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at the Stores.
EVIDENT CAUSE OF MORTGAGE CAVCELDTG
Siace McKaley Has Bee at the Hda Faro Products Have
Advaaced 45 Per Cat, While Articles Bought hy
Fanaers Iacreased Only if Per Ceat
Th Democratic fault-tinders base their
efforts to create discontent anion? the
farmers in 1900 upon a different plane
from that of ISM. Then their complaint
was that the prices of farm products
were too low Now they complain that
the farmers are too prosperous and the
price of their products are too high.
Mr. Bryan was nominated in Chicago
on July 10, IfclW. and again at Kansas
City on July Z. 1900. Let us take the
quotations of the first week in July.
1S9), and July. VWO, the respective dates
are brought a- nearly a practicable to
the dates of his respetive nominations.
Xobody will question the fairness of
selecting waeat, com. oats. lard. pork,
beef, cotton. wool, hay and butter as
ten representative article of farm pro
duction, nor will anybody question the
fairness of selecting sugar, tea. coffee,
rice, petroleum, leather, cotton cloth, tin
plate, sisal (from whih binder twine is
made) and Besomer pig iron (the basis
of all agricultural requirements in iron
and steel j as tea repre-mntative articles
of farm consumption.
The tables which follow show the
prices of the ten article of farm produc
tion and of an equal number of articles
of farm consumption at the dates named
and the percentage of increae in each
article, also the average increase, at the
date of Mr. Bryan's second nomination
an comparI with the prices at the date
of his first nomination:
The prices of Tea Principal Articles of Fans Production iit Nsw York
Market at date of 3Ir. Bryan's first and second nsmlnationa, shewing
the per cent, of increase ia IJ0O over 1S9C:
Articles of Farm
Production.
Faear, per bushel..
Cora, per bushel
Oats, per bushel.. ...... .......
t-itrdper lb.
"Vess Pork, per bbl ............
B-ef, family, p;r lb
Vottiin, per Tb . ..........
Woo!. Ohio X-x, per lb....
"Hay. per tan .
rButter, per lb
Averase increase
At New Orleans.
-Export pricre.
The prices of Ten Principal Article
Market at dates of Mr. Bryan's first
per cent of increase or decrease:
Article of Farm Jn'- 3,
consumption. 1500.
Rice, per In C 1 -
St-sl, vcr lb .V-
Bei-encr Pi Irsn, per ton. . Sl
Petroleum, per saL, in bb2s - .O l !D
Tl" Plate Oo,-'.
Coffee, per lb li
Leather. Oa", per lb rn
Sucar.perlb Vtti
Tee, per lb 1
rTnttnn Cloth, sableichc 3. yd. .UOl
Arerase increase - 19 per ceat.
Import price; does not include war tax
Tiixport price.
I: will be seen by an examination of
the tables that in every article of farm
producton named there has b-en an in
crease in price ranging iwith a sinzle ex
ception from 35 per cent to S per cent,
or an average increase in the entire se
ries of articles of 45.3 per cent.
In the ust of the articles of farm con
sumption there is a reduction in price
in two of the articles named, while the
increase in the other articles ranges much
lower than that of the farm products,
the average increase for the entire series
of articles of farm consumption being
19 per cent.
Thus we see that in ten representative
articles of farm consumption, the aver
age increase has ben 19 per cent, while
:n the ten equally representative articles
of farm production, the increase has been
45.3 per cent.
Now to take the sin-de item of farm
production upon which the fault-finders
base their arguments and by which they
measure all articles of farm consump
tion, namely, wheat How do you sup
pose it happened that they have selected
this particular article -wheat," by which
to measure everything else? There is
corn; its acreage in the United States
in 1SD9 was practically double that of
wheat, its production four times as many
(Compiled from official reports
ARTICLES.
