SUPPLEMENT TO THE
HARRISON JOURNAL
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, JSW.
FARMEiVS EGGBASKET
Th? McKinW Law Chocked Im
ports tion a 'id Gave a
Hem Market.
EFFECT OF THE WILSON WILL.
V,J i' II. .V. It W. W'.IW. w v T ! n
J7ir iii
The Canadian Farmer Has Protection
but the American Farmer
Has None.
There is ii.. rviiM.ii w li.v Canada. Mexi
co, China. t iiiiy i.ili.r country should
supply tin- I ni. '; ,Siai.- iili a single
gl. Canada .!.' I tot buy single CKR
from h-. and lin n- i )i" reason why we
should bin IP III ll.T. Wll. ll we the
Ann ricaii fan m-r I. In- Uiietit of art
of his na'timl 11.;. i k . t.
Thr imi'M'w "f '.'ii" art hie i ' show
t.y :i few riucs the U-in tit which the
Aiui i'i. an la tint r d.iiveil I'rmii the Me
Kiniey lit v ; not merely localise Un
law Miui. til imports fn.ui other countries,
hut because under that law he received
mi average 1" ""I"" a dozen for his
VPs all 1 1n- year around. Cuter thp
present Wilson-l iormau hill, he hardly
averag. ."i iiiits a dozen: ami tin- iepc
i iii.l better :i ll'.irtl to iy l." cents a
dozen in lstfj. tliaii tli-y cau o cents a
dozen in lx:i.
Fro ni IN.'! in 1 mh i, (hire wan no tariff
iiH.ri cck. 'l'hi' Canadian farmer i-ould
wild his Bt' across the line frotn Maine
to California. Mexico. China. France,
tiormaiiy and oilier countries siippliisl
US willl 1. ".." HI.K HI dozens of eggs, ail
liuully. on the average. We paid every
year to the foreign farmer on this small
product alone, ill ," iiiiIh h dnzcu, $!.
.lOO.Otai. This importation of over 1.
ISHI.IKIO dozen M inonih or ."iO.otKi dozen a
day felt, in the way of cottiotitioli.
hy our farmers chiefly in the large cities.
Farmers can get ihe l-st prices for eggs
mid their products in the lanre cities;
hut when New York, Philadelphia, Bos
ton. Buffalo. Cleveland. Chicago, San
Francisco and many other market tire
supplied with eggs. hipied at cheap
rates of transportation by water, how
can the farmer expect to conicte who
has to ship hii egg l.y rail'
The follow ing xintemenr shows impor
tations of eggs, hy t-oiinrric. the year be
fore the McKinley tariff went into effect,
for Ihe year ending Juno .'ill. JKW:
Importations of eggs, by countries, Jalyl.
1, i Jun :wt.
IVKI.
i Im.wiih. Value.
Aiwtri Ilnut-.t ry
Hritfifiiii
I'htmt
I'imt;trk. ,
Kram-
Hvrmauy
KnirlHiu! ,
tPlliUKl
.Nova Hicotia,
HrtiBuwick
i re's,
21 .Vet!
Uii..:iioi
it.l'.Mij
T:t.:wii
4.104!
4.JO0I
S,"2
.4ii
11, WW
Wl
14,1 111
K!I7
Ml
I
Newi
no;
Frince KiJwrl IsIhihI
3.;:7,222i
I
Qihf. ( Fiitnrlo. Mau-j
liniia 1 rvHorr.
Hrhixb rolnmbia
HiMlR KoitJS ,
Italy
Japan, . .... , . . ,
i-xl.'..
Nt'lliHrtuinlM. . . . ,
'uta. .
Turkey in AtrUa
. ,11.731. MM,
l.MH.tun
NT,
7l
2.II7S
117...
15.2m
12,iiv,
var.
HI
l.-4
I
JiL' -Z. ' jl5.1H8.8MH r.Ml(!UI7S
The next tnUl nhowi the KiuU t wiiich
AHKUIijA PiiKTHMK KXTKV Flt K(i;H.
IhMteim. j Value.
Apo.s(tttk. Maine,.., .
ilnniror. Main1
Hath. .VI a inn
r.ritt wihI 'iiarI'tttMi,;
Buffalo Crtk. N. Y. ..
VThicii(, ,, V,,,,
'humjhiln, . V
roriiu CiiriMi, 'Win-..1
l.!i:tH.ii"l
.".74o.'.it;
!1.4ooi
Hjy.i4 ;
:u,
iiooj
4.-!7,!Hi:
7:tr.
