Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-22
THE sILvERlrus. ARGUMENT.
stupid Hypocri~y OF Br.nnitc. and
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The Nebraska SilNeritcs. democrat. re-
publican anu populiS,. have managed tn
make a fusion OF a similar character TO
that made 10y the same parties i'm Iowa.
Each faction held separate conventions
aud adopted separate platforms. but
made "A coalition on the ticket. The plat-
forms. OF course. all declare for free
coinage OF silver ut sixteen to one
without waiting for the aid or consent
Of any other nation''-uot even of Mex
leo, who would doubtless be glad to do
all she could for MS under such circum-
stances. None of them has anything
tn 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
uudiSguiscd dcvoutneSS. say:
we are thankful to pra,~jN~acc rather
than TO any man for ~ tHtsS~.e OF pros
pcritN with which our state has been
blessed. and We attribute the rise I'm wheat
to foreign scarcity rather than suppose Il
u be the result OF dear sugar or AN in
creased tarin on straw"
Ii is something to have the populists
admit that our present prosperity is
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
coinage at sixteen to one.
The silver republicans arc not so de-
vout, but are more sympathetic and al
truistic:
I'VE recognize In the hountlful crops OF
FrN a..
crops In competing countries "a special adj
vantage to our people 10y raising the prices
OF farm products. but we dCplorc famine
In other lands ana want prosperity that
does not depend upon the adversely OF the
balance OF the world"
They cannot rejoice i'm the good for
tune Of our farmers. because they pre-
tend To see behind II the gauut spcctcr
of famine in other lands! We have but
little patience with such foolish and
false pretcNts and glosscs. The truth
is the advance i'm the price of wheat
aud the fall i'm the price of silver have
80 disconnected and dumbfoundcd the
silNcritcs and SO completely ovcrthrowu
their arguments aud theories that they
are like drowning men grasping a.
stravs.
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 MS usual and there
fore cannot keep the price downl
This is "A fine argument TO address
10 a people who SO long have suffered
from low prices because Of these very
compctitorsl
Instead of recognizing the inneXiblc
law Of nature in these movements
prices governed 10y supply and demand
these silvcrites 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 undcrsell
ours
What sort OF support should the pco-
pie give TO party like this?
Surely the eyes of the farmer must
he opened by this time To the stupid
! hypocrisy of Organism and populism.
Last year hcartbrol<cn because our
! farmers had no markets for their sur
| plus, this year heartbrolcn because
they have great and rising markets and
OTHER whcat-cNporting countries have
not!-Chicago Timcs-Hcrald.