The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-09-19
Farmers, Look and Read.

The press of advertisements has compelled
the issuance of a supplement to the ADVOCATE
today, and we have found space upon it to
print an article by John II. Beadle on the
1.-The Farmer as He Was and as He Is
The Article is full of illustrations taken
from the Gold Bug Mckinley papers Of New
York of recent dates, caricaturing and ridl-
culing the farmer.
The city press, nearly all of which is sup
porting Mark Hanna and Mckinley, regard
the farmer as an ignoramus. They have
pictured him as long nosed long whiskered,
uncouth, ilhterate creature, fit only to toll
and with not enough sense to know his own
interest. They regard it as a piece of i'm
pertinence for farmer TO pretend to know
anything about taxation, finance, or other
question of government. To pillow and to
hoe, according to the monopolistic press, is
all the farmer knows, and for him to pretend
TO know anything else is simply ridiculous.
The monopolistic press, and such Gold-Bug
orators as Rayner, Cowan, Cochran, Whit
ney, Wellington, Lowndes, Dalzell, Reed
and Harrison, know all about the needs of
the farmer. They know what is best for him
in the matters offnance and taxation. They
pretend to know the cost of production and
the profit, and because the farmers of the
country have seen decline in the price of all
farm products and in land values, and see that
the cause was the striking down of one of the
money metals of the constitution, and have
resolved upon its restoration, they have de-
nouneed the farmer as ''Hayseed, "Way-
back and call him other names intended to
convey contempt and opprobrium. They
picture him with uncouth clothing, with I'M
calmly hats, with long whiskers, and Puck
even attempts to ridcule him for reading
christian journal.
The article of Mr.. Beadle is IA strong pre-
sentaton of the case of the farmer in the
present campaign, and every word of it ought
to be read.
Study the pictures, you farmers of Carroll.
and see how the Gold Bug, monopolistic press
fthe cities caricature you. Show the article
to your neighbors. and every one of you
solve to resent the insult aud show the city
dudes, purse-proud aristocrats and imperious
millionaires that you understand your inter
ests and know enough to know that the con
traction of the currency, by the demonetiza-
ton of silver, has made money scarce and
hard to get. Let them see that you know that
contraction OF the currency has doubled debts,
doubled interest and doubled taxation; that
you know that it takes two bushels of wheat,
corn or oats to buy what one would formerly
buy; that you know that decreasing the vol
ume of currency decreases prices, and that
increasing the volume of currency increases
prices; that you know that supply and demand
has something to do with prices, and that sill
yer is low because one half of the demand for
it was destroyed when it was denied free
mintage.
Let them see that the farmers know that
when silver was demonetized that they were
prosperous, and that ever since 1878 prices
and farm values have declined. Let them
know that yon know n change is necessary,
and that affairs cannot be worse than at pres
ent. Let them know that you believe that
the restoration of silver will be a benefit TO
them, and that you are going to vote to try it.
Letthem know tina. you know Mr.. Mckinley
is pledged TO higher tariff taxation and con-
tinuation of the present financial system, and
that Mr.. Bryan is pledged to lower taxation
and to an increase Of the volume of currency.
Let them know that You know that when
the United States will coin silver at the rate
of 81. % an ounce that will be the price the
world over, because every nation has to have
silver, and that no one but a fool will sell
silver to France, Germany, England or any
other country for less than he can get for it
in the United States.
Let us again ask every farmer to study
closely how he is ridiculed and caricatured
by the Gold-Bug monopolistic press, and read
attentively Mr.. Beadle's article. Preserve
the article, and show it to every neighbor who
Games to see you.