J.'.7x:t
11.777!
'-!'
am
Rn2.4o:
1.412.!W
l.'KM.aWi
'J7II,!'."!
trjiMKiti
l,:i47
ln.un'i
4
54.814
104
2.S42
1.418
ir4
JfH
3'!
;4".l4
141.521
f'liyttlioKa. U.. , A
Ictroit, Mlrb
f Jem, . Y. , , . ,
Hunm. Midi
Kpv Vt, Kin
MHrblrhJKl. Maii. ,
w ,4iKifu. 'nn
York. Y. . ..
NUj;ari. X. V
fH Kftrhir. X. Y.....!
Oswpgo. X. Y.
ami Xpw ftfM i
rUtlHdlphin. I'h j
INtrtiand hij! KHliiKMith.i
i..v.r.'
l.l-J.lilfll
2..TW
l.'tx.Lil
Miit?
1't.rtsnnmth. X. H. .
IMovlflnncp, H. ...., ,.
I'utfft Mound, WmmH. . .
8alni hi1 Beverly,
AlflWK . .
Kundnsky. O
KM!
;.
07.'.
4.14i
T"Jll
lM.:m;
7.74
2.25H.I"0;
:t.:ttM!
10.21."i)
l.ZV.'
i
San Fmncfwo, ('ni
6.4U.i
1.12
377.4fi7
Supprinr. Mich
Vrnnnnt
Walditlxtronph. M.
YVHlmnetrf. Or
4W
trfrtu
211
-I-
Total. . HS.mH.WM 2.418.!7
It would evidently Ih imposxililc for
farniern fifty mile in the interior of any
of the Htiitex liorderinn on the tireat
Lukex. to eotiiiete with eicgs Hhiiiped by
water from Canada.
The McKinley tariff iinnosed a duty
of si cent a dosseu on einr. This law
went into effect October 1, 18JH. Dtir-
ing the year endinc June 30, 18!t0, we
imnotied nearly JallMlldl dozen Pint 1'
than i the year previoua, when there
was no proteHion. The importation of
eirirs steadily decreaxed until the repeal
of the McKinley law in 1HSH, m that
instead of nearly lti.lWNMUM) dozen ew
heina tiroueht into thin country, an here
tofore, in 1H-1 we ira iorteil H.nno.flDO
doen; 4,MK).in in l1-fr.; :i.(MltMl
in lt2H: 1.730.) in 1WI3-4. By
nearly f'J.0H0.(Kin had Ix-en taken from
the foreign abipper. which now went into
tbe pocket of tbe American farmer.
The following table ahowa the import a
tiona of ea ainee 188H:
Annual Importatioua of foreign egga, 1883-
taw.
Year ending June 30. j ftoaenn. Value.
a 1HKI , 1.27.Oiln2.iW7,fln4
a 1WM l,4iT.H 2.77.3f:
a lNo I18,lii.4.'ii 2.47H.6TS
a IWW W.(tt.Ml 2,173.454
a 1W7 ....ia.KW.ffi4 1.WW.3W
a tm 1&.A42.WI1 2.312.47
a taw is.ia.ai 2.418.1W
bllWO ....1.VIIH2.7HM 274.0li
biwi amiual l.iw..rf
h 1W2 4. 1 xa. mi B22.24
blW3 :i.-'!.".Ht2! .TI2.HIJ
lilHW... I,7!i?,4i IHM..V41
I HUT, 2.70fMtlj .'!24.ISf
a I'mler Free Trade.
b Prottcte4. October . tftWI. at i centa pet
TartiT.
rt tk Met 7 Mr of the McKinley
CJ tmt ftol? bought tier, from
4a. asf fnim China fr the Chi-
ra. W bluffer ane whatever from
Wtiflgj couetrlaa. before. Even at
ewti doaen the tariff would not be
af loo kick. It aitnply made a differ
-4 to (ke countries a-rna tbe Ocean, of
i e la CtMMbv t ft M lUwiiitv
What does all this talk about sixteen to one mean?
