The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-09-25

wages Tor labor ara dxed. On that subject
he 10 40 innocent % might well bSf expected
q any young gentlemen e. who has never tray-
II The wages of labor arc not stimulated sby;
reduction o6 their prices. when wages sare
less, employment 10 hardest ito ind; when
wages are high mployment 10 easiest TO
dnd. For. my friends. Won sees II must
stand TO reason that labor can only 10.
high when thew II an extensive demand
Tor labor. YOus cannot get q = day Tor,
labor Il there 70 any man willing to work
for g. % per day. When after the panic cfs
1873 wages sunk to 90 cents . dry It iWasl
almost impossible TO obtain employment
were lined With honest, industriouss men
seeking q market for their labor, and re-
turning night after night unsuccessful to-
their homes unable to hnd an opportunity
to sell their toll for even 20 cents or ~ ..
day. s .8s 3 gsss
passed through q period OF great stringency,
and We were on the verge Of recovery %
every one before me knows, until about six
months ago this dark cloud appeared IN the
sky. This threatened agitation for debase-
ment OF the currency took share and Form
alarmed at the insecurity Of Investments.
ned from market places. trade has iaa-i
( Gulshcd, employment d killed and the peo-
pie plunged into condition. Of distress
greater than any known since 1879 IA
Now In order to get relief from this cone
dillon Mr. Bryan proposes to cheaper that
dollar and cut down the rate Of wagcs-
aye. and the Democrats who believe with
me insist that the true policy 10 not to
debase the coinage, but to strengthen u;
not to coin bad dollars. but good dollars;
not to destroy onhdence, but to restore It;
not to paralyse credit. but to invi4orate It,
70 that all men working together, aiding
each other. lending their capital to each
Others enterprises. once more the factories
may open, labor may be In demand. and
prosperity and activity go together hand-in-
hand Into every home that thrives by Amer
lean labor throughout this country.
sss, what Bryan Means. "
Well, let MS see if we can understand
what Mr.. Bryan means. and ! am not quite
sure that he understands It himself. Ton
must bear In mind, my friends. that since
this Popnlistic agitation took form through
and weird literature liberated over the
heads Of men for the. confusion Of their
intellects and often. fof the perversion Of
their judgment. It deals largely with ex.
pressions which no living being can Inter-
pref. We hear them talking Of the crime
about the parity between money and prop
ertys about gold bugs who destroyed the
property Of the tarmers' crops BY the
wicked money power that Is tied up some.
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Nahr.s. peS ma ra,,.os y whsI .sa.. ~
through Il do not believe there 10 one Of
.Ai n VIZ . ine oaa.os meanA
$500 = you W aos
~. Mnut your .ays % yon,
that you should not be discouraged II at
my TINE you nno fopaMat orator TAX
10y. .nk j, ueyohu youE .sompEenenslon, Decauses
~ me momenls % your aeepest mystinca.
taon, you are .n sAactly !ne. position OF alt
your heilo os cltsens, lnclualng me orator
mmseif. Inefe y Attle meaning: there. =
little sense 10 tnes EXPRESSIONS with when
tley nave manaeea 70 Keep the popular
mind agltated Tor me past -FOUR years; but
% aney mean ..en anysni .a. Mr: sryan means