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RISE5 WHILE SUPPLEMENT TO THE HARRISON JOURNAL WHEAT WHY : SILVER FALLS T H U US l K Y , OC rO B E R 29. 1 Great Natural Demand for the Cereal, but the .White Metal Is a Drug on the Market. LIARS MAY FIGURE, MXT KIQURES WOM'T LIE. A PRELATE S COUNSEL T - One of America's Great Catholic Leaders u Opposed to Bryanim ARCHBISHOP IRELAND'S LETTER The Chicago, f'iatform Declared to be a Threat Against So cial Order. ' The letter of Archbishop Ireland, writ ten not as a prelate, but in his private capacity an a citizen, cannot fail to carry weight with .multitude!) of voter of his own faith, ;and it is good reading for everybody. ; He does not lay special stress uyon the financial plank of the Chicago platform, but upon its declara tion relating to the federal authority and the integrity of the Supreme court. The archbishop points out in unmistakable language the revolutionary character of that platform. He says: "The -movement' which had its expression ' in the Chicago convention and which now seeks, by means of popular suffrage, to en throne itself in the capital of the na tion, is in its logical" effect against the United States: it is secession." He quotes the frank denouncement of arbi trary interference by federal authorities in local affairs and observes: "In these words there is the old secession doctrine that states are independent, of the na tional government at Washington; there is the annulment of the Union; there is notice served upon the flag- of America that oqtside of the District of Columbia it is without power of self-assertion or sel'f-defense.X And again, "The plat form , of the Chicago convention threat ens the country with destruction of social order, with lawlessness and anarchy." On the question of government by in junction, the archbishop tells the people of America , that "The palladium of American lilierties is the supreme court a't Washington, the counterpart of which in majesty and in power to en force absolute justice, does not exist among the nations of Christendom. i And now a convention speaks of the si, prem court 'as it may be hereafter coi, stituted, intimating unmistakably tention, if the party represented jn convention conies to power, to so const i tute the courts ss to make it insensibli to the stern voice of the law, and re- sponsive to the passing whims of politi cal parties." The archbishop sees in the platform a sectional and guarded expression of so cialism. The convention of Chicago "is the 'international' of Kurope, now tak ing body in America. The war of class against class is upon ns, the war of the proletariat against the property holder. .No other meaning than this can be given to the appeals to the common people, to labor, to the poor anil down trodden, and to the denunciations against plutocrats and corporations and money grubbers and bankers. Many ad herents of the movement do not per ceive its full meaning; but b-t them be ware, they are lighting torches which, borne in hands of reckless men. may light up in the country the lurid fires of a com in line." Archbishop Ireland thinks that the pamphlet of Archbishop Walsh of Dub lin oi bimetallism "has no bearing what ever on the situation in America." and that it "is throughout a solid argument ; against the Chicago platform. Free j coinage, he says, "will give us money worth in the commercial market of the ; world, a little over half its nominal , value. Legal tender com pelling men to accept against their will money above its commercial value in the markets of the world, is rank injustice." lie is "absolutely conviin-ed that the laboring cl.isses will suffer the most of all from free silwr coinage?" With re speef to the farmer, he js-rtinontly asks, "Will they not receive a higher price ; for their products? Maybe a highei , price, but not higher value. Of what j use is it to have a dollar instead of a j half dollar, if the dollar can purchase no more than the half dollar. The best market for the farmers' product is his own country, and if his own country is iuisverished, if factories are closed, if laborers in cities are penniless, the farmer will re ceive but little 'for his harvests." lie scorns the absurb explanation of onr in dustrial and financial troubles by refer ring to the "crime of l":'," and says that "It is the great fallacy of the day to be attributing our hard times to the gold standard." He thinks that "under the silver standard we will have much harder times" and that "one of the chief