The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-09-18
ARGUMENT OF THE sILveRIrEs
stupid Hypocrisy of BryanItes and
PopuIists-

The Nebraska silyerites. democrat, re
publican and popuiis,, have managed L
make a fusion of similar character u
that made by the same parties in Iowa
Each faction held separate convention,
and adopted separate platforms. but
made coalition on the ticket. The plat,
forms, of course. all declare for free
coinage of silver at sixteen TO one
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other natioa"-lot even OF Mex
| leo, who would doubtless be glad 10 do
all she could for US under such circum-
stances. None of them has anything
TO say of the hardships of the Ameri-
can farmer this year. but. curiously
enough. express great sympathy for
farmers abroad, by deploring the
scarcity with them. The populists, with
undisguised deyoutness. say:
we are thankful 20 Providence rather
than 10 any man for the measure Of pros
per!ty with which our state has been
blessed. ard We attribute the rise In wheat
10 foreign scarcity rather Khan suppose IL
70 be the result of dear sugar or an In
creased tariff on straw"
1t is something 10 have the populists
NAAN Jul prosperity -
the work of Providence. Had BRYAN
been elected last fall all these bountiful
crops which have blessed Nebraska and
other states would have been ascribed
TO him and TO the establishment OF free
oinage at sixteen 10 one.
The silver republicans are not so de-
vout. but are more sympathetic and al
truistic:
We recognize II the boun;iful crops OF
this country and the entire failure OF the
crops in competing countries a special ad-
vantage 10 our people by raising the prices
% farm products, but we deplore famine
n other lands and want prosperity that
does not depend upon the adversely OF the
balance Of the world"
They cannot rejoice in the good for
tune of our farmers. because they pre-
tend TO see behind il the gaunt specier
of famine in other lands. We have but
little patience with such foolish and
false preteXts and CLOSES. The truth
is the advance in the price of wheat
and the fall in the price Of silver have
so disconnected and dumbfounded the
si!verites and so completely overthrown
their arguments and theories that they
are like drowning men grasping az
straws.
The American farmer must not be
glad of the higher prices offered him
for his wheat because his competitors
in other countries have not raised as
large crops this year as usual and there
fore cannot keep the price down.
This is a fine argument to address
to people who so long have suffered
from low prices because of these very
Instead of recognizing the infexible |
law Of nature in these movements
prices governed by supply and demand !
these silverites whine and weep over |
the sad fate of our foreign competitors
in the wheat markets of the world. be- |
cause they have no wheat to undersell |
ours,
What sort OF support should the peo-
pie give TO party like this?
Surely the eyes of the farmer must
be opened by this time to the stupid
hypocrisy of Organism and populism.
Last year. heartbroken because our
farmers had no markets for their sur
plus, this year heartbroken because
they have great and rising markets and |
other wheat-eXporting countries have |
not!-Chicapo Times-Hernld