Richmond Palladium (Daily), 24 November 1900 — Page 8

PROSPERITY IN THE OLD KEYSTONE STATE. Pennsylvania Achieves a Proud Record of Industrial Progress Under Republican Protection and Sound Money The Workingman Happy and Contented With Abundant Employment at Good Wages He Sees No Reason for a Change In Existing Conditions and Will Vote for the Reelection of McKinley and the Continuation of Prosperity and Comfort for Himself and His Family.

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The great S tate of Pennsylvania, waicn has contributed such substantial majorit ti for the Kepubllean candidates in Presidential year, furr.ishts a magnificent example of prospcitty and prog- c under Kepubltcun Administration during the last four ars, and the, benefits to the workingman resulting from a wise and conservative tinaneial policy. Few States In toe liilmi tell a more Iropreslve story than nmy be. learned from a study of the hist annual report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs, fart third, refeirtng to industrial t i-r i. . In the report referred to will be found the J5ij2 comparative aeries taWw. This Is a presentation of forty-four Industries, representing 'XA establishments. The same etblishments art- carried through from 1-H2, ami tomiiiirisun la made year by year of the days (if operation, the persona employed, the aggregate of as$ paid, the yearly earning, the daily wage and the market value of the output. The actual figures tell a wonderful story of progress in the last four years, in these -4 estabiiHrmierirs the total number of persons employed in lst5 was lis, 092; In lHm, li4,4l"2. Aggregate amount of sages paid, 1W. t!,io2,3iu; in WJ. t78,ri'.,;33. Average yearly earnings, liJ, 1Ul.SH ; In It-irt. V'fli 27. Value of product, 1KSS. f2U.2u2.732; ls0. f377.aSI.4U. The 1M comparative series, which follows that of the l.2 series, is made up of 83 Industries, representing S55 establishments. In this series comparison Is made with IS', including tlie intervening years, and shows the iriojease or dec-tease in wages, etc., Hume as in th, ltiS2 series, with the addition of capital

Invested, and the cost of basic materials. In the presentation of the cotton and wool census for ls:9 the figures repre sent the entire business done in the j titate, including capital invested, wages j I aid to males, females and children; I quantity of output and value, and also i show the number of power looms, hand : looms, spindles, curds, t ombs, pickers, j knitting machines, braiders, etc. The resume of these !s establishments i showing the comparisons between 1&6 i and liiU'J, makes the following Interesting exhibit of progress and prosperity during the McKinley administration: Capital Invested in plants and fixed working capital, lv.td, J1H.5.31 :13: In 19 It was Increased to $.'15.877. 825. Average number of days In operation, IS;, z; .I'M. 2s8; number of persons employed. 1XS7S In lwiti. and 1D1.936 In 199. Aggregate amount of wages paid In IMsj. $lit,K73.543; In 1S9, $7!t.6W,72r. Market value of production in Is:?, t3.2o-..H4; in 1890, f332, 801.934. Value of production during the year to each employee. $142.17 in 1. while in it had increased to JIX2S . Average yearly earnings, ItsiM. $4i.St; l09, $432 49. Comparison with the preceding years is made of the entire production of pis iron In the State, Its value, cost of basic material, days of operation, persons employed, aggregate of wages paid, yearly earnings ana dally wage. The same detailed information as to wages, earnings, etc.. Is shown in rolled iron and steel as is set forth in pig iron. Attention is especially called to the largely Increased number of employees in ail of these leading Industries, to the increased earnings and wages and to the increased production, all of which is fully set forth in the analysis at the close of the report. MORE STEEL THAN GREAT BRITAIN. When It Is reflected what the manufacturer cf iron and irteel is to Pennsylvania; what it Is to the i'nited States, and what it is to the world, a study of the analysis will tie of more than ordinary Interest. It shows how- Pennsylvania produced In l.sfiii almost double the amount of pig iron she produced in 1W4; how this production was more than 70 per cent, of the entire production for 1ST9 of Great Britain; how Pennsylvania produced ISO per cent, more steel in li than in IsM; how this production was nearly 29 per cent. In excess of the entire production of Great Britain, ami shows how. in the manufacture of tin plate, in which Pennsylvania is fin miiob Interested, the produt lion in the I'nited States for lsiiy was 435 per cent, in ex- ! cess of the production of 1SH4, and shows j t ennsyivania s relation, to this large increase. VAW'E OF PROIH'CT. If 19 has shown a remarkable increase In the number of workmen employed and the wages paid, the value of "the production shows a like wonderful increase. The aggregate for IK'-J reached the unprecedented flaures of $?,77,m4 411 an Increase over fiys of fllI.iiS9.ssi. or 42.06 per cent. Over 18U2. the once most prosperous year of the series, but now eclipsed by 1SW9. the Increase was fl.S,4Kl.!4o. or 40.2 per cent., and over 11 the year of our greatest depression, the Increase swelled to $.W.307,4S. or !;. per cent. The capital Invested in the S.5 establishments considered In the comparative series of is; advanced since that !roro .S.U to 243,r7.S2ri in lSfl. the heaviest increase being from 1S to 1S9M. when It advanced riearlv 15 j-er cent. In li the days of operation were 268: in lSti. they were 27S; in IsyS iney increased to 2x, and in !Si to 2w- a j difference of twenty days in favor of i 1 over 15. ' From im to 1W an advance Is shown ! in the number of working people em- t ployed in these Si5 industries of 43 7 per cent., the number employed in ls.9 having heen m.S as against I2S.57S in issrt. The Increase over Iw was 14 4 per cent!, the .' number employed in that e.tr havinn ' been 139,010. The avenge earnings for I all of these 1 SI. 936 peis-ns. skilled and unskilled, male and it mate, w is in l"' 1432.49 an increase over cf 't v an.j ; over IS of S22 lis This series renre- i sented for 1A a larae volume of rm-Mneoo i done, i-s vnlne asstf.ri-s ss"vv; '. "2 U-LJ'- - i-"1 an increase ! of w;...0. or over 70 per cent. I ria iron. i ai . c.-.ii ks ine crerit,';f er , in the production of pls iron in the Mstcrv ,:f tlu s-.a'te. the increase over lSy& being 1,173. OlO tress tons, or nearly 3c per cent., ami the increase over IS.'i being gross Ions, or 62.3 per cent r enusvivar.iu s production cf fc.r-4:'.:; i gross tons in Iv wis within about ;; Per cent, of th entire prod-action 0 tlreat Britain. The entire production of the I'nited States, according to figures furnished by the Auw-i ican Iron at i Steel Association, was l.s, ;;?. 7--j gross tons, an n-'rs ever the production of Great Britain of more than tj jer cent. These figures are verv stgninVant when it is reflected that In isM.'iust five wars ago. Great Britain produced nearly 12 Ier cent, more pig iron tha:i was prod tired in the I'nited States, and that in lSi'S her increase in product ion over !4 was but lit tie nvir 25 per cent., wjin. tne increase on the part of th- Vmte-i Mates w-as over l-.jo per cent.. The value of Pennsylvania's production of pis iron for l:-'i was close to a hundred million do Lars, the realised value being ,:-.:."u5.-!-The average number of dav ,'f employment for I&ei was art. being" thir-ty-eistiii in excess of ix-t. An average of li.UT workmen were employed In the making of pig Iron du-ing ista. art Increase, over !:i of . T;7. or per cert:. The average earnings in lsis for skii ed and Ui-.skiiicd labor was nearly ore hundred d -liars it excess of Iv. the average for IsMt being an. I for Is;', but SO. The average da'iy jsf was S'. Sl. an Increase ever lvs of 14 cents, rvr day. STKEl Pennsylvania produced tons of steei of all kinds Tease ot SC ? per cent, nearly douh!- According cf the American Iron . 1. i .44ti.1K grosin IN-, aii 1... over ,-.r to the repori Steei AssoeiaI'nited States tjon ire production of t for IS was nx-G9.S:-T tlreat Britain about S. sylvanta consetftierit.'y gross tons. in i tor s. FV roei'.H t.i over -t T! of the t,";--;e-3 rer ce-it. o tr.- -ar tates. a--l al"-,!' 2. p. r cent, more than Great Britain The al.c of this enormous prod- .'tion was JC.i3.3Tr.12tJ. an increase in the awret-ate value over lt5 of :ii.ST.i The rurnber of workman emrdoved was in ISms. M.MSi an increase over i.s cf I'sk'S, or S0. per cent. Tee

