The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-25

pects.-Ncw York Press.
The annual wages OF labor in this coun-
try are $500 $4,000. Is there any parti-
ular use in reducing them 10 s. SOY, 30 0Vj?
Syracuse Post.
The farmers want markets FOR wheat
and corn more than they want markets
for silver. They have wheat and corn;
they have no silver.-lowa State Regis
ter.
Mr.. Bryan. having failed to convince
any considerable number Of people that
he can be elected. is now trying TO
demonstrate what Will happen when he
is defeated.-Chicago tribune
Mr. Black made a good point in his
Carnegie Hail speech when he said that
the laborinc man wanted a dollar that
would be as good when he spent II as
when he earned it-Syracuse Post.
The Democratic candidate asserts that
his election TO the presidency would
drive every trust out OF existence" In
GLIDING foreign trusts In our National in
iegrity.-Chicago Times-Herald
We doubt II Mr.. Bryan could have
made a worse mistake than I'm placing
himself In opposition 10 the ciyil-ser.
vice reform movement. as he is reporieJ
to have done in his speech al Washing
ton.-Boston Herald.
1t Is said that Chairman Jones IS think
nls OF Offering Tom Watson a bic bonus
" u,scuss the issues Of the campaign
81
o ~iicn we have no telegraphic commune
cation.-Chicago News.
or, Bryan may as well bid good-bv 70
.ne FARMER vote. No matter wbot No.,
."ppen IN The next month. however two
LILIES nave been proved again before
'''' very eyes OF our people. One is tbat
-" enormous rise In the price of a load.
- 'o'nnodlty can occur without ans,
'""'e Whatever I'm the volume Of cur.
rehcy' the other is that the nrlces -
.tFtr ana wheat have no connao,io, or
Ie'ation TO each other on tho onnos,,a
y, .nese two commandments have bpnr
az me law and the gospel OF Brvanis,,
anu Topuiism.-St. Paul Globe.
hr. Carlisle. Generals pa,u
h.c"ner' Governor O'Ferran Mr.. VII
o"I others Who have been made the
- OF these attacks by the followers
or Ai'geld and TNlman can 80
80 mem by with Indifference or f.,
''safh them with sorrow rafber ~.
WIN anger. They are an honor "a 49,
suites and country. and bowling moi
.f"not diminish their title to conside,o-
Ion ana respect. But the noonla of fbo
c"'e1 states cannot AFFORD 10 ie,oro
Such Incidents or TO view than, .fr,r,,-
a. ORDINARY campaign ehulitions Toba,
hul'a'e a spirit OF disorder and i,toi-
erance that IS not only hostile ~ fro.,
INSTITUTIONS. but is AT war with the Inn
uafnental principles Of an lay ord o..
erhment For their own Protection "a
sell preservation they must COMMUNICATIVE,
0oroemn at the polls the dangerous no.
".''ai tendencies which have been evol,.
CO. under the leadership OF Atreld ami
human. For 1t IS fhese two men who
ar TO" IN the iopulist saddle and
VIC Characterisiics are being illustrat-
20 IN the conduct OF their lawloss fol.
lowers.-Baltimore Sun.
our esteemed cortcmporarv tho N-o,-
YORK Press. has aided the cause OF hon.
est money with a series Of cartoons ON.
ti'ed THE Boy Schoolmaster." Brv,n
with fatuous expression Of self-connIa.
cency which IS uUly humorous polntq
Out day after d0y. upon the blackboard
various propositions and doctrines char
octcristic OF his genius such as:
"Chccory would be as good as coffee
II we passed law declaring IT So"
"Our present dollars buy too much"
"Workingmen Of America, Your loaves
OF bread are twice too big"
"Doughnuts would be as good as dol
lars II | said So
IF we passed a law making a dime
dollar. wouldn't il be- dollar?'
a knife made OF Tin VIII cut as well
rs a knife made OF steel. \ knife Is
knife
DISHONEST and prosperity are syno-
rymes."
Elect me President and / Will turn
your dollar into % cents. Then you can
economic and be happy
The Press's series nas now nearly
reached three-score and ten, and for
pcrtlnency. sustained interest. and pic
torlai humor It cCservcs recognition as
one Of the most effective productions
Of the canpalgn.-Sew York sun.
Tie check to the sale OF spot wheat
growing out OF 4 scarcity Of spot cash
to meet the demai ds OF spectators may
not prove a misfortune 10 farmers VINO
have been unable 20 sell. There is
marked difference between a legitimate
demand anu a merely speculative oe-
mand. The short crops In India, Aus
traila, and other gran-producing coun-
tries make inevitable a l)ng-continuca
draft upon the available surplus supplies
OF other countries. The inability Of
buyers TO borrow 30 the money they
want. and the inability Of railways ana
steamships to carry At once al the
fieignts Offering. may serve In the lons
run TO moderate the profits of the mid
diemen and increase the ultimate gains
Of the producers.-Pnllde Record.
What we need IS higher prices Under
tile sold standard prices have been forced
down until the farmer cannot realize the
actual cost Of production for his wheat
William J. Bryan 10 l01 speeches.
"The next thing We will probably hear
Will be that bread has advanced a ceat
q loaf or that the loaf has been reduced
in size. which will mean practically the
same thing TO the purchaser.-rhursday
nights silver organ on the advance IN
wheat
You show me a man who believes in
the gold standard. and I will show you
man who is afraid OF public discus
sion because the gold STANDARD cannot
vtrtlfo ffe.,,aafDp W