Show WHEAT AND SILVER the following table from official statistics shows the sympathy existing between silver and our national products wheat and cotton yew wheat cotton silver 1872 1 47 38 1873 7 3 1 S 1874 14 74 1 12 15 50 0 1 24 Is ta 1 12 1 15 1877 1 20 1978 1 34 1 1 1 15 1 1873 s 7 9 1 07 90 1 12 WO I 1 1811 8 i 1 1 11 I 1 14 1 11 13 11 4 1 13 1883 1 08 1884 1 10 05 S I 1 of 01 1885 so 10 6 aw 87 9 99 9 1887 89 99 q tb 5 97 1888 SS 85 98 93 1888 1899 10 98 99 03 M 1841 85 10 0 90 1892 89 80 87 86 1893 68 72 75 it will be observed as we W e it have ave stated before in our series of articles article on silver history that when silver was up wheat and aill cotton wele up and when silver was down those two staple products were down this of itself should awaken the suspicions of eastern farmers and southern planters even those who lack the intelligence to reason out these matters should have suspicions to arouse and it does doer seem beem that that facts and figures taken with financial depression and failures ong ought lit surely to convince the farming community at least that their only hope lies in a 2 of ail silver yr r the farmers of the west irrespective spec tive of party affiliations are expected to rally to the support of any party that faaoi a restoration of the white metal and in case no party beems seems able or iN illing to do all t they hey demand then to the support of that party which is most favorable until they ca capture iture and control it altogether it may be several years before prosperity is restored or the victory won but the tbt people are sure to awaken if the work of education continues |