The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-01-05
OUR SPECIAL CHICAGO LETTER.
Treats OF Politics, Free Silver Cause and
Other Matters Of Interest.

Utnef mhtteTs OF inlegcst'
copyrighted hythc Mcclure Ncws bureau.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2, 1909.
/ met on the street the other day the
man whose interview you pub'is!..'
last week, and taking mo by the band
he said Tell our people to be rust
lers. provide for their families, keep
out of debt. and send dollar each
month to the Ways aud Means Com.
mi,tec, and daylight will SION come,
ushcring in true and genuine prosper
ily."
On Christmas day stood looking on
at the long line Of men waiting their
turn to gel au aims dinner a; he Wa
very Thcater The tables sealed about
!, o at a time, and there were AL
ways more In line waiting outside the
door than were eating inside While
philosophiziug on what had brought
,hi, country TO such piliablC cpndi
ton, | asked q policeman Question,
nnd Ia reply be said "lt | had no,
seen this with my own eyes. had read
il or someone had told ms Of It,
would not have believed IL. D." And
then continuing hc said III the peo-
pie refuse to examine into the condition
Of affairs, their disposition such that
they will only follow flower shows and
band wagons, tho dry rot will soon OK
tend 10 them" | asked him Il BE-
knew what was the matter, and he rr-
piled that be did not know that he did
but ''il is what they call Mckinley
prosperity, and that lit was tough
on the people -. The papers report
100, 900 rs having been thus fed in
New York City.
The report Of the New York banks
iDs last week shows that there Is Oh
dcposi. in the banks Of that city SSH
g5I, 800. This Is little more than
one half Of ali the mensy IN the United
States. 1t belongs principally to the
money lenders and corporations Of the
East. When the amounts, 10 like
manner, clogged in the banks Of Chi.
cago, Philadelphia, Boston, aud few
other cities are considered, one can
form an idea OF the giant power II
these combines. And also, what lit
tie money there Is among the people
The fall Of prices is the cause .; the
concentration of wealth, thus making
It possible for the men of wealth to
corner the money Of the world
The statement ielegraphed from Au-
gusts, Ca, this week that the Enter
prise Cotton Factories Of that city had
closed down, adding 5000 to the num-
bcr Of unemployed, and of the rciuc-
ton Of wages by other manufacturers
of cotton goods in the South, comes as
surprise TO many. Some time ago
the Eastern wing Of the gold ring ac-
counted for the reduction Of wages and
strikes among the cotton mills Of New
England by the statement that South.
ern competition was the cause Of it
that the latter could run at less ex-
pense. Hence It Ia surprise TO those
who do not understand the cause of the
fall of prices that tho same state OF ai.
fairs should now exist among the
Southern mills. When one under.
stands that the gold standard Is the
cause Of falling prices, he has the key
to unlock the mysteries that arc in the
meantime puzzle.
zee
II we had the money VI the Cuasii-
tuition, the minis open to coin all the
gold and silver, with the right of tbs
people TO use either, money would not
be 30 dear; aud wheat. cotton aud all
that the people produce would sell ut
higher price. That Is, these things
would buy more money. Then thare
would be more money among The pep
ple---thc people wonld have m,lny
with which to buy. aRd the ftcluri..
would no, be closing down. l.ei the
people unite aud elect an Andrew Jack.
sou President, and q Democratic Con.
gress, one that has the true ring IN Il,
at the next election. and prosperity viii
come swift and sure.
The papers report meeting Of fifty
OF the leading members Of the Demo-
cratic party of Iowa at Dies Moincs the
other day, and that they agreed as fol-
Iowa; ''The party is unanimously 10
favor OF bimetailism, but the question
Of ratio viii not DO given promiaenrc.
The Chicago platform may DO en-.
dorsed, bu; there should DO mn repe,i-
tion Of the words ZIG to ~" What
this means Is, II true, that these ''lesd-
Ing Democrats ARE not Democrats
from principle, but for party success
They do not understand thai both the
Wing aud Democratic parties 10 1860
went down to defeat because they were
willing TO compromise principle,
What 10 wanted, TO stay the power al
money, b silver placed in composition
with gsId mt the present ratio u cain
aga oi the two mesals, and that ihasc
who would depart from thai rrine:pif
ARE NOT fiTbsrss--wonld ho willing 10
give their whole oase away---for plan
der Whoa shsse 4 4 ealubine 10 rob
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