The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-18


II "The Secretary of the Treasur
/ spoke to you in this hall the other day
1 do not want to quote Mr.. Carlisl
when he said that the demonetizatio
OF half the money in the world mean
misery and uhhappiness for half tn
people of the world. Then John G
Carlisle was the tribune of the people
now he is the high priest Of the tenn
pie of Norman. MIR. Carlisle, the pie
bian, and Mr.. Carlisle the aristocrat
are two very different kinds of people
But l do not want to complain of Mr
Carlisle. Every word he said abou
the demonetization of silver has com,
true. 1t is impossible under presen
conditions for American agriculturista
to compete with those OF India and tn,
| Argentine. You take your bushel o
wheat to the London market and yor
get fifty cents for it. When you bring
1t home you have no more. When the
Indian or the farmer from the Argen
tine takes the money, he has 100. cents.
Under the present system you are
simply fostering the industries oi
other countries. This is ruinous com
petition for you. Mr.. Carlisle told you
when he was here that the wages OF
every body had been increased, under
monOmetallism about Is per cent. 1t
Is not that way in my sections; fifty
thousand coal miners In Ohio and
Pennsylvania had nine cents a ton
taken off their wages about the day
that Mr.. Carlisle spoke TO you here in
Memphis.
why, they tell you that the wheat
out of which they make bread was
lower than it ever was, and yet more
people starved to death for the lack Of
this low priced wheat than ever did
before. They tell you that cotton and
wool are cheaper than they ever were,
yet there Is greater army OF tramps
walking up and down our highways
and our byways today in tatters and
rags for the lack of this same cheap.
cotton and wool.
They tell the farmer East that
what he needs to make the times bet
ter is high protective tariff. In Ger
tain ports of the West they tell him
what he needs to be prosperous is free
trade. You have to give this tariff
question as medicine according to
the locality. Now. the fact OF the
matter is, the tariff has nothing to do
with monetary panics, and it is about
time the people gave it long needed
rest, and | believe they are going to
panics under high tariff and two
under q low tariff, and | think this
shows the tariff has nothing to do
with the case. The President says he
is afraid the silver dollar will depre-
ciate, but the only way the dollar can
depreciate Is for prices to rise. This
is the equivalent to an admission by
Me President that he is afraid prices |
Nill rise. II the President would |
dN de his anxieties more equally |
between the persons who produce the |
wealth OF the country and the limited |
few who absorb them, he would make |
a better chief executive. The ma gnifl-
cent patriotism Of Mr.. Rothschild,
who, althought an alient, was willing
to come to this country and save it
600, WHICH the people of the United
States lGet, and which he gained, is
worthy of S0te as is also the magnifi-
cent patri6iSm Of Mr.. Cleveland in
thus helpin to save the country.
But If two mtN could save the country
they could als{%reck it,
"With the\Aints open to the uu-
limited coinag Apf silver and gold
there will be n0Sapre talk of the fifty
cent dollar. TX\X say our shores
would be floodedV th silver if the
mints were open to g coinage. Now,
that is not true. ann t were true we
would simply give IN something
they would rather h Ar something
we would rather havA ~ IA
"Banker Cornwall, IN B&ffalo. made
q speech in Chicago b Dther day to q
lot of bankers and LIE next day a
reporter showed the Vaicle and asked
me what thought of "a l told him If
he would have a NH per of copies
printed and distri bu A to all the
United States | cOu never make
another speech on theS Yer question,
but would rest my Cd pm his argu-
ment. He tells the ba rs they must
keep their thumbs on customers.
We have felt the pbs OF the
bankers heavily In the few years.
We must win this figh S96. II we
do not win it then it VI be too late.
There will be two avena \pen to the
people after 1896. o.. Ill be re-
pudiation and the otb Evolution,
and both dread If the lish were
to land in New York yol uld help
70 drive them out would The
English are in New You Nv; they
have been for years. W%ou drive
them out even II party have to
be dropped? When we Atogether
on broad lines; when col means
more than party, we WI pin the
fight"
THE PLATFORM AND RH gTIoNs.
The following is the pR I'm and
resolutions adopted by the fntion,
upon which all the friend( Asilver
harmoniZed without any tr0SeA
Silver and gold coin have ages
constituted the money of b )rld,
they we're the money Of the K IRIS of
the Republic, the money OF h and
OF the constitution.
The universal experience nam
kind has demonstrated that Aint
use OF both silver and gold as
money, constitute the most Pile
standard of value, and that Il ll
amount of both metals should n
medium OF exchange.
The demonetization OF eitI
these historic metals means an
citation in the value of money, q
the price of commodities, q d
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