The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-10-02

~ contracted to that extent, ara sWGsWouldj
havs les than p per capita :ih cllcuia4iol Of.
actual 1s money, where we hays now ~ :
q panic at drst taftes the adoption OF free
lcoinage). he admits that much. He does
not Say whether IL Will b Just . little
waye which win wet the toes ana scare tho
Mmoroussor whether II 5wtll BE- . tidal wave
which will engulf the nation:
we are not children In experience. We
had our fingers bnrned four year, ago, and
they are yet sore from the elects OF the
dre. William ]. Bryan told ID then thatv
Tree trade was just what We needed !; that
our troubles were all due to the tariff. He
now tells 90 that we must have free silver
longer refuse It; thar all manlind has been
suffering untold misery since 1873 on ac-;
count Of the demonstration Of silver. You
know better. Will you take his advice
again? do not think you will. There 10
no use In deceiving ourselves IN dealing with
this question. We have more gold and more
gether more circulating medium than We
ever had before. and we have no money that
is not at par with gold, which IL the recos.
nised money Of the commercial world. Let
US not run OF after moonshine theories
pressed upon US by Bryan. Tlllman and Ait
geld. and men who may Be- honest, but who
are urging the people Of this country to
adopt policy or try an experiment III de-
hance of the facts Of history and In opp0-
sitton to the judgment Of the wisest friends
of silver In the world.
The. Republican party 10 for me.allism.
It believes in the use Of both gold and
silver MS money. 1t believes In the admis.
sion. Of both to the minis Of the United
States on equal terms, as soon as 1t can
be done with safety and honor. Our party
Is pledged to 1t, In the st. Louis platform.
They tell the farmer he will get higher
fnrh 10 Hsv0f x,1kt no.
age, and they tell the laborer at the same
time that he will have more work and
higher wages. All history shows that the
price Of labor Is the first to go down and
the last to so up. The Democrats propose
in some mysterious way to suspend the law
slightest doubt that the unlimited free
coinage Of silver In this country would
bring down wages. And that Is what many
men who favor free trade and free coinage
want.
Zone Of the dangers Of this country IL
the reduction Of wages. It will be q sad
day when the wages Of the laborer In the
United states shall be reduced to the level
Of those of China, japan and Mexico. When
the time comes, we might control the
markets Of the world, but 1t would be ct
the expense of our Republican government
and of our civilization. When the wage
Garner Is pauperixed in this country, the
have departed. Whenever hard times have
come upon the country, there have always
been men, calling themselves by some party
name, who tried to ride into power on the
misery and discomfort Of their country
men. But, thank God, they have always
failed and will fail again.
'Four years ago, the Democratic party
was successful on the tariff Issue. What
followed Is familiar to you all-hard times,
misery and distress such as Hkas never
experienced before by this generation. Two
years ago, the country again turned to the
Republican party for relief. The great ma
jority they sent to the house Of represen-
tatives was powerless to afford relief.
Why? Because the silver trust, led by the
senators from the silver states. was strong
enough in the senate to bind that body
hand and foot, and absolutely refused to
permit any bill aftording more revenue for
the support Of the government to pass I'M
less 1t contained free coinage amendment.
They were willing to allow the country to
go to universal bankruptcy and even revolu-
tion itself, to accomplish their ends. It is
but repetition Of what was attempted
eighteen years ago, under the leadership
Of some Of the men who are now at the
head Of the silver conspiracy. They threat
ened to ''starve" the government to death
unless they were allowed to repeal certain
laws which were obnoxious to them. Did
the country approve Of their action? The
election returns answer the question. be-
lieve the effort of the present conspirators
to starve the country into the adoption Of
the free and unlimited coinage Of silver
will as slgnally fail. They tell us that we
need more money; that an imitation of the
currency. such as would follow the free
coinage Of silver, would result in higher
prices for all the products Of the farm,
etc. Such has always been the cry Of men
who desired to obtain something for moth.
ing"