Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-12
NO EnB IN THE SILVER FLOOD.
NOW 4 GOLD STANDARD MAN TALKS
~ An EASTERN GOLD STANDARD
pApfR.

lspriusded, Mats., Republican, aug, ~
n. W. Hoyi, secretary of the Gates
iron works Of Chicago, now 10 Boston,
has Just returned from business tour
IN the West, through Colorado, Ne
braska ana Kansas, In the very heart Oi
the silver county. Mt HoypH Views
Of tho political conditions n the couu-
Try are not 10 rosy on the tenor Of the
dtpatChts which hTs already predict
Ing recession " the silver tide. He
sayi;
"Anybody who imaglnes that there
viii DO decrease Ia tho silver tenu.
meut west Of the Missouri river, and, l
might almost say, west OF the Missis-
Hippi river, TeckOna without his hest.
tnlksi politics with every one / met
out there, Of oil Glasses, and | found
the opinion all one way. And the
people ate perfectly honest about n.
ellyou, you can't mugine the hardship
VI tue ihrmeTs' iiio unless you have
beon out there. The LAST two yeafs
they Jidn't raise a crop, large or small,
net enough 10 pay the interest on
their mortgages. This year they have
spionuid hafyosts, but what rood ore
they when they can't get anything
Tor them, thoy say, We may believe
there Il somtthing wrong about the
distribution, tut the farmer docs no,
200 lt altogether thAt way. lilo cannot
get money 10 move his ct0ps, ami tar
silver men NJ HE car have no u iiloulty
In peTsuA ling him that therefore thers
~ trouble with tho money iitelf. It
may be true that most OF the farmers
own their lAnde, but 1 have found %
Just the contrary. Most Of them are IN
debt ana largely IN debt, and barely
ablr TO psy tho interest.
"IIet me toll you the story Of n coll
lege friend Of mine who settled ten
years ago as n farmer In southern WI.
cOnsin, which IN one VI tho garden
spots the country, He had Inherit Il
good farm, but ne sold II anu
bought larger one, giving a mort.
gage. For Ave or six years he pros.
itfeI ana was reducing the debt fact.
Then came dullbr times, but he sill
paid inlcres'. During the last three
years he ha. moi beon able TO psy even
that. Now this man ~, or was, a sound
money man. Ho was educated 10
that belief lie ~, and his vile is too,
college bred. lie Ia hard ana level.
| headed. There lan't a corporation in
| the country keeps lis books In better
| style. have looked over them, and
have found what mo tells Inc, that Ia
/ ten years tue value OF his cTOlA have
been haiysd aud oyou qusrtefed. Ana
economic! why he Baii 10 me, with
lrurs In his eyes, I'VE dOn't HIend %
much In year Us you DO 10 woob!
| We d0n't bpsnd anythiuEl AMI We
work from morning till night2 Now
this friend Of mine 10 moi silver man.
| lie Ii not convinced utterly by the
arguments. But lac says that any
| change viii be- welcome 10 him; Il eau.
not DO worse. There are Thousands
just like him. Its wrong TO undtrcsli.
| mate their force.
"Theso farmers are terribly In car.
nos. II WON'T do 10 call them whi,.
keTs ana anarchists lust beGause tut y
cannot afford to keep shaven an are
unhappy. They nrs far from being
anarchists, Why, they're cal ny
New England or eastern boys, ut.
scenjants OF good old Puritan stock,
| who left your UveTcT0Wdrd section aud
went West 10 open up the land. rhaps
what has telIlon Denver and Colorado
| Syringe, too, You DOM want 10 make
any mistake about thtsl people briup