The Globe-republican., 1900-09-13
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list Wages are low Hogs in Boons-
Vile are only worth a little over cents
per pound. corn IL cents a bushel. and
every thing else to correspond Now,
one thing sure. something is wrong. and
in favor of change A few
years ago 1 had a flock of sheep, and
was making money with them so
thought it would be good scheme to
buy more L also needed more hogs,
but L didn't have the money necessary
to buy them SO l mortgaged my place
to get it. Well. most of the hogs
bought died with the cholera L don't
suppose that was the governments
fault but wool has gone down to al
most nothing. and all l have left is the
mortgage
wait n moment said Ezra You
say that few years ago wool was a
good price. What kind OF a money ba-
sis had we them
Gold, 1 reckon
Then you admit that prices can be
good. with gold for the standard
money!
NO. not a. good as they ought to be
wrote me the fall of go that hogs We're
s cents. Didn't that satisfy the farm
er?''
II suppose that such as them that had
hogs satisfied
We'll, if they didn't have. it wasn't
the governments fault. Cattle were
fair price. too. 1 believe. and all other
live stock was valuable property, in
spite of the awful fact that we had gold
for the standard money. and Harrison.
a Republican. was President of the
United States OF course. prices are
regulated more by supply and demand
than by anything else
We'll" said Simon. supply and de-
mand have nothing to do with il, and
Wi TIa af.,ir Az
having hard times now, when gold is
still the standard?''
simply because there is now a lack
of confidence, which did not exist in
80. This is the principal reason, al
though the low tariff policy of this
Democratic administration has hurt
The low tariff laws have closed hun
dreds of factories, shutting men out of
employment. and it has knocked the
bottom out of many Industries. That's
the trouble with wool The sheep rails
ers in Australia can raise sheep muck
cheaper than the farmers in this coun-
try can, and now they can bring their
wool over here, and sell it without pay
ing anything for the privilege They
can underSell farmers here until they
have to go out of sheep-raising entire
ly. The cause of lack of confidence is
the fear of Bryan's election The silver
dollar now passes for 100 cents. be-
cause it is backed up by gold. If we
stopped backing 1t up with gold it
would fall to its market value. which,
at the present time. is only about 80
cents. OF course, when the silver dol
| lars fell to 80 cents. everybody would
pay their debts with it, and keep back
| the gold money 1t would be all that
would circulate
I'm your opinion said Simon Now,
| I'll tell you how things will be if Nc
| kinley's elected 1t won't matter how
scarce hogs. cattle, or products are. or
| how great the demand. they won't be
| worth raisin' if the Republicans win,
| and these goldbugs continue to have
| control of the markets. l am living in
hope that no such awful calamity will
| befall us, and do believe Mckinley
| will be the worst defeated candidate
| that ever run for office and 1 hope Glen
| Harrington will be the next worst.
| He's the fellow the Republicans in this
county have put up for superintendent
| of Schools to run agin Winnie Rather
/ singular. too. when he's her beau But
| to return to my subject Men who
have studied the subject say that con
ditions among farmers ill be about
ten times as bad as they are now.
Money will be so scarce many will be
obi ,ed TO live without any. Times
will get in such an awful condition that
with some brave leader like coxey. a
great army will be raised I prophesy
that there will be the awfullest war
this world has ever seen. 1t will be
labor against capital
wait and see if your prophecy comes
true Simon 1t is the only thing that
will convince you of your mistake You
will find that our country's all right,
after all 1t has been said that Amer
lea is just another name for oppor
tunity- That country where a days
work will buy most of the necessaries
Of try hi r,<
heaven Men are afraid to spend gold
now. for fear of free silver: that is the
reason do not see any at present.
.-Ah, Ezra, that's not the reason It's
because England is grabbing it all up
She is glad we have gold for our stand
ard money
That's probably what your paper
tells you'' said Ezra but there is no
truth in it, The enlightened nations
found it necessary, in trading with each
other, to have universal standard of
money. and they chose gold. because
they considered it the enc metal steady