average earnings of the workmen.

(Kliled and unstilled. was ,iJ. as ag t.ul tti in i!e5, an increase of SiU.H. or 23 s in-r cent. The average daily wage was $: 'j'j. a:i Increase over of ii'-2 per Ct-lit. TIN PLAT K. Pennsylvania had twenty-one black plate works ir fix-ration daring the ,' whole or part of ixM. eighteen of which turned out a tinned pro.lvjrr.ioii. The total number of pound of black oia'e made was 3,fioo,7.'H. as against l.s : K -I pounds in Ihwi. an increase of 1'10,2;4.244. or i 132. H per cent. Pennsylvania s increase m tinn-d production has been e-'i i.t. v as ! ar3facoy as hr increase in I. Lick ; plate. The aggregate Unned jroiltictt:t:i i ; for ISS9 of the black piate works and dip- I ! ping wi(rk was .1. 734 pounds, as 1 against l;t,5,7il pounda in liexi, an in- 1 crease of 137 2 p-r cent. Pennsylvania's share of the entire pro- . : duction of the I'nitea State of tin and terne plate for I:, which was iiSl.iXM.ooO. ; waa about S7 per t-et:t. Comparing IMS ; production of the I'nited letates for l-s ! with the production of ln;it. 1H;.343, t-'J i pfouid., it will lie wen lliat the i!!ere-i.' ; in the pait rive years has been 72M,.,3.1 pouiHis. or 4;;3 per cent. The r.nmb-r ,,f I workmen trnployeil in the 1-iat k piate : works was increased from 314 i:i 1 - to I 7S2 in iM-ii. an Inereas-e of 140 5 er cent. Their average daily wage was increased ! from fl.vi in DO to f2.3t in 1 :. j I i lack piate for tinning was made in j eleven counties m IvjU. Lawrence County j leading with 41.26 per cent, of the entire production of the State, followed by Al- ! legheny with ly.M per cent.. West more- ' land with Is.iiS per t-ent. and Washingt'n ! with 71 per cent. The remaining coun- ' ties were un'ier a per cent. The dipping works are confined to Philadelphia. At- j b-srheny and Montgomery ''ottnties. and I their ratio Is rewiiectively 8.a3 per cent., i 23.2tS per cent., and 7. SI per cent. i COTTON AND WOOL MANUFACTURE In the manufacture of cotton and wool ; the report shows that in the 13 etabiishments in the Stute during l&rj thf-re were in operation 33.4;fi power looms, 17ss hand looms. H..2 aptnotes. n sets cards, 43l combs, r-2 pi Kern. 21.775 knitting machines, ffictft sewing mnchines, uvj riliters, lift garnets. 4373 braiders and 437 loopers. The amount of capital invested was t37.4'3 113. Thu total cotton production waa DA 441.351 pounds- woolen production. 172.!ju.2$4 pounds; an aggregate of cotton and wool combined, of 33o.23S.S35 pounds.

