Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31
IS THINKING AARD
What organs Election is likely to
Mean to His Prosperity.
TATE LINKED UP WITH FARMER
Tariff Tinkering Along Democratic
Free Trade Lines Not Only Hurts
Artisan, but the AEricuI-
turaI states.
tFrom a staff correspondent.)

(Frotm a staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, oct. S0.-Cspecial)-Alex Ora
ham. a ~well-known citizen Of Gage county,
is anxious for the republican national and
tate tickets to be elected next Tuesday.
rhe election Of Bryan and a democratic
state ticket, in his opinion, will cause a
serious slump not only in farm products,
but in farm lands also. Here is he
had TO say about the question in an inter-
view he gave out in Lincoln yesterday:
I'm Gage county the situation as 1t looks
now shows that the republicans will lose
some votes IN Beatrice-some of the labor
ing v~otes-while they will gain some from
the democratic farmer votes all over the
county. Now and then you find a working
man who Is sore at the republicans on ac-
count Of high prices, but for every one OF
these you will find one or two democratic
farmers who are afraid Of a slump and the
depression of the next four years in farm
produce and land and property values gem
orally.
Nebraska farmers in our part OF the
state have grown rich In the last few years
in the advance of their property. Labor
has been employed in the east, until very
recently, and the strong demand for food
stuffs has raised land values and put our
whole Nebraska farming community in a
comfortable condition, out of debt and pros
porous. Just a little tinkering with the
tariff toward free trade, just a little I'M
steadiness and uncertainty such as Bryan
and his uncertain cabinet would bring into
the public mind. Just a little hesitation and
doubt in the business mind all over the
country for the mex few months after cleo
ton would add to the depression now felt
IT, a AZ
everything on a downward trend which
would be hard to overcome or turn back,
even though Mr.. Bryan and his uncertain
cabinet should after a year or two prove to
be as level headed and wise as he is plaus-
jble and eloquent.
I, "While all this experiment is going on
Nebraska would suffer tremendously. The
Nebraska farmers would lose as much be-
fore we could get rid OF Bryan as they have
gained under the Roosevelt administration,
and don't you forget It. these hard-headed
farmers see this point.
"A lowering OF Gage county land so an
acre would cost the land owners of Gage
county over 100000. These same figures
and this same fact can be applied to Lam
caster county,, which is the same size as
Gage. Ten dollars an acre Of a slump would
cost these two counties SIG. 100000. When
you compute the loss at this rate in the
eastern part of the state where land is
high priced, and when you consider how
easy it is for this lowering OF values to
come about by the lowering of food prices,
you realize what a tremendous RESPONSE
bility rests upon tho level-headed farmers
and all the level-headed voters Of the state
in this election.
Linked with Farmer.
when farm property goes down, town
property goes down. The city OF Lincoln
has been building up from the incoming
of prosperous business men and farmers.
not from Iowa, not from other states. but
from Nebraska. The destiny of Lincoln as
"a growing city is linked inseparably with
the destiny Of the Nebraska farmer. It is
a farmer state. 1t is a food producing state.
We must all go up or down together. A
blunder by the American people, following
a catchy orator with a magnetic voice and
a winning smile would hurt us as a state
tremendously and we would all be hurt
alike, for we are all linked together.
The hungry democratic office seekers
who are drooling at the mouth and follow
ing Bryan's fortunes as little fish follow a
whale, these would profit by Bryan's cleo
ton. but the great body OF the people
would suffer and it would be very little
comfort for them, with wage going down
and farm produce going down and land
and property going down and business de-
pressed TO read in the newspapers every
day the twittering gossip that would gather
around the struggles Of the democratic
politicians as they elbowed each other for
places around the Bryan pie counter.
ut makes very little difference to the
whole public what set OF politicians are
holding the offices IL there is level headed
government at Washington and at Lincoln
and the people of Nebraska remember
that there was not level headed govern
mAnt at -WaahfnRfOn uhan 4ha dap,ooua4.