- DEMOCRATS KICK AT farmers; prosperity. Farm Products Advance More than the Goods that Farmers Have to Buy at the Stores. EVIDENT CAUSE OF MORTGAGE CANCELING Since McKinley has Been at the Helm Farm Products have Advanced 45 Per Cent, While Articles Bought by Farmers Increased Only 19 Per Cent. I'll* Democratic fault tinders base their effort* to create discontent among the farmers in 1!MK) upon a different plane from that of 1800. Then their complaint was that the price* of farm product* were too low Now they complain that the farmers are too prosperous and the price* of their product* are too high. ^ Mr. llryau was nominated In Chicago ^ on July 10, 180(1, and again at Kansas City oil July f», 1000. l,ot us take the quotation* of the first week in July, 1800, and July, 1SMKI, the respective dates are brought as nearly a* practicable to the dates of his respective nominations. Nobody will question the fairness of aclecling wheat, corn, oats, Inrd, pork, beef, cotton, wool, hay and butter ns ten representative articles of farm pro duction, nor will anybody question the fairness of selecting sugar, ten, coffee, rice, petroleum, leather, cotton cloth, tin plate, sisal (from which Under twine is made) and lb Homer pig iron (the basis of ull agricultural requirements in Iron ami afeel) as ten representative article* of farm consumption. The tables which follow show the prh es of the ten articles of farm produc tion and of an equal number of articles of farm consumption nt the dates named and the percentage of increase jn each article, also the average Increase, at the date of Mr. Bryan'* second nomination as compared with the prices at the date of his first nomination: and which has been widely discussed in the study of national economic questions of late years. Why not measure by this? A gin net* at the table which shows the relative prices of articles in 181)6 and 1!MN) will answer this question. It hap pens that the percentage of increase in the price of wheat is less than that of any other article of farm production, since wheat U more directly affected |,y tlie production in other purls of the world where crops have been generally good during the lust two seasons. Wheat has only advanced Rfi per cent from ISiHi to MOO. while corn advanced -IS per cent, mess pork <10 per cent, lard (18 per cent and wool 68 |>er cent. Now it Is easy to see why the I icmoerati "happened" to select tiiis particular item "wheat” by which to measure everything else, limply because it shows a smaller increase m price than almost any other article ill tin* list. Yet they arc gravely marching through the agricultural regions of this country stating to the farmer that "a bushel of wheat in litoti will Imy less of the articles which you consume tliuii a bushel of wheal would buy of those same nrlhlcs in 1N|)6." Let us accept the challenge. .Mr, Hr,van's first nomination occurred on July 10. 1 Ml lit, and his second nomina tion on July r», l'.ss). The records of the bureau of statistics show Hint the high est price of "No. 2 red winter wheat," a standard grade by which all others may The prices of ler, Principal Articles of Knrm Production In Npw York Wnrket si dates 'if Mr. tlrjnn'i tirst nod *6001111 nomination*, showing ** the tier lent, of increase in 1(1 K) over IHDOi A rtlrlrs r, Oak, p«r lb.2H ,25 25 sugar, per lb . ,04110 .0501) *1 •Ins, per II, .14 * .123 -<>£ ti nt ton Clot b, unbleached, yd, .004 .05, 00 Average Increase .11) per cent, •Import price) tloca not include wur tax. tKxport price. It will be seen by on examination of the tables thut in every article of farm production named there bus been an in crease in price ranging (with a single ex ception) from ST> per cent to tiX per cent, or uu average increase in the entire si |v, ries of articles of do.S per cent. lu the list of the articles of farm