The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-10-24
Object Lessons.

/ bought some coal shovels few
dayssago, and found they cost$2 20 more
per dozen than they did last year. l
desired the Agent to explain why
they were so much higher this year
than last. He said the factory was
assessed large sum to elect McKin-
ley, and had to put their shovels up
to make themselves whole. In other
words they proposed to tax farmers
and miners that used shovels to help
pay TO elect Mckinley.
asked the agent If the laborers
who made these shovels received any
advance for their labor. His answer
was certainly not. I" Wages are gov
erned by supply aud demand, and do
you expect any manufacturer to adj
vance wages when there are thons-
ands in every city out OF employment.
i again asked this agent why nearly
all manufacturers were in favor of the
gold standard. His reply was .Oh,
the manufacturers don't care d-n
for the gold standard, its the trusts
that concern them. Don't you know
that there is trust for almost every
thing that is manufactured. Don't
you know that Mr.. Bryan has said
that he would break up every trust
providing he was elected President?
Well how about Mckinley if he is
elected President? He winked his left
eye and said mckinley was all
right.
Major Mckinley in speech to
cargo of farmers sent by Mark Hanna
said "Free Silver would raise the price
LOT your commodities but then If it
would raise the price OF everything
you would have to buy, so what good
would it do you?r Well Major had
there been one intelligent farmer in
your audience he would have replied
If my taxes are $50 and / sell my
wheat at so cents per bushel, it will
take 100 bushels of wheat to pay my
taxes; then il free silver raises the
price OF wheat to 81 il will only take
so bushels to pay my taxes and will
be the gamer $50.
The Major says in the same speech:
.sWhat you need is a high protective
tariff to enhance the'price Of your
commodities. Now Major / fail to
see what difference it would make to
the farmer whether his products were
advanced by free silver or high tariff,
and more, don't you know Major that
a high tariff does not protect the
farmer, that everything which we pro-
duce in excess Of what we consume is
regulated by foreign markets? Look
at the market reports and they say
wheat is advancing on account Of the
advance In Liverpool. So Major the
Intelligent farmer can readily see that
| it is free silver that he needs.
Ask gold bug what benefit the
gold standard will be to farmer, and
you strike him dumb as an oyster. A
high tariff is good thing for the
manufacturer but deal of a bad
thing for the farmer
| DBourke Cochrane, who has been en-
gagged by the gold bugs at exorbitant
figures to make speeches on the gold
side, said in his Madison Square
speech in New York, at is conspir-
acy of the business farmers" And If
he could have his way ''As long as the
workingmen's wages remained Jas they
are now he would reduce the price of
farmers commodities still lower
What do you Republican farmers
with your yellow hats think of this?
While none of the other speakers have
the manhood to speak their senti-
ments as Mr.. Cochrane, yet what they
do say proves conclusively that the
gold standard is the enemy of the
American farmer.
Senator Sherman in recent speech
said "Free coinage of silver would
be detrimental to the old soldier be-
cause by adopting free silver 1t would
raise the price of the necessaries of
life and consequently the soldiers pen
sion would not buy near as much as
at present" Well Senator, 1 am one
of the old soldiers, ana / am willing
to submit to it. The farmer to great
extent furnishes the money to pay
our pensions, and if you cut down the
price of farmers commodities much
lower they willhaye nothing left to pay
and our pensions would be stopped al
together, so brother soldiers we would
better not kill the goose that lays the
golden egg.
Secretary Carlisle says Free coinage
would raise the price of the necessa-
ries of life and would be an injury to
those persons who have fixed salaries
''such as Presidents of Railroads,
Presidents of banks and of Insurance
companies Oh, we Gods. such impu-
dence. They demand that the farm
er's products should be cut down in
price that these farmers and their
wives and children should dress in
rags, In order that the necessaries Of
life Farmers products) should not be
increased because it would cost these
nabobs, who receive salaries from ST.
900 to $4,000, little more to buy
the necessaries of life. Suppose the
salaries of these men average ten
thousand dollars, then their salaries
for one day would be about 1872. l
have therefore prepared table of how
much their salary for one day will now
buy of farmers products.
200 lbs. flour "a. 20 lbs. butter 81.
10 bu. potatoes 81. 100 heads cabbage
81. 81 Dbl. apples 81. 800 lbs. grapes
81. 40 lbs. steak 81. blu. beans g..
Total 1872.
And yet they have the impudence
to say, you shall not advance the price
of farmers products.