The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-10-30

Farmer-1 reckon this free silver's
.bout the best friend Of us farmers
hats come our way since the war. AL
owing Bryan's elected all right this
ear. I calc'late I'll be worth nearly
1900 more next year than now.
Farmers Wife-Nonsense. Harve! I
lon't believe silver's going to make
olks rich. One'll have to work tor a
living II Bryan's elected just as hard as
( he isn't.
FL don't deny but what your
leads level there, Jane. Some folks
will have to work harder, but it won't
70 us farmers. Well come out on top
With free silver. That's sure's shooting.
f. W.-What crazy notions in YOUR
lead now anyhow? D'you think farm
'rs are smart enough to make laws
hat'll take money out Of other folks
pockets and put 1t in theirs?
F.-P'r'aps not, but they're going to
ry 1t. I s'pose you don't see how free
'ilver'll help us, but I do.
f. W.T. you'll take my advice.
you'll not bother yourself to death try
ng to get rich by free silver. I'll wa--
ant 1t won't work as you calc'late.
FIN tell you one way it'll help
ne, Jane. You know that II we get
rec coinage we will have silver dollars
worth bout so cents-same's Mexican
dollars now.
F. WI thought Bryan said that
Iilver'd be worth just as much as gold
when we get free silver.
Eyes, that's what he says in the
sast SOS he won't scare the millhands
md savings bank folks too much. But
be don't talk that way out here. be-
cause he knows that amt what we're
.fter. We want cheap money SOS prices
" wheat, corn and pork'll be twice as
high, same as in Mexico.
F. W.-Supp's'n they are. Wouldn't
you have to pay twice as much for
clothes and groceries and everything
Else you'd have to buy? II you got 81
instead Of 81, you'd have to spend 81
Instead Of 81. It'd be as broad as it's
long. II that's the way silver's going
10 make you rich, you'll never get itch.
F.-But I wouldn't have to spend 81
Tor every 81 spend now. You know.
we have at least two hired men the
whole year and three to five more from
April to November, besides the hired
girl for most Of the year. Do you
reckon I'm going to raise their pay
when we get free silver?
f. WI s'pose so. Why shouldn't
you?
F.-Just because wouldn't have to.
P'raps after year or so I'd give 'em
e or s. more a month, but nothing
like double what they're getting now.
calc'late I'd save between $500 and
$1,000 in wages-not quite so much on
John and Dave, because they board with
Us, and Of course the prices Of some
Of the things they eat would go up, but
I'd save bout half on my day hands
who live and board at home. That's
how I fgger it, and it's 'cording to the
opinion Of Governor Boies and other big
silver people. They say farm wages is
too high for profits and that silver'll
bring 'em down.
= F. Wand so that's why you're for
tree silver, Harve Grimes; want to
cheat your poor hired hands out of half
their wages, men who now can hardly
keep their families out Of the poor
house! I thought 1t was them Wall
street shylocks and. goldbugs you're
after with your free silver stick and
that you're trying to square accounts
with them rich fellers. but 1t seems
F.-Hold up there, Jane! Free sill
ver's going to save US bout $1,000 on
what I still owe on that $4,000 mort
gage. Who d'you think'll lose that?
+. WI don't care who'd lose it.
'Taint right to cheat anybody, but I
wouldn't say a word SO longs it's some
body who could afford to lose It, but
when it comes to cheating your poor
neighbors it's time to put stop to It.
I don't care If you never get that other
farm paid for. guess we won't starve
on this old farm. I'm going to tell John
and Dave and all the others Just how
tree silver will hurt them, and I'll get
them all to vote against Bryan. The
idea Of such farmers as you trying to
elect Bryan to cut down the wages of
your hired men! I'm ashamed Of you,
am!