New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-22
,,rr1S FARMING CONTEMPT.

Mr.. Mills has appeared in Ohio, to the JOY OF
panrblcans II Is marvellous how this distin-
guished Democrat rivals that individual OF
EARLIER DAYS. who, whenever he opened his
mouth put his foot in it." The absurdeSt thing
he conId have done In the latter half Of Sep
TENDER, 1891, and in Ohio, was to tell the peo-
nle about "the distress which the country Is
now suffering" If the farmers and working
men did not laugh they must have lost the sense
of humor. Also he solemnly referred to the
Cloud that is now darkening the land" Strange
" gifted this statesman Of Corsicana, for he has
discovered something that O. reduces tho wages
of labor, shuts the laborer out from employment
paralyzes production, restricts consumption, ana
plunges the country into the depths OF despair"
Brother Mills open your eyes and wake up
This is the same old dirge with which you foi-
bowed the failure of certain spectators In 1884
Mr. Mills INDUCED in calamity wailing then, ana
knows so little what is going on that ne mag
ines the same sad tune is in order now lie
has been asleep and has heard nothing iof the
crops this year. He talks of production par
slyzed, when agricultural production In every
branch has been greater within the last two
wears than ever before. Paralyzed, when the
weakly production of iron is within fraction
of the greatest ever known, and that maximum
was only year ago. Parayzed' when more
wool and more cotton are being manufactured
within the last twelve months than at any other
time in the history of the country.
And Consumption Is restricted" Mr. Mills
dreaniily srrmises. Does the poor man not
know he Is making himself ridiculous? Never
before has there been time in tho entire his
torv Of the country when the consumption OF
PRODUCTS generally, domestic or imported, articles
of food or of clothing, articles of necessity or Of
luxury or voluntary use was as great as 10 Is
now. He could find proofs by the cartload IN
official reports If he were only sufficiently awake
to open them. He could seq proofs in every
busy centre Of trade or manufacturing town If
he would only rub his eyes. Let him try to
walk down any street in New York and the
proofs will run over him even If he Is awake.
ANY workingman's wife could tell him that con-
sumption of sugar had never been so large.
The oattemen Of hts own State could tell him
that within the last two years more cattle have
been sent to market than ever before, and If
he knew anything about manufactures he would
laugh at himself for saying anything 80 stupid.
And "wages are reduced" Can Mr. Mills
name single class of workingmen in the whole
land whose wages are lower than they were q
year or two ago? Enormous bodies OF them
obtained an advance in wages or shortening
of hours of work early this year, but somnolent
Brother Mills does not know it. Others In great
humber obtained an advance last summer and
last fall, while within the last year mulStudes
more have demanded higher wages, and the
highest ever known in their occupations, who
expect TO succeed very soon because larger crops
have given increased employment
Does the man not know that the very policy
about which he is despalring has opened within
this very year hundreds Of new establishments
which create additional demand for thousands
Of laborers, in the State of Ohio alone, as In
most of the other States? He could find, II he
were half awake, records in Southern journals
of hundreds recently established in his own
State, Texas. Could there be more ridiculous
object than Democratic calamity waller from
| Texas bowling about distress to a company Of
farmers in Ohio who have created a car famine
by crowding the railroads with the biggest crop
they ever raised, and who are getting 81 a
bushel for wheat?