Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1900 — "HIS PROPHECY." [ARTICLE]

"HIS PROPHECY."

Kansas Farmers Asked to Contradict a Bryan Prediction. Two hundred local Republican papers in Kansas last week printed in their editorial columns in black-faced type, under the heading, “His Prophecy,” this statement made by William J. Bryan in 1890: “IF M'KINLEY AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE SUCCESSFUL AND PUT IN POWER FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WAGES WILL BE DECREASED. HARD TIMES WILL COME UPON US AND OVER THE LAND. THE PRICE OF WHEAT WILL GO DOWN AND THE PRICE OF GOLD WILL GO UP. MORTGAGES ON OUR HOMES WILL BE FORECLOSED BY THE MONEY LENDERS. SHOPS AND FACTORIES WILL CLOSE. WE WILL EXPORT NO GOODS AND WE WILL IMPORT FROM FOREIGN LANDS ALL THE GOODS WE USE. THUS WILL RUIN, WANT AND MISERY BE WITH US." Farmers who have prospered beyond their fondest hopes are asked to verify or to contradict this prediction.