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Vol.V 111. THE STARD PAT POLICY Sy | 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, T p g Tr ~ A' PARY TA, ° * ounders and [\achinists F| \ : 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. Respt Heail: & I.ee Executors. : —————————— Y > w 8 - . . 4 . it S Notice o Debtorsand * | 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 - e e B e e ety v Col, Geo, E. Simpson of Smithviile was in tewin Thursday, in attendance at County Court T R K T S e, S e A SRSI 22 Ty PR eN o AT F“}?“s?& NCREMNDENY EREER . | Vo S, ReL RN B e R S P R Sy v *’”"\ 7 Bt -To SR S e a i % 'y ETEa i RAARB T Un o¥aeey LUENA o 8 8% ENW A h P R P RS AR B e e Y 540 9 B S ‘;a ek 5 W Seeh 4@B Ve g HLYTs WL R Y5O BWY9 Vi e, ¥ ‘f“‘f,';.‘; RN 5 s e S e T e 5 1)) .Tl S N ~/’//’” i=) ot S i SR 11 s€ L sgT 11 il Wt gy L 3"’;,5' o ‘{\ i e - ffifirf:’«“?}?‘;%}j..;-- eey 13 (B ]B P P o N T e I BRI ] ST A i plass f:. 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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. | | ATTORNEVS AT LAW, I - ! Leesburg, Georgia, | : s e s | 2 GEO, E. SIMPSON, | ATTORNEY-AT-LAw, i \ ¥ 14 \ | . Swithvilie, Ga. | RN WV YP TN CUNRANISS TP O MY VMRS TLSN TN O e GEGRGIA—LEE Counry, - Noticeis hereby gives that the nnder | y 8 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. “N 00.52 ‘ E%s ‘ ‘G[ORGIA e ! AL YL |