The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-03-12
Prices Of Farm Products.
Washington, DC, March

Washington, DC, March ..
Tie farmers OF this country will be
interested in son figures which are IN
c;dcitaily but necessarily presented
by that chief organ Of the silver
trust, the silver knIght-W atchman."
This publication is owned by sIlyermil-
liona;re Stewart, the most artive and
persistent Of the calamity walters, who
never misses an opportunity Of telling
the public what sufferers they are IN
der the gold standard and how impos-
sible it is for the farmers 10 prosper
without the free and Unlimited coinage
Of silver. Processing, as 1t does. to be
a newspaper, the Silver X Knight Watch
man necessarily reports some of the
current features Of the weeks develop
ments, including important features of
commerce, markets, &c, and here. IN
It's presentation Of these facts and con-
ditious which cannot be ignored, tie
X tWatclman destroys the entire
structure o! argument which the caiam-
ity waters have washed with their
tears during each succeeding year that
they lave determined TO trick the peo-
pie Of the United States into aiding
them in behalf OF their first iree-s.lyer
scheme.
Examined in the light OF constant
as ,rrt;on Of the silyerItes that prosper
lily cannot come 10 the farmers without
the free coinage of silver. and that
prices Of farm products and prices f
silver keep pace. the figures presented
by the K uight-Watchman in its issue Of
February II, 1898, are, TO say the least,
Interesting. II shows, for instance, tie
closin. price OF wheat IN New York on
February p, 1898, TO be 81 .03! per bushel.
+ When Mr. Bryan was nominated and
/ assured the farmers OF the country, as
did all his associates, that farm products
i could not advance without the free
/ coinage Of silver, wheat was worth ca
| cents per bushel.
! The market report OF the Knight
| Waterman gives the price Of corn in
/ New York. February y, 1898, at 50:
| cents, winch is just five cents busnel
more than II was on April l, 1897, show
ing an advance Of nearly twenty per
cent. in price IN less than II months
/ without the free coinage Of silver. The
! same report Of the knight-W Waterman
/ gives the price Of oats in New York at
:. 30i cents per bushel. When Mr.. Bryan
was nominated in 1876, the price of
oats in New York was 81! cents. a gain
. OF nearly % per cent. without the free
| coinage o. silver.
! Mess pork Is quoted IN the same mar
I ket report of the Knight Watchman at
! Sl0.25 per barrel. That highest auth.
! oritv on prices Bradstreet's :, shows that
the mess pork in New York was worth
/ S per barrel OF October /, 1896, just at
the time taat Mr.. Bryan, minc-owner-
Stewart, the knisht-W atchman, and
other advocates were assuring the farm
ers that products could not advance ex-
cept through the free coinage Of silver
Yet here is advance OF nearly fifty per
cent. in Ii months.
Beef, family, is quoted by the Knight
Watchman as Sll - per barrel in New
York Oh February 81, 1898 1t is shown
by Bradstreet's TO have been s. per
barrel on October II, 1896, another in-
crease Of practically 80 per cent. within
Is months without the free coinage Of
silver.
Bacon, tie knight Waterman assures
It's readers, is worth in the New York
markets OH February 81, 1893, 81 cents
per pound, while Brads,reet's shows
that on October !, 1896, it was worth s.
cents pound, an advance of more
that 50 per cent. in Is months despite
the fact that the country has lot been
given the tree coinage of silver.
Lard is quoted al 81 cents per pound
again, > cents at the date Of Mr..
Bryan's nomination, an advance Of -
per cent. without the free coinage Of
silver.
Butter is quoted on Feb. q, 1898, at
70 cents per pound, against - cents on
October /, 1896, shortly before the peo-
pie OF the United Sta.es rejected the
free coinage OF silver, an advance dur
ing that time Of - per cent, despite
the fact that the iree-ccinage PROPOSE
ton was SO rejected
Cheese, which at the time Of Mr..
BRYAN nomination Was quoted in liz
New York maj kets al 81 cents per pound,
IS shown by the kni.ht-W atchman to
have been 5! cents on February y,
1898, and without the free coinage Of
silver.
a considerable space is also devoted
in the night-Watchman to reports OF
Baltimore markets, which, Of course,
practically agree with those of New
i York in staple articles. These reports
quote wool, unwashet. al 20 and 80
. cents per pound, an advance of about
% per cent. in the Is months since the
! Waterman and its associates were de-
C.a!In. that farm products could not al
+ vance wi,Loutthc rec coinage Of silver.
Rye is quoted at 81 cents, while it
was worth IN the New York markets,
& according 20 Br.tdetreet' at the date OF
! Mr.. Bryan's nomination, 81 cents. an
advance in tue IS months since that
time OF about - per cent, and that
/ without the tree coinage Of silver