con '%.... sumption there is a reduction in price wfc in two of the art 'les named, while 11 < increase in the other articles ranges much BP lower than thut of the farm products, the average Increase for the entire scries of articles of farm consumption being IP per cent. Tims we see that in ten representative articles of farm consumption, the aver age Increase lias been 1!) per •■•■tit, w hile In the ten einiHlly repress utati vc articles of farm production, the increase lias been 4S.8 per cent. f Now to take the single item of farm k production upon which the fault-finders Ioise their arguments and by which they measure nil articles of farm cotisump [ tion, namely, wheat. How do you sup pose it hnppcutHl that they have selected tills particular article “wheat." by which ' , to measure everything «d«e? There Is w corn; its acreage in the 1'nlted States in lXiiH was pfHctlcally double tliut of wheat, its production four times us many | lie measured, wns, on July 0, 189(5, In I the .New York market, til'ie per bushel, ami on July !», 1IHNJ, wjis Hr*.■ per bushel. Now let us follow the same general plan adopted in the other comparisons and by selecting ten principal articles of farm consumption, obtain their relative prices in the New York market in 18110 ami 1900, at the dittos nearest Mr. Mry ait's Domination, nud thus titid out wlutt I quantity of each bushel of wheat, at the prices named at these two dates, would have bought. The articles of farm con* sumption selected for this comparison are equally representative with those of farm production above named, namely, sugar, coffee, petroleum, rice, salt, leather, cot ton cloths, starch, mackerel and cot nails. The authority for the prices is the same ns that already utilized the bureau of statistics. In every ease tlie quantity of those representative articles of farm eon* sumption which a bushel of wheat Would buy In IIIOO Is (greater than a hush'd of wheat could have bought ,i 1806. I’urchiisiug power of one bushel of wheat at the date of Mr, Bryan's first add second nominations, respectively. In ten different articles of ordinary fnrm consumption, basing the price of each article upon that quoted In the New York i market at the respective dates: i (Compiled from official report* uf the bureau uf ntulintle».) Quantity which I'rice on one bu*hel uf ARTICLES. wheat will buy July |0, July 5. July to. July 3, imki. jmut, inw, uaai. Ceuta. Ceuta, 1‘uUUila., 1‘uouda Wheat, per buahel,.,,MI4 Mr ....... ....... Coffee, pi>f puiiitil...1.1 !tlh 4 ft tit ftlbjo leather itNtlu, pi r puatnl3** 8»t SI It* S 4 It) lin e, |>er pound......,«i,. I % 3 13*1 171% I Yiruleuni. reHuetl. jmr y.il n ......... 7 h 10 03 10 dH 3 lit (tip Suvar, ai inului.d, per pound. 4(v 3 7 10 114 to 134 to Hall, ter Hat pounda.... 0 3 H»u 113 to Htai TIN I' .ii n elotha, un olorvtl, per yard.,.,., 34 lob 57 lo rllOIlt el5 4 III rttan-W. »•#* puuatl..... Sb 3 110 ,13 110 41 It lo Cut null. ...... 1 a loti 34 to 33T IO 3»*.»l|o Mackerel •« l", 41M i;.. i>t it * m a Average Impurt price during June, e Ya»d* b 3 > • , -i i . i, u I ■ * t, , «uU*ta'U •nil tl» »*-tual ?»U«*. at ttlltualr I 4/ il»* l4'i<«rttut I4*| »(>*i 4.| (,.i rurtt »• • lUiwiinl tl 4a mar* 4a«l I It 14* It* 1*1 uf .4*, uf «4t*4 w* it* |4* imM'i |i*ii*«l |>» 4l>tl W%$ (*••« MIMIV h| lh*t T T4*4 I4»I* t* Muui, IN 14* |»»u«|i|t'lt>»4 •f *4a l» (4* f*1 u**f M |iHli| 'lit®** •laientrai* an* a!t i.Hl. Ul ami I Nn» •*» 'rllful f»«*Mt Id* n.xr.li I hI lit* bun-au vf ala I Ml®* iMlIaUr la :•«) •UinUfl library. Ik* Baur®* a*<4 i H*H«*a ia n»»> ma* ar* an*a. aa*l **#rji ! miia i an 4*l*nala* abrikr* Ik* aa**r i limit .if id* 11* m « ratf*u!i Bh.lria aM "a* kW* <*t *»(!** la lt*»» an* «a| an* iriitkll ifcaa ld»» »m ,a lv»* 4 HIGHER PRICES FOR THE FARMERS. % _ Hoirst’s Chlcngo American (Democratic) of Cept. 20, gives the following table, which ehowe how prices of farm prcducts advance under McKinley prosperity: 1 A Week Ago. To-doy. * Flour, per barrel.