It means that free coinage of silver will ruin business and close the
If the MiKinley law had heu Jet
alone. th- American farmer In lSICert
would be anpplyiiig nearly 'very egir in
the American market. Th farmprst
wife would have felt eneouraped to in
crease her slock of poultry, on which
ulie deiH-ndi-d for pin money to chuhe
herself and her children. When the
McKinley law was repealed and the tar
iff on vggn redmwl from 5 cents to 3
cents a dozen, importation inrieased
I.IMi.miO dozen in one year, at an in
creased price of I2."j.0fl0. I'nlesk the
American fanner can ee it to be hl In
terest to vote for McKinley and the
restoration of a proper duty oti egga. the
Canadian and other foreign farmers will
soon again ship us 16.(fll.'ils'l dozen a
year and the price of domestic pggs will
continue to decline, as they have done
for the lat two years.
(JneotioB. Why Should HemueraU legis
late In favor of the Canadian as against
(lie American I'trmtr?
The American farmer could not sell
egg in I a nana, even 11 tney nao no
tariff on American eggs. 1 bete are only
a few large cities there, and they are
near to the Canadian cheap fartn. The
half-a-dozen small markets in Cunaila
have a total population only one-quarter
as large as that of the city of New York.
A few election districts in the city of
New York, or in Philadelphia, or in
Chicago, afford a better market for
American eggs than the whole of Can
ada. Yet Canada imposes a duty of 5
cents a dozen on onr egg", while we im
pose a duty of only .1 centa a dozen on
lier eggs.
The f'niutilians have protection, but
under the Wilsuu bill we have nut.
A Pointer fop Farmers.
I remenilier one instance that bears
particularly upon this question that came
to me today as I sat here, and that was
this: My father came from the New
England states upon tbia prairie in 1H.'t".
lie told roe this instance once: That
after sowing a crop of wheat by hand,
cutting it with the cradle, binding it with
the rake, and threshing it with the ball
upon the floor, he put it upon a wagon
and drove it to this city of Milwaukee,
pitietv-six miles away, and sold it here
for 16 tents a htishpl. This was in the
'.Us., and silver then was J1.30 an ounce.
N'ow tell the silver men to explain to yon
how it was that in the early "50s wheat
was 4(1 cent a bushel, and siiver $1..T0
an ounce, if the price of silver always
carries with it the price of wheat. And
when he hems and haws, say to him:
"It is not only confined to wheat, but
that olher commodity you yoke no with
silver, cotton: and tell bim that for the
four rears ending iff 1S45 cotton in the
city o'f New York averaged only 7 cents
a pound: and that for the four years
ending in 1MJH the same class averaged
H cents a ponrd. Tell him to ezplnin
that to yon. That was when we had
free coinage and silver was then $1.30
an ounce. He cannot eiplain it. That
one illustration, my friends, utterly de
al rovs the whole silver heresy. Con
gressman Fowler of New Jersey.
What Htewort Thought In 1IM4.
Senator Stewart of Nevada marie a
p.ch in Congress lebruary 11, IM, in
which he said:
j.ei everybody know what a dollar is
worth The farmers will then know how
to measure the difference in price be
tween his wheat in Illinois and the wheat
In Liverpool. The wheat will lie meas
ured by the same standard -gold-in
Illinois as it is in Liverpool and any man
pan figure it np. But now it is a rnye
erv the whole anbject of finance is a
oiv'sierT, and what do we sec erery day?
Wp see those who derole their attention
to it making large fortune out of this
mystery. ... , , ., . .
,et iia do a all the people of the world
have been doing from Ihe beginning
measure otir values- by fold, adopt the
standard that air can understand, and
get rid of thia mystery.
Mr. Ixigan What does the senator
Mr. Hlewart I want the standard gold,
and no paper money not redeemed in
gold, no paper money the value of which
is not aaceiiained. no paper money that
will orgafiixe a gold board to speculate
with It. Who pays for thin gold board?
Who nay these immense fortunes? How
is it that million and millions ran be
rolled on annually there? Did anybody
ever calculate who aid for it? It
cornea out of the producer. How do
the men eiiat'f By the latitude which
yonr depreciated currency glvea to apecn
iattnn and nothing elae.
Persons who are speculating in your
depreciated enrrener are making the
money, and they will continue to nuke
it no long aa yot) have a depreciated cur
rency. If the farawra would get rich thy
have got to becom akllW is tbia Hurt ant
ing eurrentT ' corners and ajaa
(palate the arket. and if fhey do that
iL aaMot fawa. tCoagraioional Boc
Payment of Debta in Debased Cur
rency Meana Practically
Repudiation.
