The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-09-21

I total income from the five acres VIA be "a
or less than eight per cent on the invest
ment. After taking out the cost of pIow-
net income from that i've acre tract win
not exceed four per cent. on the money in
bn fD
| in this case to show how the republican pa
pers exaggerate the farmers prosperity.
with good crops, making no. allowance for
the crop failures which occur from time to
| time.
Decline OF Farm Products.
But while on the oat question let me
! can attention to the statistics given in
the Investment Guide already referred to.
average prices. received by farmers for
oats, during the seven years beginning
f wi5n 1888 i aas ssding iss With 1882
1885, 1871; 1887. 21.2: 1888. 25.5; 1899. 24S. Ac-
cording to these figures oats averaged
Mr.. Clevelands administration, and only
"A cents per bushel during the three years
| present year is not yet complete but
oats are at the present time: below the
average.
average prices received by the farmers
for corn were as follows: 1893, 36:5; 1884.
2s.7: 1899, 3O3. making an average of about
S0.5 during the four years Of Mr.. Cleye-
lands administration and 81 during the
tration-the fourth year is not yet COM
plete. but corn is at this time above the
Wheat according to the same author
prices: 1883. 5s.s: 1894. 4s.I: 1885. sos: 1896.
| a higher average during the last three
years than during the four precedinglthe
fourth year is 81, not ,, complete but wheat
According to the same authority cotton
rssexea the prisssz
so; 1898, 475; 1899. To-, showing higher
average during the four years of Mr..
Clevelands administration than during
tration-the fourth year is not yet COM
plete. but cotton IS now above the aver
taking these four staples of agricul-
ture, it will be seen that three out of four
have not on the average brought as much
administration. as under the previous ad-
ministration. and, the fourth product,
wheat. is more Influenced than any other
farm product by foreign conditions.
Advance In Merchandise.
when. however, the farmer attempts
to use his income in the purchase of the
have raised prices. He must pay more
for lumber. nails. wire, harness, hard
sfones ana frn
ture, etc, and in addition to these drains
upon his income he must meet an increase
Let the parent calculate how long it
will take a farmer to become Independent
under present conditions: let him con-
trast the lot Of the farmer, with the lot
of the man who profits by. governmental
favoritism and grows rich, by the exploit
strumentality of monopoly: and then
let him answer the question:: .Es the
SON. the Farmers sn
reason for giving support to the rep&b-
iic Caps ar fc Tho farmer +, ,osrt Of ,,r
bers and Importance come the wage earn
ers. What is the trust doing tie increase
the wages; shorten the hopfs. improve
an inviting one?' Is he receiving a fair
not why not? Republicans assert that
the working man has a full dinner
pa an ans n the IS af rRa acs sbern
man needs? 1t is an insult to- the wage
Garner to say that his thoughts are; en-
Republican editors and speakers assume
that the laboring man is all stomach.
plains only when he is hungry. and is
happy whenever his hunger is appeased.
The Full Dinner PAIL
IF full dinner pail were the only
had plenty to eat. it would still be neces-
saIy for the republican party to show
some connection between republican pol
icieS and the laboring mans food supply
If bountiful crops come to the farmer he
does not thank a republican administra-
of farm products here the farmer does
not thank the republican party for bring
ing the famine. If an unexpected and an
unpromised increase in the. gold supply
gives any respite from financial. strfn-
gency,. can the republican party claim
credit? The question is not whether
the laboring man is able to, exist under
present conditions. but whether he Is en-
| joying his share of the blessings of the
eminent. Compare the aboring- man
with the trust magnate, and see which
fares the best at the hands Of the re-
publican party. Inquire also whether
the laboring mans income has Increased
as rapidly as his living expenses
"But even If every laborfnE man was
prosperous, and even II that prosperity
could be traced to republican legislation.
still the laboring man is citizen. and
| must look at political questions from the
to barter away future security, he can.
| not afford to sleep white his Industrial
independence is being destroyed Neither
can he be entieed, into an imperialfstic
tran. matter how we'll the trap may
| be baited with food
During the last campaign 1aboring men
were threatened with idleness by en-
| ployers who desired to cOerce them into
! the support of the republican ticket
| Many of them were told not to return to
| cessful at the polls. After the election
| some Of these employers closed down their
| shops and others reduced wages. If adj
vances have been made in any branch of
industry since 1896 remember that some
| advance was necessary to compensate for
| the reductions which occurred after the
! last election.
| At this point Mr.. Bran ,ouched
upon the coercive methods employed
by republicans IN 1896. showing also
l-the oppressive tendencies of all mo-