causes of hard times today is the agita tion for a radical change in the currency of the country." Like all other men who think noon this subject seriously, Archbishop Ire land comes at last to consider the ethical aspect of the question, and asks: "Is it honest to try to pay debts with half the money which "we received when we con; traded them? That the great American nation will, ss s nation, de clare to the world that it will how make a law compelling its creditors 'to be' sat isfied with half, or a little inore, M the money they loaned to it, and (to on record in the eyes of the world as a broken down, bankrupt, repudiating nation, it is not possible to believe." Holding these views, which are fully and carefully elaborated In this letter, which is too long for reproduction here, it is not surprising to hear him say: "1 stand by the platform and the presiden tial candidate of the Republican conven tion at St. Louis. I am opposed to the platform and the presidential candidate of the Democratic convention at Chica- t, K". The following are the closing para graph of the arrbbishop a letter; 1 Here if the - popular argument ' in ! favor of free iilver coinage we lave had hard time nnder the gold standard, j mat la true, and what is also true is that under the silver standard we shad have much harder tinea. It ia the grout ft Dae? of the day to he attributing ocr hard flmea to the gold standard. Th era of free silver a a cure for hard tIM ia explicable on the same theory that a man who has been a Ions time atck despite the attentive care of expert physicians, will rail tor any quack who advertises to cure all the ill of hu nanlty. Hard time have come through IM mrt and reslstleaa working of gamic kwt, yrkiak m tUU war la Jirynn tells the farmers thnt the priee of ivlicnt of silver t that the gitld&tundiird fitreed down tlte wheitt t'ouW not rise till silver r-oso; hut tlio oaUJ been sinking and wheat ritlug. suite of legal enactments of parliaments or congresses. Our hard times have come from the general enmtetitiin v its the countries of the whole "globe into which we are forced by rhcApnc and facility of transportation from over-production in past years, from extravagance during good times, and from our own social and political agitations. One of the chief causes of hard times to day is this agitation for a radical hnnge in the currency ot jf conn- v. If the AmerijUL p(opt . . ' -Tf najorl , iion Eur""' It" r sighrU, realise of hard times will be oV"oi Tne way. Other causes may remain, more of less. That of the general competi tion with all the nations of the earth must remain. Good times, however, may be exiiected to come back, even if only gradually. The overproduction that glutted our markets has been used lip; capitalists are anxious to do something with their money if it can be invested safely; our wondrous natural resoiirei-s invite investments to develop thetn and, confidence, restored, the outlook is bright. Itut the essential thing is con fidence. Today i is confidence that is needed f;ir more than 'an increase iu the volume of the currency. The volume of the currency is large enough; to increase it fictitiously, surely, will not help us. Ninety per cent, of all business is done without currency by cheques and drafts, of wlfi h the whole foundation is confidence. Those who suffer from hard times and they are the many must hearken to reason, silence passion, turn away from delusive remedies and the country w ill be again put on the road to prositerity. 1 nsk. is it honest to try to nay debts with half the money which we received : when contracting them? National or pri- vate, debts contracted uiin a ('man- . rtal system, such lliat thM who j loaned money gave it a certain corn- , mercial value, and believed, as they j could not at the time have helped j doing, that they would receive it ; back at the same commercial value, j should be paid in valm-s of that same j financial system. That the great Amir- i icaii republic will as n nation, declare to ; the world that it will now make a law ! cotMjielling its creditors to be satisfied ; with half, or a little more of the money : they loaned to it and go on record ill : the eyes of the world as a broken-down, j bankrupt, repudiating nation, it is not ; possible to believe. No one will say in '. justification of such a possibility that , America is compelled by national poverty to do so. Then, no one should be able to i say that she thinks of doing so. ;, There are a hundred aspects of this