The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-29
WKINLEY TO
The Former Is not Suffering on Account
OF theGo@u stai,dnrd-The I,rnlTronble
I. Clearly brought Out,% ~

Inc Furrner NOT SuHcriiip on Account
OF tho Gold staidnrd-The RcnlTroable
Clearly brought Out
In his speech at Canton on Monday
says the New York Press, Major Me-
Kinley, with the clearness and force
which distinguish all his public utter
ances, summed up the farmers trout
bles lnsa couple of dozen words:
Whatever the farmer is suffering.
to-day" said Major Mckinley. as bel
cause his competitors have increased in
numbers and because his best custo-,
mers are Sut OF work"
And Major Mckinley was right when
he went on, to say that he did not know
that We. c1uld decrease the number Of
these competitors. They are growing
daily. Allthe rhilc that Jul grain; ex-
ports to Europe have been decreasing
during the Cleveland administration
the exports of cereals from the ArGcn-;
tine Republic have been gaining With
tremendous bounds. The same Is true,
OF Egypt, Russia. India and other cheap
labor nations. These countries nay 1css
for their labor than we pay for ours
and by Just that much they are en-
abled to uTdersell our agricultural pros
ducts In the European markets, and
thus to drive down the returns Of the
American farmer.
But the solution Of the problem. as,
Major Mckinley pointed out, Is not tOi
be found Ia the foreign demand rSri
our cereals. Although It Is true that
our agricultural exports Elve fallen off
enormously, this loss to the farmers.ex-
pressed lnSdollars. Is as nothing com
pared $Mithhtheir loss through our d.
unfinished home c0nsumptlon.
~ lss2 when we consumed at home
.9Si, bal. 7l5 bushels OF corn, ii OK
ports amounted to 3.T2 per cent OF our
cntlrcic corn product. In 1896, the clor-
ious free trade year. our exports fell
TO a.aGg Der cent OF our entire corn pro-!
duct. Thlf was a loss in exports Of
nearly SO. 000. 900 bushels. !
But the farmers loss IN home con-.
sumption amounted to 500. Don, 900 bush
els. This was caused by the loss Of
wages to American y~vorkingmcn. They
were able 10 buy and consume 500. OOO,-
900 less bushels OF corn than Ia 1872,
when they We're all employed at full
| WaEoR1 (
These. as Major Mckinley snys, are
the American farmers best customers.
In 1872. undorythe Mckinley tariff1law,'
when Kept themsa at work, they bought.
1h' pAsAhfehst CH lllIlth us lluGUl COiHf
from TIE American farmers as ali the
rest OF the world put together bought
from them Our waga.earnGrs, wao,
were employed then In the mills and
factories. had a purchasing power,
which demanded more products than
ever before In the history OF this COIN
Try, when wage-earncrst were thrown
out OF employment by the tens OF
thRusaflds because Ne were, buying
goods made abroad Instead OF those
made at home; when $500 900, 600 OF
wasessa year went out Of the pockets
81. our wage-earncrs, tho home market
collapsed, Then the farmer offered lis
crops In vain as he VIII continue to
offer them 80 long as Tho Wilson In
deprlyesI hnicrloan labor OF work and
@agcs3to the advantage of the foreign
%|agc.earner. vi
Ihcre Is only ono Thing that will
NIP me farmer. Free silver In AmGrl-
ca VIII not pafalyse the farmers In tho
Argentine. IN Russia andj India. In the
Words Of Major Mckinley the govern,
ment mlnts cannot coin consumers.