The Delawarean., 1900-08-08
COMMUNICATED.
Sound Logic For Farmers to Consider
TO THE FARMERS OF DELAWARE

oouuu logic OF armers to Consider
TO THE FARMERS OF DELAWARE
I wish to call your attention to the
general fact that the legislation in this
country is all in the interest of manu-
facturers, trade and commerce, and
consequently i'm result, is most out
rageously unjust and oppressive to
farmers. To demonstrate this consider
the following facts:
First. The decentralization of silver
in 1873 resulted in lowering the price
level of all commodities about one
half, so THAT while the standard price
of wheat before this was about $1.50
per bushel, ut is now only half this
amount So with all other farm pro-
duce. The purpose for this was that
THE non-producers might have cheap
food for themselves and cheap pro-
ducts with which ito compete with all
other nations i'm the markets of 1.-THE
world. They thus purposely robbed
farmers by law to enrich the cities and
aid manufacture, trade and commerce.
Such legislation forces farmers to
raise wheat as cheaply as THE Russian
serfs i'm South American Peous, and
thus lit tends all the time, to impov-
edrish and degrade our farmers to the
same level. You will notice that all
the city papers, both Republican and
Democratic are for the single gold
standard and i'm better opposition to
the remonitization of silver ait 16 to 1,
at which ratio it always has been
coined since theI foundation of the
government. This lis, in brief, the
reason why tIhe cities are opposed to
the coinage of silver as legal tender
money, and also indicates why the
farmers should all be in favor of it.
Second. On the other hand, to en-
able the manufacturer to keep up his
prices above the gold standard level,
they give him a bonus of fifty per
cent. on all the goods he makes in the
form of a protective tariff, so that he
can sell them ITO us at fifty per cent.
more than they are worth in the
worlds markets Hence, under the
single gold standard his prices ARE
kept up ito the free silver standard.
Farmers, under this policy, are made
to sell their products in the cheapest
markets of the world and buy manu-
factured goods in the dearest.
Third To aid commerce, the law
now pays a bonus of million dollars
a year to steamship owners, and under
THE HannIa-Payne steamship subsidy
BILL which has already passed the
House of Representatives and will
pass the Senate liz THE Republicans
carry THE election of this year, the
amount will be Increased to mine mil
lions a year, Lor total of ninety mil
lions in ten years, which amount will
pay the cost of fifty big ocean steam
ers, all taken from the farmers and
other working men Ito aid commerce!
This bill would NOW be THE law, but
for political reasons. The Republicans
feared to make lit law previous to the
coming election.
Fourth. War helps trade and COM
merce and hence the constant wars
kept up under the imperial policy Of
the Republican party. Men are killed
THAT trade and commerce may be made
prosperous.
Fifth, The system of taxation un-
der which all the revenues of the
government are obtained lis of such a
character that the great bulk of all
the money required ito pay the enlor-
nous expenses of the government is
obtained from the farmers and other
toilers. The internal revenue taxes
are nearly all laid on spirits and to-
bacco, of which the poor consume
much more in proportion ito their
wealth. THAN do the rich. Besides,
these are both farm products. The
protective tariff taxes operate in the
same way taking from all consumers.
poor and rich alike. But when am i'm
come tax is proposed, which comes
chiefly from THE rich, it cannot be en-
dured.
Therefore dit lis THAT the government
of the nation under President Nc
Kinley and Mark Hanna is wholly i'm
the hands of the rich and lis managed
to make them richer still, while a
government of THE people, by THE peo-
pie and for the people," MIR. Lincoln's
ideal, lis entirely overthrown.
What kind of "a man can that farmer
OF toiler be, who in THE face ofsuch a