The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28

CHA. 1t was between seasons In Ar
gentia, and nothing could come forward
from there till January. The crops Of
| Germany, France. and England were q
| poor average
| All this meant, In the natural course of
things, consireably higher prices. Russia,
| knowing this, was content to wait, not
! withstanding her ports would be ice bound
| by the middle of November. Did the
| United States do the same? No Not on
| ly was there no attempt to reap the benefit
| which belonged to the farmer by right OF
| the law of supply and demand, but the
wheat was rushed forward heller SHELTER,
| and thrown at the English buyers for what
| 1T would fetch. Freights were engaged
| weeks ahead, and vessels loaded deep were
| sent over in quick succession, their car
| goes dumped out, and they rushed back in
| ballast to bring over more. While this
| was going on one Russian seller that 1
knew of, seeing that he had made mis-
take paid his English buyer $4,000 to cam
| eel the sale Of cargo, and he made money
| by it afterwards. The people in the grain
| trade in England were amazed at the wan
ton sacrifice IF Chicago will wait, will
make a concerted upward movement, we
can put wheat up 2Oc a bushel" they
| ued to ship wheat for what it would fetch.
'It was the financial positon,'' they said.
Now what does this mean? 1t means that
the great capitalsts-the monied interests
the banks and the railroads wished to
impose upon the people of the United
States a sense of security and comfort by
showing a solid gold reserve in the treas
ury and a big river of gold flowing across
the Atlantic 1t would prove that there
was plenty of gold-it would help Mr.. Nc
Kinley's election.
So the banks went through the little op-
GRAFTON known as putting on pressure, -
the people were. called on for debts-they
must pay at once.
simultaneously the railways reduced
rates to the seaboard, and thus the move
ment was forced The poor farmer could
not hold. His wheat was forced out Of
his hands as fast as it could be thresned
by the inexorible power Of the financier;
and so the country is made happy by per-
ceiving a big balance of trade in its favor
and the farmer is robbed of vast sum
which would rightfully and certainly have
been his could he have held out little
while-only little while-for England was
bound to buy his wheat or starve.
| This is the object lesson given to the
IdTIior Dy the HHdncleS, WHO HAS tIo du-
! dacity to assert that their interests are
Identical.
Under such circumstances I shall be
very much surprised to hear that the farm
ers, the back bone of the American nation,
will not cease the present opportunity to
emancpate themselves from their tor
| mentors
1 should think that they are shrewd
enough to vote in favor Of their own in
terests, and these undoubtedly are bound
up with Bryan and free silver.
j. B. Burnhill.
Late editor of the Flora Qll). Democrat.
Oct. /. 1896.
YOUNG MEN IN HISTORY.
When you hear the claim made that
William ]. Bryan is too young to be elected
| president, just call attention to the follow
| ing facts:
Napoleon was emperor of France at 35
| Commodore Perry fought the battle of
| Lake Erie at g.
| of the revolution.
Fulton was % when he launched his first
steamboat.
| Thomas Jefferson was SO when he draft
| ed the Declaration of Independence.
| Gen. Sheridan was "a at the close of the
| war of the rebellion. in which he was a
| leading general.
| John Hancock was 3S when president Of
| the continental congress which adopted the
| Declaration of Independence.
| Henry Clay at 81 was United States COM
| missioner to negotiate the treaty Of Ghent.
William Pitt was prime minister at 27.
Robert Bruce at 40 defeated the English
| at Bannockburn.
! Daniel Webster at 36 was the leading law
yer in the United States.
Yet BILLY" Bryan at 81 is called Il
| :'boy." The above is a very creditable list
Of "boys"-and there are Others"