New-York tribune., 1896-08-26
LABOR MUST HAVE A CHANCE
Continued from First Paae.

were mistaken. triu" Soctr 81
was great misfortune 1t may he We woulu @ 's,t Rn,
II we had in skiful hands we should never have
gone far or suffered so much 'Appanu M neocratc
party or their President, plant myself on Ab'a
ham Llncolns text Of scripture, nIuIJ hnvn that
three Democrats out Of in the business par,s ol
this country ever meant such Snaar or M stonsh ID
than we were / make criticism OF the fresI- e
dent There are many things aSou, avor,heless there
are some things which ought to De squaaeiS os AZ"
not TO prov 2kc pnr'SSbn, b,cb we must avoid
Ranpyhlioans but as citizens of a Republic. the
prosperity OF which is under the chSiSe VI us "'
AS TO THE SHERMAN LAW.
,,,ous rho arguments which the friends of silver
urpe to-day is one which was 10 be anticipated lob
90 and which knew was sure to come Nheh
,ne chorr,a, law was struggling be repealed the
,,aroocrat;c M .ss and even some Republicans 'ou
,,s that reneal alone would be the final remedy anu
business would again revive. never s"iie" ,
belief OH the contrary. Just three yeais az ,S GOOD
lacking two days while was consoI uns W. W." i,te in
nennc,ats as I hope 10 consort with the nhe ' i'
mis- campaign | took occasion IN me ~ ,aciare
,hroe thoi,ss nd men, women and chiioren " i oro
@ .hIee resa Of the Sherman law was only one one
step in the upward march' since aeancr inio The
things have nap Isry c,V dsdourse told the Democrats
thai Il did not expect the Sys very much IN
teresed in the Democrats gr,ona,e garty but always
been It's true friend tender @ IN spirit OF meek
tuthiu.. ponirff ptnrfrc ourselves fellow RepuDlcahs
lest we also should be tempted but ,o he utterly
hsS had not the slightest idea what the the n"e
tion oil ~ Isas We have had most severe SEA
son When tn tariff act proposed Dy MI ,ionss i,
as ao ,er,oinly greet shock 10 ne business go ~ ,
country The change was SO i@au,es,'' @ hx their own
M. mai there seemed no limit TO tne possi &
hiliiies Of evil Now am not mere JuS, ,rU"ines or
%hether hat bill founded on ]os' pronose %
mn
express at the proper time N4i oh one hev finally
onsrsdS as vastly dferen, one. But the , msune
had been done. The shock mao S.vpp ,Irp Money IN
ga 10 better than money in a oush' bbwsn Il
n1nT when You cannot tell what kind OF '''"
will be- THEN THE DEFICIENCY
,-.,, oo,no the income tax unconstitutional anu
..,,o,,va declared so by the Supreme Court ""u
,bsn the attendant deficiency Ihal -.
heen a breeding sore ever since. i""' -ornd ara
and the way It has been managed nav U,hat is
<,oh,oned our people beyond all reason """,
,o ,oo ,orease of debt to Nation so rich 'na'
-. =, ,ts big railroads on half its nhes III a,A
,aon,bs can lose twice much as paio 'ne NJ s
revenue of good Queen Bess III '''e '"S -
highest glory and never pass siS oo frightened
oilusnu Tie Government has refused eltne' ~ W
raise revenue or to senara'ev v thg have been fright
rad Nv talk of an endless chain which c0u% Sor the
been broken Ike 6oa, PRes pines certcates indebted,
s,l money directly instead OF borrownS
ness awsui WI god nT fund indirectly and thus creating
!; ioI sne iTonression of struggle for goid wne"
we were only borrowing mono! m! 70 ~ session passed
rnrr.ss ana become law the country WIN L nr iu
hope of Republican Admlnls'sa,iv,a WA and on
future. would then have s'ar'eu "P""
But the condition has been par pecuiiaf Government
rad three -cornered triansuar I'D banne no
Every body has been in the minority, aiu hodv has
body has had any proonn5sons6y and We have
drilled sailless and rudderess' nuti unmSs mai
with stout ship stouer man an sbin into com
p,ow had YOU not better have harmonious cap
tain and crew AL OF tnern For men reniemcn. Messrs
BRYAN and Watson. and Bryan anu ar, - y" Inherent
been al for many years p"I '""' - "
'n'nE' IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
Whit. T do not propose to offer any remedy for
have not a powerful Imagination ana no po"eiS "a
description of things which have never happ''.D ~
nevertheless. l venture 10 suggest that wha' mas
hannened will happen again. The past is lor 'he
wise man the only guide for the future what man
has done man viii 90 . -. .o. hocL ~ tho sound
basis OF mutual confidence. We have money IN our our
banks. We have capital here aar IN r'S Of nrosperty
The capital Of all the world is waiting 10 De oul
servant' We are today richer in all those things
Tb;ch satisfy human wants than ever In our MS
tory. Were capital trCe TO 3pelai,eh 49, ~ vhich
we can pav lust wages Our crops OF whea' anu
oats and corn and cotton will be immense. .,.a
we have paid off a great debt 70 forelgn hatloiS
bv purchase OF our returned securities ana our ao-
sorption Of them on falling market deserves rre
wolier of the world OF facilities to nanulactule
goods We are fun Look at the SUNDAY he~spa %
eTs W. Ma, tons ot a Papbp bnss cheaper than
before and more of them What shall we doT Pursue
more or SHAH We sci capital in notion But how
shall set capital in motion? ..
We must restore confidence How can we ieSoUre S
confdencec First " all by putting Anarchy down
and all manner Of disturbance Peace ana staole
rowing and lending world. That IS fixed fact. No
amount OF denuncaton OF money Lenders no Wi1n ,hn
N-.l - " N-fn y.
greatest money borrower in the world. VIII ever
put down that fact EGterpriSes are G mnn " ~ 81
brains Bring this thing home TO yourselves ana m
sS" pS otSer caral vou had earned yourself your
father had left 10 you. even any YOU had won
body on earth who was liable to give YOU back only
half Of ii and want TO call IT square tCw "U"io u
Fellow who by law might turn your story-and-a-
hs house into hur shany MY v6pr Wood o and then
hand il back You dismantled ana ha1 rulne9 ,i
man who has capital to ley besides I ia,hS ms nhs h
fust AS much as YOU have the hrSt thhg ,le
% Tsns sae no kGS~ GSS ds the mind Of the business bor
rover II jordan or Alfred puts his property into
he wants 10 know that he will be paid IN as good
dollar as he put into the woods 'sS wnY SnTHi mo,
10 You as men of sense. plain men Of sense Hould 10
You lend none II YOU had vd it 70 bn4W snx man mss yns
devise some way whereby YOU would get back only
stspd - currency You NAV not be able to daily with
statistics but YOU do understand that SImpif
rroposiiior II YOU business man would you
me Ike things a gold basis and sell them on c,eul
10 a people who trying to see II they coud not
pay vou on a silver basis? (Applause)
WHY MEN DO NOT LEND CAPITAL
Is II not clear MONDAY why men do not lena
capital and why men do not undertake enterprises?
] do not say that silver agitation is the only lion
IN the way. | believe that the laws must be so
made that the American people snail do all their
own work. In due time mean TO discuss that
Just now our nrst duty IS with the silver question
My friends. ! have said many times and cannon
Within this very twelve months We have had an
example Of what confidence will do and what dis
trust will do IN December. 1889. this very year
there was "A revival OF business hope. The iron
business. one OF the great indices of prosperity
having in many respects good tariff schedule
began revive Some other industries followed
suit and temporary hope went the com
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