question which I do not touch upon. I ; merely throw out some thoughts, which ' show reason for my own present po- ! litica) faith, and which may lie of some j benefit to others in forming their own j judgment. I may. of course, be mistaken. But I ; have come to look upon the present ngf- j tation as the great test of universal snf- ' frage and popular sovereignty. Can the 1 wonle defend public honor and the in- ! stitutions of the conn try at the polls, as they have done on the field of battle? Can they be so calm and deliberate iu their judgment, so careful to weigh all , things in the scales of reason and to , aroid all rash expsximcnts, that they! can be trusted with; the settlement of grave social and political problems? That 1 the question that is before ua at -the present moment' . ; 1 m r - i , I Another I'opocrallc Forgery. ' ' f Another "bald, unblushing forgery," as it is called by JohtJ :C. Nicolay, Lin- -coin's private secreta ry, ha s been put!" in circulation by the Bryanites. This forgery is a quotation from an ' alleged speech by Mr. Lincoln, in which he is made to say that "as a result of -' the war corporations have been en throned and the era -of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country' will endeavor to prolong its reign by wprkuig upon .the prejudices of the jw-ople. until all wealth Is ngtn-egated i.i a tew hands and the republic destroyed." - ; The war wi hardly over when Lin- ' eolit was assassinated. The speech is a ,' forgery tm the face of it, notwithstand- ; lng the fact thnt Bryan hag made use of it. But Mr. Nicohiy, who, in writing i the life of Lincoln, had access to all I jds- papers, and who, a nrivat? secre i tnrj") personally knew nf Lincoln's pub I bc Addresses, is the best possible J ihnritv on th,e subject When be says ;. ht Lincoln "never said or wrote nr.y 'liieg that b,r .the utmost license could be ilistor'id to resemble it," there -!ii !, .no doubt of the l-irgery. No cm vas's In this .ouiitT.v has ever been uiiirkcd by mch unMir'hir.g fwjfory as BrTWi,rbiladalu!la Yxew. j ONE DAY AT CANTON Omlinurd from Firtt rigt others from r k Island and Moline, 111., and Davenport, la. Maj. McKinlcy said: "Yon come from throe states of the mightiest government of earth. You come representing diverse occupations i employments, but you come f.traB -siWgle uiUslim; you come with a common puriose. and that purpose is to manifest your devotion to the great prin ciples of the Republican party ami your determination to see that those princi ples shall triumph on the 3d day of No vember. "You come because, as your spokes men have so well said, you are interested iu the welfare and prosperity of the country yon love, which you believe will be best suliserved by a Republican vic tory at the ensuing election, now only a little more than three weeks away. You have come because you believe in a pro tective tariff. You believe in thnt great American policy established at the lie giniiing of the government of the United Ktnti s, which had the approval of nearly all thi' early statesmen of the country and of the first President of the United Mates, (icorge Washington; a policy that has ls-en pursued for more than half the lifetime of the republic, and during all the period that it prevailed we enjoyed the highest prosjs-rity in every enter prise and undertaking of American peo ple. You have come here because you are in favor of the supremacy of the law and liecause you mean to maintain government by law and under the law. Yon are here beiause you believe in pub lic and private honesty, and because you do not propose that any part of the pule lie debt of this country shall lie repudi ated in whole or iu part. "You are here to ib-clare that every obligation of this government is as sa cred as its flag, and that obligation shall be kept and isTformed. You are here Is -cause you want no depreciating or fluc tuating currency with which to do your business. You are here bei ause you be lieve in an honest dollar for an honest government and for an honest man. You do not want a dollar that is worth less than 1ki cents, for you were taught in your childhood in these great states that an honest dollar had 100 cents in it. "My fellow citizens, the Republican party is an inspiration and an education. 