JUSTICE'S LETTER. Mr. Editor. As an additional reply to the question of , my young friends of the Daily Senti nel, thia city, which iu substance was what has the Republic iii policies done for the South-I want you to publsiha ; few extracts from various papers for their in formation in the first issue of The Republican for the New Tear 1906V The first I will ask you to publish is taken from the VhiladelDhia Press of Dec. 28th. and js as follows : ,." . " 1 WEALTH IS THE SOUTH. e' "Xb other part ot the U S. is tak ing longer strides .forward than the section which once made up the Con federacy, la the race for wealththe Southern farmer is abreast of the Western granger and the Nbrthern manufacturer, 'He is no longerjiam pered by poyerty and a tradition. From all over the South come re iport8,of expanding industries. Ib is computed that farm properties in the 11 Statettiat once seceded, from the Union have risen in value more ' than a billion dollars In two years. The average yield of tBeee lands mince this century began ls 1200,000,000 a year greater than it was In the pre ceding ( years. -The'Southino w not only grows cotton for the world, but manages the marketing ot it. The speculator,- who qnce got all the cream, gets it no longer. The plant er is strong enough to fight his own battle, which means that he can de . fend his own property. It ie 40 years since t'he. downfall of the Lost Cause. There have been many sore trials during "these four decades. Paralyz ed industries, bankrupt railroads, lack of capital and to a. certain ex tent a. bitter recollection, . com Dined to make distress widespread. Hap pily, these conditions are now wholly changed. Southern mills; factories and farms are aa nrosDerous to-dav as those in any other section of the country. What Is the best of ll.the ': . t. m m a ' . V. n rm linn r - l vy. and the Southern States stand out as happy,, loyal Commonwealths which look to the future and not to the past.". I The tale this article tells is the strongest funeral oration. that could be preached over the grave ArVamrtfrn.v Trip f nil imnnrt rf vwhat this means may not be ap parent to all without a word of explanation which I will make as brief & passible. This article says iht the farm, properties of the 11 Southern States have been increased more than a billion dol lars in '2 ve.ars. This is almost - --"v . too eooa to oeueve. wnen, we re member that the entire wealth of iv. itK-1q TT S hofnro thft wr ns if uuiw w . ; 7 shown by the census of 18G0, was ia round numbers only 10,000, 000,000. Just think of it, in on ly 2 vears, under Republican polr v icies. the people 6f . the South alone, to say nothiDg of the rest of the Union, hate accumulated one sixteenth as much addition al wealth as the whole union did from the landing of Uolumbus to the war. I challenge the world to match such a showing and beg mv vouner friends to give this statement their serious consider - ation Qffe other statement and I will .pass oa. aud. that is that the av erase value of the prod ucts of the farm is $200,000,000 greater a vear for each one of the o years pince 1000 began than for .the ' C vears-before, that is taking in . . " . , .. . .1.... t r ; tne penoci aunu wuiuu ui -dbiu ' ocrats had the power to make our laws and ahape our policies. It l&oks to me like a Southern farmer who votes the Democratic ticket with these facts bfefore him, should be taken down to the hu rah bush, as old Mode Crews says, and be dealt with and more especially' when we remember that the taxable value of prop erty, especially in North Carolina, actually decreased under- the Democratic administration from 1891 6 1898. .The next clipping I will ask you to publish is the following from the Sentinel of Dec. 27th, which says: . BIG GAINS MADE. Raleigh, Dec. 27.The North Caro lina Corporation Commission issues a summary of statement of condition of State, nrivate and savings Danxs nnrW their winervision. which shows There are 238 banks now as com pared with 183 at the correspotoding period of last year: The sum miry shows 29.014.318 55 oodepc sit at the time of the last report, Nov mber 9. The summary represents all S'orth Carolina's banking interests, xcejpt national banks. ' y Thw shows that our state banks have increased their as sets in round numbers about U0 per cent, in one year, a showing that is perfectly wonderful. Isow Contrast this with the story of . broken banks and bankruptcies of all kinds under Democracy from 1893 to 1807, and then give me one good business rea son for voting the