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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
2
The piece argues the 1896 Republican win brought vast prosperity through the Dingley tariff and protectionist policy. It credits gold circulation, rising farm prices, and stronger exports, noting wages rise as farmers expand demand. It frames Bryan as opposed to protective trade and extols the era’s economic gains for workers, farmers, and industry alike.
Report from the State Bureau of Immigration Statistics proclaims Idaho of fers good wages and stable labor relations with few strikes. notes unions with hospital funds and libraries. It highlights railroad windfall from 1895 to 1899, with higher gross receipts, increased wages and dividends, more track and bridges, and 4500 new miles of road boosting commerce and farmers’ market access.
The article notes coke as key in manufacturing and cites 1899 under McKinley as a booming year for coke with more ovens built and prices rising from about $1 per ton in 1894 to $3 per ton by early 1900, reflecting iron and steel industry growth.
The article credits McKinley prosperity and protection for zinc mining in Missouri and Kansas, noting Joplin and Galena as centers. It cites rising production, rising prices, and new mining methods, with a table of yearly Missouri zinc output and values from 1890 to 1899, and closes urging anti Bryan free trade sentiment.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson discusses U S gains in Chinese markets under the open door policy. He cites strong cotton goods trade in Manchuria and growing demand for dairy and poultry, with U S interests secured across the Chinese Empire. He credits Secretary Hay and the army and navy for widening influence.
The report notes export values from the Pacific coast increasing from 26 million ten years ago and 42 million five years ago to 78 million annually last year. It highlights a steady upward trend in trade with all countries.
The article notes prosperity dividends paid to U S farmers reaching near one billion dollars last year with gains in ten staple crops totaling 323 million dollars from 1895 to 1899 and livestock up 633 million in the same period. It mentions additional profits from fruit and dairy and praises national financial strength and the President.
The piece argues miners prospered in the four years ending 1896 with higher wages from mining and metal demand. It contends free coinage of silver would not have doomed silver prices and contrasts gold mining in a gold standard with silver mining. It cites Mr Clark of Montana funding Bryan, and claims mining politics favored wealthy interests.
Bank clearing figures from Bradstreet show a surge in US commerce. The six months of 1900 total $42.857 billion, up from $22.085 billion in the same period in 1894, a gain of $20.772 billion. June 1900 clearings reach $6.621 billion versus $3.576 billion in June 1894, an increase of $3.045 billion.
A Kansas orator in 1899 proclaims between Indiana and Nebraska there is corn cattle and contentment. He praises mortgagor relief and East money changers hearing the Kansan prosperity under the gold standard with breezy joy and consumer enthusiasm.
W C Hollister of Chicago who prints blue labels for the Cigarmakers International Union reports large label production in recent years to President G W Perkins. Totals include 1895 4815000 1896 46410000 1897 46546500 1898 16609200 1899 55110000 and 1900 first half 36855000.
In 1899 the United States saving banks deposits reached $2,230,366,954, surpassing the combined deposits of any two nations and about half of the total of numerous European countries and colonies, whose combined deposits stood at $4,593,949,450.
The Nebraska Secretary of State reports that mortgage closings in 1898 exceeded filings by over 50 million dollars. Most payments were in cash and foreclosures were few. The note suggests farmers face a prosperous image, challenging support for Bryan.
A 1900 AFL report by Samuel Gompers argues labor prosperity under the federation. It cites Chicago 1893 Denver 1894 New York 1895 Detroit 1899 meetings, delegate counts, unions, and receipts showing growth and increased membership. It notes 1154 independent unions 191 city centrals 14 state branches and predicts December progress.
Agricultural reports show exports abroad from 1897 to 1899 exceeding the 1894 to 1896 period by more than 500 million dollars. Butter sales rose from 915 thousand to 3.26 million dollars in 1895 and 1899. Beef and wool price notes and livestock value shifts are summarized, noting gains under Harrison and McKinley administrations and a loss under Cleveland.
Bloomington Illinois home of Democratic vice presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson sold city bonds at 3.40 percent interest, a rate lower than any U S municipality could obtain in 1896. The citizen Stevenson stands to save on taxes due to the town’s strong credit and the prosperity tied to Republican policies over the past four years.
The Chicago daily papers show offers of 314 percent loans on city property and 444 percent on farm property. Such rates imply unprecedented prosperity and urge restraint from doom mongers who claim looming financial disaster in extreme terms.
Connecticut manufacturers report many looms idle due to a shortage of men to operate them. Wages in cotton mills have risen by 12 to 20 percent.
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