New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-10
TILE DEMOCRATIC F1CTIONS.

Orr Democratic friends are principally engaged
I'm attacking each other In one State aiter an
otbor tho silver Democrats demand conventions
IN decIarc for free coinage, and II they are
thwarted Nv committees. get much more lhd'E
n,nt than II they had been suffered to discharge
,h,Jr sneechcs and resolutions without hindrahce'
A many gases are dangerous only when CON
au.d the honest money Democrats are every
,,.hor. y hit in doubt whether 1t Will 90 more
,,ood than harm to suppress the silver manifcs'a-
TONS and. as a rule whcn inc! Try '"'' ''' WY
able 10 delay the explosion.
rho wish beinc father 10 the thought. most or
President Clcyeland's friends express the bcll'i
Elm, bis comnairn against silver coinage has been
fllowcd hy a great reaction Of public opinion
IN his favor II Is only fair 10 say that The evil
dence Is much mixed. Many Democrats "i
local influence have recently declared asaihS'
FREE. coinage. but mos. of them are men known
ro be- connected with business or banking III
reresi,. whose influence Is. for that reason Limited
among Democratic voters. ON Inc "'irF Manu.
,..rons - mouy Democrats ~ some proini-
urncr have un.c scrvcdly coHnih'''h '"'"
selves 10 the rc"coinasc movement. ana lh'>'
include apparently larger proportion "i 'l'S"
whose political position may enable ana "''"
Them 10 reflect NOR" accurately the prrN'i''"-
ouinlon Of voters Causes wide apart from III!
political efforts have undoubtedly danP'h'H Inc
ardor II popula~ feeling about monetary q'i'r
,ions But II dos not follow that these have
Wrought any lasting change ~ opinion
Thus when the frantic asiiator FOR more money
nnds thn, he can get ~ cents for wheat. lh>l'lu
= 80 cents. hc may Dee much less Inclined 10 III
wife public dcrl-ion 10y repeating Ms STOCK "rsn
,n,u,s and vet may not have changed h'> h'''
=. all ll, cannot conveniently claim ihhi every
body Is bankrupt. or hat depression 81 sll''.
10 the lowest point has caused depression ell
,yhcni and cotton 10 the lowest point. or ih"i '"'
man who borrowed $1,000 when wheat sofa III
81 n,r hushcl ought Ia be- allowed 10 pay "iil
x,nn when ,,h.u sells ai - cents per bu>h'i
| Vet his desire to gci rid 81 hnf his drh', j. ~
,,.,lv ,h, same His general notion that II ih"r"
should br "A heavy rain ~ money hc might H''
n ma. more int, his pocket has not changed
His strang, Inflammation that more money
would put NJ prices II things h" has Z" sell h"'
would not pui up prices II things Il" has '' p'N
T. A. obstinate nnd foolish rs ever ia" man
NAV Talk less until another season oi I'n'l'
co,u,s but may vote the sIIn" way ~ before 'l
any occasion
This wear. moreover. the fact must hr hc'l
that rccrn; advances In ih' prices 81 fArh lf"'
ucis have given offence raih"' ihAn h'ip' ~
they did not com, until the farmers had disposed
of practically all their wheat anu 'oil"n lie
Department, reported that wheat III FARMERS
hand. March WAS only Gn"oo"~ bushels NOR
than the requirement FOR >rrd. AMI. whii' Inc I'
bort was palpaby exaggerated. the plahn'}
they actually had left beyond what they needed
for food and seed could not have been d" mn
Of the crop The price did not ri>" beyond 'l.'
| cents in March Nor did cotton rise ABOVE '"'
lowest point until March. hut before That m"h'i
ended over nine million bales had son" Ia mar
k,i. besides all cotton sold 10 factors or manu-
fncturcrs but remaining on plantations. Ir''
| iically all the benefits Of I'll" rise III prices nave
been absorbed 10y factors and traders ANA th'
farmer now faces probably short ylcli "t DOH
! products with such larg" stocks IN sight ina
prices are likely 10 be depressed nj least durih'
the early part If the next crop year. II l. anon'
IN. farmers II the West and South that Demo
cratic dcnagogu.s have taught soft money mere
sizes mosr pcrsi-enty. and II crops are short IN
wear it Is hardly 10 be expected that agitation
and irritation VIII cease.