A NEBRASKA FARMER ANSWERED
Fallacy of What ! Considered the
Strongest Free Trade
Argument
Tbe following letter is one of many
that are daily received by the Times
Ilerald. Il is supposed to contain tbe
strongeHt free silver argument that can
be addressed to tbe farmer, and it is
nised by Ihe free silver orators with im
metiHp assurance of its suit-ess: ,
Lincoln, .Neb.. Ang. 3. To tbe Editor:
My land la encumbered by a mortgage V
$liS. payable In lawfnl money Nuvembet
I, 1MT7. I most pay this debt with thl
products at air farm. I nner ordinarf rtt-ctiuiKun.-es
I will be able to raise lunO
biialirls of wheat neat year. If there Is u
change lri our Annuls I system, this li.-!l
at r0 rents per tiuxtiel. will pay half 'itT
debt. When tbe value of a siiver il"ijiir
Is reduced lo ,'0 cents by free euiuaife a
bnsbel of wheat, wit limit any change In
Its value, will be worth a TUt-c-ot dollar.
With free calaag of silver 1 shall, there
fore, be able to pay the entire debt with
tbe 1000 boahela of wheat. The burden of
paying a debt of tlOOO has doubled since
I borrowed the money. I have obeyed the
laws of my country under the gold standard
and shall obey them nnder a silver standard.
The opponents of free coinage of silver are
appealing to tbe laborers. Ihe creditors and
policy holders lo protect their own per
sonal Interests If I should fall to look out
for my own interests who will do so for
me? I there any reason why I should not
ote f.r ihe free and unlimited coinage of
silver! Very respectfully, J. W. Bingrr.
The answer is not far to seek.
When thin farmer borrowed the money
it was the equivalent of $1000 in gold.
It was the same as if he had received it
all in gold $20 piece. He could have
had it that way if he so desired. Per
Ii8s he did. for many such loans have
been made. When he expended it he got
$1000 in gold equivalent. He probably
improved his farm to that extent or
bought stock or machinery. In w hatever
way hp need it, unless he burned it up or
squandered it. be got value received.
The borrowing and fending was a busi
ness transaction and tbe borrower used
the money to promote hi business in
terests. At no timp since that mortgage was
executed, for few mortgage run over
live years without renewal, would a
thousand bushels of wheat have paid it.
Sitppoae we had borrowed the money
from a neighboring farmer more pros
perous than be. Inst neighbor would
probably have to carry something like
two thousand bushels of wheat to town,
sell it for a thousand dollar, get the
money and hand it over to hi
friend. There have been in ' the
past thousands of such transac
tions. In fart, in every farming
community there are a few farmers,
more thrifty and of better business qual
ifications than the other, w-ho atwaya
have money to lend out of their saving.
They get the money from the product
of their farms, but they are not loaning
those products. They are loaning the
money, and aince 1870 it ha been gold
or its equivalent. Why should they
not have the same kind of money in re
payment? Is it any wonder that tbe advocate of
unlimited free coinage are charged with
dishonesty and that silver ia called dis
honest money, when by the passage of
a law a thousand SO-vent dollar will lie
sufficient to discharge a debt of a thou
sand 100-cent dollar? Huch a law
amount to the repudiation of one-half
the debt obligation of all the debtor in
the United Btateo.
When Mr. Blotter In the above letter
aays. "Tbe burden of paying a debt of
$10110 ha doubled aince 1 borrowed the
money," be must remenilier. if be is slat
Ing w'bat ia true, that the "burden" i not
atone upon him. but upon erery other
bnaiaesa man wbo ha borrowed money.
Merchanta aod mannfactnrera feel the
majir atreaa of the hard time a the
farmer do. It ia oot-becanae they bor
rowed ffoM and have to repay gold that
tbe harden ia greater, but that their
earning and aaarta hare not turned out
aa they hoped and expected. Competi
tion nd lyverprod action have affected
the whole worM. but repudiation la not
the proper cure for It.
Ho Is the beat policy aa a policy
pjoniy, wtttowt tvfamea te ru mi
sm'r-4x MtfMt m m (or
workshops so that when there is a
viduals. A mau who has repudiated his
debts is never trusted again and is re
garded with contempt by all hi neigh
bor. And so ia a nation.
A free-coinage law ia repudiation, and
that it ia understood in that sense is in
dicated by auch letters as the above.
Por if under free coinage the ilver dol
lar is to appreciate to tbe value of a gold
dollar bow will the farmer get more of
them for his thousand bushels of wheat?
