Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-20
conN AND WHEAT GOING ur.

Norfolk News. The gold Is flowing In and
wheat Is going up. What's the matter with
silver?
Sidney Telegraph. Another advance OF 2
cents per bushe In the price OF wheat. That
implies another decline In the Bryanite
claims for success. The farmers gain is the
Bryanites' loss
Sutton Advertiser: Corn and wheat arc
steadily advancing while Bryan and free sill
yer are steadily on the decline. These are
signs Of the times that mean a rcstora-
tion OF confidence and prosperity.
Crawford Tribune: by the way. what has
become OF that wonderful sympathy be-
tween silver bullion and wheat? Wheat Is
rising right along lately and silver has
dropped several points. The boy orators
will have to do something about 1t right
away.
Grand Island independents In 1890 there
were ll3,G0S farms in Nebraska and every
one of the owners OF these farms has been
more or less injured by the adoption of the
free trade policy that Bryan voted for
some more and some less. The average
loss to every Nebraska farm since 1893,
through the depreciation of its live stock,
has been 1861 80.
Dodge Criterion; silver has gone down
to 90 cents an ounce. wheat has advanced
and pork has advanced and right here we
wish to remark that the silvcritcs are not
saying anything about It, Yet few weeks
as silver decreased or increased in Glue
their farm products would also Another
scheme of theirs to secure votes for W. j.
Bryan.
Steele City Standard: As the price OF
wheat Is now constantly going up, and the
price OF silver constantly going down, what
becomes OF the great popocratic argument
that the price Of silver controls the price
OK wheat? The facts are that the silver
market has no influence whatever upon the
wheat market, but the coincidence of the de-
cline OF both for a few years was seized
upon by avaricious silver mine owners as
campaign thunder with which to scare farm
ers into helping them double their income.
Nebraska City Press: Wheat rures about
10 cents higher than 1t did couple of
weeks ago. But the silver market is still
dull and lifcless, with a downward ten
dency. Silver prices and wheat prices do
not rise and fall together as the silver
ties claim The rise in wheat is easily
explained. While our wheat crop this
year Is but 75.OO0OOO bushels less than
that OF 1898 the foreign crops are short
for the first time In years and so no one can
tell when the advance will stop. Silver
has nothing to do with it.
Randolph Times: Wheat has gone M 10
| cents bushel aud silver has fallen cents
an ounce. Now this Is a pretty state of
affairs for the silver shriekcrs and Just be-
fore election, too. There Is no one to blame
for 1t but the goldbugs who purposely.
maliciously, criminally and deliberately sub
sidlHed the weather IN the wheat belt OF
| lndla, and, like thief in the night" and
with the silent tread of a cat" created a
snort crop there, and raised the price OF
wheat just in time to spoil things for Bryan,
anu that too without the advice or CON
sent OF any other planet in the solar system.
Yea, verify the gold buElets must 20.
Ponca journal; The rapid advance in the
price OF wheat is encouraging to farmers.
whatever may be the cause of II Tho ,,rico
is now about as cents per bushel. gain
| or or cents per buhsel during the mast
four weeks. In other respects times are be-
coming better, and people begin to realize
! tto borrow the language of Daniel Nebsterl
that. they amt dead yet" The cause of
this encouraging feeling among business
men Is said to be caused by the remark
able reaction in the free silver" prospects.
Few weeks ago the certainty seemed
| great that Bryan would be elected. Now
! the tide has turned, and it will not be sur
prising II he fails to carry even his own
| state.