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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1897
Page
13
The piece contrasts the old rural life with modern farming, noting workers once toiled from dawn to dusk hauling, feeding, and threshing. Advances now let farmers ride in surreys, operate steam machinery, and enjoy leisure, predicting a shift toward landed gentlemen and city mobility.
The 16 to 1 silver camp meeting in Springfield Ohio drew sparse attendance despite Cincinnati Enquirer coverage. Bryan and most other key speakers stayed away with ten cent admissions covering less than costs. Towne and Warner attended in limited roles, while local Democrats blame the silver issue's death as the event faltered.
A Iowa State Register excerpt critiques Mr. Bryan's two-piles of wheat analogy for money. It argues the Republican party did not burn half the money but doubled circulation from 1873 to 1896 while population failed to double, making per capita money rise from about $18 to $53. The piece labels the charge as ridiculous.
The attempted assassination of Isaiah H. Loftin, Hogansville Ga colored postmaster, is to be vigorously prosecuted against all connected. The piece argues for firm federal action and against boycotts of colored officeholders, urging protection for incumbents and adherence to Constitution and laws nationwide.
A fragmented dispatch from Charlotte North Carolina reports price points for cotton ties. It notes wholesale and retail costs per bundle and mentions carloads already dispatched and a comparison to last year. The incomplete text references a manufacturing company and a Wilson entity in the closing lines.
The piece contrasts German law and free lists with the Dingley tariff. It notes wholesale prices dropping from 1.35 to 0.70 per bundle after protection, arguing tariffs curtail trusts and counter claims the tariff is a tax. It cites a shift from free trade to protection as evidence.
The San Francisco Post warns that Mexico’s depreciation of silver has crippled imports and wages, sending Americans and merchants alike toward loss. It argues free coinage would ruin labor and threaten prosperity, urging opponents to study Mexico’s crisis.
Western railroads including Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul race to borrow five thousand freight cars amid booming grain and merchandise traffic. Deluged with orders, they warn without more cars they will lose business as lines from Northwestern to Burlington struggle to keep up. The Kalamazoo Telegraph cites the push for free coinage of freight cars to ease the bottleneck.
Democratic orators who once blamed a European money power for driving the gold standard now face a similar charge regarding global crop failures. They argue it is reasonable to attribute Argentine grasshopper destruction to the money power as it is to tie currency policy to legislative outcomes.
The article notes a record wheat harvest with rising home consumption and predicts about 21 million bushels available for export, equating to roughly 200 million golden dollars distributed to farmers.
Statistician Mulhall argues the prairie States are the most prosperous region, undermining last year's push by silver advocates to adopt cheap money as a basis for further prosperity.
The piece notes that nations once railing against the new tariff have not enacted any of their implied threats. It argues that they recognize the balance of trade remains favorable to them and cannot afford to act on those threats.
Observers note three anti Republican gatherings in Nebraska push free silver once more citing the need for a political issue. Democratic tariff doctrine and other Democratic positions are deemed unpopular and rarely revived.
The passage details a long 185 feet wide brick fireproof building with wooden doors and frames. It notes a north facade with a basement, three stories, an artistic cornice and a 130 foot belfry tower, a south facade facing the Potomac with architectural chimneys, and a west side designed to resist acid fumes. It mentions a 100 foot boiler stack, a plate vault guarded by watchmen, and that U S government greenbacks, silver certificates and bonds are printed there, located at Band Fourteenth streets southwest.
The Albany Journal argues Senator Jones of Arkansas leads a Southern-leaning Democratic machine. It cites letters to James O'Brien and New York officials showing shifts away from the Chicago platform, provoking Bryanite anger while asserting Jones’s control over party direction in New York and a retreat from Chicago-faith unity.
Russia's grain exports this year are only about six percent of 1896 levels, with total grain shipments at 143 million bushels in eight months. Severe crop shortages indicate minimal exports, leaving India Australia Argentina with little impact and the United States as the main global grain supplier, explaining wheat price increases and tying them to supply and demand rather than silver use.
