The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-31
DIVIDES THE BODY POLIIIO
coy. BOIES CHdNTS TRE REFRAIN, "THE MASTERS AND THE CL4SSEs.v

Burden of His Address in Opening the
 Iowa Campaign-Deplore the Lot of tho
 Farmer-Cheaper Money, He Says, is
 Best for the People Charges Capitalists
 With Falsifying Facts--Corn Costs to
 Raise 2s Cents a Bushel-It is Now Sell \
 tug at 14 Cents-Alludes to the "Crime of
 '73"-speaks for Relief for the Oppressed
 Masses.
 Waterloo, Ia., Aug. 30.-A large crowd gathered in East Side Park last night to listen to ex-Governor Boies open tha campaign in behalf of the democratic party. MT. Boies said that the subject which called them together was one which overshadowed every other since the great war. MT. Mckinley had taken the pains to allege that an ap- peal had been made to the classes and an attempt made to divide the coun- try on silver. By the very nature of things there must be classes. Tha wealthy man naturally wanted gold standard and that made his money valuable, but the man who produced what must be sold for money would. if he understood, favor bimetallisn. Cheaper money, which they called "de- preciated currency was the best for the people because 1t tended to raise the prices of products.
 T said some days ago to 8 reporter for a New York paper" continued tha speaker, that the condition of tha western farmer is deplorable. That the prices of products of the farm are so low that if a man was given the use of the land and was required to fur- nish the capital to run it, pay the la borer the same wages he could get in other kinds of work, keep up the repaira and had to sell his products for present prices he would find himself without as dollar left at the end of the year. T said that and now I find certain New York capitalists declaring that a greater amount of falsehoods was never included in the same amount of 1an- guage. Now did not make that states 1nent upon my own experience alones but several years ago the Iowa commis- sioner of labor made Inquiry of over 800 Iowa farmers of the cost of raising one bushel of corn. They sent him reports and from them he found 1t cost twenty- eight cents per bushel to raise corn In l Iowa. To-day in over one half Of the state corn is selling for fourteen cents l per bushel."
 He took up the question of prices and said it was all a question of prices. The honor of the country was not in-5 volved for the reason that the govern- ment obligations were payable in coin. They bore no promise to be paid in gold alone. With the gold standard prices I depreeiated. Money had appreciated until now it would purchase twice as much as it would in 1873. The speaker said that compared with the value of the products of labor one dollar in sil-s yer bullion would buy as much as 1t woudI in 1873, while a dollar in gold bullion would purchase twice what 1t woudl then. l What was the true standard? Hes showed that while gold had doubled in value, silver had remained as 1t waH in 1873. He said that the man who must borrow had been Wronged, cruelty wronged. One-h half his money had been taken away while the money of the money lender had been doubled in value. If the Chicago platform resulted in silver monometallism congress could remedy it. live waited until we. got the consent of other nations wa would fasten the gold standard upon the necks of our people for all time to come.