The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
BRYAN IN MISSOURI.
ADDRESSED WORKlNGMEN
BEFORE BREAKFAST.
The free Coinage Question Alouc Dis-
cusscd -Notcrs iskrh "a sud, the Dues
;ion fer Thrnis"',,a iic'orc Casting Their
Vote supp, Arl Demand.

Kansas rlrX, NO, Sept. l..-Wnl.
lam J.. Bryan was gwen an enthusi.
astic reception in Kansas City this
morning. and after "a stay of three
hours. lc left for a DAYLIGHT trip
across Missouri At = he spoke brirhv
To Two thousand wurEin-mcn in the
West bottoms Two hours later, after
breakfast and an informal reception
ut the Coats, lac made a srconG and
longer speech IN the oren air at
Eleventh ana Grand avenue before Il
crowd Of at least 10. GOO people.
lie said IN part at the bottoms:
some Of our opponents tell Us that
the thlug To dC Is to open the mills
instead OF the mInts. rhat reminds
me OF the man who said that his horse
would go al right =! he could just get
the ago started. 1t is putting the
cart before the nurse. What use is
there Tor mills unless the people can
buy what 'ne mji., produce. aud huw
can you start them as long aN those
VINO produce the wealth of this Cuun.
try, particularly the farmer. are not
abe to get enough out of what they
raise TO pay their taxes and interest?
There t. no more effective way of ne.
stroyinr the markets for what the
mills produce than to lower tn, price
upon :hr products the farmer has
raised, 50 that they will bring him
not enough to pay him for raising
them"
II was So o'clock when he began
speaking up town. The Jam around
tic speaking stand was SO dense that
it was impo>sit!e for the Bryan party
TO get to IT 50 he stood up in the
taliy-ho on which he rode from the
Coates house, and spoke Us follows in
part:
Our opponents tell us that we pro-
pose to change the operation of nat
ural law. assert that the advocates
of free coinage are the only people IN
this campaign who base their argu-
ments On the fundamental principles
O: natural law. That law is the law
of supply and demand: it is the great
law of trade. Now we propose to APP
ply that law OF supply and demand To
the money question, and we say that
when you increase the demand for
roiG by making ii the ole standard of
values. You ralsC its price Just as you
RAISE the price al anything else by in
crcasing the demand for il, and that
when you raise the price of gold IN n
gold standard country YOU lower the
price of all products which are meas.
ured by money. a gold standard
then means falling prices, and falling
prices means hard times to everybody
except the mai who owns money or
trades in money.
"Now, if the money owner has a
right to use the ballot to raise the
value of the money which he owns
- l-- - 1 ,la 40, II --
Pile the right to use the ballot to keeI
him from destroying the value Of the
properly which they own?
Now another proposition. We be-
lieve not only that the free coinage 81
silver will raise the value of silver
bullion as measured by gold, but VI
believe that the demand created b.,
the United States will be sufficient tC
take all our surplus silver and there
: beirg no silver on the market which
cannot be converted into money a
our miuts and used in the develop
ment Of our industries. There will
be no silver in the world that can b,
purchased for less than 81" o pc
ounce. But our opponents say: Sup
pose we have more money, how arr
you going TO get any Of It" That, t.
them. is an argument which answer
everything. Let me suggest an argu
ment, or rather a question. which go,
car ask them: Suppose Won hav'
something to sell, how can YOU re,
anything for it until you find some
body who has money to buy it
Money is the creature of law. Their
can be no money until the govern
ment provides for that money. IL 80,
want more Of any of the products o
labor you can go out and bring then
into existence: bat If O want NOR
money cannot 90 out and Great
more money, because the law impose
pcual,y-punishmenti in the peniten
~tiary-fur any man who tries to Great
money. Therefore, my friends, tn
only way Ia bring more none int
existence is To axe charge OF the gov
eminent, which is the only instru
mentality, and by law open the mint
and permit the coinage of cnoug
money for the people 10 DO bushes
with.
Now | am not permitted to talk t
you but a short time nor have
strength enough to 20 through tn
campaign if ] should do otherwise.
want YOU 10 take this money question
and study it for yourselvcS-no elias
of people has the right to decide 10
you-you have got to 10 II yourselves
my friends. Remember that you
talents were given you for the prote'
ton Of your rights, and there is nj
body to whom you can safely cntrus
your interests hut Yourself
After the speech the tally-ho, wit
n tumbling mob following 10. wa
driven TO the depot, where Mr.. Brya
and party boarded n train for the tri
across Missouri. The candidate spoh
at n number OF points along tn
route to St Louis, where he ";
scheduled for three formal spceche