The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-10-08
Was IT STUPIDITY?
A MUCH DEsPIsED FARMER
WRITES A LETTER
To the Nsw-.De nnocrat, In which He
Calls Into Question Mr.. Laushiin's
Methods, and Quotes Some ss-
lient Facts About failures.


Calls Into Question Mr.. Laushiin's
Methods, and Quotes Some ss-
iient Facts About failures.
Editor News Democrat; note your
account Of the meeting ut the Axle Works
on last Friday evening. There wore
some things @. A. Leueblin, the presi-
dent and speaker, might have told his
employees. that would have shed some
light on the subject st issue. whether
b was ignorant Of the facts or Intention
ally omitted TO refer TO them, it is diffi-
cult to ascertain, but the faots remain.
He did not tell his employees that six
teen Ia ge manufacturies Of wagons and
buggtes had failed since 1898, all OF whom
were large purchasers Of axles. The re-
port Of the officers Of some of them throws
some light on the subject. Toe presi-
dent Of the Cincinnati Wagon Company,
In reporting the reasons for the failure Of
his company paid that 10 was the increase
In the value Of the bankers dollar and
the rapid decrease OF the value Of the
dollars invested In the manufactured
product that was the cause.
Mr.. Firestoae, the president of the
Columbus Buggy Company, the failure
of which was q surprise to everybody,
says that the cause of the failure of his
company was the lack Of money Ia the
hands OF the farmers, who have heretofore
been their best customers. He further
says that the success of any buggy or
wagon factory depends largely on the
prosperity of the farmers and that
under gold standard, the farmer cannot
secure Ices for his products that will
enable him TO buy little else than his
actual necessities. Mr.. Firestone IL an
outspoken advocate fer the free coinage
OF silver, and the election of W. J Bryan.
Mr.. Lauehlin's orders for sxles, which
will be Cancelled In the event of the cleo
tion of Mr.. Bryan, are exceedingly
mythical.
He will find that his success depends
on the farmers prosperity, as does every
N'"S' VI itnDlbtubDtB.
Hon. W. J. Cham beriain, the ex-
Secretary Of the Ohio Board OF Agricul-
ture, says In recent article In we'll
known journal, that "ths farmer has
had the value of his farm halved and the
price of his products cut In two since
1878, the proofs of which are ,oIuminous
and are oil around US.
1.-THE real cause of this decline of the
farmers farms and produots,o he says,
Twas the destruction about 1878, by
several Of earths' chief com mereal nations
of about one-half of their actual or final
redemption money, hereby gold, az meas
ured by forty-fve of earth's leading
commodities of agriculture, was doubled
in value"
"Undrr such q condition." he further
says, "the farmer must swap twice as
much of his land or it's products 30 get
dollar or a hundred dollars as he did In
1s73-since all our money is now in the
existing gold standard.
To attempt to bull-doze workingmen
into voting to continue financial system
that will sink the hest customers Of the
Axle Works lower and lower In the scale,
tn say the least, shows stupidity or q
degree of mendacity NOT usually found
among business men.
Place the farmers In condition to buy
wagons and buggies, and Laughlin's
mythical orders will become real ones. and
his workinRmen will, II they are organ
lied, be able to command fair share OF
the profits in making them. This the
workinRmen can do by voting for ". J.
Bryan aud free silver.
Much Despised farmer.