How can he pay hi debt any easier than
he can now?
No, it is repudiation the silver men
want, and repudiation is dishonor. Chi
cago Times-Herald.
VALUES DECREASED.
rrlcea of Live atork t'nder Kepnbllran
and IenMrntle Ruin.
When we resumed specie pay
ment In 18714 our domestle
animal, horses, mules, rat
tle, sheep and swine were
valued at f 1.445. 42:t.Oii2
During the ensuing six years,
nut II the election of Mr. "
Cleveland In )K4. the values
Increased to 2.47.8.trJ4
A gala during six year of
Republican rule of I1.022.44.ri.8it2
flutiug Ihe ensitlug four yesrs
mull the election of Mr.
Harrison lu )SJW. values de
creased from 2 4U7XW.IK.M J
To 2,i!MH.'l.4IM I
A loss during four yeara of
Ueaaocratle rule or
SS.825.iVM
Daring the enaulog foar year.
until tbe second elect Ion of
Mr. Cleveland lu lJ, valnes
again Increased fn.ni 2.40!MM.1,4m
To 2,il.7.V.IIMH
A gain during four year of
KcMiildlcau rule of S2.712.2W)
Imrlug the last two years,
under the second adminis
tration of Mr. Cleveland, and
under pre posed and accom
plished free trade aud sweep
ing tariff reductions, vslnes
again decreased from tlMPHl. 2.4Ki,.Vi.lis.l
To the comparatively Insigni
ficant toial of I.M9.44fl.3W
Showing the enormous loss
In fwo years of Itemocrallc
rule of 64,'iO,.175
Cheap Oollara.
F.veryihing is cheap or dear according
to w hat we nave to pay for it. Siuar is
cheap at 5 cent a pound, but would lie
dear at 10 cent.
A cheap dollar, therefore, is one thnt
tbe merchant bnya with les goods than
he would have to give for a dearer dol
lar. If a merchant now gives twenty
pounds of sugar for a dollar, and tbe dol
lar which he get is a 24-ecnt dollar;
and if the iiflO-cent dollar is a dishonest
dollar and ought to be replaced by a 100
cent dollar, worth only half as inn -li; in
that caw, the merchant will give inly
half a much sugar for the chcajicr dol
lar as he now gives for the disM.inest
2tt-cent dollar. That is clear, ia It not?
Thia ia precisely what "cheap money"
mean.
Is this what the farmer and tbe work
in gins n really want?
Apply thia illustration to labor, if you
please. The workingman buys dollars
with labor. Doe he want a cheap dol
lar, for which the merchant will give
only ten pounds of sugar? Or doc he
want a 'JflO-cent dollar, for which the
merchant will give twenty pounds of
sugar? Cheap dollars would cut bis
wagea in half. He surely does not want
that.
"Oh, no," aayg the workingman, "that
is not what I want; but, if dollar were
'heap. I would get twice as many of
them for a day's work."
Would you, indeed? Not on yonr life.
Free and unlimited coinage of silver, at
the ratio of 10 to 1. is simply a scheme
to reduce yonr wages without your know
ing it or having an excuse for striking.
What good would It do yon to get twice
a many dollar for a day' work If $2
would buy no more sugar, and no more
of anything else, than $1 will now buy?
Besides, if price go up, under free
coinage, a they will we admit that
doea not the workingman know that the
first thing to go up will be renta, the
next thing will lie food and clothing, and
tbe last thing will he labor? Under free
coinage. Instead of being better off. the
workingman would be worse off than he
i now.
Think thia over, aud ee what it all
mean to you and to your little family.
Hpringtield (III.) Journal.
A (Juration for Farmer.
If the volume of silver money control
price, a the free coiner would have
tia believe that it doea, ao that tbe more
silver coin there I in circulation, Ihe
higher is tbe price of wheat, and the
lea silver coin there I In circulation,
the lower the price of wheat; then will
antae fanner, who believe in tbe free
coinage of ailrer at li to 1, gnawer the
question:
How did tt happen that wheat was
lower in prk In lKH than ever before,
while the amount of coined otlrer in tbe
Job for one man there will be sixteen men out of work applying for it.
IJ
Arithmatic for Wheat Growcra
Which Neglects Tai and In
terest Considerations.
A FREE SILVER MATHEMATICIAN.
