Farmers and money power clash in Bryan rally speech
In Chicago the speaker argues for honest money and free coinage of gold and silver, denounces populist financiers, and cites farm mortgages and price trends to urge support for William Jennings Bryan. He warns against overproduction, praises price declines as productive, and frames reform as a people’s movement led by Bryan.
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United States
Henri Cernuschi
Europe
Iman
United States of America
America
Rothschilds
Moses
Egypt
Red Sea
Pharaoh
Israel
Hanna
Ilinois
Promised Land
William Jennings Bryan
Chicago
North Atlantic Division
New Jersey
Illinois
Mortgage debt on U S farms stands at about eight percent of value
A historical analysis cites total farm and non farm mortgage debt at 2,209,148,481 with non farm acres removed leaving 1,085,995,960 for farms. It notes farm values rose from 48.6 to 65.0 billion between 1880 and 1890 under the gold standard and argues cheap money advocates overlook land credit.
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United States
Republic
The Position of the Populists as Stated by Mr Bryan
Mr Bryan’s Columbus speech denounces the gold standard, cites a 16 to 1 ratio for parity between money and property, and argues the theory is refuted by the Aldrich report and 1861 1865 currency expansion. The piece contrasts prices and money supply, questions Bryan’s core claim, and previews political implications in Maryland and the West.
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Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Columbus
Aldrich
Senate of the United States
Falkner
Effect of Bryan election on currency and farming
A historical analysis argues that free silver would sharply contract the circulating medium from about 1.5 billion to 0.5 billion dollars. It warns of a panic, long economic distress, and ruined farmers as wages fall with silver becoming the standard, tying farmer fortunes to wage earners.
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Bryan
United States
Ackley
Wheat and silver price trends explore value laws
A historical critique examines rising wheat and falling silver under the Bryan School of Economists. It argues silver’s intrinsic value is about 50 cents, wheat climbs 13 cents per bushel, and both shifts reflect the market power of silver interests versus agricultural pricing. The piece links these movements to potential policy effects and wealth concentration.
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Great Silver Trust
Advo
Debased currency impact on farmers and workers, 1890s view
Albany Journal discusses how a devalued dollar would depress wage purchasing power while farm prices lag, forcing farmers to sell for the same or lower money as wages rise slowly. The piece argues wages rise last and consumer prices adjust quickly, harming farmers’ markets and linking silver and wheat prices to Bryanite economics.
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Morton
Chicago
Heaven
America
Nebraska
California
J. Schoenhof
Bryan and Bryanism in the tariff debate across papers
A synthesis of editorials from National Tribune Chicago Inter Ocean Chicago Post New York Tribune Chicago Times-Herald Troy Times and others debating tariff policy silver coinage and political betting. The selections critique Bryan the silver issue and the Populists while noting Sewall’s stance and Debs’s platform.
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Bryan
National Tribune
Chicago Inter Ocean
Chicago Post
Arthur Sewall
Boston
Sewall
N. Y. Tribune
Chicago Times-Herald
Debs
Chicago
Troy Times
Yale
Borneo
Chicago Tribune
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Northwest
New England
Maryland
Baltimore
West
N. Y. World
Dem
The
Platte
Kansas City Journal
Meckinley
Inter Ocean
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Savings Bank Depositors of
Farmers’ Union and Agricultural Review
Bryan School
Economista
Jon
Willie
Andy Jones
Whby
Cates
Hans Breltman
Albany Journal
Piso
I.M. Antotr
Seneca St
Buffalo
N. Ys
R. W. Emerson
Warner
Tei
Pir
MR At
Bry Yao
Rr Ae
Guge de Fledy
RTE
Eugene Field
Farm of Love
Eugene Bield
Monument Fund
Monro Street
Ill
Bourne Hollow
Syntom
Louisiana
Mon Rockport
Akron
Yucatan
Plenae Arite
Mnond
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Ad. Sterling Remedy CO
Montreal
Onn
New York
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