Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-08-03
A fWAYSIDE LETTER,
The Only Survivor of John
Browns Raid,
A GLIMPSE OF LINCOLN, NEB.
A Visit to the Home Of a Future
President
4 GLIMPSE OF LINCOLN, NEB.
LINCOLN. Neb., July 80.

/ ltlt htttd VI many "a p'iE ''
railway tickets allowed us just day
to stop over and we thought IL sOquite
providentlul that the impulse to see
this city, 80 pregnant with presiden-
tial possibilities, could not be resisted.
NEBRAsKA's CAPITAL.
Lincoln, Neb, is ilnbedded In a
Mosaic Of cornhelds and grain farms.
Wide streets and sidewalks, many
colleges aud public institutions, aud
a fine display .of business blocks and
residences give the city n rich and
solid appearance. Crumbling block
plvemeuls are giving place to vltritied
brick. Lincoln hotel, Bryan and
Sewall headquarters, Is metropoll-
tan hotel, with q cuisine and dining
room service equal TO almost anything
In the eastern cities. Lincoln has a
good water service, good street car
servlce,a great many empty buildings,
and has suffered as severely from the
hard times aS more rapidly growing
% yus.
| talked with the editor of the
Lincoln Journal, paper that is sup
porting Mckinley aud the gold stand
ard, and Is somewhat embarrassed by
the fact that IL has heretofore adyo.
Gated free coinage OF gold and silver.
| asked him how he could reconcile
the fact that when we had coined the
most silver we had accumulated the
most gold; how In 1888 we had piled
up s3l5, ,0OO,Oc0 gold In the treasury,
and had besides 1891 ,OOO,O 600 gold in
circulation In this country at large,
and how up to 1892 farm products had
advanced under larger coinage of sill
yer, and had fallen ever since. He
smiled, and with a weary expression
on his face, begged the silver crank
for Gods sake, t0.qult asking hard
questions.
But the Lincoln Journal man is an
intelligent man and admitted that un-
less we could bring about u restoration
OF the prices OF farm products, there
would be II vast amount OF farm and
city property change hands at forced
sale. Farm and city property from
east TO west he thought had been un-
reasonably inflated, and could not
earn in products or rents, interest and
taxes on its mortgaged debt. There
would have TO be scaling down OF
debts or scaling uD OF products.
How TO bring this about was more inn
pOrtant than restoring the ratio be-
tween gold aud silver
There is far greater disparity be-
tween money and products under the
present gold standard than between
gold and silver. Unless prices OF farm
products can be restored, the farmer
cannot meet fixed charges, such as
family expenses, church and school,
farm implements aud repairs, taxes,
insurance and interest. Above all,
he cannot employ labor at any time OF
the year for cash wages. Many fields
OF oats will remain uncut this year In
Nebraska, l am told, because the
owner cannot hire. This cOngests
laborers in the cities, or drives them
on the roads to tramp. The situation
Is dinicult.
Deputy County Judge ID, L. Love, Of
Lincoln, isa young Republican SON
in-law Of Ex-Governor Larroles, OF
Iowa. He lncllnes to the view that
with increasing intelligence among
the masses of the people there will be
an Increasing demand for public
ownership OF railroads and other pub
lie franchises. The people cannot be
held much longer TO see why one man
Or one set OF men should be enor-
enriched out OF any public
necessity like street railway or tele.
graph monopoly, any more than out
II ship canal or postal service. Why |
should one Chicago Yerkes be made a
nulti-milliOnaire by legislation while