1890 1891 189Z 1893 1894 1895 189S 1897 1898 1893 1900 Ba of Prosperity Unotwxrfxt I Shk,, at Boanst J Distrust Deeper. j Prosperity Nearly I TOTAL ECLIPSS j light Appear I Dajtaw Elf Gone. I Tn Trade Shadow I Sua of Proerwrity Again Unobsctirwt . Btp&blkan AdminiaUatioa Appear FreeTrade Congrws. Oterorai San of Prosperity HcEnley BadaL Protection Congress. of Bum Mesriy Diagiey Law and Protection VrndicnU-l 1 1 208 anfl A Protective TanS OawUad EacUd Adsrs Balanoa ef wEff- Idl.Mn. ' Protection Sura Dingley Ur flats J009- CapreoedenUd Fore-m xnd Domestic , . . . . . FiTorsaUiBalaaoerfTrads Vslaes DaJiaa Trsda ptLTtw iow Wsgea Vslnes Eiss. Icto Efert. Wtges faereue. Tnda. InSusli wsra Afiectesl fv cSltl0, " bSTcSS? Jt w- me trrt igliD ' Coaunarta ft Tnaa cosuesa 1. v.. wnsiracnoB low- for Onaning Uib Fajmr iWmui Expeadituraa fcT Tll2t T0fTt& 3 J:, r . Trsda WMPaU.Cl S v111 4 Ki KteT Conlldancs K Cothtcrea of Wag TjUV ABhtTeaxE.U BGesDe- csfu Eiciag and Hopa Z$1 f- ML tCiiPSaL , mQloom. rmt& LowartinlSYears Psnie sad Eula. Gtiags fcr Bettw Haw Esnord in Iron Immense Stridai in hitieaRaiLaniSypCenstrucu large tteaneuoD in rnwie dsm. Ration Debt Low- Enormous Fsunrea gUmp is Iron Poverty & Distress. in CosKneros sad sad Other Indas- Trarfe ta Spite trf IrrtnessB Bank Cssrsnosa A Busy, Contented, Baypy Peopia est tnoe BabeJlion. Kill Debt Itcresaas Prodiictioa SOUP HGGSaS. T. vi tries. Spanisa'Wsr. A Easy, Contented, L,.ppy Peopla Foreign Commerce, . . . $1,647,139,093 $1,729,397,006 $1,857,630,610 $1,714,068,118 $1,547,135,194 $1,538,503,130 "jje62,331,612 $U15,723,968 $1,84731.884 $1,824,171,791 $244.193,543 Total Ezporla-HerGhsndisa 84393,323 872,270,283 1.015,732,011 831,030,785 S69j!04,937 793,392,599 86300,487 1,032,007,603 110,291,913 1503,93U22 170,401922 Balance of Trada. .... 68,518575 S9.564.614 202,875,CSa -18.7S5.728 237,145.950 75,583,200 102,88264 28833,144 615,432,678 529,874,813 544J64S85 Eiport8-5Ianufacture, . 151,10276 163,927,315 159,510,937 158,023,118 133,723,808 183,595,743 228,571,178 277,285,391 290,697,354 338,675.558 432.284,368 Eaoeipts-Customa. . . . . 229,668,585 219,52205 177,452,86-1 203,355,017 131,818,531 152,158,617 160.021,753 176,554,127 149.575,062 208,128,481 233,857.958 Eoceipta-Total 403,080,983 392,812,447 354,937,784 S5,819,823 297,722,013 313,380 fllo 326,97600 347,721,905 C 405321,335 515,860fo 568888143 Expenditures 318,040,711 S85.773.905 345,023,330 SS3.477.954 30725,279 256.195,293 352,179,443 305,774,159 443388,583 605,072,180 487,759,172 Treasury Balance, . ". . . 85,040572 26.838,542 9,914,454 2.341,674 -C9,S03590 -42,80523 -25,203,246 -18,052554 -38,047543 -89,11160 81,229,778 Bank Clearances, . . . . 58,845579,505 57598,737,938 60,883,572,438 58,580,682,455 45,028,496,746 50,975155,048 51,935,651,733 54170,545,030 65,924,820,769 88,903,651.776 al05,000,000,00O FaUuree-Liabilities, . . . " 189,856,984 189.888,633 114,044,127 3-15,779,889 172,992358 173,19-3,060 226,098,834 154.S32.07l' 130,862,899 00,879,889 No data Deposits In Savings Bania, 1,524.84408 1,623,079,749 1,712,763,023 I,7857l50,257 1,747,S61S0 1.810,597,023 1,907,153577 1,939,376,035 2,065,831593 2530,336954 Ko data Tost Office EeTenne, . . . " 60,882,093 65,931,783 70,930,470 75,836,933 75,080,479 76,983,123 82,499508 82,685,483 89.012,618 9521384 b 102.445J653 Baaruad Gross Receipts. . 1.078,835339 1.125,534,S15 1,189,038,840 1507,108,028 1.068,943,353 1,092.395,437 1,125,632,025 1432,866,628 1,249,558,724 1313,610,113 No data Interest Bearing Debt, . . 725,313,110 610,529,120 585,029,330 585,037400 635,041,890 716502,060 847363,890 847385,130 847367.470 '148750 1,023,478.860 Sheep-Value, . 108397,447 118,121590 125,909584 9,188,110 68,685,767 65,187,735 67,020,942 92,721433 107,697,530 12265,913 0 246475335 Sheep-Number, 43,421,138 44,938335 47573,553 45.048.017 42594,064 53598,783 36,818,643 37,656,E80 39,114,453 il383!o65 Tl3421,88i Pig Iron Prcdaction-Tons, 8502,703 8579,870 9.157.CQ3 7,124,502 6.-3573S8 9,448,308 8,623,127 87652,680 11,773,34 13,620,703 No data Eaflroada-MilesBnilt,. . 5378 4j075 4.441 2343 1399 1650 1,704 1322 2519 ' 4300 dlW Vessels Built-Tons, . . . 294423 383302 199,633 211,639 131495 111,602 E27.C97 232532 180.458 200,038 a 350,000

