Boston Globe 13 September, 1896, from Salt Lake Utahnian

THE SILVER DOG WITH THE GOLDEN TAIL.


WILL THE TAIL WAG THE DOG, OR THE DOG WAG THE TAIL?
ELECTORAL VOTE.
Gold states: 151
Silver states: 226
White, doubtful: 70
Total: 447
Necessary for election: 224

PRODUCTION OF SILVER STATES.
100 percent of all the gold.
100 percent of all the silver.
100 percent of all the cotton.
97 percent of all the corn.
92 percent of all the wheat.
92 percent of all the barley.
87 percent of all the oats.

Amount of mortgage debt on farms: $6,019,679,985
Amount of public debt: $17,174,879,990
TOTAL: $23,194,559,975

VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS
Gold states: $418,309,068
Silver states: $2,041,798,422














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