Democrats ticket and I will promise to do mv best to eet the editor of The r ' . Republican to vote that way at an aggrtgate or 4l,U'Jo.o.iu.u re sources, an increase of $9,491,350 40, over the report for November, 1004 .Writing alongthesamelinethelnd a glad smile. The meo folk, loo, PhiladelDhia Press in its Dc. 26tn says: , ' t J v THE MEASURE OF PROSPERITY. A more lavish Christina Beeu ia this coilntry than yesterday, one when the entire mass of the com munity came td thed y after a pros perous year of uobrokeu employment at a fair and satisfactory return. As compared with the previous year,1 or any year, the advance in the trreat industrial machine is unprecedented. Our txport uud imports for tha calendar year run $130,000,000 for exports and $tr0,000,000 tor im ports oyer last year. Railroad gross earnings! are some $120.000;000 over lt04, and net earnings eome $40000,000, estimating the total mileage frOm returns from one-half. This growth is about 7 per cent. . on rauroaas ana iu per. cent on foreign trade. Bank clearings are about $34,000,000,000 morethan in 1904, or a growth in overturn of a third. In alt this December Is estimated. This accounts for, the unprecedent ed . activity in all "trade," beginning with iron and steel, running -at 25, 000,000 tonaayear, and going down to Christmas shopping. This addi tion to the usual overturn haB swol len all exchanges, all , traffic and all records. . t iThis article needs no comment from me but the astounding measure of the prosperity it tells of is worthy of deep considera tion by all, and the means and measures that, have contributed to make it possible should be studied and continued as long as possible. I want my young friends, of the Sentinel to think of this the next time they go to vote. In commenting on' the condi tions of the couutry .under the head of "Trade, Price, and Christ mas," the Philadelphia Press says in its issue of Dec. 25th: "A Christmas trade so much l irger than any preceding that all records are broken at all points; and, most of all in the purchase of useful arti cles for the mass, closea.a year of un precedented prosperity. .'These records not only pass previ ous experience in the' aggregate, but Ltrhe growth is greater. The great im- pjiise given to traae comes irom rail road expenditure and building. IUil roads west pf Chicago have $333, 000,000 of new construction and im provement under wav, and In 1905 they have completed $245,000 000, almost twice the amount in 1904. which was $137,000,000. The amount of new work east of Chicago ia as great or greater. . :ln.a!l some $700,000,000 of new railroad work is in progress, and at least $500,000,000 has been nxpend ed on work completed In 1905. la addition, new equipment has cost $2G-S.000,00(), "108,000 cars and 3152 locomotives having been built. For all, the railroads of this country have spent on new construction and hew equipment in the past year about $750,000,000." ?4 This is another wonderful story to be true. But we. know that there ia no mistake about it,' for here in our own town we see the railroads pressed to their utmost Capacity and the Southern doub ling its tracks from Washiug 5tbh to Charlotte, and still it can hat handle the business in a sat isfactory way. Also what this article says about Christmas buying we .have all seen' here. The'writer was in several stores duringehristmas and the crowds wereSo great that it was with difficulty any one could get wait- jetfe onY ana wnen tne nonaays were over the stores in town looked like a cyclone had struck them: their shelves were so bare of 'goods, and yet during all these days I did nht see a single face tnat Dore tne sigus oi care ana depression; all were happy and contented, in fact iubilant, and all seemed anxious to do all they CoUld to make others happy. This made this one of the hap piest Christmases I have ev(pr known, and my sincere desire ana hope is that such may always be tne case. .ow dou, you uuu Henrv have said this is your ex perience and observation in the following, taken from your issue of Dec. 23rd I ''The triad Christmas time is here Tisrain! Todav old oanta uiaus nas heen just as busy as ne could possi ll baand it will be near the -mid niii-ht hour ere he completes the ar- -fangements lor his annual visit to the many happy homes tnat are now I ! . ; rnL f ageriy awaifciuK "ia tumiug. lucio is a Christmas air about e very thingv The throngs that have crowded and elbowed each other in the ' stores, on thd streets and in the cars have all ben in the beet of humor. Every