with a value of tne.-wO.T'C. Number cf das in operation. 2SU. Total number of working people employed. 7S,tVi. Aggregate of w ages paid these working people. -5.2t!tU44. No one saffers so much from cheap money as the farmers and laborers; they are the first to feel its bad ettects and the last to recover frcm them. Maj, McKinley's letter c acceptance, 1896. AN HONORED NAME. Thomas A. Biddle & Company Hold a Foremost Place Among Philadelphia Brokers. Among the 'sound and conservative brckers of Pt':!.ule'.pht; the firm of Thomas A. Biddle & Co.. S3 Wuinnt Street, ranks foremost. The firm has won high standing because of its record far many vears. it enjoys the entire confidence of its patrons, and, whi.e doing a very large and important I usiness. has never departed from ines of conservatism and safety. The firm has played a prominent part In many of the most important financial deals which have been transacted in this city. While the members cf the firm do not care to enter upon the discussion of political questions, they subscribe io the dee.aration that in their opinion prosperity wi.l continue if President McKinley is reelected and the principles of the Republican Platform are adhered to. ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTING. Nothing to Da But Count the Votes and Determine McKinley's Majority. i The extensive business connections of the Jliilville Manufacturing Company, factors in cotton goods, with offices at rtt Chestnut Street, have enabled President Oeirs; Wood to feel the pulse of trade : over a wide faction of territory. He sai.l: In mv ottriion it is all over but the shouting; there is r!hir.r to do but! coi.r.t the v.-es an-i determine the ma- 1 lority fv which the present Admaastra- -: tti n. which has given tts such bonntif-al prosperity, will lie returned to f-ower; I I beiieve tha: the Repahli.-an ticket will : b elected by a much iarsrer majority tSan it r"eived four years ago. for the people have secti what its rule has done and it enn speak to the country with I actual proofs to demonstrate the correctness and soundness of its position. j To make another caoice than thn.t of

MeKSr.ley srd Ror.se vtlt wouM a great

U n:u -. It woui.j paralyze i.-:oi;.-. . I am convinced that the American i,eoptehave too much sound sfcse to .-a r v-es for other tcaa the Itei'ablican ticket. EEYAN IIEANS UNCERTAINTY. ; The Miseries and Losses of Dem- j ocratic Hule Will Never Be I Forgotten. Charles Kste, the prominent: lumber merchant, speaks with a wide and valuable experience when he says: No sophistry under the hea-i of "imperialism" can disguise the vital issue of four years ago that is ajain to 1 e decided. The country then declared in favor of sound money; we know- the beneficent results; history repeats itself, and the answer as to what the outnome of the Presidential election portends is obvious and unmistakable. The election of Mr. Bryan means uncertainty; that of Mr. MeKmlev continuance of conditions. Genera! prosperity the same as ruled in 1-i'J. The then demanded a change, and tainttl it. The miseries, the lo: existing now is country we obses and i anxieties of Uiue tour years or i emoj t-ratic administration will never be forgotten by those wlio lived through them. Had Mr. Cleveland not been a man above - his party, tar worse would have befaiU-n ' the country. Do those who favor Mr. ! Bryan wish a state of affairs such as i then existed? Millions of wiling workers j uuatie to ulitMin employment, tne lowes. raniie of prices ever Known, ioss and I insolvency on ai! sides, and to place the j helm of-government in the hands of a I man who lias cut loose from 'th furniamental principles and honorable traditions of the Democratic party, and in ; w hose success follows uncertainty, insei curity, unrest, which are inimical to all I business interests. ! Gold is the recognized medium of ex1 mange i j Bryan is i ail civilized countries Mr. the exponent of silver. Great as we are we are not great er.ougn to i force his convictions on the world. Busi- ! tiess Is founded, not on politics but on I money, which is now on a sound basis; : let it be disturbed and disaster follows : in the calling In of loans, curtal ment of i creoits, the closing of mills and fac-Fac-simile of Poster Issued tnries. decreased f-onstimpt ion of all merchandise. The man of moans 1:1 best stand the storm; he holds his securities and watts; his losses will be larg--. bui he can live. But to the worker .! -pending upon his weeklv wages, what gain to him if the necessities of life are at one-half to one-third of presert price if he hath no work? Therefore to the thinking workers, as well as to emploers. ti:s ijuestion c-Tnes with force greater, however, to the former than to the latter. Granted that both candidates are evils; business men should, without hesitation, iho.ise the lesser evil of the two and diligently strive to continue an administration which has given substantial prosperity. A prudent man. after closing ; losing account, dees not reopen it with sure loss staring him i:i the face Business men want facts, not theories; we all have these facts on our trial balances of lS4 to 1PS, written on our books; examine them and ask yourselves if yoi want -. ;.em acain for four vears to stare you ir. the face. These facts were de-med impossible tient years ago. durina the Clevelanu campaign, when the c.uintry droppea from great prosper.', y to the hardest times men had known for years. Four years ago they were fresh in our minus, and conscientious, patriotic men. regardless of party, united in defeating the claims of Mr, Bryan, knowii g their true meaning. There is no chance from then to now. a .-. i it needs no prophet to foretell that, should Mr. Bryan be ejected, the worst conditions of business that this country has ever known will result. ir s;- ri wot k in u-.-tt ir others to vote, a? well as voting ourselves for our mutual Interests, can alone avert this calamity and secure continued prosperity. A BUSY READING FIRM. Large Increase in Volume of Easiness and Employees in the Last Pour Years. The firm of Ore & Embower, Inc.. of Reaiiing. Pa., msnufacturers of engines and boilers, was established In i&4, and have become leaoir.g factors in the industrial interests cf that bustling city, which is one cf tr.e important manufacturing towns cf the State. During the last fjur years their business increased 13 per cert, over the like peri! from 132 to ISPS, when the Democratic party was in power. They have also ma-is a proportion te Increase of 3D per cnt. in the number of men employed during the M-Kir.ley admtnistratioti. while the increase of wages was per cent. On this subject tney say: The le per cent- increase in wages was ; not horizontal. We increased men ao- I cording to their merits. We mad-! nv re- I ductioh of wages during the panic, which j

