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''The best Of men that G. er wore
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-05
THE WISE KANSANS.
How They Sought to Increase Their
Wealth by Legislative
Enactment.

F. A. Stillwell has prepared lcafiet
purporting to give history of certain
events occurring near the close of the
Nineteenth century. 1t was declared to
be period of depression. during which
il occurred to the wise men of Kansas
that they could legislntc themselves into
afflucnce. The governor assembled the
wise men and said:
A Kansas policy for Kansas is the
raise. and the yield is light and uncer-
tain: but we are great on corn. Make
ye. therefore. Il law i'm accordance with
which sovereign and august statute corn
shall he put upon par with wheat.
They shall be interchangeable. and the
price of corn shall be- the same as the
price of wheat.
The wise men passed the law as the
governor had advised and all the people
of the state rcjoiccd, for their cribs were
full of corn. They could hardly contain
themselves till the governor had signed
the bill which raised the price of Kansas
corn from - cents to ~ cents n bushel.
All the people now felt rich. They
bought many luXurics and the most of
them went in debt. Then the farmers
from other states began hauling their
corn to Kansas. 1t seemed ny if the conn-
try was all corn and i was all headed
for Kansas. The people of Kansas took
their medicine-that is, they took the
corn and gave up their wheat.
! The farmers from the other states
thought Kansas people were queer, but
they kept bringing them their corn. Corn
came in and wheat went out.
When the other states saw this vast
accumulation. the price of corn began to
decline till 1t could be purchased any
where except in Kansas for 10 cents
bushcl. In Kansas the price was still
45 cents, which was the price of wheat,
but there were no buyers. When the
autumn came the Kansas people did not
have any. wheat for seed. Then they
sent to the neighboring states and inn
plored farmers to exchange wheat at a
parity with corn. But the farmers said:
I'VE will exchange one bushel of wheat
for four and one-half bushels of corn"
"Our law" replied the Kansas people,
puts corn and wheat mt n parity. They
are equal, for our wise men said they
should be- And the farmers replied:
Your wise men are asses; let them eat
your corn" So the Kansans went back
home and all their people were in de-
spair.
Then the governor again assembled
the wise men and said to them. "Most
consummatc, picturesque and glttering
COLL darned fools. There is but one
who addresses you.
I'VE thought we could bluff the ever
lasting law of supply and demand with
our statute. We thought we could Leg
isate value into n thing and make our
people rich by law. We thought
we were patriotic. We were idiotic.
Let us honestly acknowledge our as
sininity. repeal our fool law. get back
into line with the other states and imag-
inc no more that we are wiser than the
whole world. Do this. and may we live
long enough to know that the other
states have ceased laughing mt our folly
and that our own state has ceased curs-
ing us for It,"
Then the wise men repealed the law,
but il was many years before the peo-
pie recovered from the effects of the corn
srurp-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-05
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dollar. he says. that has brought down
all this alleged calamity upon us.
Nobody but the mine owner would be
benefited If silver should 90 up from
liS TO 100 cents per ounce, and we can
hardly suppose that Mr.. Bryan is run
ming this silver crusade for the sole and
exclusive benefit of handful of million
aire mine owners.
His whole argument is for cheaper
dollars if it has any sense or point at all.
He cntices farmers to join in the cru
SADIE by suggesting that they can pay
their debts easier with cheap dollars.
He is like the unjust steward who said
to the debtor who owed his lord Il hun
dred measures of oil. take thy bill and
sit down quickly and write fifty"
lie tells the wage-earners that it would
be good thing for them to get their
pay in cheaper dollars and that in some
roundabout way cheaper dollars would
give them steadier employment.
He tells the holders of insurance poll
cies that it would he blessed thing for
them to have their losses paid in cheaper
dollars, because the companies would
lose more than they (thc policyholders)
would.-the aggregate of premiums On
ccedihg the aggregate of losses. and the
premiums being paid in cheaper dollars.
He tells the depositOrs in savings
banks that il would be Il nice thing for
them to draw out cheaper dollars than
they put in because if they don't they
may not be able to draw out anything,
or they may find it necessary to draw
out all their money to meet living ex-
penses.
BY such puerilities he seeks to induce
people to swallow the free silver pill.
But we observe one strange oversight
Mr.. Bryan did not explain how cheaper
dollars would benefit pensioners. He
might have told them that they could
more than make up their loss by dead
heating their landlords and butchers and
grocers. But he lost his opportunity
Perhaps he will attend to that in his
formal letter.
When il comes to that he may think
ii best to make it little clearer, if he
can. how workingmen. policy holders. de-
positors in savings banks and investors
in building and loan associations would
he benefited by getting their pay in dol
lars worth anywhere from 10 to 80 per
cent. less than the dollars they are now
getting. or the dollars they deposited in
vested or paid in premiums.
There is ground remaining TO be COW
cred in that formal letter." though the
informal speech was two hours long
Chicago Chronicle Dem.).
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-05

