Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-03

all prosperity, the producers of all
wealth, and if putting more money
Ia circulation has always helped him
before, why won't it help him again?
Three or four years ago there was
over 1924 per capita in circulation.
Now there is but SOL. France has
$50 per capita. 1t would take more
spare silver than there is in the world
or would be for the next 10 years to
come to give us as much money as
France.
Does not the income tax plank of
the Democratic party stamp that
party as the friend of the poor, and
does not the opposition to the income
tax by the Republican party stamp
them as the friend of the rich? Now
dear friend, is it possible that after
you and democrats and republicans,
for many years back, have been vot-
ing to have silver restored, and if
neither of the old parties have kept
their promises, and the common peo-
pie have at last captured one of the
old parties-the Democratic-and
kicked the rich hoodlums out as we
did at Oh icago, is it possible that
those who have always been in favor
of silver in both old parties will now
existing gold standard and existing
conditions until foreign nations shall
let us have what we want? Are we
an independent people-to make us
free our fore fathers laid down their
lives-or have foreign nations again
gotten US in subsection?
Come! We have all but won the day
for silver and double standard, give
us your vote and we will teach the
rich that no country can dictate to
us what We are to have for the life
blood of our nation. The Chicago
Records commission sent to Mexico
reports that there are three things
that silver has done for Mexico.
First, it stimulated exports; second,
it limited imports and built up manu-
factories and agricultural industries,
and adds if these three things are
good, then silver has been good for
Mexico. If bad then not good. They
have certainly good wages in that
country, are far ahead of Spain, Italy
and Turkey, gold standard countries.
For instance, Masons receive $1,000 a
week in Mexico, and in the gold
standard countries, Spain $500 per
week; Italy So 80, other laborers in
like proportion. Those who are rich
want gold standard and low prices.
In other words, they want their
money to buy twice as much of your
products as it ought. while the farm
er on the contrary wants things right
the other way-cheap money-so that
his products will buy much more of
it than they do today. The present
money is an honest or good money
for the rich, but dear dollar for the
poor or producer, and what is the re-
suit? Those with plenty of money
and fixed incomes are arraying them
selves on the side of the present gold
standard that the gold party is
pledged for, viz: the great railroads,
bankers, great Insurance companies,
Standard Oil company, coal compan-
les, oat meal trust, Vanderbilts,
Whitneys, Goulds, Armours, Wall
street, England and Canada, while
the Democratic or double standard
gold and silver party are Endorsed by
American Federation of Labor,
American Railway Union, knights
of Labor, Postal clerks, Topographic
cal Union, Farmers Alliance and
Grange ard agricultural papers, as
Farm, Field and Fireside, Western
Rural, ETC., and common people of
the Democratic party.
Now dear friend. which set of peo-
pie are you going to ally yourself
with? Which are your friends? God
grant that you may vote as you al.
ways have for both gold and silver,
and death to trusts and monopoly
and foreign policy.