Wheat, per bushel .-
Coffee, per pound 13 9Va 49-10
Leather (oak), per pound 30 36 2 1-10
Bice, per pound 47 a 13fa
Petroleum, refined, per gallon 78-10 3 3-10 d82-10
Sugar, granulated, per pound 42 3 7-10 14 4-10
Salt, per 10& pounds 93-10a 113-10 G90
Cotton cloths, uncolored. per yard. 3 4-10b 3 7-10 dl 9-10
Starch, per pound 2b 21-10 321-10
Cutnails 13-lOb 24-10 337-10
Mackerel 56-10a 49-10 126-10
a Average import price during June. cXards.
b Average export price during June, d Gallons.
bushel and its actual valne. as- estimated
by the Department of Agriculture, nearly
double that of wheat. Why did taey
not adopt corn as a standard of measure
meat? Again, there ia the item of provisions,
of which we are the world's greatest pro
ducer. Way not measure by that?
Then there Ia wool, in the production
of which the farmer is greatly interested
FARMERS" PROSPERITY.
and which has been widely discussed in
the study of national economic questions
of late years. Why not measure by this?
A glance at the table which shows the
relative prices of articles in 1S96 and
1900 will answer this question. It hap
pens that the percentage of increase ia
the price of wheat is less than that of
any other article of fjrm production,
since wheat is more directly affected by
the production in other parts of the world
where crops have been generally good
during the last two seasons.
Wheat has only advanced oH per cent
from IStW to llXrO. while corn advanced
4S per cent, mess pork GO per cent, lard
)IS per cent and wool GS per cent. Now
it is easy to see why the Democrat
-happened" to select this particular item
-wheat" by which to measure- everything
else, simply because it shows a smaller
increase in prire than almost any other
article in the list.
Yet they are gravely marching through
the agricultural regions of this country
statins to the farmer that "j. bushel of
wheat in 1T.00 will buy less of the articles
which you consume than a bushel of
wheat would buy of those same articles
in 1S'J15." Lee us accept the challenge.
Mr. Bryan's first nomination occurred
on July 10. lS9t. and his econd nomina
tion on July S. 1900. The records of the
bureau of statistics show that the high
est price of -No. 2 red winter wheat,"
a standard grade by which all others may
TnlT2, JttSv 3,
199o. 1500.
.3 1-2 .S8
.33 1-2 .49 5-3
.21 I- .21 1-2
.0423 .07 13
i 3.73 Sl-tOO
S.5 12.00
.00 13-16 .10 1-18
.17 25 1-2
14.02 13.3S
.131 .15
Percent, of
increase
33
45
3-
15
JO
41
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37
...43 5 per cent.
of Farm Consumption in New York
and second nominations, jhawiag the
2
1--
JnW 5, Per c-sat. of ia-
1DJU. crease or decrease
.03 1 1
.1)3 3-4 4
$I6 3' 33
.1)753 14
.C453 40
.GO 1-5 31
.35 25
.0303 24
.14 -02
.037 06
be nieasui-d, was. on July 9, 1396, in
the New York market. 'J4lic per bushel,
and on July 5. 1900. was SSc 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 1S90
and 1900. at the dates nearest Mr. Bry
an's nomination, and thus find out what
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 cut nails.
The authority for the prices is the same
as that already utilised the bureau of
statistics.
In every case the qaaatity of these
represcntatiTe articles of fhra coa
ramprjoa which a baahel of wheat
woaldL bay in lOOO ia (reater than a
Irashel of wheat coaJI have bosgfet
ia 1806.
Purchasing power of one bushel of
wheat at the date of Mr. Bryan's first
and second nominations, respectively, in
ten different articles of ordinary farm
consumption, basing the price of each
article upon that quoted in the New York
market at the respective dates:
of the bureau of statistics.)
Quantity which
Price on
July 10. July 5.
13JXJ. 190t3.
Cents. Cents.
6Vi 8&
one bushel of
wheat will buy
July 10. July 5,
1396. 1900.
