The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-01
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The New York Journal OF Commerce.
cannot see much hope for the Bryan
Democracy this year in going before
the country with reIteratlon of the
Chicago platform. 1t maintains that
very few of the conditions which, four
years ago, combined to secure public
favor for any plausible remedy for
commercial and industrial depression,
are present to-day. Business is good
in nearly all It's branches; there is am
Pile employment and fairwages for labor
and the prices of nearly all our great
agricultural. products have a hishes
average than they had then. To calcu-
late what the difference Of two cents .
pound in the price Of cotton. and seven
cents bushels in the price Of corn,
means FOR the sections OF the country
dependent on the raising Of these sta
pies, is 10 get a partial conception %
how much more prosperous the country
is to-day than it was -four years ago. a
comparison Of the export Of American
merchandise with those Of 1898 VIII fur
Their reveal how little the enhanced de-.
mand and higher prices established in
the home market has interterad with
the ability Of the American mlnufnc-
turer to hold his own against the COM
petition of the world.
1t is inconcelvable then, that the people,
with these facts confronting them, Will
be likely to disturb thu basis of cont
dence on which the present prosperity
of the country rests. They show, In thu
most practical way, how false and mis-
leading were the inductlons of the
trainers OF the Chicago platform of 1885,
The Journal in commenting on that
marvelously inlquitous instrument.
says:
Among the claims made in that
declaration Of party faith was the
statement that the so-cnlled de-
monetlzatlon Of silver In 1873 had result
ed In the appreciation OF gold and a cor
responding fall in the prices OF commod-
tiles produced by the people, as well as
in the prostrauon OF industry and gem
ercal poverty. The Democratic party
accordingly declared itself to be "unai-
terribly opposed to monOmatallism which
has locked fast the prosperity OF an in
dustrlal people In the paralysis Of hard
times, AS matter OF fact, prices have
steadily advanced since the people cast
their votes for the maintenance OF the
gold standard; industry has steadily re-
covered and the people have grown RICH
or, while gold recommendation has been,
clearly and unequlYocnlly declared 10 be
the law of the land.
AS a supreme example OF folly. the
platform included a demand for the
free and unlimited coinage OF silver at
the ratio Of iG 10 without waiting for
the aid or consent OF any other nation.
II defeat on these issues wns slgnnl and
complete four years ago, how much
more crushing would II be likely to be
now. Nothing has happened in the In
terval to lend the slightest plnuslbiiity
% any OF the remedies for business de-
preston or administrative incnpaclty
contained in the Chicago PLATFORM on
the contrary. from the plank demanding
the supreme court, the course OF events
entire scheme Of so-Called Democratic
reform. To 20 before the country with
the renfIlrmntlon NJ such platform and
the support Of the candidate for whom
Il was specially framed. would be 10 in
vltc still more emphatic verdict OF
condemnation.
II would be an Abuse Of language 10
class Mr., Bryan among statesmen: he
is simply one Of the most ndroit and sue
ccssful dcmngogucs whom the country