belt Engineering Company Have More Men on Their Payrolls Than Ever Before. The Link ISelt Kngineering Company, of Xlcexown. which manufactures elevating and conveying machinery, power transmission machinery, and supplies much of the machinery necessary for preparing and storing coal and handling freight, is one of the important Industries of Philadelphia, and an opinion from them carries weight correspondingly with their importance In the business world. S. Howard-Smith, vice-president and treasurer, said: The lank Heit Kngtneering Company is occupied with designing, manufacturing and insta'lation of appliances and plants for economizing hand labor and thereby increasing the output of manufacturing and other Industrial enterprises. The character of the work makes a demand from the customers in times of depression, when the necessity for the reduction of expenses is forced upon them, while In times of prosperity their business shares the general demand for increased efficiency and larger output by manufacturers. it would not be expected therefor that this particular business would be immediately and radically affected by changes In the prosperity level, and it Is somewhat remarkable that the four years of the present Administration has brought an Increase of fully one-third to the business of this company, resulting In the employment of one-third moro men In its manufacturing work, with the consequent and relative increase in their payroll. The officers of the company see in this Increase of their business a direct and positive consequence of the general prosperity which has followed the adoption bv the country of the well-known policies of the "resent Administration, and are deeply impressed with the conviction that only a continuance of these policies will permit the maintaining of their present scale or the possibility of its increase and the retention Jn their employ of the larger number of workmen now on their rolls. With absolute faith in the verdict of the people the officers of the Link Belt Knglneeiing Company are unwilling to contemplate the reverse of the picture, or the consequences of suspending for the next four years the financial and revenue policies now in force. There comes clearly to their minds the condition prevailing previous to the first election of President McKinley; the streiini of unemployed workmen applying for a chance to earn an honest living; the reduction of hours of lanor. and consequently of pay, for those who wcr and remain on their payrolls, and particularly the distress which pervaded the homes of the woikers In the textile industries of Philadelphia. They do not believe that Ihd people of either Philadelphia or tha country at large have forgotten the experiences of the late days of the last Cleveland Administration, or that the activities of their memories will fall lo be evidence in the counting of the votes. Duty determines destiny. Destiny which results from duty performed may bring anxiety and perils, but never iailure and dishonor. Pursuing duty may not always lead by smooth paths. Another coarse may look easier and more attractive, but pursuing duty for duty's sake is always sure and safe and honorable. President McKinley at Chicago, Oct. 19, 1698. 'THE PRESS"" PLAN APPROVED It Is Doing a Distinct Public Service in Disseminating Views of Citizens. fjeorge Tucker Bipham and A H Wlntersteen. eminent members of the bar. commend "The Press"' presentation of facts demonstrating that natura l pr'serity demands the continuance of fh policy (t'lvrniin the nation since president McKlnley assumed the duties of office. Jeorge Tucker Blspham writa: It is quite plain that the importance, of the 'MUCH presented at the approachleg Presidential election cannot lie exaggerated, for they involve the honor and welfare of the nation and the proIerity of its citizens. In my judgment the honor and prosperity of our country can only rx? preserved and maintained by the election of Mr, McKinley. The election of Mr. Bryan would tarnish the one and ruin the other. I therefore cordially approve the efforts which are being made by "The Press" to bring h ' minds of voters In doubtful Htatex to a proper realiztti'.n of the character of the existing issues. A. H. VVinternt.een says: The plan of "The Press" of disseminating throughout toe country, by proper publication, the views of citizens of the various sections upon the current national political Issue du-rvs the fullest encourgemetit. f believe a larg majority of the je-ople of tie Cnited States who have the best' good of thfl country at heart regard the possible election of Mr. Bryan as fraught wuh danger. In my Judgment tfce continuance of our pr?sect condition of national prosperity will be dependent to a large extent tpon the defsat at the coming ejection of the Dniocrailr candidate, and the nasi discount nance by the people of his theories and poikles. To the extent that "The Pr s" with trm enterprise shall gain rote for the Rerpubii-'-can ticket by circulation throughout the country. aRi especially throughout the doubtful States, of the above views, which I suppose are held by most men who have no personal political end to gain by the election of either candidate, it will if u&U ciirijijt nvj&e ervk. -