Pounds- Pounds
9 6-10
2 4-10
914
134-10
778
C13 4-10
419-10
36 6-10
178-10
These statements are all official and
may be verified from the pablic records
of the bwean-of statistics available in
may standard library. The figures aad
prices in every case are given, and. every
man can. determine whether the asser
tions of the Democratic fault-finders and
"prophets of evil" ia 190B are any more
reliable thaa they were in 13S6.
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FOR THE FARMERS.
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THESE
If we are defeated ia this
esBasalgB. there la aothisg be
fore the people bat four years
saore f bard tiaaes sail greater
aaitstiea.
D yea think we have drained
taw esp of vorrow to Its dregs'?
JCo, siy frieads. yea caanoC set
a limit to the present hard
times.
Bsslai siiLa esmBlala that
bosiaess eeeditioas are bad. I
warn them that these coadl
tiaws raaaot be im proved by
feilowiaa; ap the peiieies of
the Repabllesa party.
The Kepabllraa party pro
daces a policy that msaes hard
times. All those wbo love hard
times ought to voce far the
BepabUraa ticket, aad all
those who are tired, of hard
times have got to vote the
Democratic ticket, if they
woald expect aay relief.
These are hard time There
wUl be harder times if the gold
standard eoatiaaes.
I fjoa ask how the gold stan
dard affects the- Hat am. we
ten yosrthsrrso gotd standard
lowers the price of prodmcts of
hiss who sells witaoat lower
mg his taxes or debts If yoa
oak how the gold standard af
fects the laboring me a. we re
ply that it destroys the oppor
toaity for labor. amaltipUes the
aomber of idle men. aad fills
oar streets with those sstIohs
for work, who cannot Sad the
opportaaity. The gold stan
dard, hy incresstag Idleness.
brfaiss poverty to those srao
ooght to have ssnsgh. aad to
I ASSERTIONS
WERE
MADE
FOUR
YEARS
A60
BY
I MR. ERYAE
s
PEOPLE
TO
iTROST
THE!
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Ithe
lAMERiCAR
Ihe gold standard means a
'dearer dollar and falliag
prlesa,j
If we have a gold standard.
prices srs as eextahB to fsJl as
a stone which Is thrown lata
the air.
Aa iasrlm dePar wO bay
two Mericsa dollars aad also
ahoat two bash sis
woald bay only
doOar. aad then
YEARS.
aofar will bay tare Mssiiss
Man. thaa It wttl sow laius
jwamom of ahaar.
1lhl C psaspset mt fore'ga
war wo woald saopoad go.d
asjmssrs. som aw either to a
rata yoa have amassatasaa
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o' Looks as If I'd Have to
INSTEAD.
IE HAVE
HAD FOUR
YEARS OF!
OHPRECE-
DERTED
PROSPERITY.
THERE
HAVE BEER
HO DREGS
IN THE
CDP.
GOLD
STARDARD;
6000
TIMES
AM ALL
THAT
of wheat at
ess
aa A;
It
time
THAT WE
HOT HAVE.
BRInRMNH M WLVI9
CtsVEBSM EAST
Reams Why Jaaes ft. Eckels
WiH Vte ftr IrkKlslej.
CWrfiasTa Cpmler f the CaTraacy
Urfes AS to Uaite ami Girc
Its Besattlav m a Ms-
Fi
The political outlook ia the West is, I
believe, geaerally satisfactory to those
who are opposed to Mr. Bryaa aad taa
things for which he stands ia pablic life.
In the extreme West his most ardent
frieads are ready to coacede that; he has
lost much ground since the cimpaip of
1906. and unless he can recoup himself ia
t&e Middle West aad East, his defeat will
become a matter of certainty. The PaciHc
States, the Dakotas, Wyoming, aad Kan
sas will all be found to be against him.
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Expand."
with a strong probability of Nebraska
unless State pride is extremely strong
joining them. It is hoped to make up this
los by carrying Illinois. Indiana and
Ohio. Any one who knows Illinois poli
tics realizes that it ia naturally a Repub
lican State, and has gone Democratic
only once in forty years, and that when
the business elements were favorable to
the Democratic candidates.