accounts for th- Hyht advance made ixi the last two years.

As a people we are more uru'ed, more devoted So noble and cocnion purposes than wt tave been since the foundation ot tie federal Union. There axe n.3 diTisioas now. We stood unite i before a foreign foe. We wal stand united until every triumph cf ;hat war has been made permanent. President McKinley at Augusta, Dec. 19, 1S93. ACTIVITY IN ALLENTOWN. M. S. Young & Co.. hardware and iron dealers. o A'ientown, Pa., have built tip a large business since their establishment in and are among the leaders in their line. Referring to the protirt ss maae during the last iVur years they say: Tne volume ,.f oyr business has increased steadily since laws, especially in due almost entirely to the increased business activity during these years. HARD TO GET A riVIKTG. During- Cleveland's Administration the Lumber Business Was Paralyzed. Jami l Strong & Co.. prominent Manufacturers and wholesale lumber merchants. Real Es'ate Trust building, express an opinion w hich is worthy of consideration. They say: In recard to our opinion ahmit business cud wages now, and during the lour years previous to the inauguration of President McKinley will say. as lumber merchants and interested in the manufacture of lumber in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin: Dur'.ig the four years prior to lMi7 It was a hard matter for our men or ourselves to get a living out of our business. Since the beginning of T?7 confidence has been restored, wases have been advanced, our men and ourselves get a . jswiTtc Pifdr Tariff Ugw Cmnrnvm, by the American Protective pond living, and something to lay by for rainy days, and aii are contented. The only i-lnud we can se in the sky is the possibility of Mr. Bryan being elected President next November. TSAEE FOLLOWS THE MAN. Ex-Minister to Haiti Durham Points to the West Indies As an Example. I J hn S. Durham. ex-Minister to Haiti, i and now an attorney-ct-Iaw. threw a valuable side light on the question of a protective tariff. He said: j Ten years' close observation of trade s movements in the West Indies affords i one opportunities to see object lessons i illustrating with fidelity the motives of i national activities. I think it no es- ' aggeration to say that beneath most of i ts- manifestations of so-called foreign policies lies one animating motive, ai- ; most universally recognized. It is the reaching out in foreign lands to seek ' outlets for the energy "which has be- ' come surplus at home. While the people of the I'nited States ; were using all their energy at home in ' recovering from trie (fleets of the Re- ! hel'ton Germany was reaching out to I clothe ana to feed the world. So thor- ' cueh was this recovery that less than tne i generation of activity at home has made it necessary that we seek openings for i our young men and' fore.gn markets to ' keep busy those who stay at hum The German merchant holrt his own in man'v of the ports -f th- West Indies, but he has boweo to the demand for American-! made goods. T .-,.! v the eompciulon is I keen and active. The prr-gresa made bv i American food-stuSs. clot'hir.y. machin- 1

M' KIN LEY PROSPERITY AT BALDWIN'S. The books of the great Baldwin Locomotive Works tell a story of prosperity which needs no comment. The following is an ofhcial statement cf .-.per itions for nine years, the periods of national depression and national prosperity: Loco sot; ves Built. Ksport. Tear. Total. No. Percent. Vases Account. No. of Men. J2 -n 17 i:..jt titsi.eri 43 4j 1S 772 S. 722.507 4:1 l-"4 323 -i-'t 42.17 1.C73.513 4I 21i !: 4 1 lit ST. !v 1.2a0.i57 52 2"5i I i-l -..7 r.i v.'! -.' TT.'llla x "XV. 1 ,V-1 4.1?! l.v7.1SS 47 SIS! 1-S 7i5 S4 a..- W is .ti 575 41.5 xr-mt 10 as ! lav 3"8 7.3 5.2Sd..9 CO K Partly est. mated.

