The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-07-31
RIPPER MARLBOROUGH MARY LAND JULY 81 1896
OPEN LETTER TO MCKINLEY.

McSsrS. Spcrrev, Jones Il Co., of Balti-
more who are dealers in investment Secur-
tiles and who recently purchased from the
State of Maryland S600'o0o }! per cent.
bonds issued by it, have addressed the fol
lowing letter to the Hon. VIM. Mckinley,
republican nominee for President:
..iIrn u M. MrhiHi-y. canton Ohi,.
Sir
I'VE believe that it is within your pow
er to enunciate such doctrine in your let
ter of acceptance as will tend to solve the
problems with which our country is at pres
ent confronted.
In the conduct of our business we tray
el in all sections of the country and are
thus brought into contact with the capital
list. the merchant. the savings bank depoS-
itor the beneficiary of life assurance, the
farmer and the laborer Our sources of
information are therefore varied and ex-
penSive. and. after mature thought. we
venture some suggestions derived from
the information thus obtained.
''While Il gold or silver standard of value
has much to do with the present crisis. it
is not the principal disturbing element.
Indeed. We 90 SO far as to say that if the
other conditions We're met the money
question would adjust itself
1t should be remembered that the
world has seen no great war for many years
The population has been rapidly increas-
ing. The increased population has in
these peaceful times been engaged in pro-
ducing. and these productions have been
wonderfully increased by the aid of the
arts and sciences. which have led to labor
saving inventions of all kinds. until today
there is produced in all parts of the world
more than can he consumed. In the Old
World cheap labor due to dense popula-
ton. while the dense population. serves
to reduce the cost of production, while the
opening up of Africa India and South
America to settlement by the farmer has
SO increased the product of agriculture as
to render it impossible for the farmer in
the nited States. who has for many wears
raised more than enough for home con
sumption. to find Il mari-ct abroad for his
surplus products.
We believe that I; bounty should be
paid the farmer on every farm product eX
ported. In this way he will secure better
prices for his products, as this bounty
will enable him to market his surplus
abroad and by reducing the quantity left
for home consumption, to receive more
money for what is sold at home.
II hder the protective laws of the past
the manufacturer has apparently been
benefited at the expense of the laborer
and farmer. Under the proposed scheme
the two latter classes. who form by far
the greater p0rti III of our population will
be equally benefited. Will not the paw
mcnt OF a bounty on agricultural products
exported cquaIize the tax paid by the fa'
mcr on articles which have received tariff
protection.
IF the manufacturer is to be protected
by a tariff on imports and the farmer by
bounty on exports and il tariff on I'M
ports. the wOrkin gnan should be protect
ed against the i'm ,,ortation of the cheap
la Dor of the old world. The per capita
tax co l.ctcd from each immigrant should
be of an amour SIfi ent to keep out pau :
pcrs and to admit healthy immigrants who
can produce "a lSftCtorv evidence of good
character.
The present fcrlin" of uncertainty and
lack of confidence has its origin among the
farmers and laboriny classes. These have
seen the product of their toll steadily de-
cline in value notwithstanding the fact
that the country has been opon IA gold ba-
sis and today, when it is scarcely possible
for them to sell enough to poorly clothe
their families, they are for "a change-for
sllver-fOr anything other than what is
and has been. They imagine in their ig-
n"rance that under silver basis their
condition cannot be worse. Assure them
some of the protection which the manufac-
turer received and they will drop away
from their populistic and fallacious silver
ideas as leaves drop from the trees in the
fall
"Rcspectfully
lSigned.D "SrERRY, JONES X Co"