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Show REASON roR FARM PROSPERITY. PROSPER-ITY. Between Ju'y J. 18S. the date or Mr Bryan's first nomination for the presidency, presi-dency, and July 5. 1.. tte date of his nomination this yir, th price of ton of the principal farm products la creaeed 45.8 per cent. There wa no a single decrease in prlc of thee articles arti-cles which Include wheat, corn, oata, lard, mesa pork, beef, cotton, wool, hay or butter. Against this the Increase of the articles arti-cles bought by farmer was only 11 per cent There was an actual decrease de-crease In the prlc of augar and tea. and small Increases In the prlc ol rice, sisal. Iron, petroleum, tlnplat. leather, sugar and cotton cloth, j In every case a bushel of wheat will ( buy more today than It would foul years ago. j These statements ar all official and j can be verified from the public record. The assertions of th Democrats and I Mr. Bryan four years ago that Me-i Me-i Klnley s election would bring misery, I have In eveiy case been disproved The fanners know the difference between be-tween distress and prosperity, and they are not likely to vote to bring I about that old condition. I |