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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1896
Page
1
Train movements reported with nodes Brainerd to northern Minnesota. Notable stops include Pine River Backus Lothrop and Walkerly. Route directions indicate northbound and southbound progress on the line.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway operates electric lit passenger trains on a block system between the Twin Cities Milwaukee and Chicago. It runs four daily trains from St Paul and Minneapolis to Chicago via Milwaukee with steam heated cars and luxury private compartments dining and parlor cars. For lowest rates to the United States Canada or Mexico contact J T Conley assistant general passenger agent St Paul Minn. Elegant service from St Paul Minneapolis to Peoria St Louis and Kansas City daily.
Hon. Benj Butterworth of Ohio will deliver a political address at the opera house from a Republican standpoint. The McKinley and Morris club will make its first parade appearance in uniform. A. C. Rankin and Hon. Knute Nelson are slated for October speeches in Brainerd.
The article argues the 1895 drop in grain value from 15.83 to 9.42 per ton cost farmers in ten grain states 386,976,944, blaming the silver 16 to 1 delusion. It links debt, mortgage levels, and the Bland and Sherman acts to a broader economy needing a gold standard to restore prosperity.
The piece notes McKinley is expected to win Minnesota by at least 30 000 votes with Mason Batochy opposing free silver. Cuakiie Towne travels to Kansas and Nebraska to aid Bryan while Joan Lixv’s county support trails Towne’s. It mentions a Republican county convention planned for October 7 to nominate county officers.
The city will host C. A. Towne at the opera house next week as he defends against criticism from his two year ago visit when he touted the Mexican dollar. Towne faces an audience skeptical of flashy displays and free silver rhetoric.
Crow Wing county sent only Mr. Koop as a delegate to the demopop legislative convention at Little Falls. He had claimed he was not a candidate, but the delegation urged him to run and he consented.
The passage argues that minting silver at one dollar creates windfall gains only for silver owners. It claims laborers and farmers gain nothing, while silver holders receive the direct benefit. It notes the small number of silver owners compared to workers and lawyers, suggesting a benefit to a dozen silver men over a million laborers.
The Penny Press argues against free coinage noting wheat valued at a Mexican dollar, which equals 50 cents, and a Mexican worker earning 12 cents daily. It claims the Mexican farmer would take twelve days to equal one American day's wage, highlighting wage disparities and inviting readers to consider Mexico as a Mecca for free silver advocates.
A substantial wager interest emerges on McKinley with odds at 2 to 1 or 2 percent, reflecting the view of keen and active observers of current events.
Northwestern Miller cites John Lind as well known to Minneapolis millers for support to the Harter bill on foreign bills of lading. It notes his later legal counsel in Minneapolis and New Ulm, his moderate fees, and advisory work on the Wilson bill to aid agricultural interests and retaliate against food-stuff import bans.
A hurried man rides an ass to Jericho and abuses the beast while promising riches and honors. The donkey protests it remains an ass though it carries the man toward wealth. The fable ends with an ironic moral about who profits from a silver transaction and who stays a worker.
The Lexington Sun notes that the paper and the secretary have shifted views on the money question. It states that their mutual argument for fiat money compares with past positions and underscores a change in stance.
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