body appears to be happy and our Twiu City people are to have a merry Christmas. .. The small boy is In hii glory: His pocket is loaded wlihall kinds of things and the b,g of candy he kofc af the Christmas entertain- ment la not yet gone. , lie nas an oe tails completed for that Christmas hunt, when, with his new air rifUand a pug dog, be goes forth to meet and slay everything that comes in shoot ing distance. Then, too, ' the little girls are happy. We fellows are un able to fathom their minds to tell lost what makes tbem so. lint per haps '(tit a doll that Santa will bring. Anyway, they are happy and gay and no one doubts but that good old Saint Nick will remember tbem. Among the older "girls" the Christ jn&s cheer If also noticeable. All day they have been passing by with box es and bundles, with hearty greetings those fellows who foreret the cares' ana iron Dies oi lire at this season, are imbued with the Christmas cheer every man to his own taste. Wag on loads of holly aud evergreens have been used lo up decoration of homes in the Twin-Cuy. I'his home decora tion at Christmas time is carried on to a larger extent here perhaps, than, in most places, especially in Salem. And then,1 too, the mistletoe has not been forgotten for its berries glitter iuttie light us it invitingly' hangs uuatii tn parlor luuip. lint no where is the Christmas cheer more noticeable than at the railroad sta tion. Tne .outgoing and Incoming trains are carryioir the bovs and girls, men and women "home" the dear old place where the aired father and mother, the brother and slater, inenas and sweethearts are awaiting them. These pilgrims are returning to worship at the shrine; where love and friendship are the ministering angels and where the sweetest memo- Ties call them hither. E vervthinar. in fact, presents a "day before Christ mas" scene. And the Twin-City folks lugeneral will all join in Tiny Tim's blessing and to ail mankind say, "A merry Christmas tayou all ana God bless .us every one." In this you join me in a prayer to the Aimignty that such uni versal happiness may always abide with us. This article found a hearty echo in the folio wing from tne Journal. OUTfOF DOOR PAY. i The streets were, thronged all day with busy shoppers and people hur rying to aud froiuhe trains. Santa Glaus will come heavy laden. Yesterday was a great out-of -doors day for the people of this city. ,The streets were crowded by shoppers and by people hurrying to and from trains, uome coming in to spend the holidays and others going to visit relatives and friends in other eitles and in the country. " . . The precipitation of rain during the morning checked to some ex tent ' the busy throngs but there was no 1 rain during the after noon and at night ana there could be seen on the streets up to an un usually late hour a mass of surging humanity. Indications are that anta Claus will coma heavy laden Sunday night and Monday Inornlng will dawn upon thousands of joyous shouting chil dren. . . Now when election comes again let me beg you boys to go and vote as you pray just as 1 do. Continuing? our quotations from clippings, the next I will ask you to publish is from our friends' paper, the Sentinel,, of Dec. 20 Eh. It says: 4 WAVE 6F PliOSPEKITW "In a recent' lecture ex-President Horace Davis, of the California State University, said. "Record, breaking is a feature of the year in all directions. More Iron will be made this year by fully four million tons than the furnaces have heretofore turned out in a calendar year, and the coal output will ex ceed that of 1904, although the latter was carried to the tremendous ag gregation of 301,000,000 tons. Our exports and imports will show great gains, and railway tonnage is about to create a new and wonderlul rec ord. The railroads are In fact una hie to handle the Immense volume of business that the country is pressing upon them. I he country ia short is riding a glorious wave of prosperity that means more to more people than any previous wave the country has ever known." Now Henry, I will bind myself to present you and Hob, botn, witn attine Christmas turkey for your next Christmas dinner it you ill 1' . J . l. 'a-Z 1 I win uuu me sucu.au , m ilium puu lisnea Ouring all tne lour years of Democratic law-making from 1893 to 18D7 and 1 will give you all of 1900 up to Christmas day to find it. Look forit boys, and if you find it pall oiL me for the turkey. But as a matter oi pre caution for fear you don't find it you had better not put on ar ranging for a turkey else where. TJust under the article just quoted I saw the following piece of poetry which with a little changing so fully describes the conditions under Democracy that I will ask yo j to publish botn the original and as 1 have chang ed it: THE DAY OF RECKONING. 