Show I PROSPERITY MUST Let no man fear that the end of prosperity Is near The bank banI clearings of or the country outside of or New York for or the first six months of the year show an increase of ofen often often ten en per cent over last year The May output of or pi pig iron was v greater than ever before and big corporations have planned for the Issuance of oC three-quarters three of or a n. billion bUllon I of stocks and bonds bonds a a thing men would not do llo unless the they knew there were plenty of oC mone money In the country country- It has hag been said that capital would not employ itself excepting on terms made malle b by capitalists and that men of oC much mone money decline to have their enterprises subject to any sort of But this saying paying seems to be bo open to doubt Moneyed men always want vant to make mako more money money money-a a very cr general l ambition They arc are not much better than the rest of oC us probably but hut we do not believe the they are arc an any worse than the average run of men The They are no more inclined to rob and pillage than are other citizens of or tho the United States And the they are no more prone to oppress or discrimInate discriminate dis dEs criminate against their fellow fetlow mortals than are other fellow Cello mortals in the big bulk bulle of or tho the population They may wish to manage their own affairs am ammay and ma may protest vcr ver very positively against an any regulation the they did not themselves originate But the they are are as as has been beer paid said desirous Mid of oC mal making mone money Idle capital does no not Increase Only when whon it is employed does a dollar earn an another thel dollar for Its owner And so men of wealth will wil enrage engage In ness bus busness if they can see profit in it IL Because it Is a quality of human nature to get al alone all allone one can for his Investment capitalists may establish rules rule that get them big profits while hurtIng hurtIng hurting hurt hurt- Ing some Borne of the people affected by their activities They are not in business to hurt but to get gel more m money ne And Am 1 when tho the government tells them that tho they will so o have to conduct their affairs as not to inflict injury upon th the tho thoI I rest of oC the race capitalists ma may complain ma may threaten to withdraw raw from Crom all activity and la lay down alternatives alternative a a. compliance or farewell to business But the threat will not be he made good Business is far too good in thEs country cO for Cor capital to quit so long as it is fairl fairly treated Capitalists are as fair as most men and since th the tho regulations Insisted on b by government are not unfair capital will not be bo withdrawn Men of mone money will see seek seel opportunities in the future just as they have havo in th the past Labor Jabor will be employed The resources of ot the naHon nation na na- na- na Hon tion will be developed eloped New towns will be built bunt and ol old towns will grow larger Population will increase and and th the railroads s will get more business next year ear than they ever eve had in the past There will bo be no termination of oC prosperity pros pros- because of or any causes of oC complaint now allege alleged by the press agents of ot plutocracy When hen pig iron is in increasing demand when th the banks handle more mone money when new corporations wit With big capital are floated the great work of oC advancing th the business of or the nation has not been checked Only one thing can stop the march of or prosperity I j Ithe If the people of tho the country countr should seem inclined to elect electa a Democratic President of ot tho the United States to put V. congress In iii the hands of oC the tho Democratic Party part In 1908 there would he be a n suspension of or mone money activity There Them would be he a n withdrawal of or cash from the currents of trade tride There would he a n cl cessation of oC Investment n a paralysis par par- al ls of development Men of means know lenow that the regulation suggested by hy Pr President Roosevelt I Is In strict compliance with the laws the people of the nation have framed and that these thes laws laus arc not unjust to nn any honest Interest concerned The They know lenow that with the Republican party In power there thre will be hp no lh departure from the tho safe and mal sane policy of government go They kno v by hy experience that If IC tho the Democratic parly liart OnUS comes Into Inlo power there th will ho bo a n. world of ot tinkering and experimentation They know an nn clement ole cle- ment hostile lc to in capital will vilL bo ho In a n. position to strike sUIl sonic some of oC the tho blows that have been threatened C ever Cr r since prosperity was launched In this nation nut lint tho the great grent body holy of oC the people preferring pros pros- to calamity will let keep l the Democrats out of oC power for for the tho very ery same am reason they excluded them tOem In tho the first place And the flourishing work of or advancing ancin the nation will go on unimpeded |