The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-10-17
BuNkO THE FARMERS,
GOLD BRICK SWINDLE GIVES WAY
TO THE SILVER DOLLAR.
Honest Husbandmen should Not be De
1uded by the SiIvery Promises of the,
Political Eakir->ome Plain and Proven
Truths.


tam people known as confidence men,
who have done considerable losing i'm
our agricultural communities. The farm
er Is but little in town who lives a
comparatively isolated life, whose trad
lhS * confined to the sale pf his own
products ana the purchase of supplies
Tor his own needs; and who. having hon
cStIy fulfilled his own cngagemputs nat
ufalIN h"llcFeS other people tU be hon
est; Is very apt ~ rely on a plausible
tale told him by "A graceful. bold ANA
Gllb-tongUcd stranger. Vendors of pat
ent hay forks, lightning rods, AMI gold
bricks hay" been most successful in our
rural districts where there is little trade
ana the daily paper is least read, hUt
thc rlhunc always has. and ALWAYS
VIII, :" far as possible give It's readers
lair warning against these gentry.
mere lS now new class of farmers
friends who are peramhulating the coun-
! try ard seeking personal gain from the
1arneI. not by the gold brick hut 10y the
SilFef dollar scheme. out of love and
kindncSS To the sturdy cuItivators of the
son these bold gents exhibit the silver
dollar aS an object lesson, and promise
the honest farmer that if he will give
not his written contract nor his ultlm-
lSSory note payable in bank. but VIII
give to the chief of these wanderers and
MS friends the control of his own future
and of the destiny of this great nation.
the value of his farm and all of its in
crease shall be doubled
Now we advise the farmer not To he /
dciuded hy these slvcry promises The
Naiue OF the wheat. and corn. and beef /
and pork. which the farmer has fo sell
depends upon the markets of Europe ana /
cannot in any way be changed or altered
by these new tangled confidence men. /
ana no one knows it better than tho CON
hd"nce man himself. He proposes 10 al /
1 Tow any owner of silver mine to 'akc |
an "nh'" or = million of ounces Of silver /
~ me mint and have every % ccut, /
worth OF II marked dollar. aud asks |
the farmer to believe that when he gets |
two Of these irredcemabic coins he will /
b" richer than when he gets an honest |
/ gold dollar. Do not trust these men: /
thcE are trying 10 SWiudle YOU. They /
have deceived you before. and If .-ou /
take their advice they Will do it again
-Four years ago some of these same
lmcnl told YOU how you were being inn /
poverished by Republican tariff legisla- |
ton. ana promised that if YOU would puj
them in power Won would have good (
times, YOU would all ride in better car
rlagcS. be better clad and fed. and live I
like lords. You took them mt their word +
lou helped them elect just such Prcsi- I
dent anh Congress as they wanted. I
They came into power in March. 1893. /
and for two years have had compiotr +
control of all of the legislation and ad- /
miniStratiOn of the United States govern /
mont. and fixed up murt"rs just To- .,uit T
themselves. and now they come around /
again and tell YOU that YOU are worse off I
than ever before. and ask You To take - /
new kind of remedy for your Ills Have /
You not had enough of their wares? DO /
YOU desire again ia inNcSt in any Of their I
peculiar agricultural implomentst DO ypu /
want any more of their patent hay (
forks. or gold or even silver bricks
-Four years ago they promised us Il T
tariff which would contain such proyis- I
ions rs would deprive mnn"policS and 1
trusts OF protection. hut over tn" ohlc"- /
tluuS of President Cleveland the baScr F
part of the Democratic combination ca
acted patchwork Uusymmctrically I
framed according to the dictation of /
Senators German and Bricc the repre- /
ScntativcS Of the wcalthicst trusts on the /
continent. And here is the way they +
protected the Western farmer; they put I
Il tariff of 80 cents pound on iron ore. /.
30 or 40 per cent. on iron. H. cent on /
every pound of rice raised on tn" South /.
err plantation. and tou! away all of the I
tariff ON wool. leaving the Mort horn I
farmcr unprotected on this. one of his F
most important products. We refer To T
this rs - WcIl-knoWu iuStauc" showing I
how much regard these gentlemen have T
for your interests. DO YOU want to trust /.
such friends again.
Onc Of tho greatest and most powerful /.
combines in the world is the sugar trust T
with its capital of SII.Ono.Oon. but the +
enemies of President Cleveland. after /
sugar. put an extra protective tariff Ot T
OUc-cighth Of | uer cent. on all refined (
sugar. the effect of which was to give t" I
the great llayCmycr sugar trust a COM
plvtc monopoly of the refining of sugar, /
and iS said to have Increased the value I
of its capital in the sum of SS.ONn.OOo. /.
We are not aware that these gentlemen T
did anything of like character for tn" I
Northern farmer. ON the contrary, oW-
ing TO their revision of the tariff. +
II III tFrtI,- -lt.4l oil #
the protection tLat the farmer then had. .
The Tribune told YOU in lN.i5 that You +
would be deceived and injured and We T
ask YOU as sensible m"u If our pr"dlc- .
tious hay" not c"mc true: li:lN" !"l I
had enough of the patent medicine Of 4
fcrcd ~ YOU hy these bold strangers or T
do you want another dose
And now the tariff having boon al /.
tered aud changed ant business delu"rHl- f
lied, factories shut down and Workm"u +
ont of employment and the nation sick .
and diseased financially new remedy T
i suggested BRYAN and his associates I
propose to cure alI our ills and make rs .
wealthy 10y calling ~ cents a dollar and .
then advise You To rcIi"'" yourselves gl +
what lttl" debt you may individually I
or politically owe 10y Swindiing your con- .
filling creditors ont of nur-haf of thclr /.
dues We trust yuu viii take our warn .
ing We verify believe that the farmers .
of Indiana. although i'm the honesty nt /.
their heart. they may he deceived. viii +
always Indignantly drive from their T.
doors every man who asks them 20 save /
"a little money hy r"pudnlluG thrtr hon /
est obligations and Will add their mum I
hcrS To the majority that Will make Nc /.
Kiuley President and save themselves I
and the flag of our country from dlSuou- /.
or and diSgracc.-Sout Bend Tribune. /
Dressed Meat Compared with Gold. I
There are few things with which we T
r.n ,.Dluarr gold with some reason and T