'Twas the day after Christmas, And all through the house The children were having A merry carouse; ' While pa in his study Was tearing his hair As he gazed rat the bills That wtre1 piled everywhere: Town Topics. 1 'Twas the day after Christmas, )- Aud all through the house Was the silence of death, Nothing stirred even a mouse. While our pa out of work Was bowed In despair As he looked in the larder And found nothing there. And mother grew paler At each set of son And tears wet the cheeks Where roses bad grown. ; This sounds like it was written for 1803. the first Democratic vear had after the war. In its issue of Dec. 0 th the Charlotte Observer published as its leading editorial the follow log: THE SOUTH' MAKPFACTCBCS. The great development of mano factures in' the fourteen Southern States 1 forcibly set forth by figures taken from the. Manufacturers Kec ord, of Baltimore: and secured from other sources, all of which are relia ble. In manufactured products the Increase from 1880 to 1890 wa from a! valuation of $150,000,000 to $917,000,000; in 1900 ti. figures were, $1,600,000,000, wbll for 1905 th valuation Is placed at $1,750.- 000.000. I The output of vice iron In 1880 was; 397,000 tons, and this year it is 3,300,000. in 1880 the Southern States had $21,000,000 Invested In co tton mills, operating 600,000 spindles, while ten years later $61,000,000" represented the amount Invested in the Industry and1,700,000 as the number of spin dles; this year $150,000,000 is invest: ed and there are 9,000,000 spindles. These mills now consume 2,250,000 bales of cotton, as against only 188, 000 bales in 1880. The possibilities of the Industry are shown by the statement that there are In the world a total of 110,000,000 spindles and the South can supply cotton for 80, 000000 spindles, while there are in the section In which the staple grows but 9,000,000 spindles. These fig ures would seem to indicate that, other things being equal, there is no danger of .too many mills being built in the. South. This section raises the staple and it should also manufac ture the.greater part of it, .thus to greater extent reaping the benefit to be derived therefrom. , Twenty-five years ago there were but 40 cotton oil mills In the Souths with a capital stock of $3,000,000, and in most places cotton seed were regarded as worthless, being used mainly for falling gullies and making fertilizer. Now there are 1,000 cot ton oil mills in operation and their total capitalization is $80,000,000. more than half the amount invested in ootton manufacture In't his section. The figures quoted above give some idea of the rapidity with which the Southern States are coming tp the front in the matter of manufactures and are indeed gratifying. Taken in connection with the f act that this de velopment may now be said to have only fairly begun tbey paint a most glowing picture for the future. This needs no comment; it just heeds reading and re reading be fore any man votes to tear down the Republican doctrine of pro tection that has done all this for us. It seems to me it would be an insult to ask a man to vote the Democratic ticket with the facts1 embodied m this editorial fresh in his mind. But to this let me add the following from' the Sentinel of a few days ago: : "Factories of j different kinds are constantly being started in the' Sontn."!. . Now I will ask you to please publish the following from the advanced sheets of Dun's review of this year: j THE YEAR 1905. In the history of the youngest, yet most virile of the great nations, th year 1905 stands out as the one of moat rapid prcgreea and greatest success. Yet the past year has been so exceptionally prosperous that the attention of a busy people should be called to gome of the most notewor thy accomplishments. It o ver a mil lion immigrants were absorbed In a single year withjout glutting the la bor market in any other nation so ciologists would ponder the problem with amazement, out such an un heard of occurrence in the United States arouses; little comment. So as to reports ol.loreign commerce and practically every measure of in ternal j;rade, to say nothing pf agri cultural production and transporta tion. The mileage- of the railways has steadily increased and, the Issues of stocks and bbnds are beyond pre cedent; yet the market