Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-01-16
BoGARTIsM.

est thought and consideration of every farm
er in the Gated States. and that is our e.
nance system, which is disturbing the minds
OF farmers in the United States and also in
9th, countries on which England has a IT,
gers grip. This is not a partisan but a
national question. No nation can get alorg
successfully without circulating medium
and in quantity and character that it cannot
be contracted or expanded by bankers or
any other manipulation. When this nation
gained her independence from British bond
age the wise leaders set out to boild up a
prosperous nation, and amonz the first
things they did was to select silver for the
standard or unit of all values. They took
SIX grains of pure silver, and alloy to
harden. and put the stamp U. s. A., one
that should and must remain a dollar, and
not a SOC dollar but a 100c dollar. They al
so made money out of gold and based its
value on the unit of silver. The relative
value of gold was to 1G of silver and under
this system this nation prospered for nearly
100 years. All through our money wars and
trials silver remained the unit of value and
all other values conformed to il. Of course
there was little fluctuation in monev ma
tors caused by the law of supply and demai d
but the government and the people pros-
pered. Bat in 1873 congress, probably 10
favor European capitalists, changed the
m sasurement aud made gold the star
dlrd of unit value Soon after Germany
followed and then began a change that hes
caused more disaster to this country lhsn
all else combined. Then began the break
ing down of silver as measured by the new
standard gold.
Mints in the US, Germany and France
have been closed to the free coinage of sill
yer since. In little book believed to be
galauthority find table of the relative
commodity value of silver to gold each year
was worth l0l lilo and it remained above
coinage value until 1861 when it was 80 so.
In '67 it was 80 7-10 and in '73 1t was 81 1e.
81 you see 10 10 years, under the law of sup
The 10 years following silver was under the
influence of British capital probably used
in the U. s. congress. In '92 it was 65 4-10,
drop of about 33c. For nearly 100 years
prior to '73 silver paid national debts as well
as individual debts in foreign countries, but
now nothing but gold will pay foreign
debt. And now as the farmers consider this
matter seriou, ly, does it affect us? 1t GER
tainly does for we are now paying England
annually about $200,0O0,0OO national and
private, and it takes twice as much GO cent
wheat or $50 horses to realizeit as it did be-
fore '73. Right there Bro. Farmer is where
we are paying the government debt, and
will call your attention to our national and
county officers salaries. Theirs have ill.,
creased and ours decreased nearly one half,
while theirs are doubled. Can't you plainly
see there is something wrong, and who is to
blame? / say no one but the farmers and
wealth producers of the U. s. Isay it is the
duty of every farmer to stand mp for his int
est. Don't go to your party political law
yer or Office seeker and ask who we will nom-
mate for Office but make your own choice
and accept no ones offer. Nominate farm
er who will work for the agricultural inter-
est. You need not leave your good old par
ty, but work to that end and be content with
nothing else. These hard times are not a
partisan question. The finance question is
the main backbone of this nation and it is
in perious condition. / claim we should
restore silver to where it properly belongs
and make it pay any debt that gold will pay.
Send no more mi lionares or lawyers to
congress. You don't suppose they will leg
isate against their interest-high salaries,
high taxes and low prices for farm produce.
They are nearly all agents for ri IN corpora
tions and when these corporations want
law that will discriminate against the labor
ers aud help them, they get all they ask for.
Put farmers in the halls of congress who
will work for America aud let Europe take
her subjects home. Give Americans Amer
ica. The great state of Ohio has but one
farmer in congress. How does that sound?
The farmers pay three -fourths of their sal
aries and we want at least one-half farmers
in congless-then we may expect our inter-
ests looked after. Don't letyour party Law
yer make you believe that farmer don't
know enongh to make laws for himself. It
does not require half the brains to perform
the duties of a congressman better than
they have been done for the last 30 years as
it does to successfully perform the duties re-
quired of farmer on an 80 acre farm and
rear family, educate them and keep his
bank account in his favor under existing
laws. lam republican but would rather
have every Office filed by democrat pro.
viding he would give US such laws as would
reduce officials salaries one-half from Pres.
Cleveland down to Janitor Hirseland of Ma
poleon, that would give us the unlimited
coinage of silver and let it take its chances
with gold in the law OF supply and demand,
and work for the good of America instead
of England and the millionares as the last
30 years of legislation indicates.
Indie items plainly show that there is a
plan by the Rothchllds and their agents in
this country to get grip on all the proper
tyihere they can with the view of owning this
country some day, and their prospects at
present think are fattering and nothing
short of white heat will save us without
radical change in our finances. salaries and
unequal and double taxation.
Fraternally,
GEO N, BoGART