1 wish every man in this country might n-ad the Cm platform that the Repule lienn party ever made as a national party in 3.S.V1 in the city of Philadelphia. I wish that every young man might read it. and I wish that every old Repub lican might look up the old record and recall it. It reads today more like au inspired prophecy than the declaration of a political organization. It declared for the unity of the states and the indis solubility of the American Union. It declared for free homes, for free lands, for free speech, and it declared for a protective tariff. It decreed that the two oceans should lie united by-Tail, the At lantic and the Pacific, h(f every prom ise that this great platform made has Is-ej) kept. How glorious is Republican triumph. There is not a page of Repub lican history that has been written in the last thirty-three years that any lover of humanity, any lover.", of-, lils-rty, .any patriot would strike from the pages of American history today; not one. Yu can trust thi Republican PaFty, for be-l bind it is the. great conservative force of the country; behind it this year, a in the days of the war, is the great patri otic heart of the country. "Democrats and Ri-publicana alike. I thank yon,. Oiy fellow citizens, for this call. 'Ibis i not a party canumign; it is a patriotic campaign. It is not a. campaign for men: it is a campaign for onr country. I thank yon a thousand time for the long Journey you have, made that yon might testify your devo-' tion to Republican principles. I bid yod go "back home and say to all the people that Ohio, this splendid old state of my. birth, will give to. these great doctrines of the Republican party an unprecedent ed majority this yeni . CLEVELAND AND ST. LOUIS. flag to the ffeinlae at a Flaral Trlb . ate lo Mrs. McKlalay, The next crowd occupied all the avnil a'n'.e space around the HttW reviewing stand. It wns composed of commercial traveling men from Cleveland- and St,. i,ul, Tbejr omenta Qqx, MtlUr r leoefimipnvo vlth the prlee pnfioir vhent,jind thnt fiH-ta nro. tln'it Silver Jim . New York Press. with tnT'dsiiinc bsuiiei and a Isauti ful . (Wal mliu ii fi-r Mrs.- McKinlcy. The fni yis prexbtctj by a l'i yi-ar old la l ii Is-haW of the hililrcn of St.;luis. .wllipV tlf- Istulibg im'p were itytrodiH od ;as ,lif 6goi7.r0 ir.n .lafgifiv etnupoeed of ;J imijK-nltsi birr icfVnpliii d Hi- vote-' for MclCinliy amf- souud money. ? Mr. Me Kinley'S respoliK fas'as fulfowsr- ' "I can turn either way this year and find Kcpublicans. (tireat laughter and applause.) It is appropriate and in uo sense embarrassing to me to speak joint ly to the people, of Missouri and Ohio. (Applause.) There is one thing glorious aismSiiur campaign this year it is na lionaiin character and represents the best liSk s and aspirations of the Ameri can pcflplc everywhere. You are all commercial travelers, and whether from Missouri or from Ohio, yon have had similar erieiiccs. You leave your sample cases at home now. If 1 should talk & little longer and more directly, my fellow citizens of Ohio, to my friends from Missouri, it is 1mm n use I more fre quently have an opportunity to talk to you than I have to them. (Croat cheer ing on parf of the Ohioans.) I love my old state (here three cheere for Ohio were given at the suggestion of one of the Missourinps), the state of my birth. I love the public spirit and splendid en ergy of the people of our city on the lake; and I have always liked Missouri and nothing has occurred this summer in St. Louis, to make me change my mind. (Tremendous cheering and waving of hats.) "I welcome' yon all here to my home and city. I welcome the commercial travelers of St. Inis, the citizens of Missouri, and I welcome the sound money club of St. Louis, which is com posed of men of all political parties, who stand this year for the honor of the gov ernment and the integrity of our financial system. We are all citizens of a com mon country. This W-nr. as in all the years of the., future, I trust we have no North, no South, no Kast, no West, but union and union forever. (Great cheer ing.) We have but one flag. too. like the one brought to me by my young friend from Missouri. (Maj. McKinley here exhib ited a small flag, which was followed by tremendous cheering.) It is the Hag we all love, and which we mean to transmit lo future genera t ions, unsullied and stain less." Tourlis'une of Conflilcni-e del. - "Missouri, like Ohio, needs protection, sound moneys and public confidiMice. Yon have a hundred and fifteen counties in your stale, and I understand that there is not a single county that di's not pro duce zincj iron, conl or lead beneath its soil. (Cries of "That's right.") What you want i the touchstone of confi dence, wbicb-will