The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-27

10 the Ealtot OL-tAe 4hbshhAVASeA'
sIR-The presidential election
Is drawing near and the peo-
pie will have the power in
their hands once more to decide
whether they will remain In the slums
of poverty and starvation. or wrest
themselves from the evil grasp of OPP
preston. 1t is a true saying that
bought experience teaches the best las
sons; and surely. the past four years Of
misery and want viii appeal to the con-
science Of every true patriot OF our
land.
The honest, hard-workng voters who
placed the present officials in their high
positions of trust, are now made the
victims Of their speculation. The gilt
ter of gold. held out to them by the
money gods, has blinded them to the
interests OF the people. Let every la
boring man consider well his condition,
and not permit his judgment to be
warped by the pleadings and promises
OF the disciples sent forth by the mo-
nEY NlAGAP a. AAAht faNA'hS
OF work, and high wages.
Four years ago we were duped by pro-
misses and have been waiting ever since
with patient expectation for those pro-
misses to be fulfilled, but thereby We
have reduced to a condition that VIII
not warrant longer waiting. We now
want relief. Farmers, miners, ana all
other laborersare now drinking the
wor.rn-WOod and gall OF an unwlse ad-
minIstration.
Farmer, what have the Democrats
done for you To whom they promised
SO much? They promised You n dollar
per hushel for your wheat, but you
failed to get it, for the average price
has been about fifty cents. They also
claimed that through the markets OF
the world you would get seventy-hve
cents per bushel for your corn, but, In
stead, you get n reduction OF twenty
per cent You get now from forty-hVe
to fifty cents for your corn, while under
HarrIson's administration the average
price was siXty-fve cents. -Four years
ago You could get seVenty-tive or
eighty dollars for a plug Of horse:
now II takes a splendid horse to bring
YOU forty dollars. You cannot get
more than fifteen dollars to-day for
the same COW you could have sold four
years ago for thirty dollars. But the
worst to you, dear farmer, L have yet
to mention, which Is concerning your
sheep. What profit do you derive from
them? You Will say they have ceased
to be of any value to you whatever
Wool Is only fourteen cents per pound,
which don't pay you for wintering your
sheep. You used TO get from thirty to
forty cents per pound for your wool, but
since the election OF 1899 1t has been rap
idly declining In price until you can
buy your wool now cheaper than you
can winter your sheep.
Then and Now.
You depended largely upon your
wool to pay your taxes, and help keep
up general expenses, but now some of
you are behind in paying your taxes,
and are partly deprived of the power
to purchase your farming implements,
and various other things convenient In
fife. heard n farmer remark that he
used to take part OF his wool to market
and buy clothes for all his family; now,
he said, Il takes all his wool to buy HIM
self one suit OF clothes, and that Of
very inferior quality. He was simply
uttering the sentiments OF thousands
Of farmers who are feeling with sorrow
the effects OF these Democratic times.
Putting wool on the free list also de-,
prives the farmer OF one of n very few
ways OF turning his production Into mo-
ney. AS your sheep ceased to be OF
any value Of course you were obliged 10
part with them. and what price did
they command In the market? You got
on an average OF about 81 % per head
for them, which was the lowest you
ever knew sheep to be.
And, farmer, II you want to sell your
farm now. you cannot get more than
three fOurths rs much for 1t as You
could have sold It for four years ago.
You may ask yourself "hOw Is thls?"
Well, there are n very few men that
will make an Investment In anything
Improbable. There Is no market for the
farm produce. The laboring people con-
sumo the largest part OF the products OF
the farm, and as there is but little
work for them to do, and their wages
are so low, they cannot buy OF the far
mer; hence, the farm ceases to yield
a profit, and, consequently, II the far
mer Is obliged to sell his farm, he must
take what he can get as there Is no de-
mand for ii.
The Miners Condition.
The condition Of the miner Is more
deplorable than that of the farmer. The
farmer can raise his own bread-stufrs,
and to certain degree live Iudepend-
emily Of the hard times, but the miner
has no hard times refuge. He depends
solely upon his trade for livelihood.
and when his business suffers, he and
hIs family must suffer with IL Miners L