Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-10-27
THE FARMERS

Tor some wars Without ANY one feline
them OF ". thpref,re IL ml-t appesr
the height nf sh-urd ~ wlei the Oop,is,
Journal ends-vots To urov. tb. g,a.,
g'oi that has come TO th.n sinc. 1874
IRON the gold STANDARD. lnAr rc.nt H.
cue II publishes u table oi its sI.csil.d
'cts or stAtisrIr= - -nos th,t the t,,u.,
las b-en bened e by the goid standard.
orcau-" he can buy p'oEs aud tnacnip.s
'or \ les, number OF bushels of " h.a, and
corn than In 1878. Tine table WAS nre-
pared ~ a Prot Mclaughlin. II - uui-
versiiy in Chicago. which ia On lowed by
milionAirrs. rnes,arl-s OF the p,o.
iessots are similarity dependent 10 those
OF the editors OF the great stock companv
newspapers of today, that Ia by crook.
log the pregnant hinges OF the knee" TO
those who pay these salari,s Let no
man be deceiy,d. Neither this prof-ssor
nor the editor OF the Courier Journal are
lying awake at night in the interest of
the farmer For arRumsn's sake sup
pose we admit that plows aud machines
can be bought with fewer bushels of
wheat nos than in 1873. Does this
prove that the farmer has prospered
thereby? Is the farmer to become rich
by the number Of ploSs aud machines
he can accumulate in a life time 4? When
We come to speak OF a farmer being rich
shall We say that be has elk sulky ploss,
/ lOO shovel plows, a dozen moving ma
| chimes, six reapers and two threshipg
mschin's? Mark Twain once wrote
humorous story about the daughter of An
Esquimsu, who was the richest among
his people. He owned % fish hooks.
THIS idea OF becoming rich in plows new
or occurred TO Mark. Is the farmer TO
become rich only in the ACQUIRING of
those things with which he can toll ?
Then wherein shall his prosperity differ
from that OF a Negro slave VINO could
raise a large family Of children for his
master?
But We had been led to relieve by the
Courier Journal OF late, since it got rid OF
the editor that went or ~, the man who
wrote those free silver editorials in 1856
aud since 1t sent Henry Wa,terson TO
s"iz 'risnd fer some kind of treatment,
that the volume of money in circulation
had nothing TO do with prizes. How is
II then that the gold standard had such
Grulnous effect on the prices OF plows
and has not bad corresponding effect
on the prcs of wheat and corn? WY
II 1t that while the Courier Journal is
writing about cheap ploWs and high
/ priced wheat 10 the farmers ci Kentucky
the gold standard papers OF the North
are writing about cheap wheat aud high
| priced plows aud high wages TO the a.
| boring man? These newspapers are
/ like bunco st'erers VINO try To work both
sides Of the street Let no man bee de.
/ ceived. The gold standard rulers ard
their satellites ace not maintaining their
financial policy for the benefits that will
thereby accrue 70 the farmers. They
want your votes. How many million
sire farmers are there in-the Uuited
States? Are there none because they do
not work, do not cave, do not think, or
because they occasionally smoke a cob
pipe or chew long, green tobacco, as J
Sterling Morton would hPve us believe
II the gold standard has put dim Piles of
JOY" as Ingersoll would say, in the
cheeks of any farmer in Kentucky, then |
he will be anxious To continue it. How
How msnv such are there? distin- |
guished preacher said recently, that the
farmer of the West nov had to wear
Ov-ralls and all that the overals were
over WAS himself But the farmers
must not believe that the fnancers will
make them prosperous at the expense of
those who make plows and m6chlr es. /
The sad result OF this gold standard is
that II affects the prizes OF rything /
that 10 measured by it.
We know that IL is not over produc- !
ton or lack of demand that has caused a
general decline in the prices of all com.
modities, in labor, in everything except
fixed inco mes and taxes. Such a result
can only be due to the subtle influence /
OF the country's volume OF money The I
brokers, the gamblers, are booming
wheat on the eve of this election TO
make the farmers feel contented What
Was the price Of wheat when the farmers
had it to sell ? What has caused land to
decrease in value like everything else
that is measured by the gold standard ? |
lady In Lexington the other day per-
tinently asked "if there had been an ov-
er production OF land" II plows aud
machines have been cheapened, what
about the mortgages and taxes? These
are what we mean by fixed incomes. If
the farmer could be told OF some way
that he could get rid of that mortgage
that has been hanging so heavily over