Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-10

products of his farm to pay his taxes
and topay the interest on his mortgage,
and to obtain the bare neceSsaries OF life |
for himself and his family. how is he go
ing TO obtain those Injuries which they
say comes from this great national
blessing of cheapness. When contrac-
ton Of the currency causes decline IN
prices as it always has done, and is do
products of all kinds iscontinuallv drop
ping lower and lower all the time; when
business men and capitalists are obliged
to withdraw their money from manu-
featuring enterprise and the channels OF
trade on account of falling prices; when
as a result factories are shut down, i'm
provements, buildings and industry OF
all kinds is at a standstill and laboring
men are thrown out of work, how in the
name of common sense are they to OBJ
| tain the dollar to buy those Injuries
and to enjoy this great national blessing
which the republicans preach SO much
about.
| We would like to have the people who
read this article look at tire condition at
home in our own locality and con
slider this matter in u practical way
! for themselves If the saw mllsof Eagle
River and Rhinelander and other
! numbering towns are obliged to shut
down because lumber is so cheap that
| it cannot be sold for enough to pay Tor
| the manufacturing, and the laboring
men are thereby thrown out Of employ
ment and unable to earn dollar, tell us
how are thry going to enjoy this great
national blessing OF cheapness. Ii you
ask the manufacturer and employer why
he keeps constantly reducing the wages
of his laborers; ask him what's the cause
OF these reductions OF ; per cent and 10
per cent and 20 per cent occurring every
little while in his pay rolls. and he will
tell YOU that he is obliged to do SO on
accout of the continual falling OF prices.
On the other hand while the price OF
property OF all kinds is constantally fall
ing, and while the price of labor is being
reduced; mortgages are not falling, taxes
are as high as ever, our debts must be
paid atthe same rate of interest as before
Only the means of meeting th@m and re
deening them are falling, and with every
new weight of burden that isplaced upon
the toilers back these republican demagog-
ues clap their hands with JOY and shout
'How prices are falling and call 1T a
''great national blessing
| There is not usurer or shylock on
earth who grinds the faces Of the poor
whose heart wonld not thrill with de-
light to hear the republicans praise OF
falling prices. Surely the intelligent men
Of this country can see the absurdity of
such preaching.
In the same article the statement is
made thut the gold standard has never
caused wages to fall, and still they admit
that we are upon Il gold basis at he
present time. Senator Thurston, OF
/
can orators. in a speech at Milwaukee
the other day made the statement that
| there was more than million of men
/ out of employment in the United States
at the present time, and vet they claim
that the gold standard will not cause
wages to fall.
We never hear any attempt on th.ir
part to explain the real condition Of
affairs. Always trying to conceal and
garble the truth, and carry on their
campaign with Il loud noise and great
flourish and by throwing abuse at
William J. Bryan and attempting to
ridicue the principles uf the Chicago
platform. They are never tired OF try
ing to prejudice the minds of the voters
by calling the advocates of bimetallism
anarchists, popultss and socialists, and
calling. us the party OF reputation. They
/ They are always ready to tell about
what they are opposed to, but we have
not heard them state syet what they
promise the country in the way OF relief
if they are elected.
We hear them continually shouting
Sound Money! IAN honest dollar for
the laboring man." Rally around the
old flag" and lotmore such nonsense;
only an empty iargon OF words without
any meaning. They arc a very noisy lot
OF fellows, these ranting, shouting re-
publican takers, but they are always
sure to cover up the truth and avoid the
real issues OF the campaign.
| They have not told us vet what they
mean by the sound money which they
are agitating so much, unless they leave
us to gather the meaning from the pres
ent condition of business in the country,
and in that case the definition could
| seem to be: plenty OF sound from the