value of the sixty most active securities has risen far above, all previous records, the earnings are much greater than ever beforehand frequent complaints have been beard because traffic facilities were .Inadequate. Manufacturing plantshave turned out quantities of products much In excess of any ear lier year without causing accumula tion;' In fact, I was often the case that goods cquld not be delivered as specified and in the iron and steel In dustry orders will be carried over into 1906 equal to the entire annual production a few years ago. Prices of cbmmodities have risen to the highest position In twenty-two years. Failures are fewer in proportion to the number of firms in business and liabilities are at the minimum ratio to solvent payments through" the clearing houses, which have- also reached a new high-water "mark. Faster than the growth of popula tion has been the increase in . the amount of money in circulation, the average nowstanding at the hereto fore, unequaled sum of $31.75 per capita, and the.stock of gold In the Federal Treasury hasetlipsedall pre vious record of this or any other nation at over $765,000,000. AH an index that tells a story of nation al prosperity to the student of -ecor nomics. . 1 j Now I want my young friends to compare this with Dun's Re view of 1893, the first Democratic year,! when he says: . "Starting with the best trade ever known, mill8 crowded to ..their Utmost capacity, etc., for sudden shrink age in trade and commercial dis asters, the year 1 803 has proven the worst for 50 years." But should my young fronds think the picture overdrawn by Dun I will ask tbem to ponder awhile over the following from their own paper o! Sept. 30, 1893i " 'Dun's report of th business situ ation for the past week cannot be said to be encouraging." We trust that the events of the coming week will be such as to pt a brighter and more hopeful face upon th financial and commercial interests of the coun try." V - ' . y : V- Also the following from the Sentinel, of October 3rd: . "In the memory of us all the year 18'Jd will be long remembered. It Is a year of disaster from the storm, of loss of life, byactldent, ot murders, thefts lynchings. One of Its, most re markable aspects, Is the enormous number of failures, computed now at some 12OU0, with liabilities of $324,087,768. The year 1893 is pe culiarly a year of financial disturb ance, not. merely in a business sense but also In a legislative sense." Let me tell mv youncr friends. they will find food for thought, world. without end, H- they will just tur. back and red the files of their paper for 1893, '04, '95 and vb. Uut theseJ conditions are summed up most concisely in a speech, of Uharles D. Landis, who said: " "In 1892 Grover Cleveland was elected. That was the greatest mis take the Democratic party ever made. They found themselves facing the people of the country in the midst of a domestic prosperity never lefore equaled. They were pledged to im prove it. Capital was employed; they promised to employ It better! Wages were high; thev promised to make them hie her. . Labor! There was not an Idle man in the United States of America unless be was idle from choice; and" you are acquainted witn tne result. ' t "Scarce three months passed until the idle men commenced roaming over the country. Bankruptcy be came an epidemic, idleness trot- to be a profession, . and hard-time festi vals became popular social functions. You did- that, gentlemen. You brought about that condition of af fairsyou prophets, you promisers, you arraigners. lou packed the side tracks of the railroads of this country with empty cars. You sent the price of cornea low it was burned as fuel, The farmer fedSO-cent wheat to 2;en,t hogs, and horses were cot worth wintering, and sheep shivered and died on the range because they were not worth sheltering, and as many as 100 idle men were found on single trains roaming thisvcountryln search of work." This was not the condition in Indiana alone, the State from which Mr. Landis came. was universal, as the following extracts frofn otherspeeches will show: "On August 18, 1893, MrHaines, of New York, in a speech on the ques tion of a bill repealing the purchas ing clause of the Sherman Act, said: "At the present moment its (bis distrfct-Sgricuiture and its com merce are languishing, Its factories are shutting do wnrit mechanics and laboring men are suffering in enforced idleness, and their families are in want. The farmers of the West and South -and I do not blame them for getting wild when they