bring business activity and send, every miner with his pick to dig out from "the bowels of the earth hose treasures of wealth. (Applause.) Wp want in this rountry a tariff policy which will supply the government with sufficient revenue - and protect every workiiiglnnn. Why, Missouri, away back iu the day of Thomas Benton, was called th bullion state. Has she deteri orated since then? - (Cries of "No, no!") Will the great commercial city of St. Louis, with its intricate and delicate threads of trade and commerce,' vole for a nolicy nr fif a party that will destroy coafideace, unsettle : values, impair the city's; welfsre, , ami prodMce panic of line ref-olipMl sorrily? ifl.ond cries of "NeverPH-'l do not believe it will. (A voice: "We vil) give you liO.OHO major ity in St. UfiWH.1 Jollbwcd by great ap plause, f A .frieid, from Missouri says that MlMonri. will give our ticket 510.000 majority;- (Cfte of "No! St. Louis will give you 30.000 majority.") What an swer will Ohio make to- that? (Cries of "mMW'Y f'hi answer IfiO.OOO. Tre. mendoim cheerifif.) Thirty thousand in Missouri is a. greater majority than 150, 000 in Ohio. (Ctcer,) '"fhis year patriotism' is above party. Merf love their country more that) they lovctheir old political associations. Mea thisj-esr would rather break with their part than break-up. their business, (Tre inendoue iberjng.t, . I cannot imagine anythinjftha could happen to strengthen the 34mir4n imioa more than to have the-Imen of, the South- and the men of thefttTTh PA together and jointly ad minisW Ui Werment. (Applause.) Let yoor verdict this rear he for hon est money,, public security, national tr.-in-imilitv, a protective tariff, and recipro city. (Tremendons cheering and . r of "We wijlfote right.") .And above ill. .let there wnmd forth a verdict .for 'his Nation of. faw nisi orBer and hs en thronement m every corner of the repub lic. I thank' you all, mid bid you go.i aftetmoon," "(Crent, chriug ami tbv ebfi tor MeKrl.y .) , ; ;, While silver for weeks ha been drop ping jiractically ' without -interruption from about 70 cents an ouuec tir less than is") cents, wheat has ji-n sh-siiing up as if it had wings. It is peculiarly -interesting at this time, when Mr. Bryan and the other soon-to-lic-Wuuffed-out lights ' of the free-silver heresy have Is-en cramming a variety of pleasing fictiois down the throats of farmers, to call attention lo the practical ly simultaneous rise in wheat and drop in silver. I'robatdj the free-silver folk will say in regard to the remarkable rise in wheat almut 11 cents a bushel in a mouth: "What did we tell you? It's as clear as daylight; ereryUslyknowH that free sil ver ill 'succeed, hence they are buying wheat now. as it will go to a dollar at hast after Mr. Bryan's election. That' n by F.uroie is buying such quantities of wheat." Won't Work Moth ays. If this ia the fn-e-silver argument for the advance in wheat, why is it that Ku-ros- is not buying silver at (H'i cents an ounce if Mr. Bryan's election will raise its price to Jl.Lll? Mr. Bryan's contention has been that it was impossible for wheat to rise as long as the gol.d standard prevailed. Mr. Bryan knew as well as any of us that he was lying when he said that. What diM-s he say alsuit it now. His silence on the subject is most expansive. Possi bly he Is racking his brains to account for it. and it is probable he may get off' something equally illuminating as his ex planation of the gold import movement. The fact is, this advance in wheat, wholly due as it is to natural cause, is a stunuiisg blow to the free silver fallacy. It is useh-ss to tell the farmer that he cannot get more for his wheat while we remain -on a gold standard, when he is receiving It cents a: bushel more for it than he was a month ago. Considering, that this has Ix-en one of the stis-k arguments -of the free sitver ites. it is well to Kiint out again and agi.in just why wheat has advanced. It is nil summed up in this: The crop here and abroad have been short, the total decrease for the world, according to ALADDIN'S LAMP OUTDONE. Increase in Value of -Wheat, Corn and Oats Alone Estimated t ... ,-. . . ' ' : at $175,000,000. I Oct. IX I Kept. VI. Wlirat. IM-c bus. I -7o 1 1 orii, I lee., bus. . Oais, In-c., tins. ,. live. I ., tins., . Harley .malting.. 