j ery and materials for conslrttctlon. in eo-se competition wiih the . :. .-..,- t La.ir . of L-iTcpe. has been lttl,:irk:;'' 1 1 1:1 -

or.ftrating Hit oiV ttie t.ui-eru,my of American Invention, but ;.. iae ..ie vyiopnicr.t cf a live traue svrnpai.ii.v in f-e.lng jut ta the wants of utue "consumers. Both trade and influence follow the man. Skilled American workmen are to os met at every turn in the West Indies, taking not only their skill, but also American ideas, developing not cu'.y trade but also a neighborly appreciation of our country and its institutions. These have been acme of the results of tne distinctively Republican policy: Tariff for protection, its buaiiMtos-lik agent, the reciprocity arrangement, both animated, ana sustained by trs necessarycoadjutor a unimpeacheJ and unimpeai iabie curre:t. This no'.icy has breathed a new life into our making of things, aur selling cf things and our carrying of things for people who do not make for themselves. It has inspired new purposes and ambitions into our higher technical education, animating the youth of the land, specializing education for its application to the demands of this prosperity in tivry direction of human activity. It seems utter folly to propose a repltitlon of Mr. Cleveland's experiment of withdrawing by a sudden reversal of trade and industrial policy. Even our competitors are amazed at Mr. Bryan's proposition to dam the current of our currency, the life blood of this real nations I grow t h. Identical in folly with these two Democratic propositions is their cordiality; that we dwarf the ri-ie incentive to our youth not only to Uarn to do things, but a.so to know the reasons und-n lug the doing in order to take to fortign lands fur their can profit and to the benetu of other people the best achievements of our American educational system. SHIPPING INTERESTS. America Needs a Great Fleet of Merchant Ships for Its Growing Export Trade. Since the close of the Civil War the shipping firm of William P. Clyde. & Co. has been maintaining an efficient service between Philadelphia and SouthTariff League, Xew York. ern ports. The firm has kept abreast. : with the times and its terminal faeili- ' ties at this port and in the South, where I conm-eiion is made with railroad lines to all (.arts, has been especially ample and satisfactory. The firm has never taken sides politlcailv. but tne local ma nager, lis vid i '. C. ! Mir.k, stated that he innorsed the propo- i sition that America m-eds a great fleet I of merchant ships for her growing export j trade and auxiliary slips for the navy and that the Jla.i"O.0w now spent for the chartering of foreign ships, which carry 62 per cent, of the nation's exports snd imports, should be retained at home. To bring about this result the Republican measure, the P.tyr.e shipping bill, first introduced in both houses cf Congress in December. K'S, and again in iMi. favorably reported by committees ami now pending, was framed. WANTS BSYAN DEFEATED. The Best Interests of All the People i Demand It. The Bank of North America has an tin- I questioned place at the foremost of the sound and conservative institutions of I Philadelphia. Xc institution enjoys more ; implicit confidence on the part of its l fipesitors than tills venerable bank. All , trroiiEh its nistory it has direcie.i i-s ; attention solely to its own conservative : business and has never indulged in a sera -Title for volume at the sacrifice of ; iualiiv. In his official capacity President John H. Michener shares in the conservatism ; of the sreat institution under his dlret- .; tion. When pressed for an expression of i t-;-' on. however he .-..id: "There is no need for me to enter into ,

I a i"'usict) of political Questions, for lb.- .s a.- at hand for aii wtlo desire .born i -;. iWti rt to sa tlint l 0fi ; tereiy truai "that -Mr. J.ryan will be defvated. 1 Ihlli ve that the best interests i of ail the p-?opi-- riiaral his ut teat."

YOTJNG MEN WANTED. The Democratic Assertion that There Is Io Chance for Them la Sheerest Nonsense. Speaking of the plate glass Industry of the country. John PHeairn. president of the Pmsturg Plate Glass Company, whose office is in the Land Title Building, said: The industry with w hloh I am connected bears testimony to the general prosperity of the country under the McKinley Administration. From 1S92 to 1 the piate g.ass industry was in a most deplorable condition. No dividends were paid to lis stockholders, some factories were soul down, one was sold under the hammer, and the rest were runr.trst on ln-i'i one-half to three-quarters time. Aii this has changed, the tactories are ail in operaiion. increased wages are paid and there is a fair return to the stoeki.oi oers for the capital invested. The assertion made by prominent Democratic leaders, that under the present Industrial development of our country the avenues of advancement are closed and there is no chance for young and ambitious men is trie sheerest nonsense. There never was a time in our history when there las teen such a demand f.,r talented and capable young men. The jo.i-'oo-s of atl industrial op ration depends upon having in Its service young men of energy and ability and wise beans of such operatons are constantly on the lookout for them. But neither boys nor men rise above the level without exertion. AH men cannot be equally successful, but young men with ability and eiii-i'tiy who arc willing to un.it rgo the labor "and painstaking care that success demands are sure to come to the front. The workmen of this country are the most intelligent and best paid in the world. They do more work in the same time than any others. The waxes pail In this country to piate p ass workers is twice as much as is paid in Fran.-e and Germany and three times as much as is paid in Belgium and the same is no doubt the case in many ether industries. There has been -;o ilme in the history of this country when labor was .-o generally employed at remunerative wages, and every well wisher of his country who desires tne present prosperity to continue should vote for the continuance of the present Administration. Our Gag is there, not as the symbol of oppression, not as the token of tyranny, not as the emblem of enslavement, but representing there, as it does here, liberty, humanity, and emulation. President McKinley at Vcur.t.f-:vin, O., Oct. 18, 1899. A SCATHING AEBAIGHKENT. 1 Hampton L. Carson's Bitter Dentin- i ciation of the Democratic Party. j Kan-pton L- Carson, the eminent law- j yer and t'-acher, said: f "An analysis of the Kansas City plat- 1 form demonstrates the fact that the ' Democratic parry is to-clay, as it has j b'-eti .n the p;.Ft, the party of obstrue- I tio-. opposition. .t-j-ars;ation. detract on. ' ii;--.rai ; .:-. destruction and despair, it is opposed to all that experience has , s-hown to be of public advantage; it ! urges ar. ?han ior.merit of a financial : ln-iicy which is sound sni honest: it proposes an assault on the integrity of : the courts: it j r-.n h. s lack cf faith in ; tne Republic, u appeals to the worst ; passions of human nature; it invites a ? war between the masses and classes; it I rescrif es ou-sck r-i: -'.-es for tne ills of st-te, a r i r -?.ers in the presence of a purely Iro-iginary imperialism, and it t . r-r. s falsely a r ! -4T.i.--i-.-s r.l v the : iutet citizen oy the fear cf an eiuallr imr.ginary mili-arism. It is the foe of iii'- y -. t i -. ;-r G -ike. ar.d deserves overwhtimiii aefeat." Dingley Tariff Eesponiibie. An increase cf S pier cent, in wstgs dtirirf the last four years is reported , by tiv-i N aider & H-.rst Co., mantif icturers of hosiery, of Heading, Pa., while the volume of business arc! err;pioyec-s in- I c: - : -e 1 rer cent. 7' .-.- y wrie: - Th increased protection afforded by ' the I ladli y tariff bill enabied us 10 : maiK.fin-ti.re better grades of goods, c-ence the large intre ise of wages paid Etuiaess Iaereassd Thirty Per Ceat. An imp-or'ant Allentown firm is W. P. 1 Mwser it Son, foundry and nacfeintsts, I who fea-e been one of the enterprising i business f.rrr.s c that city- since IKS. 2

