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Vol.V 111.
THE STARD PAT POLICY
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High Prices a Blessing, Accord- !
b ing to Sccretary Shaw. I
TRIES TO ECLCTIR UP A WEAK CASE
‘Futile Attempt to PProve That the
Worker Is DProsperous-—-liow the
Trust Evil ilas Increased the Cost
of Living—"The Truth Suppressed,
There is no eseap> for the Republic
ans from the stand pat position on the
tariff taken by tiem. They are com
pelled by events to contend that pros
perity is widespread. But Secretary -
Shaw in opening the Llepubiican cam
paign in Delaware under the auspices
of the Wilmington Roosevelt Working
men’s club endecavored to make “labor”
see’ that its welfare depended upon
the success of the Republicans, whose
policy had produced bigh prices and, as
he claimed, correspendingly high wages .
and steady employment. Secretm“y"
Shaw is an adept at telling half truths j
and then building thercon an argument l
to prove his contention. He said to the ‘
Wilmington workingmen, “Universal |
~and constant employment at reasona--
ble wages, even in the face of high |
priced living expenses, is preferable *’)‘
employment to only a portion of our;
people, theugh at the same wages and '’
at much reduced living expenses.” ;
Are the workinzgmen of Wilmington !
blessed with ~“universal constant em
ployment,” as Secrefary Shaw wonld |
have them believe? The reports of thel
condition of the shipbuilding industry, |
car shops, weolen mills and some other l
industries which are carried on at Wil- i
mington do not by any means support |
the Shaw theory that employment Nl
‘Universal and constant,” but rather.
that a great many men are idle and a !
number workinz on short time. 'i‘hat!
this is the condition of the manufac- |
turing and railread centers nearly ev-l
erywhere is unfortunately true, and no!
one should knew [t hetter than Secre*i
tary Shaw, who has ail the government |
sources of informnation at his com
mang.
But instead of telling the whole truth }
and nothing but the truth about the
conditions that prevail for the Ameri- |
can workinon:an under the high priced !
trust era that Republican policies have |
produced Secretary Shaw promises tn"
furnish ‘“svell authenticated data from
the liizghest possibie aunthority in the
United States slrowing that the aver- |
age wages have increased in largery
proporticn than the average articles |
of ordinary household ebnsumption.” I
It is. comnmon repori that Seeretary
Cortelvon is having prepared in thel
bureau of statistics the data that Sec
retary Shaw gives notice of appearing
—{n fact, that the matter for the Re—l
publican campaign book is being pre
pared at government expense and to |
make a showing favorable to the ad- |
vantages of high tariff and high trust'
prices. I
Government statistics are notorious- |
ly unreliable when manufactured toE
gult partisan purposes, and, although
the expert statisticians of the depart-l
ment of commeree and labor may |
prove that all of us are living in lux
ury, every one can judge of his own|
condition better .than partisan figures
can prove it to him, |
There will doubtless be a great num- l
ber of Roosevelt workingmen’s clubs
organized by the Republican pollticians i
all over the country, but it -will keep |
Secretary Shaw and other Republican t
gpellbinders busy explaining how, un
der present high trust prices, those of
us with restricted incomes can make
expenses come within what is receiv
ed. The true test of prosperity is a
comfortable living and the amount re
maining after all the bills are paid for
necessities that can be expended for
THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL.
Leesburg, Geocrgia, Friday, Aagust, 5, 1904,
luxuries or that can be saved for the
proverbial rainy day. Each family can
decide if they are satisfied with their
present condition more certainly than
expert figures or the special pleading
of Secretary Shaw can determine for
them. i
If the voter concludes that he is pros
perous and is willing to continue to
pay high prices and his own share of
the enormous profits that the high tar
iff allows the trusts to plunder him of
he should vote the Repullican tigket
and thus support the stand pat policy
of no change in present conditions, but
if he is not satiatied, if he feels that the
wages he is receiving do not allow him
and his family to live in comfort be
cause the cost of living has advanced
more than wages hnve increased, then
logically it is agalnst his interest to°
stand pat, and n change is necessary.
As the Republicans declare against
any change, the voter must turn to the
party whose deciarations and tradition
al policy are to reduce the tariff that
trusts cannot” €n! shelter under it
Such a change in the fiscal policy of
the United States is advceated by the
Democrats, not & radical change that
would upset business and injure hon
est manufacturers, but the tariif so re
vised that the 'trusts that sell cheaper
abroad than at home would be pre
vented from doing so any longer. That
is the “Towa idea” of a large faction of
Republicangs of Secretary Shaw’s own
state, but he nd his partisans were
able throuch tho enormous power of
patronzage to cofs=at the revisionists
and are now intent on eooking the sta
tistics to prove thzir contention. The
workirem=n ¢f the east inust there
fore, liia the farmer of the west, de
cide bebwesn thy tavo great parties as
to the poliey which will-give bim the
craniogt cominit Al prasnariny.
