The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-13
SILVER AS THE
FARMERS FRIEND.
FREE SILVER WOULD HELP THE BIG
FARMER BY CUTTING DOWN The
WAGES OF HIS HIRED MEN.

A Cool. Calculating Farmer Explains the
situation To His wife-He Thinks He
VIII Gain Nearly $4,000 by the sixteen
Co ono scheme-Haif Of This WIN lie
hands-His Wife shocked at the Idea OF
| Cheating Their Hired Help-wnl DO Her
Best tn Prevent Bryan. Election.
Farmer-I reckon this free silver's
about the best friend Of Us farmers
that's come our way since the war. Al
lowing Bryan's elected all right this
year. / calc'late III be worth nearly
| e., 900 more next year than now.
Farmers Wife-Nonsense, Harvel
don't believe silvers going to make
folks rich. One'll have 10 work for
living if Brysn's elected just as hard a.
| il he isn't
FL don't deny but what you're
heads level there, Jane. Some folks
will have 10 work harder, but il won't
be us farmers. Well come ont on top
with free silver. That's sure's shooter.
F. W.-What crazy notions in your
head now anyhow? D'you think farm.
ers are smart enough 10 make laws
that'll take money out Of other folks
pockets and put il into theirs?
F.-P'r'aps not. but they re going 10
try IL. s'pose you don't see how free
silver'll help us, but do
+. W-f you'll take my advice,
you'll not bother yourself 10 death try.
ing 10 get rich by free silver. I'll war.
rant il won't work as you calc'late.
FIJI tell yOu one way it'll help
me, Jane. You know that if we get
free coinage we will have silver dollars
worth bout 80 cents--same's Mexican
dollars now.
F. WI thought Bryan said that
silver'd be worth just as much as gold
when we get free silver.
F-Yes, that's what he SAYS in the
east SOS he won't scare the millhands
and savings bank folks too much. But he
don't talk that way out here, because he
knows that amt what we're after. We
want cheap money, SOS prices of wheat,
corn and pork'll he twice as high, same
as in Mexico.
+. W.-Supp's they are Wouldn't
you have 10 pay twice as much for
clothes and groc'r'es and everything else
you'd have to buy: If you got 81 instead |
Of O., you'd have TO spend 81 instead Of |
81. It'd be as broad as il is long If |
that's the way silver going to make you |
rich, you'll never get rich.
F.-But l wouldn't have 10 spend 81 |
for every " | spend now. You know, we |
have at least two hired men the whole |
year and three 10 five more from April |
TO November, besides the hired girl for |
most OF the year. Do you reckon I'm
going 10 raise their pay when we get
free silver:
F. WI s'pose so. Why shouldn't
you?
F.-Just because | wouldn't have 10.
+ raps after year or so I'd give 'em
~ or - more "a month. but nothing
like double what they're getting now
! calc late I'd save between $500 and |
81 900 in wages-not quite so much on
John and Dave, because they board with
Us, and Of course the prices Of some Of
the things they eat would go up, but
I'd save bout half on my day hands
who live aud board at home. That's
bow | figger it. and it's 'cording to the
opinion of Governor Boies and other big
silver people. They say farm wages is
too high for profits and that silver'll
bring 'em down.
+. Wand 50 that's why you're for
rec silver, Harve Grimes; want 10 cheat
'our poor hired hands out of half their
wages, men who now can hardly keep
heir families out Of the poorhouse /
bought ii was them Wall street Shy
ocks and goldbugs you after with
our free silver stick and that you re
-rylng 10 square accounts with them
lch fellers but il seems
F-Hold up there, janet Free silver's
,oing to save us bout 81 900 on what
till owe on that 81, 900 mortgage
Who d'you think'll lose that?
+. WI don't care who'd lose il.
Tain't right to cheat anybody, but |
wouldn't say word so longs it's some
ody who could afford to lose it, but when |
comes TO cheating your poor neighbors |
rs time TO put "A stop TO il. / don't |
are if you never get that other farm
aid for. l guess we won't starve on
his old farm. I'm going to tell John
nd Dave and all the others just how
rec silver will hurt them, and I'll get
hem all to vote against Bryan. The
lea OF such farmers as you trying TO
lect Bryan TO cut down the wages Of |
our hired men! I'm ashamed Of you,
IN!