think of it have lost millions of dollars by the fall of prices." On the same day Mr. Simpson, of Kansas, addressing the House on the same general subject 6aid: "I want to go Over a few of the conditions that I think have brought he people of this country almost to the verge of bankrpptcy, a tew of the conditions that have produced pa ralysis of business and thrown labor ing classes out of employment until I suppose today there are not less than 4,000,000 men asking for work in this country. Congressional Rec ord, volume 133. page 492 '! From a speech by Mr. Talbert, of South Carolina, made on the same Cold Weather Calls FOR j- BED COVERING. We have made arrangements for you to satisfy this life's necessity at a Price to suit your taste. j JUST IN: A Large assortment of the famous Ellkfn Blankets. Also a fine line of aUILTS in Cotton and Down, Covering jof Silk, -Satin and Satteen. HUNTLEY - H1LL - s)8)as)S)S)tas)s)woeia0)aot)coges)eaotftas) Barbed Wire by th ; to move It out quietly ie mate the price $2.60 per huiidrel ! I Single Barrel Breech LoadiDgGuDS$2.95&Up:p i The Remington $6.25. i Doiihle Barrel Breech Loading Guns $7 & Up;i Tho Famous L. C- Smith $17.50. i iPactory Loaded Shot "WV are tho lowest in price KernersYille, j day as the foregoing and on the same i subiect: v "When I stand on the Dortico of ,this Capitol and look over this city I am Inclined to agree, Mr. Speaker, that th1 Is a great country. .Bat when I go to the homes of the Amer ican farmers, among whom I lire, what do I see there? I and hear nothing but the song of hard times and wore coming.' Go into the humf!i of J'f.E1: and what do you see? Nothing but star ration, poverty, and death." This is i what : Democracy brought, not only to the Soutn but to all the Union, and this I want my young friends, and in deed all the readers of The Be publican, to! contrast with the conditions of today, as I have shown them,:and with the condi tions as they existed when Mr. Cleveland was elected, as is shown by the following extracts taken from different sources: ' On the 17th H July, 1892, the New York Herald remarked: ' "The business of the country Is in a provoklngly healthy condition. P Vaiv" I nutria 1 AnTAvnvlaaa frvw iicn luviuom iui cm j ica sua manufacturing i iron, cotton, and woolen fabrics are going into opera tion in various sections. In the face, of such condition of things the calamity howler must remain sK lent." "hi 0 On July 15,1892, the Boston Her ald, a pronounced advocate ot Cleve land and free trade, asked: . v "Where. Is the idle woolen-mill to dav? There is none. Not only' are the great9 majority of the woolen mills employed, but many ;, urn fnntpmnlatincr pnlarcrA. ments and imDrovements " . ' on the lotn oi September, iswj, the Dry Goods Economist, also fa voring free trade, was constrained to remark that:' - - "Dress goods manufacturers ought to be happy this season, because they are busy delivering the goods already ordered and booking orders for more. They can confi- ' dentfy look forward to a continuons run of business for? the next six months " j . . . ' It. G. Dun f& Co.'s Report(non-par-tlsan), in July, 1892. said: ; "8'A fiscal yiear never matched in the history of the country ia the volume of industrial productions, in magni tude of domestic exchanges. cT In foreign trade has jast closed." The eminent free trader, Edward Atkinson, says, speaking of the coun try under Republican rule: Tin tMn" nere nas never oeeii a penou iu uuitrj tlje history of this Or any othercoun- try when the general rate of wages of goods relative to wages as low as they are today." To which I will add. that Dun's Review fori 1892, published' the" last day of that yearsaid: "The most prosperous year this coun trv ever kflew closes today." - t i. i.1 i : : a . i whiiii i in uhk mv vtiiiiij. lripuun of the SentiDel, Doybuknownow what the Jlepublican party has rlrmo fnrvtho South that; rm r youDg men should join it? ii ' Justice. P. S. Since writing the above the Daily ( Sentinel; of January 2o&, says:P . ' "One of the significant facts about the progress made here last year is that so many of our local industrial concerns made notable enlargements of their plants." And again: "North Carolina's growth In man ufacturing Iket year was hardly ex ceeded bv that of an v State in the union." I - . . The Governor offers $75 reward tor David Bbyd, ol Beaufort county, charged with murder. STOCKTON CO. fiuu Shells because we want your trade. N. G, Hardware Co. 'A, :i i

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