The record-union., 1896-10-19
THE FLASHING WIZ
AND THE
BRILLIANT 0RAT0RY
Of Bob" ngersoLast Half Of His Great Chicago Speech
His Apostrophe to the Republic -Relshable Anecdotes
-Bryans Cabinet Plea for Protection and Poor
Relentless Satire and Inspiring Patriotism


on the silver. question. This morning
we give fuller extracts from the last
half of that speech, devoted to protec-
ton, labor and patriotism:
THE question is, Shall we keep the
American market for ourselves, or give
1t away to other folks? (Applause.)
"A nation that sells raw material will
grow ignorant and poor. A nation that
manufactures will grow Intelligent and
rich. ('That's right. }
1T takes muscle to dig ore. 1t takes
q mind to manufacture a locomotive.
1--WE want to give work to brains as
well as to hands We want to raise
great men and great women; that is
the best crop. daughter and applause)
"Our people stand in the same rela-
tior to invention that the ancient
Greeks did to sculpture. We are the
greatest nation of inventors upon the
earth / want the things that we use
made here in our own land. CAP
plauSe.)
1.-THE smoke raising from the stack
forms the only clouds on which has
ever been seen the bow OF American
promise.
1--WE have tried the Democratic tariff,
bill passed by perfidy and dishonor,
according to Cleveland; and he was not
mean enough to sign it or brave enough
to veto it. Oaughter)
II want everything that we use man
ufactured in America. All, but say the
free traders, we want the markets of
the world. Well, what is to hinder?
We have no export duty. Iron is as
cheap here as anywhere on earth. You
can get timber here as we'll as any
ers and mowers and threshing machines
and churns to any market of the world.
Why don't you do it? Because In the
Republic, under our flag, wages are too
high. That is the reason they can't do
it. And what keeps wages high? Pro
lection. (Applause.)
Why do they want free trade? For
the sake of low wages. A ton of iron
ore is worth only a few cents in the
ground. Lime only a few cents In the
cliff. Coal only a few cents in the
ground; and you make a ton of steel
rails worth $25. of which $23 so is la
bcr. The raw material as material
only 81 30. A locomotive worth SlO,-
000-the raw material not worth 500.
A steamship worth $500 000-the raw
material not worth $1,000. All the rest
is labor.
IF labor is higher here than in the
rest of the world we must save the
American market for the American me-
cfanic. Even if we have to pay more
for it here it is better.
Suppose you can buy a ton Of steel
rails in England for $40 in gold, and
You do buy 1t, how does the account
stand? You have ton of sted rails
and Great Britain has $40 Of our gold.
81 ppose you buy the ton of steel rails
here and give $50 in gold, then how
dnes the account stand? The United
States has got the gold and the rails,
tco, both here. under our flag. Gap
plause)
I'VE want more business. Business
is the finest charity ever conceived Of
Business that feeds the hungry, clothes
the naked, wipes the tears from widows
eyes and orphans cheeks, puts dilnples
OF Joy in the cheeks of sorrow busi-
ness that puts a roof above the heads
of the homeless; business that fills the
world with art and song, with COM
merce, the land with happy homes.
I'VE don't want fiat philosophy and
we don't want any silver swindles. We
want business. Wind and water are
cur servants. Let them work. Light
ming and steam are our slaves Let
them toll. Start the fires and let labor
with it's countless hands have work, and
where there is work there is no want.
I'VE want credit. Credit is based on
confidence, and when we have good
times, everybody nearly has credit
Every mans mouth is a mint that is
sues dollars. When a good fellow with
a good job goes to the grocer and says:
Give me So worth of sugar, 50 worth of
coffee; charge it; he has added SO to
the currency of the United States. (Ap-
plause) He has inflated the money.
And afterward, when times get hard,
and they won't credit then they say
money is scarce. There is just as much
money as there was before. Credit is
scarce. That is the trouble. Confidence
is gone, and yet they are going to give
prosperity at 16 to 1. (Applause)
What is the next question? Is this a
Government Of law? If we cannot
make money by law. can we keep peace
by law? Is this a Government of the
people? Can the people make laws
that the people are bound to obey?
shall we be bound by the decision of
the highest tribunal, or shall we depend
upon the mob?
Civilized men believe that a man
that makes property by industry and
economy has the right to keep it, Gap
plause)
Civilized men believe that that man
has the right to use it as he desires.
and they viii judge Of his character
by the manner in which he uses is.
Il want to civiiize the capitalist so
that he will be willing to give what la
Dor is worth. ] want TO educate the
workingman SO he will be willing to re-
eeive what labor is worth | want to
c:vilize them both ito chat degree that
they can settle all of their disputes in
the high court of reason.
But when you tell me that they can
stop the commerce of the Nation, then
you preach the gospel of bludgeon, the
gospel Of torch and gun.
''The law is the supreme will of the
supreme people, and we must obey it,
or we go back to savagery and black
night.
II stand by the courts. / stand by
the President. who endeavors to pre-
serve the peace. applause Cries OF
"Good.') l am against mobs. / am
against lynchings. (Applause) And
believe it is the duty of the Federal
Government to protect all its citizens
at home and abroad.
Il want a Government powerful
enough to say to the Governor of any
State where they are numbering Amer
fcan citizens without process of law:
Stop, stop shedding the blood of Amer
lean citizens. And if you cannot stop
it, we can Great applause)
II believe ia a Government that will