Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-10-15
PATRIOTIC FARMERS.
WheneY Danger Threatened the
Coun y They Have Rallied
Ito It's Support.
HARD I MES AND THE CAUSE.
EmoloyH ent Of Labor in Mechanical
Ind tries and Not DECEASED
Aoney is Needed.

er5 er danger threatened our instr
farmer has always rallied to
III Vrt of his country. There is
Ion in this, in the fact that he
t abroad acres of our territory and
iM fitted with our institutions that
N in in this ownership that his in
b necessarily of a character to
h the safe conseryator OF our
d |nt's perpetuity, prosperity ana
d present campaign we are con-
4 |by an issue that affects every
our citizens, hence, there Is an
n the outcome mora intense than
ampaign since 1860. One reason
manifestation for so much inter-
|, fact that the country has been
from an unprecedented period
ssion and is earnest in its intent
relief. Among those who Ia
have more reason for COM
han the farmer. Prices OF ms
have been low. values of land
ok have continued to decline,
1;scoura ged and disheartened,
gne4 seem to believe him ready to
IA INV nromise that they make, but
"a Il and better still, he is ready to
ma discuss fully the merits of the
|& ions offered. The proposition
IS 1 been urged paramount to all
|#is the free and unlimited coinage
mayor was more deceptive
zion one more startling IN ITS
SAL and results and one that would
q disappointing should 1t become
tical fact. 1t is advocated by
wing a pecuniary interest at stake,
nv a combination of capital UNI
II Nv any that has ever attempted
fr--fFrrr-~------naHaaaa since the day
Elves into a syndicate Tor inc pur-
Ii forcing upon the country, with
gard to consequences, the free and
Tied coinage of silver.
magnificent scheme was outlined
|r. BRYAN in his Madison square
Il when he said: "At the present
hnd under the present law, a silver
when melted loses nearly one-halt
hue. but that will not be true when
hn establish q mint price of silver
leave no surplus silver upon the
ct to drag down the price of sill
ullion," and then to show the pos
" of cornering silver and forcing
a price satisfactory to mine owners,
cannot even expect all of the an
product of silver because India,
/. japan, Mexico and other silver
countries must satisfy their annual
from the annual product: the arts
.eouire a large amount and the gold
ard countries will need a consider
quantity for subsidiary coinage;
viii be required to coin only that
4 is not needed elsewhere, but if we
ready to take and utilize all of 1T,
nations will be ready to buy at
rice we fix"
Is is the silver miners scheme as
led by Mr.. Bryan. The people are
ID to loan the resources of this gov
ent to a silver syndicate in order
it may be able by taking all the
: that is offered to the world 10
be price and compel other nations
" that price. This is worse than
and unlimited coinage, yet it is the
way Mr.. Bryan says whereby the
of silver can be maintained at
' with gold. The magnitude Of the
ne and their audaeity in attempt
is execution challenges admiration.
he American people are accustomed
yestigate the claims of parties and
They want to know for themselves
Why and wherefores, if some great
al change is proposed. That they
thus investigate and judge for them
$ is evidence that they are quail
for self-government.
at present conditions are hard, es-
lily among the farming class, every
admits. There is undoubtedly a
) for this abnormal condition. The
r advocates attribute the existing
.ssion to the characterization Of sill
''the crime of 1873" as they desig-
the suspension of coinage of silver
RS in 1878.
ey fail to show how that legislation
ced prices: they simply assert that it
They fail also to show why prices
nued to decline after coinage of sill
was resumed in 1878. They ignore
he facts of development, the large
unprecedented production of farm
ucts and especially the Improbable
ion of labor. The building of new
pads and the opening of vast terri
) for cultivation are entirely ignored.
IN that over 100000 mechanics left
factories and shops of New England
the middle and older Western states
cate on the lands in Kansas and Ne
IA and the Dakotas. These all be-
. active producers instead of consum-
IF farm products.
hat we now need is to reverse this
ition of affairs and secure less pro-
RS and more consumers of farm pro-
). IL by any way we can do this, we
have accomplished something prac-
in correcting the ills our farmers
to bear. There is method by
h this may be accomplished, a rene
hat it not only practical but per-
emit and far reaching in its effects.
ere is a well established principle in
ical economy often referred to by
FRS that 1.-THE greatest creator OF
tn is the greatest possible division of
=" Previous to the election of 1892
r the operation of the Republican
V of protection, we were struggling
alize our benefits of this principle and
yere rapidly overcoming our adverse
itions by increasing the demand for
products. The interest which the
ament of labor has in protective du,
lies in the effect which the movement
Dor has upon the supply and demand
yricultural products. Ii is impossible
a proper division of labor.
pit we produce the largest amount of
ufactured goods possible within our
territory. Open our ports free and
' our markets to be supplied by the
nfacturers of Europe and the effect