Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-02

WONlN nave Fuleu inr tnt ttlthl o.
the very next day. [GfoAt applause.
They secured the Ispeal Of the shtf
man law, ana they pretended tina
WHOM they got that out Of the wa!
they woul restore silver TO lie fofme
place. There were s3me who said th,
trend Of the Sherman law was to tia
oud, and that we had to clear avail
tho rubbish before we could bulld up
good syttem, Bnd there were other
who eaiJ that n we stood by free ellvel
We would drive Europe TO blnncialli IN
But those who NIUE tbia hrcumvnl
have proven that they wefo not Sin
ccre, AMI that their purp.eu was 6 do
ceivo iho American people. APP
plauBe.
Now you viii had people VINO are
afraid Of n1od of silver. There II
nothing that txcites my sympAthy
more than 10 hnd a man that has never
had enough money In his life, who has
not enough 10 Ray his dcbtl, anu does
not know whore the money Ia 10 come
from u buy food for the next week,
afraid OF a deluge Oi silver. There arc
some people who have an idea that tho
free aud unlimited coinage OF silver
would IN some way, they know not
how, bring ruin TO this country. Dii
you ever Try to figure out Just how
man was going to hurt us by
hti cling silver here II not, suppose
you examine the situation anu sec
whether you can nnd any way la
which you will be- injured. Lot US
suppose TINT you had free aud uullmit-
cd coinage OF gold AMI allvCr at tue
present legal ratio Of 10 10 1, then amy
person Ia the world owning silver bul.
lion could bring that bullion 10 cur
mints anu have " converted into legal.
tender dollats, just like tho ono that
you uo today. Now. how c uld you
to iniufetr suppose eomn man made
up his mind h iujuTo the American
people under free coinage. How woul
no do ~ Why, hg would take his
silver TO our mint. Suppose he had o
thousand dollars Of 10, and hnu u
coined Into dollarP, then ho would take
these dollars out 10 hurt ,ho American
people with them, anu how would he
DO ~ He could take that money
home and no wouii DO required to pay
the freight on n, hud he would lore the
cost OF coinage anu lose tho freight
both ways, and We could stand It
longer than nc could. You Biy that he
would trade that silver for gold anu
take the goli away aud leave the Ill.
veE. Where would no get the colo?
Would be get u NJ the Treasury OF the
United Siatetg Not under bimetali.
ism, bsoauso under Dlmetaliism the
government does not ngTee to sEap but
undet bimotalllsm theg0vefnmentcuu.
yufts the silver tuition into silver
money aud gold bullion Into gold coin
anu make them legal tender cor all
debte, public and private. Hut II does
not ngfoe 10 redeem sold dollar ,n OIL.
yer or silver dollar In GOLD. l3feat
applause. Under bimotnllisu. this
foreigner could not exchange his silver
at the miut TOT gold unless ihu govern.
meat was disposed 10 let him 90 Il.
Whoio would no get tue golGg lie
would have TO hnd somebody with tue
gold who was willing TO lee the gold
go. When would the man who held
tno gold let the gold SO? Why, when.
ever be thought that allvef vas letter
Tor MIN than the gold, ana not uniil
then. Wei, tucro 10 another way
that he migh1 DO. lie might, iusieni
Of tekiug tue silver home, Instead OF
giving IL TO "a, instead OF ira ling IL 10
Us f0r gold, he might trade IL 10 "a for
properly. Whenever we have any.
thing 10 sell, VIZ are looking Tor n man
who has something TO trade Tor what
we have 70 cell, ana insieEd OF being
frightened, II he Will Just let u know
whon he Is coming with his silver 70
exchange for our prOuuos, We win
meet him at the depot Win u brass
band anu show him when no can buy.
have you ever heard people say that
II did not make any difference
how much money there was,
that you could not got any
Of It unleHs you had something to eel?
That 10 very common argument.
Whenever anybo1y asks you now you
can get money, no matter how much,
unless you have something 10 sell, you
ask him how you eau get any M iney
At all, no matter how much you have
10 toll, until you md somebody who
has money with which 10 buy, OF
,oufeo you cannot Get any money
lnlets you have something TO sell. II
you are "a syndicate and nave control
II thousands Of dollars, YOU may cell
credit and get money.
n gentleman aHKoi me last night
now this money could be put into
circulation. That, 10 my mind, is one
u the simplest OF processes. DO you
lver have any trouble In getting your
money into cifculation2 Now, 1 know
rom your conduct inst your ttoublo
ias bten lust like minc, not ms 10 how
o get your money into circulation, but
low you could keep II from getting
nto circulation.
Woa opposed TO the gold standard
because tho gold standard means n
islng dollar. A rising dollar means |
alling prices; falling prices mean hard
imes. The nrly that tries TO make,
" raising the value OF the dollar, |
over prices Tor the general product |
4 human labor IN the party |
hat legisla,os ttagnation upon n
'eople ana drives men into bankruptcy
~ "Be II enacted" etc. We bellevs |
hat the opening OF our mintB will |
ring into circulation more standard
money; 10 the gold OF tue world we
III aud the silver, and when gold aud |
liver together measure the price OF all
he property Of the world, that price
viii be higher than II IL now, ana hay.
ny been restored, II viii remain more
table than II N now, aud that Is why
W are In favor OF bimetallism.
We want tho ratio 10 10 | for two
easonp. In the first place we believe
bat the gap between gold bullion ana
liver bullion sheen caused by hos.
Ito legislation and that II eau be closed
y friendly legislation. Applause.
Suppose all tho world agreed TO ,he
alto OF ~ TO j, ana suppose they made