Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-26
LNTERESTS OF TIE GARNER.

In Ohio Colonel Bryan said to the
farmers that they make grave mistake
in supporting the republican party on
the ground that the policy of the party
is not favorable to the interests of the
agricultural producers. 1t is not prob
able that the popocratic leader made
any impression upon the intelligent
farmers of the Buckeye state, but he
may be more successful elsewhere.
The first interest of the farmer is in
an active and growing home market. AS
we have heretofore pointed out this has
been secured to him through republican
policy. The encouragement given to i'll
dustrial development by that policy has
made the American market the greatest
in the world and it Is steadily increas
ing. We have presented figures show
ing that the consumption of agricultural
products in this country in 1898 was
S40O,00 10000 in excess of 1893. Demo-
cratic policy does not look to building
up the home market;2i lit does not con-
template creating a demand for labor
by promoting industrial development
The economic principles of that party,
on the contrary, are hostile to industrial
development and to the interests of la
Dor, and therefore TO the welfare of the
agricultural producers, which very
largely depends upon the purchasing ca.
pacity of wage earners When all the
people are employed at good wages the
agricultural producers are the class
most benefited.
| 1t Is the interest of the agricultural
producer, perhaps more than any other
| class, to have n sound and stable cur
rency. If he would not be at dlsao.
| vantage he must be able to exchange his
| products for money as good as the best
in the world and not for currency of
| huctuating value and constant ten
dency to depreciate. The injury to the
interests of the farming community
| from speculation In agricultural prod
/ ucts Is not nearly so serious as would
result from n debascment of the cur
rency, for while speculation is not in
varlably damaging to the producer he
can never avoid or escape the injurious
effects of an unsound currency. The re
publican party has given the country &
sound currency and it proposes to main
tain 1t, That policy has been most fully
and conclusively vindicated by results
We have the gold standard and undel
1t an abounding and increasing pros
perity. A majority of the farmers of the
country voted three years ago, at IA tim,
of general distress in which they share,
more largely than any other interest, 70
sound money. Their action has beer
justified and with every promise of ;
continuance of prosperity ii is not prob
able that they will now give heed 10
financial proposition the fallacy o
which has been conclusiyely demon
siratcd
The farmers of the United States ar
as class intelligent honest and pa
triOtic. Some of them may be deudel
by speclous financial and economi
theories, but the majority are influence
by practical facts. They are familia
with existing conditions and they ar
quite able to contrast them with III
conditions that prevailed n few year
ago, as n consequence of democratic po
/ ley. They do not want a repetition o
that recent experience, which would cel
tainly come with the success of the OF
position TO the republican party. Th