The Republican journal., 1897-10-28

wheat, corn, meat, and other products.
The business men of the country are
again exertng themselves in those States
uLele the silver issue has come into prom
inence in the falls campaign The re-
malkable aligning of the business forces
of the country against the campaign of
anarchy and reputation of last year show
ed that business men were fully alive to
the death blow which was being aimed at
them by the Bryanites, and their present
activity in certain States attests that they
are determined to lend their active efforts
to campaigns as long as there is any vital
ity left in the free silver falacy.
A couple of months ago the free traders
locked complacently at the large exporta-
items OF manufactures under the Wilson
law, and We're only waiting to point exult-
iugly to the falling off of these exporta-
lions under the new law. 1t seems. how
ever, that they were wrong, as usual. The
inst month OF the operations of the Ding
ley law showed a larger expectation of
manufactured articles than for any CORE
spending month of preceding years. SO
much for their statements that the enact
ment Of protective revenue law would
cut off our market abroad for American
manufactures.
Why do Messrs. Bryan, Towne ct al
continue to stand afar off and discuss sill
Yer in ''low tones?' Do they know that
the day of election is coming and that
they have many stumps in Ohio from
which they must speak to fulfill their
pledges? The farmers Of Ohio are burn
ing to hear of the beauties of free silver,
and they also want to ask Nh Bryan about
that 23cent wheat in case Mckinley was
elected. 1t will De remembered that Mr..
Bryan went through Ohio last fall and
said some things about wheat and other
things, and somehow OF other it hasn t
turned out just that way and the farmers
are anxious about it,
The statement of Comptroller Eckels of
the United States Treasury in regard to
the business improvement throughout the
country is very encouraging. He states
that the Improvement has come rapidly
and permeates all lines of industry 1t
began with the agricultural class. The
farmers have large crops and are getting
good prices for them. The cattle raisers
are benefited by substantial rise in the
price of cattle. The same is true with the
sheep-raisers. This improvement in agri-
cultural earnings has had its effect on the
railroads by increasing their earnings. 1t
has put money into circulation and en-
abled people to pay off their debts, and
has thereby benefited the merchants"
What were some of those remarks that
were heralded around from Popocratic
stump to stump last year, to the effect
that our currency was so limited and con-
tracted that we could not do business and
that the only hope for a return to pros
perity was through the free coinage OF
silver at 16 to /? 1t is quite evident to
observant men that some of these Popo-
Gratis were laboring under a mistake, be-
cause by reference to the election returns
Of 1896 it will be seen that the free coin
age proposition was not adopted, and yet
here We find in the country to-day nearly
hundred million dollars more in circula-
ton than there was a year ago, and not q
dollar of it free silver Gold alone has
increased in circulation in the last veal
over fifty million dollars.