| Show T CI THEY ASSUME J That goldbugs are claiming credit for good crops and a foreign demand oc casiols no particular surprise It was expected that they would look about for something for which to thank themselves them-selves other calculatons having gone amiss And still the consistency of it is not exactly clear when men give Proyi dence credit for the action of a polit cal party and a political part credit for making grain grow When Utah was admitted as a state a certain prominent McKinley Republican of this city went upon the stump and proclaimed pro-claimed that Providence had done i Ana now that crops are good at home I and poor abroad the class to which this gentleman belong insist that the policy of the present administration brought about the yield and prices I isnt as easy to see through as it might be but careful consideration should be given the mater I there is a point in it any where it ouldnt be overlooked a our Republican frIends are ntte to all they can get out of I the Hanna epoch After all there may be some way of connecting the Republican party with the soil of this country so that i can help the crops to grow In November it 1s probable that such a connection will Qe discovered or made But how in the name of common sense do he gold bugs manage to prevent wheat from growing in Russia and India and Argentine The Boston Journal fails to shed any new light on this problenaithough it makes the old Claim It says I Ve have had a year of enormous crops marketed at phenomenal prices f The farmers of the west have been paying eff their indebtedness at so live lva rate that banks in that section are mp1aining gleomily tat there are not borrowers enough for the money which they have to lon The farmers have been renewing their P1es buying buy-ing new machinery and otherwise spending money In a way which has kept business good And this is a death blow to Bryan ism and free silver i claims Another adminIstration organ holds that the gold discoveries in the northwest north-west vindicate the adoption of the single sin-gle standard Of course the gOldbug knew when they framed the St Louis platform that there would be god crops at home famines abroad Leier prices and a Klondike boom And why shouldnt they assume credit for it aU I |
