Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-08
OBJECT LESSON IN FINANCE.
Given at the Auditorium Monday
Night by Arthur E. Stillweil.
AM lIlustrnted PoiItleal Addrs.. pelLver.

Given at the Auditorium Monday
Night by Arthur E. StillWeil.
An illustrated Political Address Delivered
Under the Auspices of the business Mems
Mckinley and hobart Club.
An object lesson 10 finance was givor
In the Auditorium Monday night under
the auspices of the Business Mems Me.
Kinley and Hobart Club by Arthur Il.
Stillwell of Kansas CITY, Mo, before a
large and interested audience. The
attention Of the people was attracted
before the meeting opened by numerous
unusual objects that had been arranged
upon and near the stage. At the back
OF tue platform was map OF the
Unied States and Mexico. At the
left OF the map was square box bear
ing the name "U. s. Mint" and
on the right a aimilar box. ~. s.
Treasury" On one table were blocks
to represent silver bullion, and on
another pile Of dicks to represent
silver dollars. of one end OF the
platform was tall pole standing for
the quantity of silver dollars coined
since 1878. There were two boards
resting on side brackets, one OF which
bore the information that In 1870,
~, 800, 600 ounces OF silver were pro-
duced, and the price was 81. SO an
ounce, and the other showed that in
1895, 46, 900, 600 ounces were produced,
and the price waa 81 cents m ounce.
William G. Sprnance presided at the
meeting. After Col. c. NJ. Leitch
had sung tho verses of o campaign
song, the audience joining in the
chorus. "McKinley's Marching On, "
Mr.. Spruance made some remarks in
which be referred to the large member
ship of the club, BOW about 1000.
Most everybody, said he, has to do
work Of some sort. Work ia the habit
of our people and is In fashion Ia
America. While tho members OF the
club are business men, they are not las
busy as they would like to be. Many
of them are buster meeting notes than
waiting on customers
Most of the people Of our country
absolutely REFUGE to be arranged 10
classes The same discordant note runs
through all OF Bryan's speeches. To this
the Republican party is opposed.
There is another party which, in
spite Of the Australian ballot law and
clerks Of the peace, deserves the name
OF National Democratic party. These
men stand fast and bravely hold aloft
the banner Of their faith. Let us
recognize their manhood. To me this
moral magnitude is almost colossal.
Mr.. Spruance referred to the fact
that there is now but one Republican
electoral ticket in Delaware and ex-
pressed the hope that no one would
throw away bis vote on account OF dit.
ference OF opinion.
In introducing Mr. Stillwell Mr..
Spruance said be was interested in the
construction OF arailroad from Kansas
City to deep water Sabine Pass, Mexico,
for which work be raised 500, 900, 600
which found its way into the pocket
Of the honest laborer.
The speaker Of the evening received a
very warm greeting. In his preliminary
remarks he said Bryan was pretty
good type of the Western man. The
thing for the Eastern man who goes
West to do is to try to change some oil
the notions OF the West.
He had read 10 Q paper something
like this: "If man takes 10 cents
worth OF steel and makes from 1t 0
watch spring worth sl.5 that is skill.
II a man takes a piece Of paper worth
one-half cent and writes upon 1t poem
worth $50, that Is, genius. II man
takes farm worth s5 an acre and
through years of toll and hard work
brings it UP to he worth 800 an acre,
that is work. II man takes hammer
worth 20 cents and earns with il 81. "a
cents day as carpenter, that Is hard
work. II a man buys yearing coli
and develops It into horse that can
make record on the track OF 2.06,
that is judgment. II a man buys an
article for 81. 80 and sells II for S3 30,
that is business. But let nation
take 81 cents worth Of silver aud coins
il into cartwheel and force the people
to take it for dollar In payment oil
debt, that is not financiering, that Is
highway robbery" Applause.
The question is whether for the bene.
fit of 80 mine owners and $50, 900 people
Of seven States We are going to act Tor
the detriment Of SO, 900, 900 people.
Free silver may boom the mines, and
make the mine owners twice as rich,
but we'd rather elect William Mckinley
President and help everybody instead
OF few mine owners.
He related the story OF the farmer
who called up the station agent and
asked whether the government was
going to deliver the free silver at his
house or he should have TO come for it.
According to Mr.. Stillwell the mine
owner gets the silver and the rest OF
as get the fires. N
Mr.. Stilwell read extracts from
speeches OF Senator Stewart and Sena.
tor Jones in 1874 to show that at that
time they were for gold standard.
1.-THE crime OF 1872 occupied the
attention OF the speaker for some time
The silverites claim that the great
production of silver had nothing to do
with the price. A man told Mr.. Stillweil
81 cents an ounce than formerly at
the higher price. II would be Just
lovely to get the former price for the
larger output. Mr.. Bryan is down on
every kind Of trusts except be trusts
the silver mine owners to put him in.
The frec silver men call every manu-
facturer blood-sucking leech except
when he has little silver mine out
West, where he employs two. or three
men, and that covers multitude Of
sins.
Mr.. Stillwell illustrated some facts
with the disks. He set off 80 disks for
silver against one disk for gold. Then he
showed that Mr.. Bryan would have us
believe that half OF the 80 was still rs
high as the ~. The mine owners got
this (pointing to the le) and We get
this lindicating the empty space
above. When the Bland Allison act
was passed silver kept going up in
quantity an ] gold kept going out lin