The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1896-08-01
. ami. nav IN, much NOR. Of ths,s

ar could pay tAat much more OF thsR
debts.
These Ignorant" producers ana
voters raised Iss.5ts.sss bushels q
vbeat In 1880 and sold II for Ssh cents
n.r bushel. In 1896 they raised 4et.-
Ios 200 bushels of wheat and recsiVsa
for II 500 cents per busheL ThirU
nIIIIon bushels less Of wheat. nftsen
million more consumers and yet were
compelled to sell at half price. In 1so
the cotton producers Of the United
states sold I,s16, o43.ss2 pounds OF cot
ton for 1o.1 cents per pound, Whils
I'm 1894 they received IS cents PEI
pound for 4,51s, 73e. 900 pounds. omoial
reports note a decline Of 22.o per cent
in the value Of farm animals In tns
United States from 1898 to 1886 and .
decrease Of So per cent In numbers.
The London price for wheat declined
from $l.25 In 1891 to rs cents In 1853.
Cotton sold in London in 1891 for sU
cents per pound and in 1885. with over
a hundred and thirty millisn les
hounds of cotton to sell, II brought but
81 cents per pound. The overprodue-
ton theory can't explain this great
and continued decline in prices.
The Ignorant free suffrage" citisens
of the west conclude that our present
financial systematic destruction Of
one-half Of our metallic money and the
contraction Of our paper moneys the
main cause Of the fearful conditions
now existing, and 1t Is proposed TO re-
store more equitable and just conor
tons throughout the country-ssN
and west. north and south. We pro-
pose an American system, Industrial
and financial. We believe q larger VOL
ume Of sound money-metallic money
will raise prices, will give employ
ment to labor, will increase the pur-
chasing power and consuming power o.
sixty million American citizens, many
Of whom comprehend and understand
completely money questions quite -
we'll as the representative OF Hah
street; we also believe In an American
tariff that recognizes the interests OF
the producers of wool, wheat, cotton,
and all productions Of the farm ana
mine as well as the products Of our
mills and furnaces. We recognize PER-
fectly the potency and practice OF wall
street to overcome popular "ignor-
ance." We have q perfect appreciation
of its reserved power" We agree with
you that startling results may come
out Of either of the party conventions-
We understand your presumed ability
to "coerce and convert reckless lsgislA-
tors" There are men, however. you
cannot buy with your reserve power.
There are greater forces than Wall
street commands, and they will appear
in due season. The issue is clear; let
there be no straddle or deception We
concede that Wall street understands
the situation and you may rest assured
that we also understand the situation
and the spirit Of the contention The
Ignorant free suffrage" citizens Of the
United States will send Wall street
their answer to your ungracious
taunts, your autocratic threats, your
greater potencies, and the reserved
power" on which you are now repos-
ing, next November. The silveritss
have no desire to block sound money
legislation in the next congress. They
will insist and see to II that We have
real sound money legislation, and shall
slect a president who will approve
such legislation. Why not point N
he way to national prosperity? Ne
threats are needed for that Tell the
farmers how they can get prices that
will sustain life; tell the manufacturers
of New England, New York and Penn |
'ylvania, the south and west how thsT |
AN operate their machinery, pay for |
abor and not grow poorer every year;
ell US how to put the idle wheels and |
men at work; tell u how
may be elevated In the scale |
If a higher civilization; tell Us how
he ignorant free suffrage" citizen
nay be lifted out Of his ignorance into
! better citizenship. Save your taunts |
md threats, Mr.. Clews for some other
purpose than to try to brighten Amer
can citizens. who value this great re-
public dearer than life itself and in
end to leave 1t unimpaired as a hertz
Ige to their children and q beacon light
o all the world. Respectfully.
GEO Q nnUEN