remember In 1864, after his dreadful
wound, we did not suppose we would
have him with us again-we have with
us today that brave soldier comrade, Col.
Russell b. Hastings IApplause.l l
was glad TO note In tho eloquent speech
of my comrade. Can't. Ellen. that the
old Twenty-third Ohio stands in 1896
as 1t stood In 1861, for the country and
the country's flag. lGrent applause and
cries For Mckinley, tool Nobody
could have doubted that, knowing the
metal from which this old regiment was
made.
My comrades, you are just as loyal to
country now as You were loyal to country
then. and ns you stood from 1861 to 1860
for the preservation of the government
of the United States, You stand today
government and the preservation of it,
credit and currency. lCheers.l
Protection and Sound Money.
l do not know what you think about
ii. but / believe that II IN a good deal
better to open up the mills of the Unit
cd States to the labor of America than
to open up the minis of the United
States to the silver of the world. Great
cheering and cries of you are right
Washington told us over and over again
that there was nothing 80 important
said that the most important source Of
strength was the public credit, and that
the best method of preserving II was to
use ii as sparingly AZ possible. No gov
eminent can get on without II and pre-
serve its honor. No government is great
enough to get on without it. In the
darkest days of the revolution. Robert
Morris. its iinancier. went to one of his
friends in Philadelphia after he had in
N n Inhtnr
sum of money on account Of the gov
eminent and said to him: 81 must have
S1.J00000 for the continental army"
His friend said: what security can
you give. Robcrt?" He answered.: my
name and my honor" Quick came the
reply: Robert. thou shalt have it,"
| Applausc.l And from that hour until
now the country's honor has been our
sheet anchor in every storm.
Lincoln pledged it. when. in time OF
war. we issued paper money. He said:
EVERY dollar of that money shall he
made as good as gold" And it was left to
Rutherford Il. Hayes. your old colonel,
hs President of the United States. to ex-
ccute the promise in the resumption or
applause.l When Robert Morris said
that they had nothing to give but their
honor there was behind his word 3,OOO.-
900 of struggling patriots. Today behind
the nations honor are 1O.OOO.O0O of free
men. who mean to keep this government
and its honor and integrity and credit
unquestioned. lGreat applause.l
l thank you, my comrades. for this
call. Nothing has given me greater
pleasure. Nothing gives me greater
pride than to have been u private soldier
with you in that great Civil war; Zap
plausc.l bid you welcome to my home.
You already have my heart; you have
had f,r th.,,, n .t,
checring.l 1t will give Mrs. Mckinley
and myself much pleasure, l assure you,
to have you come into our home. lap
plause and three cheers for McKinley.l
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-05
.roor Mans Money"

Among the trunsparcncics carried by
the shouters for Bryan ut Des Moines
Friday evening were some bearing the
words. "Silver is the poor mans money"
vote for the poor mans money" and "A
2OO-cent dollar is dishonest dollar"
Such sentences show the drift of the
public mind and reveal only too plainly
that with many people the silver ques-
ton is one Of prejudice rather than one
of reason. What is the meaning of the
phrase. "Silver is the poor mans mon
cy!' We doubt very much if the man
who carried that transparency could
have given an intelligent answer. Under
present conditions silver dollar of the
United States will buy just as much at
home or abroad az II gold dollar. II
makes no difference to the workingman
whether he receives his weekly wages
in gold or silver coin. The amount of
goods he can purchase is the same. IN
til the agitation of the silverites drove
the gold of the country into hiding places
workmen were often paid in gold Cand
when this silver craze is squelched they
will again receive gold as u part of their
wages.
There is one way. however, in which
silver can be said tn be the poor man =
money. In those countries where the
coinage of silver is unrestricted the wage
carners are emphatically poor. list
of those countries Is printed Ill anotHer
column this morning and the wages paid
TO skilled and unskillcd laborcrs given. As
was shown by the well-authenticated let
tiers from Mexico published in the Re
publican OH Friday and Saturday the
price of the nccessures of life in these
countries is double the price paid in the
United States. Is this ''the poor mans
money" that the .wage-earners of the
United States are to vote for? Are they
willing to sink to the level of the Next
can peon or the coolie of India? If so
the way to do il is to vote for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver. If n
free coinage law such as is contemplated
by the silvcritcs be passed, one of two
things must happen. Either the silver
of the entire world must he lifted to u
parity with gold or the silver dollar of
the United States must sink to the level
of Mexico and other silver countries.
In that case the wages of the working
man will he cut in two and he will in
deed have cause to talk of poor mans
money
Why should not the laborer continue
TO be paid in good money Cedar Rap
ids Republican,.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-05
Rich and the Poor.

