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Show WHY THE COUNTRY SHOULD GO FORWARD. One of our senators, with a well developed de-veloped desire to see the country more backward, claims to have dls covered that one million men are out of employment in this country at this time. Every winter since 1906, there have been large armies of the unemployed in all our big cities and we doubi that the number of the idle is very much greater today than a year ago. Winter is the period when nearly all outdoor construction work ceases, and when those thrown out of work by weather conditions congregate in the cities. But this winter the standpat newspapers have been working overtime over-time to discover the unemployed and play up the discouraging news. It is one of the crimes of the Standpatters Stand-patters and should be roundly de nounced. In 1907, when the darkest financial clouds vere over the nation the papers did much to relieve the situation by referring hopefully to the business outlook. That same op timisra should be cultivated today In looking over the record of the I year 1913, ju6t closed, we find noth ing to Justify other than a bright I future. The corn crop of that year was referred to as a failure, and yet it brought more money than any corn crop in the history of the country exceeding the banner year of 1909 by $40,000,000. The wheat yield, winter and spring, I was 15.000,000 bushels larger than the record year of 1901. Oats, in value, was only $13,000,000 less than the record in 1912. Hay decreased 7 per cent; tobacco increased 17 per cent; cotton, 3Vi per Fourteen of the principal agricui I tural products returned $4,940,000,000, which is nearly $200,000,000 move than was ever obtained from the same source. For cotton alone $900,000, 000 was received; wheat brought $610,000,000, and potatoes $227,000,- These figures are from Bradstreet'b annual report, reproduced from government gov-ernment statistics. Now with the largest crops in cash value in the records of the agricultural agricul-tural statistics of the United States, why should this country he other than I In a position to enjoy a period of 1 great prosperity? Of course, If there Is a concerted campaign being made by big intor-- intor-- ests, aided by the capitalistic press, H to destroy Industry and paralyze busi ness, there will come a slump. But i even these efforts may be brought to J naught by the now currency law, I which already is causing a free flow of money from th banks and Is mak-I mak-I ing good commercial paper a deslt 1 able asset. I It would be a great triumph over I the mercenary, If. in face of the at- H tempts being made to depress bust H ness, the country suddenly were to ki respond to the new Invigorating for 5'j cs, and unequaled prosperity were I to prevail. |