1'lax. Xo. 1. tins.. ' lover, loo II,.. . l'ork. bill Lard, per Pl llis. Itlli. per HKI lbs. lintter, lb Kggs, rjnj rheese. lb , Potatoes, bus . . . j Iteans, bus .1'!' .;i:t .7 nil h .VI .i.'i r, on e.r.7', 3.H0 3.1!7H, .15 .13 lit .07", u 30 ji4 .V. .0H4 .15 ei .osv I "-"'I I .or. ii .ii:i', 07 .18 tw-a as, bus. ..... Bides, Hi 00 Americana are in the midst of a mar velous era. Several hundred million dol- ' Inrs have been added to the value of American products in the last liuety nays. The magic of Aluddiii is tame by the side of the sober truth of modern trade. The wildest dream of the epos ties of fialiam pale into insignificance in j comparison with the simple fad of to day. Nature is making money for Americans faster than any printing press could do it. The rise in the price of the products of. American farms imans the beginning of a prosH-rity that I needs only the success of the honest dol lar 111 toe November election, to guaran tee its permanence. Most of the chief farm products i-hsre in the advanced prices. Most of these commodities are being exported in .-fior- j mous quantities, and iu exchange Anier lica will get KuroNan gold. No one enu j say truly how much has been added to -the wealth of American by the rise, hut a lew figures will give the reader an ink ling of the mighty force at work for American weal. Corn has risen 5 cent a bushel, wheat 14 cents and tat 4 cents. Competent grain men estimate that those advances have added to the value of the holdings in this country on the three cereals alone the following enormous sums: Corn : Wheat. Osu . . .IIOO.rSKMSKI . .VI. OOO. OHO . 25,000,000 Kt.l'l UI.ICA N CA M I'A ICX-POTI'Ol'ICI 180(1. (Timt "erf's lo Oanl Old Vint: Ihink llrr We wsiit an honest ilnMar, so we do. We want an tioucst ilnllar. so we do. We wont an honest ilollar and for It we will boiler, If we have to hurst onr collar Now will you? Free sllver'll never ilo, don't you see, Kree sllver'll never ilo, di.n't you see. Free sllver'll never lo, only fur a shabby tew, . . A repudiating crew . Ko t hey be. Protection Is our cry, so ft b. j Protection Is our cry, so It is, t'rutectioB i our cry, sun w II snntit It loud and lilgb. For election It in nigh Mi 11 is. :.! We're after Ilryan's scalp, .'so wj 1st, We're afrcr Ilryan's. u mit: so tt he. We're after Bryan's sf-slfi, sua we'll make hi in whine and ye)p ' , . ,. , After 1'oniillsilc helr- .. Jjon't you s.t . ' . , ! Now, Hetrsll he Is d; down In Mjilne, Now, fewlill be la sad, down In Maine, Now, Kewall be Is sad, snd Watson he Is nisd. - . tai It makes na asful glad Out of Maine. We'll vote for honest money, so r will, -We'll vote for honest money. u we will, We'll .vote for honest money-hot for .Se- hrsska'a Soulier, But McKinley nd llobart ' ' tto wa will. --Judge f. I. Hamilton. BrurgeoD Bay, Wis. , BRYAN'S GREAT SILVEB TRUST. Coasplra? of Multl-MIIHoimlro .Wine llsairi ia Hob the American i'nopls, New Y rk World YIein.): The World showed yesterday that some of the mines produced silver st 0 cost of only I! cents an oubce, The cost Iu other mines IriBjtf upward to about CO otiti to ' foreign trade estimates, from last year' crop Is-ing more than ('( MM) bush els. Last year the total crop, was more than rk'.tiiKt.tSKi. This year 'Thoman estimates it at 4: tli.O' ).(. The main loss has been outside this country, so that the demand for our wheat abroad has leen exceptionally heavy. Brail street's reKirt total exjtorts of wheat and flour for last week at 4,2ir."iM bush els (the largest since Septemlx-r. lSlKil, against ,'l.li:si.4iiI the week before and i.'.UKJ.N'ti in the corresponding week last year. Here is an increase over last year of l.tKll.iCS bushels. In the month of Septeml-r we exported 1,511.77 bush els; iu September. 1SU5. 10.1 l,'i.W)7. an increase of 5.,'i!)7.K'K) bushels. This will explain to everyone except chuckle-headed idiots why wheat has risen. No Maulpulstlon. There ha been no manipulation abont it. In fact, the -culator have been positively dazed at the advance. An other thing which has indirectly made wheat rise is the fact that the export demand ha Ik-cu so heavy that it has ls-en found inisssible to send all that was required. All the freight room on ICiirou-au steamers has Ix-cn engaged dp to January. The explanation of the decline in silver is as easily accounted for as the rise in wheat. Soon after Bryan's nomination the free-silver shouters kicked up such a rumpus that sjieculator both here and abroad thought there was some chance of his success, and silver advanced on speculative buying to about 70 cents an ounce. It was not long, however, before the holders Is-came convinced that Bry an's chances of success were hopeless, and they at 'onee lagan to get