Middletown transcript., 1908-10-31
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man who Is out of d Job and
wants the Industries to resume
should also Vote for Judge Taft,
because he is a conservative man,
to agitation and excite
ment and content to do his duty
and enforce the laws, In 1896
the farmer was in q bad way.
Farms were mortagaged and
farm products were low. The
farmer was in debt. That year
Mr.. Bryan appealed to him to
vote for free silver-50 cent dol.
lars, with which he could pay
his debts. This plea and bid
captured some. But the great
mass of the farmers preferred
sound money, preferred the gen.
eral welfare of the county, and
Mr.. Bryan was defeated. Dem
ocratie farmers may be disposed
to vote for Mr.. Bryan this.
year because he is on the Demo-
cratic ticket and they are max
ing good crops and selling them
for good prices, and Mr.. Bryan,
they think, cannot injure them.
But in that they may be in error.
AS a matter of fact, political agit-
alton cannot prevent the earth
from yielding its increase. All
the speeches that MIR. Bryan can
make cannot reduce the yield of
wheat and of corn to the acre.
But continued agitation, contin-
ued attacks upon capital, upon
railroads, upon industries and
violent messages to Congress ad-
vocating these things can, how
ever, destroy the farmers mar
ket. And that is a calamity
which the farming man should
guard against by his vote. The
present period of depression
has been upon US only about
year. and the price of farming
products has not yet been af.
feetsd. : BSt let Mr.. Bryan be
elected and start on a campaign
of agitation, and sooner or later
the farming industries will be
affected. Does the farmer want
to take the risk? He has a wife
and family. Do they want him
to take the risk? In 1896 the
period of depression which set
in during Harrison's administra-
ton had lasted several years.
After those lean years, to wit, on
the 9th day of October, 1896,
old corn was selling in Balti-
more at from % to 81 cents a
bushel. On the 26th day of Oct
Der, 1908, old corn was selling in
Baltimore from "a to IS cents a
bushel, and the crop this year
has been a good one. On the 9th
day of October, 1896, No. 2
red wheat sold in Baltimore at
from "a to rs cents a bushel. On
the 26th of October, 1908; No. 2
red sold in Baltimore at $1.014
a bushel. At these prices the
Maryland farmer is prosperous.
The wheat crop in Maryland this
year amounted to over 10, 900, 900
bushels and brought, or will
bring, about s9,OOO,0oO to the
farmers. The Maryland farmer
this year raised nearly 10000, 900
bushels of corn, and he will sell
enough of it by the bushel or in
the form of meat, poultry and
dairy products to bring a good
large sum of money. His tobacco
crop will bring him over S2,000,-
900. The condition of the farmer
is shown by the heavy deposits
in bank in every county. The
county records show that the old |
mortgages which vexed and bur-
dened the farmer in 1896 have
been paid off and released. The
bankers will tell you that the old
time demand of farmers to have |
notes discounted at 6 per cent. |
has gone, and the great problem
of the banker now is hoT to in
vest the money.
Does the farmer wish to return
to the conditions of 1896? Mr.. |
Bryan said not long ago that he
was more of a radical than in
1896. Does the farmer want a
man in the White House who will
agitate and attack industry AND
bring the 1895 prices for corn
and wheat back upon him and
write new farm mortgages upon
Ehe land rnoordSS