COST OF LIVING. »
The Party i Vesver Has Raised It to
v the Limit,
“But may tle good Lord deliver us
from ancther period when living ex
penses are cheap!” was the pious wish
expressed by Secretary Shaw in his
Wilisington (Del.) speech.
This Litany of stand pat is just now
abundantly answered. The party in
power--not to debate the divine source
of its authority--has made the cost of
living hich enough to satisfy the most
exacting -
The troulle is that it has not grati
fled that other desire stated by Mr.
Shaw, “empicymont for all our people
at a glven wage.” . Some 75,000 ex
perienced men froia the raiiroad ranks
alone are puaying high prices for the
necessaiies of life on no wages at all.
To ask thesc mmen, some of whom live
in \\'iix;;iugzm, to join in the praise of
high prices is a piece of folly that
might tempt the president not to put
the other eight cabinet members .on the
stump.—New York World.
The Question Before the Country.
The question is, Will the thousands
of business -men who petitioned for
reciprocity submit to being denled it
by the Republican leaders and vote to
bind the monopoly yoke more firmly
about their necks? How would the
“stand patters” fare if the business
men should rebel and vote against the
trust and monopoly party? In the
Massachusetts Republican state con
vention, just held, there were about
10 per cent of the delegates who fol
lowed Mr. Foss in favor of reciprocity.
1f 10 per cent of the Republican voters
of the state should resolve to vote
against the Republicans it would more
than reverse the majority at the last
election. In lowa the same proportion
would allow the Democrats to prevail.
These are two of the strongest Repub
lican states, and a much less percent
age of change would wipe out the Re-’
,publican majority in every state but
Vermont. :
Riohard Patison. “am Pattison. Richard T. Pattison,
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A' PARY TA,
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ounders and [\achinists
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WATER ' NL'GAS PIPIN{S AND FITHINGS.
Iron and Rrass Castings of every Descripton. Castand Wrought Tron
Railings ENGIN!S AND BOILERS REPAIREIY.
Orders soiicited an | Satisfaction Guaranteed,
" For Rent.
Sealed bids will be received until Nov
It. for the rent of the late Capt. F. M.
Heath Jordon plantation for 1 or 5 years
Good Jand, healthy place, with deep well
water works throughout and an up to date
ginnery. We reserve theright to reject
any and all bids, none but respousible
parties need apply.
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Heail: & I.ee Executors.
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Notice o Debtorsand
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| Creditors.
N-iice is hereby giveu to all creditors of
th: estate of j. I, McKenny, iaic of said
County, gleceased 1o render in an account
of their demands to e wibhin the time
prescribed by law, jroperly made out and
all per~ons indebted to zaid Jeceased uye
hereby regrested tv make Linmediate pay
ments jo the uundarsigied. ;
This 6th day of May 1604.
A, J. Fleetwoord,
Administra’or of J, E. McKinney
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Col, Geo, E. Simpson of Smithviile
was in tewin Thursday, in attendance at
County Court
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DRAWING-Room VESTIBULE SLEEPING CARS
BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM, CCLUNMEUS, ATLANTA. MACON, AUGUSTA
AND SAVANNAH, GA.,, AND BETWEEN ATLANTA AND ALBANY, GA.
PuLLMAN SLEEPING CARS
BETWEEN ST LOUIS, NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA, ATLANTA,
MACON., GA..‘ AND JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
PaArLoRrR CARs oN DAY TRAINS
BETWEEN ATLANTA. MACON AND SAVANNAH, CA.
W. A. WINBURN, J. C, HAILE, F.J. ROBINSON,
VICE-PRESIDENT AND TRAFFIC MANAGER. GENERAL FASSENGER AGENT, ASSISTANT GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT
BG T T T S T G T L P e e B L e
WARE G. MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, '
L.eesburg, Georgia
LONG & SON.
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GEO, E. SIMPSON,
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GEGRGIA—LEE Counry,
- Noticeis hereby gives that the nnder
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signed has applied to the Ordinary of aid
county for leave to sell the land belong
ing to the estate of ], E.. McKenny for
i the payment cf debte and for destrbuting
among the heirs of said estate. Said ap
plication will be heard at the regular term
oi the court of Ordinary tor said county to
be held on the first Monday in September
1904,
This Aug , Ist., 1904,
A. J. Fleetwood,
Adm’strator upon the estate of,
1o K. MeKinney.
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