Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-29
j. j. NoRwINE, Bismarck, Mo.

A letter written by j. Francis For
sythe. New York Banker. to Hon. r.
c. Bell of Fort Wayne, Ind. was read
before the Democratic county conven-
ton Tuesday by A. 7. Whittlesey.
The letter was publ ished first in the
Fort Wayne Journal and was repub-
lished in the Denver EUening Post,
which in commenting upon it, says:
1T is so remarkable IN its utter alb
seuce OF real Americanism, and even
of humanity, that it would be cousid-
cred forgery were it not for the char
acter of the man to whom it is address
ed and who authorized its publication.
Judge Bell is one of the ablest lawyers
of the State, and was at one time a
partner of exhibited States Attorney
General Miller. The Post has not
come across anything quite so brutallv
frank since the campaign opened"
The reading of the letter by Mr..
WhIttlesey aroused much interest, and
in response 10 number of requests
the HIorld-Herald reproduces the let
ter. which was as follows:
No. II Wall Street, New York, Aug.
10. 1S96.-ro Hon. r. c. Bell, Fort
Wayne. Ind.-Dear Sir: The com
mittee of political education of Wall
Street. this city. to which the under
signed has the honor to belong, having
determined that each member should
write personally to at least one or
more prominent party leaders of the
silver cause. your name has been hand
ed to me. You are described as of n
fair mind and large influence in your
State. | therefore address you in the
hope that you may be persuaded from
your present course, for you are lead
ing the lower classes, the laborers, ar
tisans. mechanics and agriculturalists
of your State into a step which will
cause them great distress.
We whose business it is to study f.
nances, and are therefore capable of
such questions, know
there is at this time too much money.
Millions are now ready in this city to
be loaned on call, with good collateral
such as government gold bonds, where
it is really needed, at remuneratiye
rates. Your methods are such as to
frighten all money lenders. COr- moth
ing is so easily scared as money! No
one can tell what laws your candidate
Gf elected) may suggest; while now,
even now. the laws are all against our
We are forced to loan money
as such rates as we can get. II We can
not get 10 per cent. we take g; if we
cannot get 8 we take s. aud in peace
fol times even lower. and it is difficult
even then to keep our money at work.
But what do your workingmen say? If
they cannot get a dollar day they re-
fuse to work while they ought to take
75 cents or even so cents, so that we
may keep them at work. You ought
to teach them that 81 per day on gold
basis is enormous pay in this country; |
20 gold country pays more than 80 cts
for labor. while here living is the
cheapest of all countries, provided the
lower classes will live as they should |
live. They are really extravagant; |
they buy meat four or FIVE days in the
week; they even indulge often in pie.
which IS no kind OF food to be enjoyed |
by working people and does them no
good. Rice is one of the most healthy
and nourishing of foods; il is cheap
and can be raised in endless quantities. !
but workingmen avoid it as 3 general |
food. They eat wheat bread when /
rye i much more suitable. These |
ideas grow ont of wrong education, /
which you. my dear sir. are assisting, /
only to their future disaster.
Now ENJOYED BY THE La
BORING MEN WILL BE TAKEN AWAY.
Mr.. Hanna. if he wins the election
land all intelligent men of the east