Silver Accountants Concede Double
Expense in Mexico and As
sume Equal Profits.
Warren, Minn., Aug. ti. To the Kil.'or:
I enclose comparative slips circulated by
an advocate of free silver, which subject
I would like your opinion on. It. of
course, is intended to catch the firmer
who raise wheal, and deductions of this
kind have had their infliiem in (his ilia
trict, which ia largely wheat KrowiiiiJ.
I would like the going wage in Mexico
and tin- rates of interest in -omiiricK on
silver basis a compared with the gold
standard countries. L. La ml tern. m.
The first slip professes to show .he net
profit to a fanner of raising talOO huaiiel
of wheat ia tbe I'liited Slates:
,Vsl bushels, at 50 cent per bushel. . .r.'.SOu
Kxpcosca Il.ooo
Freight "'
Interest -. 2""
Taies 4U
2.UW
Assumed net profit to American
farmer STiKI
The second slip makes n similar state
ment of the assumed profits of vnising
,'saai bushel of wheat in Mexico:
,'sssi bushels, at II. J2 per bushel i.'..fiti
Kxppitsc 2."oo
freight sou
Interest 200
Taxes 40
3.O40
Assumed net prod! to .Meilran
farmer .'... VKI
Iteduced to gold I.2H1
A this assumed profit would Is- ill
ilvcr and the wheat would have to be
sold npon the gold standard, this skillful
accountant reduces this to gold, making
the net profit to the Mexican farmer
$1'J0. But lo prodii'-c this result this
accommodating accountant, while con
ceding Ihal the cxs-nw of raising the
wheat would be twice nx ninny silver
dollar as in ihe I'nited States, as
sume that the profit on it would lie the
same number of silver dollars as in tbe
I'nited States. As a matter of fact the
freight rates in Mexico nre higher ex
pressed in the gold standard than in the
I'nited State, but assuming that they
are the same, the American railroad com
Ni nice, a soon as they cross thp border,
require twice as many Mexican dollars
(o pay a given freight rate as they re
quire of American dollar on American
territory, so that the freight rate in Mex
ico would be $1000 instead ol SMHI, as
our free silver accountant states it.
Moreover, interest rates are higher in
Mexico than in the I'nited States, if
paid in Mexican silver dollars, and more
over the interest would have lo lie paid
on Iwiee the number of silver dollars lior
rowed by the American farmer, so that
even supjiosing the rates of interest
to be the same, the amount of interest
would lie double, raising it from $200 to
$400. Moreover, the equivalent of $40
taxes jiaiil by the American farmer
would tic $X0 ill Mexican dollars, so that
the account of the Mexican farmer, thus
rorrciied, would stand as follows:
Vsm bushel at ft. 12 per bushel $.-,,ti
Kxpense 2.'i
Freight l.msi
Interest 4U
Taxes !
4.IIN1
11,520
Reducing this to gold, aa in the original
statement, the uet nrofit of the Mexican
farmer would In- $itlO. exactly what that
of the American farmer would lie. This
ia a fair picimen of the illusory and
deceptive atatementa put forth by free
liver men to deceive American farmer.
' Bryan a (irrrnbacker.
Mr. Bryan i not so much sllverlte
aa be ia a grceuhackcr. He aald, on the
floor of the House of Representative in
Waahington, June .1. 1WM:
"The iaane of money by the govern
ment directly to the people give ti a
safer currency (than national bank blllsi
and saves to the people a a whole the
profit ariaing from it inane. When a
hank issue money, you must pay the
market rate of interest to get it; but
when the government isue money, tbe
jieople save the interest, if the money I
afterward called in; and they save the
principal alao. If tbt money ia kept in clr
enJltkm.'' lb arHTtt tbt ffWpttMCkl "CIS bn
escd to pay the cxhiic of the govern
ment." The tariff on some of tile iiik-cs-sario
of life might Is- redui-ed. and the
deficit made up by an Issue of money."
