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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1900
Page
4
A Lewiston reader urges checking an 800 acre feld wheat forty miles from the war road claiming it will yield 60 bushels per acre and fetch a dollar a bushel. The note mocks a Democrat and warns the reader of dire consequence if the push continues.
Philadelphia labor unions refuse to participate in the parade of republican clubs citing non union labor in the convention hall. The piece highlights a mining belt article by Chas A Dinsmore of the Idaho Mining Journal and notes E M Barton as a potential governor candidate from Washington county with a hotel business and sheep growing background.
The interview published this morning questions strategies to abandon the Philippines, arguing the islands hold great value and potential business. It condemns the current press and financiers for extolling dollar power and wealth while dismissing liberty and righteous principles.
The article notes a new mill to be brought from Tewiston to the Rapid River district, with Cambridge as the nearer rail point. It discusses the push to advance the P I N railway progress for regional business, stressing idle losses and the need to move machinery and supplies north to Central Idaho.
The piece condemns attacks on silver and gold standards, accusing opponents of deception and hatred. It argues for a constitutional bimetallic mindset, insisting both metals keep value ratios and criticizing calls for a single standard as political manipulation.
A Lewiston reader counters the Signal’s critique of the Teller’s prosperity figures, arguing the 1896 to 1900 wheat price shifts and hay bills show limited gains for farmers. The letter cites Chicago pricing, barb wire costs, cotton and wool goods rises, and questions gold standard rhetoric under Mark Hanna before noting local horse losses and a testimonial about Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
The passage notes sheetings and print cloths doubling in cost from 1898 to 1900 while farm products rise only modestly. It argues farmers lose purchasing power as costs jump 50 to 150 percent, contrasting with claims of gold standard prosperity. The speaker taunts Teller and suggests writing to Hanna for possible political deception.
The piece rails at plutocracy and class privilege as five farmers from one Kansas township, after years of toil, plan a rare trip to the Paris exposition. It questions wealth disparities, contrasting smallholders’ sacrifice with luxury trips by trust magnates and financial elites.
An advertisement for Weiser Signal promotes jewelry as a staple article of dress and urges reform-minded voters to buy a copy of a campaign slogan. It touts Shepherd Bros in Camb, Idaho, offering W. F. Main Co. goods with a printed guarantee that each item is exactly as represented.
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