The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-21

the MANUFACTURER, and they said: Let Us
turn the manufacturer down. You did
The American manufacturer to-day lives
cheaper than he used to live. He does not
enjoy those luxuries that you were pitting
against him four years ago. But. my God.
when you pull the pillars of the factory
down don't they fall on the head of Ameri-
can labor? [Cries of yes. yes.' and ap-
plause1
Strikes Popular Chords.
Talk about a 20O-cent dollar. What does
II mean? Two years ago we said free silver
meant 50-cent dollars. They didn't know
then how to answer It, They have con-
ceived. they have manufactured a new
term, and they say that gold is the 2O0-cent
dollar. Well, then, If It is. the farmers are
pretty well paid for wheat. [Cries of Good!
Good! Prolonged applause and shouts. ]
II 1t Is American labor gets almost three
times rs much as 1t did In 1873. [Cries OF
hit 'em again. and great applause.] Why,
In 1892 wheat was 20 cents a bushel, and you
say 1t was bought and paid for in 2O0-cent
money.
1T tell you, my countrymen, this attempt
to arouse class against class isn't making
good republican party, and never did
make and never will. I live far out on the
western plain. I am q descendant of eight
generations Of American farmers. The few
dollars I carried from Wisconsin earned
tying up wheat In the Wisconsin wheat
fields between an old six and half feet Nc
Cormick reaper In Dodge county, Wis.
live out on the western plain, where the
people used to have to borrow money. They
tried to get II, and when they got It, used
1t to their great country's advantage. They
have made the wilderness bear blossoms as
the rose.
my friend says that the people should
pay In the kind of money they borrow
My God, where did you borrow the money
that you owe to-day? We have been on
the gold standard since 1873, and every dol
lar that the American people owe to-day
has beeen borrowed on the gold standard,
and they have received gold In return.
lApplause.1 Not only that, but since 1873
the interest rates of the common loans
that the American people have borrowed
have gone down from twelve to ten per
cent. to eight. seven, six and to five. lap
plause.1
This gentleman says to me: DO this
without the consent of England. This Is
the first time that these gentlemen have
not expounded England In the American
campaign. [Applause.l This is the first
time they have not even made the Amori-
can people get down to standard and put
themselves on plane by Englands pros
perity.
81 object to this appeal to class prejudice.
The other day. in the Chicago convention,
that outgrowth of the commune, the south
ern senator, Tillman, stood up there
and said this is an issue of the south
against the east. There is no such isspe
under the stars and stripes. My state OF
Nebraska put one star In there and~New
York put another, but when they took
their place in the flag they were no longer
the stars of Nebraska and New York, but
Of the nation. My countrymen, these men
who foment class prejudice, who are they
and for what do they stand? Where Is
there a man out of the whole lot whose
plan, outlined against the sky, and of his
country's history, has furnished anything
of aid or of advancement to the countryT