Show A contractor from Mt Pleasant was in town a few v days ago inquiring inquiring inquiring ing for brick masons arid and offering per day That is about like awakening from a long troublesome dream per dayl darl That is a wage not heard of since the opening days of Cleveland ism when democracy demo cracy threw its light upon the coun- coun coun try Surely the democrats of San- San rete and elsewhere elsewhere- may well twee call for assistance The above item appeared in the editorial columns of the Messenger last week as an evidence of returning return ing prosperity To show how littie republicans require t to start a prosper prosperity ty boom we we will ex explain the above item item The explanation is h simple One of Mt Pleasants Pleasant's leading democrats des desired red to build a house I le e let the contract to a local contractor at at a stipulated price The contract railed called for the house to be completed at a certain time and als also stipulated that the contractor was to forfeit S 16 16 a day i for i- i every day after that tl time the owner ovner is kept out of 01 the house The time for the completion of the house will soon be here and the contractor finds that he must employ more men or lose his forfeit of 16 a day so he rushes off to neighboring neighbor neighbor- ing towns for help to save himself and that is what causes this dream of prosperity He lIe would rather pay a few v masons a little extra than lose 16 a day It is not the democrats but the contractor who is calling alling for assistance |