The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-10-23
LIVE ISSUES.
PORT DEPOSIT, Oct. 10Th, 1896

~ IHE EDIIOK OF IHE MIDLAND
JOURNAL Il offer a few peril
nent questions bearing on the COM
ing election for readers of your
paper.
LIST. Why in 1883 did the Repub
licans in their national platform,
denounce the Democratic party for
demonetizing silver, and then in
1896 advocate the single gold stan
dard to further reduce the value of
silver?
End. Why did Mckinley, ex-
President Harrison, the late Secre-
tary of Agriculture Jerre Rusk,
Murat Halstead, and leading Re-
publicans congratulate farmers and
the people in general on the pros
perity secured in 1890 by the pas
sage of the Sherman law, and in
1896 repudiate what they did in
1890, when the condition of the
people is far worse than when the
Sherman law was enacted in 1890 ?
3rd. Why, if silver rose to $1.21
an ounce under the Sherman law,
and wheat followed at $1.2O a
bushel, why was it necessary to
repeal the Sherman act and demon
etize our silver only to lower the
price of our cereals, lower the price
of labor, followed by lack of con-
fdence and general stagnation of
business, and bankruptcy of tens of
thousands of our business classes ?
No. 4. Why, in 1896 are all
forms of legalized robbery, trusts,
national banks, bond syndicates, a
venal press, also railroads, tele
graph, telephone interests, large
proportion of annuitants, non
producers, professors and probably
one-half of our ministry will sup
port Mckinley, the representative
of the above specified trusts and
combinations which only exist to
rob the people.
9Th. Why, if silver and gold
money were the money of redemp-
ton until 1873, why was it neces-
sary to reduce the money of re-
demption one-half by demonetiz-
ing silver, only to contract the cir
culation ofgovernment paper money
one-half and double the peoples
debts?
9th. John X. Cowen, who sup
ports Mckinley, congratulates the
officials of the B. & o. railroad on
the increase of salaries of said
officials. How can these salaries be
continued? Only by drawing more
from the farms along the line of the
road, and by refusing dividends to
the stockholders of said railroad.
Gold prices for cereals at one end of
the animal and no milk for the
stockholders at the other end. A
weak prop for McKinley's election.
18th. Why is the Republican
party so interested in the welfare of
the British nation to give it cheap
cereals, cheap silver, to run their
manufactures, on cheap raw ma
terial, which they procure in
Eastern countries by using our sill
yer, worth in said countries double
to pay labor, insurance, taxes, in
terest on obligations made and labor
employed ON the farms of said coun-
tries, than here, and then advocate
a high protective tariff to shut out
of this country the class of goods
made cheap at the expense of our
producing classes?
Sth. If the gold standard is fav-
Orable to this country why don't
the goldbugs say it is?
9th. five have had the gold stan
dard since 1873, and ruination to
the farming interest, what will be
the condition of our people in the
aggregate if continued
10th. If the gold standard is con-
tinued, our crops sold on gold
basis, what will the farmers be able
to pay labor for raising said crops ?
18th. 1t the gold standard is con-
tinued what will be the effect bear
ing on salaries, interest on mort
cages, etc., and how continued
when all prosperity is based on the
products of the farms and mines of
the country?
10Th. If legislation don't effect
the price Of commodities (silver, Sc
how did it happen that in 1S4S