They report that during the McKinley administration the volume of their business increased 3tt per cent., and the same percentuKe was attained in the number nf men employ ed over the perioti trom IKSC to ISsi. while the proportion of wage paid increased 23 per cent. This is an important argurtiesit in favor ot Republican supremacy.

The war hss pat upon the nstion grave responsibilities. Their extent was cot anticipated and could not have been well foreseen. We cannot escape the obligations of victory. We cannot avoid the serious questions which have been brought home to us by the schievements of. our arms en land and sea. President McKinley at Chicago, Oct. 19, 1898. PAY BETTER WAGES. I This Tirrn Makes More Money Than Under Low Tariff. John B. Iber. as president of the ! Vulcanite Tile and Mosaic Company, i treasurer of the Vulcanite Portland Ce1 mem Company, and vice-president of the V ulcanite Paving Company, is in a posllion to c.bserve a wide held of indus- ; try. IMscussing campaign issues lie : said: As compared with ISM the volume of i business w hich our companies are doing ; is much greater this year and the rcj suits much more satisfactory. We emI ploy at least one-thtrj more men, we 1 pav them better wages and we still make more money than we did under the low tariff administration. Business in r was better than in lSOti. but the coni ditions in the preceding year were really ! abnormal, and the tremendous activity ' in a measure worked itself harm. We are well satisfied if the prosperity of this year continues, and we believe that it will continue and increase only - if President McKinley is tcelected and the announced principles of the Kepubllean party are adhered to. EXPERIENCE CONVINCING. Republican Party Appeals to the Country Stronger than Ever Before. Thomas S. Harrison, president and general manager of Harrison Bros. & Co., incorporated, manufacturers of white Itad. has a wide field of observation by reason of the important position he occupies in his great manufacturing Industry and his services to the country abroad. Mr. Harrison said: I am convinced that prosperity will continue if President McKinley Is reelected, a Republican Congress returned and tha principles laid down in the Kepublican platform are adhered to. as no doubt they will be. Uabor and caul tal wtll continue at peace and each will reap the largest benefits. The experience of the last three years has been convincing I am sure, to many who mayhave ooubted before, and the party appeals to the country stronger than ever before. AN EMPLOYER'S OPINION. Capital and Labor Demand Retention of the Present Policy. David W. Hunt, president of tha Knickerbocker Ice Co., and of the Carbon Dioxide and M;gnela c,, both of which concerns employ a large number of hands, speaks with authority, though briefly, when he says: There is no doibt that the interest of both capital and labor demand the retion of present policy and the recording of the electoral vote will emphasize the fact that the American iieople understand their duty and take pleasure in doing it. BRYAN MEANS RUIN. The firm of Rosengarten & Sons, manufacturers of chemicals. Seventeenth and Fitzwater Streets, is one whose name stands for purity of product and general excellence. While not disposed to enter 011 the discussion of national questions, the firm believes that the great prosperity which the nation has enjoyed under the administration of a Republican and protective tariff President will be continued If he Is continued in office, and that the election of Mr, Bryan would mean

PROSPERITY CAUSING BIG DECREASE OF CRIME

Thomas D. Barlow, Late Special Assistant District Attorney, Compares the Records in Cleveland and McKinley Administrations.

VAGRANCY IS ALSO

Under the Low Tariff Administration Jails and Almshouses Were Filled, But Now This Condition Is Changed and Commitments Are Much Less Than in Democratic Reign.

