The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-09-02
POLITICAL DRIFTWOOD.

The Populists of the country are
| thoroughly disguised with the treat
ment which the Democracy have given
them, and are developing the greatest
| hostility to further attempts at fusion.
The Clevelandite Democrats are max
| ing large accessions TO their ranks
everywhere, and expect to poll a much
| larger vote this year than last.
People who are assuming that the re-
| cent great gold developments are a
! mere matter of good luck to those OPP
posing the Is to l theory are mistaken.
| 1t is more than luck; it is the logic OF
| events. The fact that the world pre-
fers gold to the bulky white metal as
its medium of exchange has stimulated
the production of gold everywhere I'M
| til it seems likely to supply the needs
| of the world for a money metal.
The money in circulation in the Uni
ted States has increased about $780,
100000 in the past year, the price of
foreign products has advanced, and the
business of the country has greatly i'm
proved despite the assertions that no
thing but the free coinage of silver
| would bring an increase of money or
prices to the people of this country.
While the diffusion of the value OF
1on hxy< Of i1roodS ond
the broader application of machinery
to agriculture, with facilities of trans
pOrtation from remote regions, intro
ducing new sources of supplies to the
markets, reduced the price of wheat
and these reasons were beyond the con-
troll of the farmers, there were faults
| in the farmers themselves of which
they should be sensible. They seemed
to be anxious to extend the wheat
areas on their own land, and committed
| the same error in that particular that
has damaged the southern cotton plan
tiers. Let the farmers have diversity
| of crops.
A few days ago there were strange
dispatches from Mexico-"Gold at 125
per cent premium. Business par
alyzed." Why should business be par
alyzed in a free silver country, obi
metallic country" like Mexico, by a
premium on gold? How does it hap
pen that free silver is not the medicine
to cure this trouble? The old farmers
| who hear the voices of the silver
screechers telling how the gold stand
| ard hurts the toilers on the farm and
in the shop should ask for an answer to
this question and insist upon getting
it.
The people who attempted to make
the people believe a few months ago
that Secretary Sherman had passed the
period of active usefulness are saying
nothing more on that subject. Sec
rotary Sherman's expressions of views
ON current political topics are clear,
crisp, and vigorous. and strike a re-
American citizen.
What Of the price of wheat in the fu-
ture? Is the rise now so remarkable
in the markets temporary affair? Will
wheat go down again when there are
good crops on other continents? It is,
of course. true that heavy crops else
where will reduce the price of wheat,
simply because they will reduce the de-
mand for it. There can be no help FOR
that. But the growing of wheat can
be made profitable. The first notable
influence will be found in the increase
by many millions of the consumers of
white bread. These millions were intro
duced to the better breadstuff Of civili-
zation by the low rates that prevailed,
and they have acquired taste for it.
The same influences that have enlarged
the wheat-producing lands and cheap
ened the production have found new
kets. So this great matter of white
bread for the world will adjust itself
handsomely.
The farmers of the country should
give their attention closely to a few
contrasts. The free traders made q
great row over the sugar bounty and
| the tin-plate duty. Their contention
was the sheer impossibility that We
should produce our own sugar and tin.
Already every farmer in America
knows that Ne shall soon produce al
| the sugar We consume and save hun