$ 4.40 $ 4.70 < Cornmeal, per ton. 23.00 24.00 4 Chceae, per poand...I0l4 .11 4 J Break!.at Bacon, per pound...11 .11,4 Smoked Sido Meat, per pound.09 .09 4 Lard, per pound.03 .084 Pena... ...Advance of 10 per cent. ii winiiirsT^iCTr—FiriifiTriTfi i *>a—pgri “BRYANISM IN WEST. I CROXERISM IN EAST.” Reasons Why James H. Eckels Will Vote for McKinley. Cleveland'* Comptroller of the Currency Urge* All to Unite nnd (live Bryan* ism It* Deathblow as a Dis turbing Factor. The political outlook in the West is, I believe, generally satisfactory to those who are opposed to Mr. llryaii nnd the things for wliiih he stands iu public life. In the extreme West Ids most ardent friends are ready to concede that he lias lost much ground since the campaign of 189(1, and unless he can recoup himself in the Middle West and Hast. Ids defeat will become a matter of certainty. The Pacific Sintes, the Dakotas, Wyoming, nnd Kan sas will all he found to he against him, (EXPORTS. 1896: $C07,538,165 1900: $1,394,188,371 Number of BANK ACCOUNTS: 1894: 5,545,867 1899: 7,655,414 * “It Sort o’ Looks as If I’d Have to Expand.” Proof of the Pudding _In the Eating Thereof. THESE ASSERTIONS WERE MADE FOUR YEARS AGO BY FAR. ERYAN. WHO NOW ASKS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO INTRUST THEIR GOVERNMENT TO HIS DIRECTION FOR FOUR YEARS. If we are defeated In this campaign, there I* nothing Ite forc the people hut four years more of hard timesuu I greeter agitation. I to you thInti we have drained the cifji of sorrow* to It* dregs? N'o, my friends, yon cannot set a limit to the present hard times. Hiislness men rotnidaln that hu*lnc*'i1 ondUtom are had. I warn them that tlusr condi tion* cannot he Improved hy following up the potcun of th** Kepuhtlean party. The Itepubllcaii party pro duce* a policy that make* hard times. Al I t hose who love hard times might to vote for the 1C c publican ticket, and all those who are tired of hard t'nies have got to vote the Democratic ticket. If they Would -xpect any relief. 'I liese are hard times There w ill In* harder tunc* If the gold standard continue*. I f you a*k liow the gold stan dard atTects the farmer, we tell you t hat * lie gold standard lower* I be prh e of products of lilm who sells without lower ing hi* tax«*s or debts. If yon u*k how the gold standard af fects the ln*M»rlMtf mew, we re ply that il destroys the oppor tunity for labor limit iplies t he il ii in her of Idle men, and fills our streets with tl sc an slows for work, w Ii * «aim it find the op|M*rtunity. I h< gold s wa dard. hy tn« reusing Idleness, brings I**verty ui th se who •mgtit to ei.ou h ami to | spare. i he i
t* be It of w to* 1. %wa |mh« dot with Ike • tightest pnasii| of fmytgs wav we Mssti) istiss'l g*t.«| I MS VMts and go tllbrf It* g itlirr hi b i pa* sc hosts •! SSCS 9 nth |SS loti ktotstglil* W* Wtllbss entertains obtain ng control of the nation's affairs. The pica that is put forth by some men of ability that in* v an la- rendered lull tides* '■tore (lection |.y tile 1'IIHctlttcnt of new law* U hardly statesmanship. Why place ■t innn in ih - Presidency whom yon must virtually put under bonds to Keep the peace I Mr, ltryan in* so grievously wronged the I1 ruoirutli' party that no IVinoirut who icully wish * to *cv the puny set 1 imi'k into public c' Utiilem-e ouslit to anl j and uls*t him St ibis time, lie would de stroy the »-.