The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-29

ests forward in preference to anybody
else's business interests. / h&e always
believed that any one who contributed
to a nations prosperity, who added
to a nations welfare, or nations
greatness was a business man. zap
nlause) The man with small business
interests has as much right to protect
those small interest by his ballot as
the man with large business interests
has the right to protect his interests
10y his ballot. (Applause).
i want to show you how the money
question concerns the various classes
Of people Some times our opponents
try to array the wage-earning class,
those who work in factories or by the
day for an employer against the farm
ing class.
Il want to show you that you cannot
separate the interests Of the wage
earning classes from the interests of
the farming classes. You do not pre-
duce shoes for ornament, but for wear.
People cannot buy shoes until they are
able to buy them, and they cannot buy
shoes unless they have money TO buy
shoes with; and they cannot get money
to buy shoes until they sell something
they have and get money. Now, you
sell shoes TO the people of the West
and South. If You drive down the
prices of all those things which she far
mers produce, so that when they sell
their crops they cannot more than pay
their debts and interest, and taxes,
what money will they have to buy
shoes with. Are you going to add to
the prosperity of Lynn, by making
more people go barefoted?" (Cries Of
NO, no.'')
''The wage-earners of Lynn win be
idle, there is demand for the products
of the factories of Lynn, and there
can be no demand for that product
as long as you drive money up AMI
property down. Falling prices mean
hard times and hard times have never
been advocated in a platform bv anv
party, although the Republican plat
form this year without directly saving
so, promises to continue times hard and
make them harder, DO you deny that
proposition? [ want YOU to look at
that platform 1t declares a gold
standard is not. desirable because the
party pledges itself to get rid of it.
If the double standard is not more
desirable than the gold standard, why
does the Republican party want to
make any change? If the gold stand
ard is good we ought to keep it, but
when the Republican party attempts
to get rid of it, it admits it's not as
good as bimetallism. But they promise
you, Notwithstanding their desire to
get rid of the gold standard that
they will keep it until other nations
help us to get rid us it,"
A voice in the crowd requested Mr.
Bryan to talk about injunctions," "
and he said:
81 have been talking about that
which is paramount in the campaign
and / realize there are other ques-
tions in which the people feel an inter
est. ] know they are interested in the
plank in our platform which declares
against what is known as government
by injunction. / know the people are
interested in that plank which de-
mands arbitration, because while our
plank is a National plank, and is con-
lined to arbitration between the en-
ployes engaged in inter-S State commerce
and their employers, yet the endorse
ment in the place of force. believe
an important thing. 1t substitutes
just and peacea,ble methods of settle
ment in the place fo force. / believe
the principle of arbitration will be-
come as well settled in this country
while we younger men are still alive
as the court of justice is well settled
to-day. If / have a difference with my
neighbor, / don't fight it out, even If
he wants to. ] settle it in court.
want a place where we can go and
present our differences and let an inn