A striking illustration of the effects of J Industrial prosperity and depression Is I furnished by Thomas W. Barlow, at- j torney at law and late special assistant j district attorney. Mr. Barlow's expert- j ence has been unusually ext' nsl . e and i has enabled him to make a valuable j (ontribution to "The Press'" prosperity , facts. Mr. Barlow saysi i Some one has said that poverty Is the j mother of crime. It seems t b quite j true. It is alio tru- that many men refuse to stai if given opportunities for j honest labor. National prosperity means opportunl ties for honest labor, and its effect la i strikingly illustrated ia the criminal and social statistics cf our great cities. In Philadelphia, where all grades of crime are reviewed by a grand Jjry and tried before a petit Jury, the history of the past six years illustrates the differ ence between having nothing to do and i pienty of work. j An examination of the criminal ! records shows the number of hills i of indictment found by the Grand Jury in Philadelphia County under I a Democratic administration to have been. In 1894 In 1895 In 1896 6 J28 Bills. 6e91 Bills. 6809 Bills, the longer Mr. Gro-win- worse Cleveland, with his low-tariff ilia- i sions, remained In office. Under the I present Republican administration they were: In 1897 6097 Bills. In 1893 5783 Bills. In 1899 5022 Bills. Growing better the longer William ! McKinley, who believes ia protect- ( ins; American labor, continues to be i President. ! Among the public institutions in Fhila-

I Industrial depression. During the df ministration of President McKinley ths : firm has shared in the general prosperity 1 ,.1 K . d ...ul.l..,) I. .......... 1. MIls

Uted with itsM-dt. NO CHANGE DESIRED. Railroads Hera Earned More in th Last Three Year Than Ever Before. President George H Colket. ff tha Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Kaiiroad and Coal Company, said: 'The ration to-aay and for the last three veats has enjoyed condition cf prosperity which I believe has far exceeded the es.inetauon of the most sanguine observers at the time of President McKiuley s elect tou. I cannot understand therefore why a change in administrative policy is desired. I am convinced that if President McKinley ts reeiected.and the policy pursued during h-s present administration Is adhered to, prosperity wiil continue In the future as it has in" the past. "In all its history the country never enjoyed such prosperity as it has had during the past three years and never have its railroad earned so much as during last vcar. Reports of this year s business indicate that iheir earnings will be greater even than last. There Is not an industry of which I have knowledge that Is not employing more people and at better wages and salaries now tlian four years ago. I trust therefore that at the coming election President McKinley wtll be again chosen to preside over tha national destiny." Improvement at Wilkas-Barrs. Since IMS the concern known as ths Haxard Manufacturing Company, of Wilkes-Barre. has been m leading Industry of the State. They make wire rope and insulated wires, and their products are familiar to all users of thesa commodities. They declare that tha period following McKinley's election has shown an increase of 2o per cent, in their business and 2a per cent. In tha number of employees, while the same ratio has been maintained In the proportion of wages paid out during the same time. Closed Only for Inspection and Holidsyi. The Allentown Knitting Company, of Allentown. Pa., manufacturers of ladles' undervests. for the last four years have not shut down a day, eacept for boiler inspection and holidays. They have had an increase of 40 per cent, in volurna of business since 1SJS. while the,y hava increased the number of their employees 60 per cent., and the amount of wages paid has increased in the same proportion. It is sometimes hard to det-rmsne what is best to to do, sad the best thing to do is oftentimes the hardest The prophet of evil would do nothing because he flinches at sacrifice and effort, and to do nothing is easiest and involves the least cost. On those who have things lo do there rests a responsibility which is not on those who have no obligations as doers. President McKinley at Boston, Feb. 16. 1899. Want MoKinley Reelected. Adams & Keen, leather dealers, ars among the large number of firms who ut!cribe to the proposition t hat. Uelection of President McKinley ineana the continuance of the national prosperity which the country has enjoyed since his Installation in office. A Voice from the Wool Trade. One of the most conspicuous houses In the wool trade In Philadelphia in Charles J. Webb Co., 116 Chestnut Street. It is regarded as amo ig the leaders, and the opinion of the members of the firm are sought on all ..iio):t connected with the trade. Their prominence and activity In the trade, tneretcre, together with the experience cf years In times of prosperity as well as of depression in wool, gives much weight to their views. They believe the only salvation for the wool trade is in the continuance of the Republican tariff which protects the industry. FAST DIMINISHING. delphia ts tha House of Correction. Employment and Reformation. It is the public workhouwi to which are committed not criminals but idle and drunken vagrants and unfortunates of various decrees. The annual Increase of commitments to that institution during the continuance of Democratic bad times Is in strong contrast with the annual decrease whih followed the election of Kepubllean President ar.d the assembling of a Republican Congress. No. of Year- Commitrmirtt-i. 1SS (To Vrt r I 877,3 CT Tbe year 1W was partly a Democratic year and -rartiy Republican. It took some time to recover front the evils cf a low tariff and a threatened disruption of the national finances. A change came In ISS. No. of ear- Commitments. 1 Hii ---.-...-...-......... jm It thus appears, and it must be perfectly evident, notwithstanding the bug8 - boo of so-called Imperiallam. the alleged propagation of trusts, the establishment f gold standard, the maintenance of a high tariff, the Impos'tion or a war tax. the Increase of our standing army and ail the other alleged evils complained of by Mr Bryan as the iesii.'t of what he calls Republican mlsrcie the opportunities for honest employment hava greatly lncreasd and crime and vagrancy hare considerably decreased. . If this Is not the lesson tatjgbt by thm f--T' given above what else do the-r tear h" ' Those ladies, sonaewkers ia thg g-reat West, who have in preparation a '-prayer chain" for the benefit of the Democratic candidate, should pause snd reflect.