*uutry‘# currency sy**. to if be (Olitd ley substituting I lie silver standard. Why give It io ind'M iei,i* ul in that *|i i,*r ■lima I half lie would at i*>gste the right { of private I "III1.11 I, overturn the 1 full I ii**it*. pnvctarea, an t high |H*ittnti of the Hupreu t'onrt, mi I uukr impossible the Itubk Kiel effective lllllhteai, It. e «f pot'll*' • ■l iter tn tiiova of e«i it, no ul and strvsa. Why null# it fi>r Mitt It* ' 4>(iHUkv «D »f »***h U» lt h rvk m|u| «14I|s #Hi tM*Ufth M f#U IQ It #111 Vi Uni# l«f I kt«rtiMvNi«. I ltJ*r*H) (biiit tH# »f mi liiuvii wtU i«! tlk*l tV if tk#t lift## «##> «i<» Miff it* ifc* rt*it>t*t«i#^« tbit* I'fMitUnt KmWjf l# I #|| ft^«|iW«#| fv**«#ht I 4 life #1 #*##11 iNtttfvi I*' tk* #1*4 ill? i»f j i 1**41## #t fe* iki# I II# ‘4 »*•!** *4 #, i * tn> «*ff «»#•! «fc«r 4 «**#« «k# I* **fe'k*-ii<| *41 Ihi diva not aeeefit their*. They Indorse him he does not indorse them; mol, mice elected, iliey are not in n position, after changing front, to protest ngu list bis radicalism. I’.y vot ing for him they do, In fact, Indorse him, despite a mental reservation that tliey do not approve of his public utterances and Populistic views. They disarm them selves of u right to criticise and draw down iipa>11 tliadr beads more blatne for Mr. Bryan's unsound views ns n disturis ing fucior than doe* Mr. Hryan himself. For by their net in voting for Mr. Hryan they have made it possible for him to do tha» liurm which they must know would follow the carrying out of the principles for which lie stumls. itryMii'aa Pnrty Populistic. The Democratic party cannot he both Democratic and Populistic. Under Mr. Bryan it is Populistic. It is so out of power. It would be more so In power, 'i’lii' best example of what he would do with the party ^f in power is shown in bis own State, where even tiie kind of Democrat a they have in Nebraska are only allotted one or two minor offices, while I he Populists are given all of Im portance. When Mr. Hryan Is eliminated Demo crats can readily assume a position of re spect and Influence in the Democratic party, and until he is they ought to tight against him. They can aid the party best by rescuing it from Populism Ivy defeat ing Populistic candidates at the polls, not by electing their candidates with tin* vain hope that they can cither reform them, render them harmless, or prove them to be prctcutious boasters, publicly standing for things which they never intended to carry out. As far as I am concerned, 1 am going to maintain my Democracy by voting and speaking against Mr. Hryan and those who have debauched the party and placed it in the attitude of a defender of all tho isms that disturb the country. I do not believe ill Hrj lltliMU in the West or Cro kcristn in the Host. If a continuation of Brynnisin and Urokerism constitute De mocracy, sound political wisdom aud hon st administrative ability, 1 do net wish to he of it. Hut I do not believe it does, and, therefore, 1 have faitii in there being enough Democrats who are Democrats from principle to defeat Mr. Hryan so emphatically as to make Impossible tho things wo have witnessed during the past years in alleged Democratic conventions, I really would like to know what a thoughtful Democrat thinks of reforms wrought In domestic and foreign affair* thi ugb the combined wisdom ami expe rience of William -I. Hryan ami Hichurd Ur. ker. JAM KM II. KCKEI.K. Comptroller of the Currency under Clete laud. Victory nml Valor. |,t*»\ Afa.WtiNtf Through (r>urgfa.l Keep the fruit* of victory staiuW*** ever more. Keep loir lianucm lljlug »n Manila'* ilia* taut ►iiorc; Keep our h»M# l'rc»iilent trlthln tl.a White Holme dour, Hriuging pru*p* rlty and glory! mo m u Hurrah! Hurrah! In honor «r ar# l>oUlel, Hurrah! Hurrah! Our money all la •oath !; II >11 d golden d.dtara ringing all tha world around, ltrlo* i.g iroetierity aud glory! t 'h* i H deed * of valor wreathed la >!.*«• nrte* itilihvitf, t‘to run gi and m It lenient* wrong St ia t Mental elime, I'toi >h hornet doty vaillug. i>» a tha golden tlitae, lUiiigmg pootwrttj atad gl»ryt I'tit Hi IK. C. I* II a a«* l uri lgat trail*. Wo mint ta •« |».| WMI other truylf want h*»**tw w« can *