Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-06-12
PROSPERITY" I'M OHIO.

James Creelman. te tam ou8 n-we-
paper correspond" t, writes a. follows
coucerning the t.r'itl, STAT of affairs
which exists IN ONO, III Zone If
the apostle Of pIOtpc loo, whom The
people were coerced Hut humhugge (
into electing President last fall:
"Cries of industrial and commprclal
distress SO up from every cOu ty in
Ohio. The whole commonwealth is
PROSTATE. Iu spite OF the absolute
certainty that the tariff bill WILL be-
come a law within "a few weeks tue
times are growing worse instead of
better.
1T is Impossible to eXaggerate the
distress in this ST Ate. Farms have
actually shrunk to half their v4lne,
and the figures actually show that
ever since Mr.. McKinley's election
values have shrunk uot less than 10
Fer cent. The depression is 80 terri
bic hat Dan institutions are HOLDING
thousands Of overdue mortgages,
which they do not dare to ~foreclose.
because prices have suL9 so low that
farming tnG frequently fails TO tring
the price of the mortgage at public
auction
Wages are being cut down in all
directions. factories are running only
part Of the tune and usually with re-
duced forces. Thousands Of de
workmen join with the ruined farm
ers in the cry for prosperity which
was promised. Everybody knows it.
Nobody denies it.
Il was at Canton and walked about
the very spot where hundreds #
thousands of worklngmen hear. Mr..
Mckinley proclaim from The voy.teu
stage erected in front Of his house
that the defeat IF Bryan would reopen
the closed iactOrie-, raise wages. give
everybody work, restore the DAYS Of
plenty and security To farmers and
give the merchant a chance to live. [
talked with many ~epresentative citi-
zens and they all tUldtre same story
hard times, suffering ard bankruptcy.
Mayor Rice of Canton said:
"Iher V has been ANYTHING
like this in Ohio before. There are
hundreds OF families in Cantor today
who are suffering for want Of food
and clothing. Things are getting
worse. |" three months this wear I
have spent out my private purse for
food and coal and clothing to give
away more than III. years salary as
mayor.
1.-The factories are cutting down
wages and reducing their forces.
Many Of them are not operating more
than three days II week most of them
are running without profit. Farm
land that has been worth 500 an acre
cannot be- sold for $50 an acre. 1t is
almost Impossible to b"rrow money on
and sink.
1.-The farmers and workingmen are
deserting the Republican party by the
wholesale. The Republicans Cannot
Hio NV tN bCfS Oh tIStItSS mere. |
They are to he eeen everywhere. [
know OF scores of men who ara insol-
vent and who continue in business
simply because their creditors do not
dare act. And, in spite OF this terri
BILE condition of things, the Republi-
a party contents itself with the paw
ment Of its private political debts in
the form Of a ta1iff bill.
"'WEy, [ had u ha}f naked girl
come TO ne and ask t I relief for her
penniless father and q family of five
children, with the explanation that
her father v"ted for Mckinley and
thought that OF tnat cot [ might
not feel like helIitg him. OF cuurse
L hrlie ed him, We must help to re-
lieve ~istress in such d time as this
regardless Of politics. But I cannot
see how Senator Hanna and his
friend can fool the people Of Ohio at
the polls tits year,"
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