Records from the New York post office show about ten thousand more domestic money orders were paid at the general office in the first two weeks of August this year than the same period last year. The orders imply widespread buying from New York merchants by non-residents, signaling a shift toward prosperity and a boost for free traders.
The article argues that farmers face intimidation, not friendship from workers, and notes Mr. Bryan blames last year's foreclosure threats for farmers paying off mortgages. It highlights a shift in blame toward foreclosure pressure rather than worker collusion.
A brief report shows business failures in the United States declined during the second week of September in years 1893 1897 1904 1905 and 1906 with multiple entries noting counts or percentages for each year. The ledger style summary highlights a downward trend across the period.
The Democratic State Committee of New York refuses to revive the free silver coinage issue, signaling a shift in party platform amid rising economic debate. Party leaders urge focus on current fiscal policy and national economic concerns.
At the semi annual meeting the Governor stated the bank would, under the 1844 act, hold one fifth of its note reserve in silver if the French mint reopens to free coinage and silver prices are favorable. The bank has not bought silver and reserves are conditional on policy approval and market conditions.
Senators Cannon and Pettigrew travel in Japan to press the silver cause and urge the emperor to resist gold standard orders. The travelers, described as silver apostles, are portrayed as worldwide prospectors aiming to profit from pushing a depreciated metal.
The public understood the demonetization of silver before the senators Pettigrew and Mantle left. The mint director's report shows the Japanese silver yen fell from 75.3 cents in 1887 to 47.8 by July 1897, while the gold yen stayed steady, with 1888 and 1897 prices essentially the same.
The Iowa Democratic party pressures Uncle Horace Boies ally who urged free coinage at 36 to 1, rejecting the 16 to 1 ratio. Leaders order him from public preaching as party factions clash over gold and silver policies.
Free trade theorists once argued the McKinley act would prevent the US from making tin plate. Now the bulk of tin plate is produced domestically and American makers are entering foreign markets, expanding exports under protection.
A wary observer notes a Ohio politician previously pushing free silver now faces backlash as the party resists the dose. The piece frames him as sick of his own policy, yet unable to escape the political bed he made.
Kansas City Journal notes W. J. Bryan shifts from favoring free coinage and demand theory to claiming prices are driven by supply and demand. The piece accuses him of impertinence and accuses him of reversing previous Republican arguments to mislead the public about wheat and corn price causes.
In a defense of free trade, the writer argues protection enables trusts to raise prices while free trade depresses demand and favors established firms. Citing the cotton tie trust, they note ties selling at 70 cents instead of 1.35 per bundle, urging free traders to abandon the tariff accusation as facts increasingly contradict it.
The piece contrasts current U S conditions with Cleveland era warnings. It notes higher employment, railroads expanding with new cars, banks reporting larger deposits and clearings, and active factories versus past factory closings and unemployment under low tariffs.
The piece argues England protects shipping while the United States lags. It cites last year’s vessel launches, over a trillion tons by Britain and less than a fifth that by the U S, claiming England is mistress of the seas and urging the U S to defend its merchant marine and challenge British control of global trade.
The South shows expanding protective sentiment with Senator McLaurie's election in South Carolina. The New York Sun notes rising Republican strength in the region, deeming it a key future field for the party.
The piece surveys Bryan era rhetoric on silver, free trade versus protection, and farmer distress. It cites Democratic factions, tariff debates, and international grain and currency tensions, highlighting McKinley era figures and public speeches about economic policy and national prosperity.
Farmers receive about 98.5 times the promised wheat price as Bryan and followers pushed free coinage. They pledged 1 per bushel in silver, admitted misvaluing the silver content, now about 40 cents under free coinage, while farmers seek roughly 1.5 times the value in good American dollars.
A fragment notes talc in money metal not safe as an investment, with a discussion of price shifts since last November. It cites a rise from hot cents per ounce in New York on November 3, 1646 to today, implying silver value dictates perceptions of safety.
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