Here now comes up this thoroughly
un-American question of the rich against
the poor. Some criticism is already lev
eled at this movement because those en-
gagged in II are representatives of proper
ty in their respective localities. Ii is
characterized rs the rich mans move
ment. Property is banding together to
carry its ends. and those ends are mimi
cal to the wage-earner and the farmer.
This simply is criminal nonsense. There
is not the slightest warrant in reason for
any such statement. The paramount is
sue of the campaign is business issue.
ness-whether that blood shall be puri-
fed and kept pure. or vitiatcd and i'm
poverishcd. Surely that proposition
reaches and interests everybody. And
another point. What authority is there
for the assumption that in moving in his
own interests the business man IL NOV
ing against the interests of other men?
Under free government all interests
are allied. The business man cannot
prosper If the wage-earner and the farm
or do not. 1t is impossible. II the crops
fail and the mines and factories are idle.
so that the farmer and the wage-earner
have no money. how can the merchant.
or the banker. or the manufacturer
thrive? Where is business TO come
from? On the other hand. If times are
good and confidence prevails. all feel the
benefits alike: Not all in equal degree.
OF course: That could not he. That
never has been. That never will be. But
to the extent of their stake in tho game,
when the winnings are large. the farmer
and the wage-earncr get their share along
with the business man.-Washingtor
Star
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-05

guarantee it legal tender with gold un-
der it. 1t would take $400.0OO.0o0 to
do this-1G to l. Can we do it,
How about Mexican and India sill
ver!" asked the populist.
"Ah, that would come to us like Il
deluge. We have no tariff against sill
yer. 1t would pour in upon MS: 200
OOO.OOO people We Id unload on 10000
600. There has been mined during the
last 100 years $4,000. OOO.OO0 worth of
silver. The world mined 5000. 165. 900
worth of 50-cent silver last year. This
would come rushing in upon MS. We
would be the dumping ground of the
world. We could not coin it, and when
we stopped our guarantee all our coined
silver would fall back from III TO / to
81 to |. We would have the 50-cent
dollars Of China and Japan. with no gold
in our treasury, and be the laughing
stock of the world"
"Well. who would he benefited by free
coinage" asked the Populist.
well, no one but the mine owners.
There are 5000 of them. Their work
men are paid in silver, paper or gold
dollars worth 100 cents in gold. The
mine owner is working for silver
worth - cents. The farmer is getting
money rs good rs gold for his wheat
and cotton now. With free silver he
could get no more for his produce nor
no better money than he is getting.
And. by and by. if we went on coming
silver al libitum. silver would go down
like the old grecnbacks in 1863. That
went down to 30 cents on II dollar.
while gold stood still. YoH could buy
wheat then for $3.50 in grccnhacks or
81 cents in gold. You could buy farm
in 1863 for 500 IN acre in greenbacks or
$40 in gold. Do you want that to occur
again:"
The Populist was silent.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-05
Japan and Mexico.

''If silver Is such an abomInnbIe curse.
why are japan and Mexico booming with
prosperltyT'-J. X. Amber. Mich.
No one says that silver r. an
"abominable CURSE The project of 90
ing to the silver standard Is one which
would bring on an era of panic and
financial disaster; but to- saw this
project is bad is not to say silver is n
"curse." Try to apply reason to tho
subject. not prejudice and emotion. The
question Is plain one of business and
only common sense is needed to settle II
rightly.
You say Japan and Mexico are "boom-
ing with prosperity" How do Won
know thisY Prosperity IL an extremely
relative term. In both countries the
wages of the working class are so low
that an American workingman would
deem them starvation wages. He could
not live. Mexico il far more prosperous
than she has been for many years. but
IL il because. under President Diaz.
thee has been peace. The country has
not been the scene of chronic revolution,
as il was up to few years ago. Wagc-
are very low, and manufacturing n,
profitable. Japan Is just adopting the
use Of machinery in manufactures, and
Is yet far behind us in everything
Toledo Blade.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-05
who control silver Mines ?

"Docs Wall street own or control any OF
all the silver mines Of this country II so.
what is her object in being so still about
it'll. j., Dresden. Kan,
You seem to think Wall street is a
woman. We doubt If the majority of
the Populists who talk so glibly about
"Wou street" know what IL is. The
limited States subtreasury in New York
is ON Wall street: so are II humber OF
hanks and brokers' offices. When prop
crly usc, "Wall street Is simply a gen.
oral name for the dealers in New York
in stocks, bonds and other securities.
The silver mines are owned by cor
porations. and their stock Is dealt in by
New York brokers, the same as other
stocks. "Wall street, is not keeping
stijl about il. The fellows who are
kecping still are the great silver barons,
who are pushing free coinage, and spend
ing money like water to make II win.
They don't want the voters to know
that free coinage mt 10 to l would. by
uniting the country on a silver basis,
make the value of the dollar depend
IN The market price of silver bullion,
which they, by speculation, could run
mn or down. and really put the entire
money of the country at their mercy
Toledo Blade.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-05
Questions for wagc-Earners.

History teaches that in all cases where
the cost of living has suddenly Increased
as a result Of deprecated money wages
have invariably been the last to respond
to such conditions. Does anybody be-
lieve that with 53-ccnt dollars as the
sole money Of redemption the wages of
the $4,000 railway employees would be
doubled? Would the salaries of the
100000 school teachers be doubled7
Would the wages of the 6.OOO.OOO wom-
he doubled? Certainly not.-Galveston
Newa
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-05
To william j. Bryan.

You shall not prod the sides Of labor
with goads Of silver. You shall not i'm
pale the laborer's wife upon the nrongs
American.