The same is to be said of Ohio, with
the added statement that ft has never
given its electoral vote to a Democratic
candidate for the Presidency since the
war. Indiana is the only close State, and.
those who know it best believe that the
Democrats will not win there. In both
Illinois and Indiana, exceptionally strong
men have been named as Democratic can
didates for Governor, and to an extent
they will aid Mr. Bryan, but not enough
to overcome the sentiment held every
where against him by conservative and
thoughtful people. All this apparent
-irospect of success over ilr Bryan ought
not to cause a lessening of the struggle
against him. It will not do in this contest
to simply prevent bis having a majority
in the Electoral College by giving. Presi
dent McKinley barely enough to win.
DECISIVE DEFEAT FOR BRYAX.
What ought to be accomplished is the
decisive defeat of Bryanisni as a disturb
ing factor- in the politics of this country.
The country cannot afford with each, re
curring four years to be upset from one
end to the other by the danger of a man
of such vagaries as he entertains obtain
ing control of the nation's affairs. The
plea that is put forth by some men of
ability that he can be rendered-harmless
before election by the enactment of new
laws is hardly statesmanship. Why place
a man in the Presidency whom you must
virtually put under bonds to keep the
peace?
Mr. Bryan has so grievously wronged
the Democratic party that no Democrat
who really wishes to see the parry get
1 back into pubttc confidence ooght to aid
and abet" him at this time. He would de
stroy the country's currency system if he
could by substituting the silver standard.
Why give him indorsement in that deter
mination? He would abrogate the right
of private contracts overturn the tradi
tions, practices, and high position of the
Supreme Court, and make impossible the
quick and effective maintenance of pablic
order in times of excitement and stress.
Why make it possible for him to even
undertake so much that is revolutionary,
even though he fail in it all?
TXo Time for Kxperiaseats.
I hardly think the thoughtful judgment
of any citizen will say that the possibili
ty that Mr. Bryan may do better ia the
Philippines than President McKinley is
doing justifies an experiment fraught
with so much danger to the stability of
things at home. The question may be
very properly raised whether a .man who
is wrong on every important problem
which- affects the citizens of the -Carted
States at heme can adjust and admi
the affairs of the FatSpaeao peepie
erly. I do not myself btlkfc be
Mr. Bryan's plea for the salvation of
this coantrv by thedestroctieatof whath
terms ''imperialism,' as exemplified ia
the administratioa of oar affairs in the
Phflippiaes, loses its"foree when it is re
membered what he pledges himself to
carry- out at home, ia matters which, go to
the personal aad property interests of
every citiaen of the republic, bo matter
bow mull such interests may be. It
woald be the height of folly in this cam
paign to forget the very important effect
which Mr. Bryan's election woald hare
upon the basiaeas interests of the coun
try. In the minds of those who carry on
the affairs which make ap oar business
world he is associated with uncertainty
aad doubt. It will not do to say that
these interests are setnsh and ought to re
ceive a lesson, for the greates sufferers
will be those who are most dependent
apen the largest daily activity ia baai
aess. No one would suffer so maen. as the)
laborer, for he most have steady work.
day ia aad day oat. He has no reserve
capital from which to draw, and the enr
taUmeat of business operations means
the curtailment of employment of labor.
with attendaat distress and idle
Daansraaa ta Labor Iat
I look upon Mr. Bryan as the most
dangerous man to the labor interests to
day in pablic life. In the first instance
he is a demagogue, possessed of a certain
quality of oratory which appeals always
to prejudice- In the second, he is well
grounded in no branch of political econ
omy and unsound in alL He would be
more unpopular with laboring men, if
elected, than, it is claimed, he is popular
with them now, because his success would
paralyze business for a long time at least,
during which time the- laborer of neces
sity would be without employment.