rid ol their loads. . Consequently, as more and more holder of silver saw that they had paid a good price for a white ele phant, and sickened of their bargain, the price of silver gradually sank until todar.it is minted at l'rt cents an ounce. This is considerably lower than it was i-arly last summer, when it was thought improbable . that the I lenss-ratic party Miruld come out fiat-footed for the frce coinnge of silver. The day will come when Mr. Bryan and his ilk-" will learn that natural causes aleiie govern the prices of all products. New York Press. Appreciation on Other Product. To these must be added an aggrcgited appreciation of many millions on other commodities. Pork, for instance, his ad vanced from its tow point by $1.K5 a bar rel, and ribs Jiave advanced nearly a cent a muiid.' Lard has gone up More than $4 a tierce. Rye has been ad vanced nearly 10 cents a bushel, flaxseed ! Jo cents ami barley H cents. Cloverseed j has scon d an increase of $.l.j per hun dred weight. The yearly sales of butter and eggs ex ! cecd in cash value all the other products I of the farm. Butter has advanced .1 1 per cent, mid eggs 45 per cent. The I price of cheese has risen i"i to .'HI per j cent. White beans are 4."i to Ml per j cent, higher. Most of these products ure I in active (i-m ml in Europe. They are j iHHir.ng ucross the sen in such streams i that there is not shipping enough to j move them promptly. Kven Australia and India are sending for the good things I of the American farm. The sens are i covered with regular liners and with ; tramp steamers (locking to American ; shores for the rich freightage, j Orelmnls Kali in l ine. I But this list dm-s not exhaust the names of tlie staples that have scored w-iiMitiimnl gains. The American or chard is coining iu for a share of the good times. To the list mny be added Californm dried fruits, such as raisins, prunes. aprico:s and peaches, which have gained In. 111 1,1 to fit) s-r cent, and are still going up. Canned goods, such as tomatoes, coin and -as. now an impor tant part of the world's food supply, have shown materia! improvement in prices. 'I be avenige man may be blind to the import of higher prices, because of limited iiifotnuiiioii. A slight ad vance in the value of one or two articles in which In- may have a personal inter est may have little significance, and when tic-re is eioh a general rise as is now going on it requires a eompre hi nsive survey of the situation to grasp the oisl lies of the addition to the value of the products of the farmer.- Chicago I imcs-llerald. ounce. As this silver is worth in the -market (Xl to (17 cents an ounce the mar gin of profit is easily seen to-be. a very heavy oik 10 to L'O per cent. Moreover, some of the mines represent uo actual investment whatever. Count- ing "water" and all, the LTkhoru mine has a nominal capital of only If 1,(Sh),(h). , It has paid dividends amounting to Jfl.-' liU.OiHi. '1'be Craiiite Mountain is nonii- ' nally capitalized at Kl.(l(S),lHS).- It has already returned in dividends to' its stockholders $11SI,000, Other mines show enormous profit on investment that are largely fictitious. . . '. , . ' Vet; the multi-millionaires, -who own these 'pi operficil coolly fk th.e people tit the inuiitry to pay them incalculable mil lions of additiobsl profit by-coining each'.; (Ki edits' worth -"of theis product into "' 1 - worth of legal tender motley'. " They ask the country thus almost ex actly to oVoilble jo' them the market price of a prrHluotalresdjy m. profits hie that it' M'Vk I heiu mllliAhs every yttr to produce! ;.Ho far as flicy are concerned f-e colli-1 age would do precisely, this. It .wolilif. enable them to pay it' dollar of .wage's, or debt with frl cents' worth of silver . How far the process would enhance the general value of the silver ddlar no man can know.' Rut tbb 'much 1 clear;" Kvery penny of the ndvance, be It much ' or little, must Is paid nut of the pcu tile's earnings, whllo every penny of the' difference between the new price of 1I-V, ver and 1 mint price will reiresent so ' '. much of robbery from cred lor and toll-- : ers. '" . In brief, this gTent silver trust I a conspiracy among a hundred or so multi millionaire mine-owners to rob- the pub lie and to levy a tribute upon the wages of ev. ryi.ii:,1 who wurks. Is there any colicelviiW reason why ai.y wot lib. gee.!., any" savings bank de-. pr-sllor, any bolder of n life insurance policy, or in other honest luiin should -tote for this ling'H programme? ' ' . GIOJIT,
