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.
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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
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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,
