Owingsville outlook., 1896-09-03


the money to run the plant and
who have host of strong lunged
and W. j. Bryan as a
sort of Generalissimo, are supposed
to be unknown to the public. Will
this Chicago Platform become pop
ular even with this high-colored
label? n few, We believe; for in
stance, Capitalists, who furnish
money to propagate business enter
prises, and are therefore the back
bone of the commercial interests of
the country; the Banker, without
whom the business men would wan
der in darkness; the manufactur-
ers, who furnish employment of II
large per cent. of the laborlng
classes and who pay them such
wages in such money that will
purchase more of the neccssaries
of life than is paid in any other
country on the globe, and more
than at any previous period in this
country. This beverage is most
dangerous to the owners and oper-
ators of railroads, for to drink is
to die.
Insurance companies who handle
more money each year than would
be required to pay off the national
debt, turn away with disgust. The
sight of the bottle scares the whole
sale men and iobbers of the whole
country, and nine out of ten of the
thrifty retail men of the country
say "Ugh! All men who are
working for stated salary want
none of 1t, neither does the thrifty
farmer. To sum up, no man, with
out regard to his business or occu-
patton, who has made this life a
success, wants medicine warrant
ed to kill.
Show me IA man whose life is IA
failure and I'll show you man
who reaches for the bottle. Why
not? ne has nothing at stake. He
is of no account to the world and
the world is of no account to him.
A few days ago ! met Il man GO
ing to Rodbourn with a wagon
load of railroad ties and in conver-
satiOn with him | asked him if he
was in favor of free silver. He
said "Ies," and nearly all of his
neighbOrs were of the same persua-
sion. / asked him why he favored
free silver. He said that it would
make money more plentiful, and
that he would get more for what he
had to sell. | learned from him
that not only himself but al hi.
neighbors owned their little noun
tain homes, had plenty of rough
timber land, and that their income
was derived from hauling such for.
est products as slaves, tan bark
and cross-ties to the switch at Rod
bourn.
This gentleman told me that II
years ago he could get $40 per 1,00t
for staves that now sold for $50
could get $3.50 for tan-bark tha
now brought $500; could get 30,
a piece for ties that now brOugh
25c. Iasked him if he usually sol,
anything else aud he said No"
asked him if he got the money fo
ais slaves, and he said "Oh, yes
there was no trouble about gettin!
the cash for nything he hauled t
switch"
/ then asked him if it was not /;
fact that he could buy from ! to
! more of such of the necessaries o
life1rr,st- he Was compelled to pur
chase for his family for load o
slaves, bark or ties now than h,
could 10 years ago when he ha'
said money was plentiful.
OF course be was compelled t.
admit this to be fact. / told hin
that his argument in favor of
change of our monetary system wa
hardly satisfactory, and that
would be pleased to listen to an,
additional advantages that he o
his neighbors would derive from
the free coinage of silver at the ra
ito of 16 to l. He told ME that h
was not as well posted as some oil
the question,-"Knew enough
about it to know that he was right
and if was seeking further light
to go to town (meaning Morehead
and that l would find plenty o
men able and more than willing t.
enlighten me-" / went, but up t
date have found no one who cal
explain how free coinage can bene
fit 25,000,000 of people in thi
country whose condition in life i
something analogous to my Chris
tie Creek friend: they own thei
homes and work at something tina
brings them an amount of none,
that purchases more of the com
forts of life than at any previou,
period in the history of this or an,
other country.
All men tell me that 10 years ag'
money was plentiful and time
were good; they say that there i
no money in the country now, bu
all admit wages to be about th'
same now as then and that tn,
men who buy the products of tn
forest pay cash for all they buy
and buy all they can get; they ais
admit that $l.00 now goes nearl,
as far as $500 l0years ago. What
wrong? Who will rise up and ex
plain? ENQUIRER.
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