Or. if this is not deemed ndvianlde. "gov
ernment paper can Is- issued to pay for
siieoial improvements; bnrlsirs inn lie
deepened Hint rivers improved ill this
way." He introduced n bill to issue
ST'i.OOO.ooo of I'nited Slates trenimry
notes, with which to inaugurate the con
struction of the Nicaragua canal. He
further suggested that "we can use any
available coin on hand to take up ma
tured bonds and replace the coin ao used
with paper money. ' He introduced an
other bill providing in this way for the
payment of the $2.,0oo.ooo outstanding
'1 per cent, bonds. He did not stop even
at that point, but gravely prosed that
"government pftis-r should be issued in
the place of list inns I bank notes, as they
are retired." His theory of the ultimate
redemption of government obligations,
as stated by himself, was that the larger
the issue of treasury notes, the smaller
will lie the "coin" reserve required with
which to meet them. By "-oin" he ex
plained that he meant txith gold and sil
ver, wilfully ignoring the disparity in in
trinsic value between the gold and silver
dollar.
And this la the tinniiclcr mid statea
ic. mi for whom honest and sensible men
sire asked to cast their votes, next Nn-tcniU-r:
' Bryan Known tw be I'nccrtatn.
There is abundant proof that Mr.
Bryan is nti iusim-ere .liticiau and an
unsellable adviser of tbe ss,pe. He
w,is a killer in 1Wt3 mid in thnt year,
t' . he iimde a is-eli in w hich lie dc
i.ired thai (he exchangeable value of a
d.dlar dc'H'iidod on something besides a
congressional edict.
When Frank Irvine a running on
111.. I icniocratic tieke for judge of the
Supreme court of Nebraska Mr. Bryan
.i;ihii ted a Populist, in reply to a Id
ler front Mr. Irvine, calling Mr. Bryan's
attention to hi unexpected position, the
iircKont candidate for President on, the
i moi-ratic ticket rote a statement of
his reasons for bolting which contained
the following cool remarks aud aur-sni-es
of personal and peculiar esteem
for the I Icniocratic candidate:
I regrel that our people chose for slsucliier
so ilescrvliit: a irina. They ought to
lime s.'lceieil some imp nf i he iniiiipi
oii4 liciuoeials w lei are responsible
for the fulling off of the tipiuoeralle
oie. 1 bare spoken to yon thus
frankly and confidentially, because
I f.-cl that you deserve a belter fate
ilniu Ihe one which I fear omit yon
ihls fall.
Muring the extraordinary cfiu ' of
Congress of 1M!I3, call.il by President
Cleveland. Mr. Bryan made a speech in
which he declared thai:
While the government can sy t hat a gtien
weight of gold or silver shall consti
tute a dullar and Invest thai dollar
with legal tender qualities. Il cannot
tlx Ihe purchasing power of ihe dol
lar. That uit'si depend upon ihe
la v of supply and demand.
If the number nf dollar Increases
more rapidly than Ihe need of dollars'-
as It did after thr gold dlsenver
les of Ifttnihe cichsngcahl value of
each dollar will fall and pries rise.
Thus it appears that Mr. Bryan knew
what tbe exchangeable vu'iie of n dob
lar depended on. His change of tuns,
therefore, is not, becaum cmt Jiieii liatp
changed, but iiecuttse he shifts Ins prin
ciple with the varying jmlitlcsl breeze,
and tait he ia willinc to do anything for
office.
In the spring of IWrj liryin declare!
in a apeecli made by him on the tari
question that the fall of price must lw
attributed
To the Inventive genius thai has multiplied
a thousand times. In many Instants,
the strength of a single arm ami
enabled it to d todsv with one man
whsl fifty tueii could not do Afi
years ago. Thai Is what brought Ihe
price down in this country and else
where. At this time another change has come
over Ihe spirit of hi while house
dream. He and his fellow Populist
ascrilie the fall in the price of commod
ities 'o the fall in the price of silver.
Mr. Bryan and his associati declare
U.l ..,li ..imA ni ISlT't' ...1.1. .1. .1...
ilia . m- ...... ... '-., sin. H i iK
NeW'S has shown to have been no crime
at all, ba pulled everything down with
it.
How u the people believe a mini
who thu tultiHc himself and puts him
self on both aide of vital question,
while, at the same time, he prove un
true to hi party associate? Buffalo
News.
The IrMiman and the Potato Bur.
Mr, Tenner' atory at Madison of the
Irishman who swallowed potato bus'
and then a done of Paris gr.-en, in the
hoi? f killing tbe bug, is very pat to
the political situation. The American
workingman w allowed free trade In
1H0X and now, to cure the miserv which
he ha suffered ever ince, the Populist
quack doctor I trying to Induce him to
wallow a u unlimited doeo of free sliver.
But If the workingman takes It, be will
nod, whtu it J tw lata, tU( U cur li
won than thy iltatf aa 1
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