Then, too, the laborer would soi. dis
cover how utterly futile Mr. Bryan's ef
forts would be to make, better his condi
tion by making war upon his employers.
The laborer certainly cannot be benented
by a policy which is directed wholly to
ward the unsettling of values, the reduc
tion of the purchasing power of his wage
and the enactment into law of views
which, tested by experience aad history,
are wholly unsound.
I believe President McKinley ought to
be re-elected as largely as possible by
Democratic votes. Under the present
domination of Mr. Bryan a conservative
Democrat can find no place of influence
in the party. Those who now return to
it after rejecting Bryanism four years
ago will find themselves without voice in
the administration. Theey go back to ac
cept Mr. Bryan's views. He does not
accept theirs. They indorse him he does
not indorse themr and. once elected, they
are not in a position, after changing front,
to protest against his radicalism. By vot
ing for him they do. in fact, indorse him.
despite a mental reservation that they do
not approve of his public utterances and
Populistic views. They disarm them
selves of a right to criticise and draw
down upon their heads more blame for
Mr- Bryan's unsound views as a disturb
ing factor than does Mr. Bryan himself.
For by their act in voting for Mr. Bryan
they have made it possible for him. to do
the harm which they must know would
follow the carrying out of the principles
for which he stands.
Bryan's Party Popnliatic
The Democratic party cannot be both
Democratic ami Populistic. Under Mr.
Bryan it is Populistic. It is so out of
power. It would be more so ia power.
The best example of what he would do
with the party if in power is shown ia
his own State, where even the kind of
Democrats tliey have in Nebraska, are
only allotted one or two minor offices,
while the Populists are given all of iax
portanee. When Mr. Bryan is eliminated Demo
crats can readily assume a position of re
spect and influence in the Democratic
party, ami until he is they ought to nghc
against him. They can aid the party best
by rescnin? it from Populism by defeat
ing Populistic candidates at the polls, not
-by electing their candidates with the vain
hope that they can either reform them,
render them harmless, or prove them to
be pretentions boasters, publicly standing
for things which thej never intended to
carry out.
As far as I am concerned. I am going
to maintain my Democracy by voting and
speaking against Mr. Bryaa and those
who have debauched the party and placed
it in the attitude of a defender of all the
isms that disturb the country. I do not
believe in Bryanism in the West or Cro
kerism in the East. If a continuation of
Bryanism and Crokerism constitute De
mocracy, sound political wisdom and hon
est administrative ability. I do not wish
to be of it. But I do not believe it does,
and. therefore, I have faith in there being
enough Democrats who are Democrats
from principle to defeat Hr. Bryan so
emphatically as to make impossible the
things we have witnessed daring the past
years-in alleged Democratic conventions.
I really would like to know what a
thoughtful Democrat think3 of reforms
wrought in domestic and foreign affairs
through the combined wisdom and expe
rience of William J. Bryan and Richard
Croker. JAMES H. ECKELS.
Comptroller of the Currency under Cleve
land. Victory and Valor.
lAirtJarching Through ffeorjia.1
Keep the fruits of victory stainless ever
more. Keep onr. banners nyiag on Manila's dis
tant shore;
Keep our noble President within the
White House door.
Bringing- prosperity and s'oryl
CHORUS.
Hurrah! Hurrah! Ia honor we are
bound.
Hurrah! Hurrah! Our money all is
sound;
Honest golden dollars ringing all the
world around.
Bringing prosperity and glory!
Cherish deeds of valor wreathed in mem
ories sublime.
Cherish grand achievemena wrought ia
Oriental clime;
Cherish hoaest duty calling; nowa th
golden time.
Bringing prosperity and glory!
CHORUS.
C. P. R.
Ob Foreign Trade.
We most know just what other people
want before we can supply their wants.
We most understand exactly how to
reach . them with least expense if w
would eater into the mast advantageous
bosiaess relations with then. William
McKinley.
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