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This cartoon belies the claim by Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan that a direct relationship exists between the prices of wheat and silver. While on his campaign speaking tour, he argued that free coinage of silver would raise both the price of silver (which would please western miners) and of wheat (which would please farmers). In the October 24 issue of Harper's Weekly, editor Carl Schurz pointed out “that since the early part of July the price of wheat has risen from thirteen to sixteen cents a bushel” over its previous level, while the price of silver has fallen four cents an ounce. That situation is illustrated here by an army of wheat sheaves advancing in price and toward a shocked Bryan, while “Silver” gophers leap downward into holes in the ground. The caption’s reference to “enemies’ country” is what Bryan called New York City, where he began his campaign tour. In this cartoon, however, it resembles his home state of Nebraska. |
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Warning
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