Show silver and farm arle iowa wants free silver because it will trill glye lye silver prices for the products of ht farms farm our crop of corn in 1895 was vaa bushels the market abue on an a gold basis was od ft a sliver silver basis il would bring brine 97 or an increase in the circulation 4 of iowa for corn of in ane j de year the total crop product of iowa farms tor for 1895 was gold valuation to measure it on a silver basis it would bring an increase in the currency circulation in iowa for one year of perhaps some doubting thomas may think free silver would not do this por for an answer I 1 point to silver countries where the price of farm products Is practically double ours today to day I 1 point to the circular of president ives of the burlington cedar rapids northern railroad who admits that farm products would rise in price but says railroad charges are fixed by law and the company would be paid in silver and must pay interest and bonds in gold thus losing the difference in exchange suppose the company does suffer buffer the loss of the exchange would not its share of that th the 0 silver price over and above the gold price of the crop of 1895 1995 more than recompense thern them tor for the ls less in exchange and is the volume of their bustness business ne S 9 regulated by law it must be borne in mind that iowa Is an tural state and to lessen the value 0 of if her crops is to out cut off the lifeblood life blood of her commerce for fifty two weeks in the year iowa merchants are sending money east to pay for goods one year would drain our state of all our currency were it not for the crops of iowa farms which return the money thus acting as a balance wheel to trade to lessen the price of farm products is to cut off to that extent the golden stream from the tills of iolas merchants causing a congestion of money in the east which destroys business in the west and in the course of time reacts on the eastern or manufacturing states also for this reason free silver I 1 is 11 preferable for iowa to protection as the farmers are really the foundation of national prosperity and it were better tor for the whole nation to tax manufacturers rs and give a bounty on each bushel of crops raised than to tax the farmers by protection for the benefit beneat of the th lesser indest in industry dust manufacturing JOHN CLANCY clinton iowa sept 4 |