Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-08-12


ricn. The poor men OF ;his country are
/ The debtors This promise tina, they shaft
! hsNe cheaper dollars and desarcr food -
like the Oh Mississippi fish trap-oper at
both eros. X Will catch EN- Soya IA and
T, goin'.
! DAYS Of tho War Pointed To.
! My voontrymcn. stop and think ~ q
/ moment. and s-- wh-rc II ends. .sat -
the train the other n.Sht. and hy my .stds
was an old German who told me OF the
| Tour years h~ fr,lNht for th. iing. and how
he now owed another great duty 10 cite
country-to maintain the nonor OF it,
| financial integrity. which meant the ~c'-
! fare OF every American man and woms n
| and child. But while W. Mere .slking a.
! 's"e leaned over from the seat behind. pu
, the man said: 'Par,is was a Johnny.
| l was In the rebel army. I fought against
! your nag. And I said: What are Won ,,.-
| Ing to DO about II now He said I have
| got chance now TO light Cor my country.
! Gentlemen. don't talk cheap money to me
1 paid $50 Tor pair OF boots once ;
! daughter and applause.l
| suppose went TO q boot dealer In the
| city OF Madison and said Ia him; We viii
| bring on a condition of things. we will pa -
| law. tina. will make boots Ssia pair
! Wouldn't he jump a. it7 Wouldn't he vote
| that ticket But that bootmakcr Gown In
Tennessee who solo the pair of boots for
$3.50 wouldn't jump AZ IL. DO YOU think he
| wohldf Why, he learned the lesson that
chcapness OF money doesn't help anybody:
that cheapness OF money means that put
L tlnk ll tIle pocket one n0lf-unilar does not
! take the place that the whole dd before
| lie has learned the lesson OF money that
money ~ the mea Sure OF exchange OF prod
ucts. u u not the price. "a Is the rnc,lty
| that crahlcs men who cannot deal dire, tly
with each other. who don't want exactly
| each Others products. to deal through the
instruments:lity OF the measure. He has
/ learned that lesson.
| ''To-day the one great promise X that the
man who "a In debt can pay his inde bt ed :
ness at half price. Stop and think You
/ men who owe 5000 On your farm or on
yCur house-when IL IL due?
| Your mortgage is from two 10 three to
| hve years. The mortgage OF the ordinary
man In this country IL coming due IN two or
three years When that morjsage comes
que, free silver Is coined and the minc own
ers have built pile OF American dollars
until its apex reaches to- the eteinR! stars
| Whcn that mans mortgage II due how
| can he get dollar out of tina, p'ieT How
/ viii he get n thousand dollars out Of that
| pile? He can only get II IN the same " az Ne
! gets IL now. lie can only get IL from the op-
portnnity TO get It, The mortRapors Of ms
| country cannot pay for their MORTGAGES IN
| "A day.
Reply tn barrow.
After Mr.. barrow had presented bis
side of the financial question aud nd.
ranced the usual arguments IN itS I've.
half. senator Thurston replied as 'o!.
lows:
| My fellow citizens. YOU have heard our
| eloquent friend assert ia 80 many words
| that he did not know what the remonet ira
| ton OF silver and ITS free coinage would do
! lie said In 80 many words: II Is an expert
| mcnt.' And again my countrymen | ask
you who have tried the experiment they
offered yon tour years ago. ask -or
hadn't Ne better have "A little collateral
| security this time? iAppIause u nd cheers. !
| What do We OFFER We don't ofrer to
| labor cheaper dollars The republican
party offers 20 labor days worL under
~ Of sFNH sHN8a0.
My countrymen, u you had taken this adj
vice and not given the foreign nations "A
| chance to do the days work We American.
We're entitled TO. YOU wouldn't have this
great distress to-day. IGreat applause '
| lie saws he agrees with me that hundreds
| Of thousands OF men are out OF employ
| ment IN the United States. They were not
I'm NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. "A man OF them
| while the republican party administered
tho affairs of the government OF The United
| States
| -Four years ago that great American
soldier. patrio; and statesman stood on this
| platform and told you what would come
| II you followed the teachings OF William r
| Bryan and his associates in the United
| States. My counirymen. ] ask you In all
seriousness. did II come as William Mckln-
ley said IT would2 fCries: You bet II
did, yes. yes.1 Did the promise OF pros
| perity to the American laDorer and the
| American farmer realize as the other side
said IL would? lCries OF NO, no. no. i II 10
did not. why il II that they do not corIc
before you on the same issues? tCries sf
| They dare not. they dare not
| Three years ago. when Wilson closed
the debate on the great free-trade bill I'm
| the house OF representatives and the vote
! was taken and IL was carried. william
| ]. Bryan led the demonstration on the
| floor. He led the crowd that surged around
| Wilson and lifted him bodily or his feet
| and bore him with rejoicing shouts out OF
the chamber. Stern. but impartial history
&c clares that William J. Bryan carried out
the left hind quarter. Gshouts. laughter
and applause.l
| The campaign IN one OF class prejudice
and sectional appeal. Four years ago they
| said the republican party was the party Of
the manufacturer. Ond they said: Let ~
| turn the manufacturer down. You did.
| Tho American manufacturer to-day lives
| cheaper than he used 10 live. He does not
| enjoy those luXuries that you were pittlng
! against him four years ago. But. my Cod
! when you pull the pillars or the factory
down done they fall on the head of Amert-
can labor? iCries OF yes. yes and ap
| plausc.l
strikes Popular Chords.
! Talk about 2OO-cent dollar what does
II m.an7 Two years ago we said free silver
meant JO-cent dollars. They didn't know
then how TO answer II. They have con-
| ceived, hey have manufactured a now
/ term. and they say that gold is the 2OO-cent
dollar. Wen. then. IL IL Is. the farmers are
! pretty well paid for wheat. [Cries OF Good!
| Good! Prolonged applause and shouts. ]
| j. u Is American labor gets almost three
| times as much az ~ did In 1873. tCries Of
| hit 'em again. and great applause.1 why
! ia 1882 wheat was 20 GEMS a bushel, and you
] say II was bought and paid for In 2DJ.cent
/ money.
! Il tell you. my countrymcn. this attempt
| 10 arouse class against class isn't making
| a good republican party. and never did
make and never Will / live far out on the
western plain. ] am descendant Of eight
generations OF American farmers The few
! dollars ] carried from Wisconsin earned
| lying up wheat In the Wisconsin wheat
/ fields between AN old six and half feet Mo-
COTmick reaper IN Dodge county Wis I
! live out on the western plain. where the
l people used 10 have TO borrow money They
| tried to- gct H.. and when they cot IL. used
/ II 20 their great country's advantage. They
1 bayo mode the wilderness bear blossoms 3
4 the rose.
| MY friend says that the people should
/ pay in the kind OF money they borrow
I Ny God. where did you borrow the money
\ that you owe to-day? We have been on
/ the gold STANDARD since 1914. ana every dol
/ lar that the American people owe to-day
\ has beeen borrowed on the gold standard
| and they have received gold In return
| lAgpiausc.l Not only that, but since 1879
/ the interest rates OF the common loans
/ that the American people have borrow ed
have gone down from twelve TO ten per
/ cent. TO eigh,. seven. six and 20 five Is D.
| piausc.
! This gentleman savs IN ma. IN, tbt.