The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-24
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Faisfx silver 4 iror.es.
Philadelphia Times Dcm.): Inexora-
bic facts which must lic,ramillar 10 all
scatter to the winds oil the arguments
made by Mr.. Bryan and his cheap money
followers. They have been appealing to
the farmers ana worklngmen OF the
country TO halt the calamity brought
upon the people BY the failure OF the gov
erninent to give free and unlimited coin
age to silver. Alleging that wheat and
oil other products OF our industries have
fallen In value solely because silver haG
been rejected us the standard money Of
the country.
When Mr.. Bryan took the stump for a
general canvass OF the country rs the
Democra tlc-POpDlist candidate for Pres
ident, wheat was worth GS cents n BUSH
81 and silver was worth Is cents an ounce
In the markets OF the world. Since then
the wheat crops OF Russia and India
have proved to be gerious failures and n
largely Increased demand has been made
for our surplus farm pr0ducts until
wheat rose from CO cents per bushel to
50 centa, and In the meantime silver de-
tiA'Su iiOiI 70 SGits al OuliSf " w. man
Ing the silver dollar OF To-day worth but
90 cents.
These facts, which cannot be disputed
with any farmer OF the land, have given
to the wheat producing states OF this
country based upon the annual yield of
wheat, mn Increase In value OF the
wheat crop OF s90,000,000, and an addl-
tlonal profit on the corn crop, estimated
ON last yeas yield OF about t4,000,0DO.
1t Is well for the country that this
practical and conclusive demonstration
of the utter hollowness and falsity of
the demagOgic calamity howlcrs Of the
country has conc before the presidential
election. II presents facts against theo-
rles, and 1t proves conclusvely that the
price Of silver has no more to do with
the price OF wheat or corn tnanit has to
do with the price OF trlnkcts among the
barDarians OF the earth. 1t emphaslzes
the supremacy Of the law OF supply and
demand that applies with equal force to
silver, to wheat, and to every other pro-
duct Of industry In every country of the
world. In fact, II stamps falsehood upon
every material argument Mr.. Bryan has
made In favor Of the free coinage OF sill
yer.
Had the prices of farm products con-
tinued to decline, as. must have been the
case had the crops Of India Russia and
the Argentine Republic been as prolific
as our own, there would have been no
advance in the market value OF wheat
regardless Of the value OF sllvef. Both
are products of Industrial enterprise, and
both will be cheap when superintendent
and dear when the supply is materially
reduced; and all the plausible, fine-spun
theories Of demagogues cannot unsettle
the lsw that regulates the price of every
industrial product by the rela tive rela-
lions OF stipplyiand demand.
The farmers of the country have now
the clearest demonstration of the utter
falslty Of the cheap money, theory that
wheat and other products have been
reduced in price by the refusal to give
free. coinage to silver, and they should
not only vote for honest money because
they have conclusive evidence that It Is
right, but they should earnestly strive to
emphasize the victory for sound money
because of the paplpable fraud attempt
ed upon them by the now visible false
hood that the price of farm products can
be governed In any way by the value OF
the silver mines OF the country or the
world. Stubborn facts have driven the
demagogic calamity howlers 20 the rear,
and the majority for honest. money
should be overwhelming in every asri-
cultural state In the union.