Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-10-22
FOR FARMERS
70 CONSIDER
WHAT CAN BE LOST BY ELEcTINa
MIR. BRYAN.


Wy "eOr8c H.. Crumb OF Missouri
Under the Wilson tariff. farm prod
ucts and live stock sold lower thar
ever before; the factories were closed:
the shops were empty; and the coun-
try was filled with tramps, asking for
work and begging for bread.
More than half of these ramps had
families at home. suffering for the ne
~cessarfes of life. So hard was their
lot that thousands of despairing wo-
men accepted employment at starva-
ton wages, to live, thus again driving
men out Of employment.
When the election Of Mckinley gave
an assurance of better times, money
was easier to get, and shops, and fac
tories began to open. i&
The Improvement, though steady,
was slow, until the Dingley tariff law
was passed. Then the change, you
Will recollect, was wonderful.
The prices Of labor rapidly Increased,
n soon the demand for labor exceed
ed the supply. Everybody could find a
Job. The workingmen could buy what
the farmers had to sell, and the farm
ers' products increased steadily in val
ue. ...-
The tramps disappeared. The con-
d1tion of the people, generally, i'm
proved. Mortgages have been paid Oft,
or greatly reduced by many who had
before lost all hope of getting out Of
debt, or saving their homes. 5r =
# Nr~Sa. 49, 49, -~--l
homes have gone up on every side.
Now, the question is: DO WI WANT
THESE TIMES TO GO ON, OR DO
WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
WAY TIMES WE'RE FROM 1894 TO
1896? s, .
Do we want the farm products to sell
at 1896, or at 1900 prices? '@s.'
Do we want the workingmen to la
Dor at 1900 prices and to support their
families in comfort, as they are now
doing, or do we want to send them
tramping over the land, organizing
Coxey armies, while their families are
s~tarving?~ 10y WI
Are we satisfied to let well enough
alone, or shall we try a change, put
the men in charge OF the country who
passed the Wilson bill. and try the
chances Of getting back to the con-
ditions Of 1895?
What improvement can we expect
from the election Of Bryan?
Does he, or do his supporters, pre-
tend to say that farm products will
bring more If he is elected?
Does he, or do his speakers, a that
under his administration the prices Of
labor will be increased?
Do they promise anything better in
h condition of farmers. or laboring
men. or anybody but investors, or
owners Of silver mines, if Bryan is
elected?
Can they make times better for you
and me than they are now? II so,
how do they propose to do it? Have
they told you Of any plan?
CAN'T THEY MAKE TIMES
WORSE AGAIN. BY DISTURBING
AND DESTROYING BUSINESS, AS
THEY DID BEFORE?
They threaten and say that they will
reduce the tariff on manufactured
goods. This will stop the factories, as
It did before, and again scatter
tramps all over the country; reduce
the demand for what the farmers
raise and the prices for such products
at the same time. ~ t@"+5
Would not the farmers rather sell
the products Of their farms at fair
prices to laborers than to give it to
them, as tramps? 49,
Are you going to vote yourself out
Of a Job? Do you want to vote work.
ingmen out Of their jobs? "@&s'
Do you propose to go into the tramp
3S,r h,yc}noucf nv tnr hahn cfa ~ FRO Y,no
on the reads again? ? "
Choose you, now, what should be
done and vote according to your hon.
est judgment and for the best interests
Of all the people Of this country.
Use Common Sense! Throw preju-
dice and passion away! I
What benefit have you to expect
from the election Of Bryan?
.... GEO. H. CRUMB. "
Bloomfield, Mo.