The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-05

sdnnfed ia touch that prejudice against
England which many have. put can We
do this thing ourselves Is IL quesuon
whether we will do II, or ask anybody
consent whether We may. or ask the CO.
operation of somebody Not AZ hiL
tell you what this government can 20
alone. II can fix It's money unit =. ~
declare by law what shall be the rela,se
val,e ~ an ounce OF gold and an ounce
OF silver, but II cannot make that ias'
declaration good tApplause). IL Is uh.
questionably fully within the power oi
this government 20 bring this country 70
a silver basis by coming silver dollars anu
making them legal tender. IneS IN" w
that.
This government shall say you snan
take one OF those dollars In dischaies %
any debt owing TO you for dollaI' ho.~i a.,
standing YOU may have loaned solu "oi-
lars mn n cannot say, and enforce It's
decree-if you should call out the r.ku'
army or navy and muster our gIen, ,,, H.
ern ships and the militia, ana PUT W ll'al
J. Bryan in command OF theinN 80 rnld
enforce the decree that one ounce or soiu
Is the equivalent OF sixteen ounces or SILVER
Great applause and cheersl. NOT oi ly lnas,
not France and England ana oeIhany
can do that unless the ma NJ aa,,,selves.
~ our own wisdom, declare the unit "a
value. we can coin silver Freely, put W.
cannot make sixteen ounces OF sliNe' 49,.
to one ounce OF gold unless IL -. Gr
! plause). And II Is not unless the i"e'
/ take IL at that rate.
.,yhat q the next suggestion II 49, my
/ friends, In the case OF free silver, "h"s 70
the financial and moral equiNaleht %
/ declaration that 50 cent pieces are uoii ..
! Thcv might Just as well pass a law tnae
/ n cents a. n dollar. That would not MAKE
! n so would a.? IL would be lesal uoi-
Ia. INT II would not buy dollar worth
| az anything. What is the erect OF ,ias
The merchant would take care OF MN
self - -,
| proadway and that law Is going INTO op-
Grafton tonight. He summons al ~
clerks and buys % cents worth on peIo.S'
and before he opens his store IN the iliV l,
inp he has marked up his goous 70 tno
new scale lie can do all that. But tnere
are great numbers OF people, huihDeIleSs
neonle. who enlist our interest, ana some OF
them enkindle our sympathies' VIZ Sa,'
not use the pencil. rake ths WoIh % .,,,,,
and mark II up lie has got 20 consult soiilt-
hodv lie has 10 enter into an argument
He has got TO get some other man oo'l-
sent before he can mark up ms Mas =.
Then there is the pensioner, those that
are receiving pensions from inns soN'lH-
) mont for gallant deeds done in the war
Z and others for the loss of beloved ones
lie cannot take his pension ceruncates,
| and when IL reads eight dollars make IL rea'i
7 sixteen dollars He must wait for an appear
10 congress and a congress that Is populist-
T. ic Al character would be unsympathetlc.
IApplausel Take the men VINO nave llle
. insurance. Can they,w where the polley Icaus
$1,000 make Il $4,000? NO Can the mar
i. ayers OF these institutions make II rlgh'
T with them? No. This policy eoerees IN
= tegrity. lAppiause.l
MY friends. the men surely do not con-
. template the irretrievable and extensive
character OF the disaster and disturbance
and disruption which they are proposing
/ na fn al business HH0ifN
q great and simple. Take the laboring man
y how full OF sympathy they are Tor MIN
: MY countrymcn, ] never spoke ialst
, word 10 the laboring man IN my IRE hIea
< applause). / have never sought 70 reaci
}. his vote or influence by appeals 20 tina
q part or his nature that VIII polute th'
G Intellect and the conscience. nave ne
y licved and / believe to-day that any sSs
, tenn that maintains the prices OF lapol -
:. this country, that brings hope lnto IN
4 life OF the laboring man, that enables mn
r 10 put by, that gives him stake IN I'M
"a good order. the property OF the country
lc rs the policy that should be our American
~ policv (Applause). i have resisted II
,f many campaigns this idea that debase
s. currency could help the working man. IN
le first dirty errand that dirty dollar zoe
o, Is 10 cheat the worklngmen' (Appiause
d, my friends, "a cold statistical inquiry
e non-partisan in It's character, was MAD
es NV n committee OF the senate IN 1890 an
y, some following years. The commute
lc was composed or democrats ana OF :,
n nublicans, and they set out 10 study a
nd statisticlans the relative prices OF con
ne modities and wages at different perioe
ne IN tho history OF our country rms "
rs vestlaation covered the years OF the wa
70 IL showed how prices OF goods went Y
W. and in what proportion labor adVahce'
Ir goods went up rapidly because the pei
re I'll pyocpss Is quick process. Wage
- went up haltingly and slowly because :,
IL employer has to be persuaded ana y
pcncil won't serve.
on "yow. / have here n memorandum
~. some OF those facts resulting from IN
Tot investigations Labor in one period a
Tot vanced three per cent. goods the thin
ere me men had 10 buy out OF their wages
ng their families and their living, advanc
)n- tx per cent. Through announcer perloa u
yer lahorers' wages advanced l0i2 per Ger
lon and the price OF goods advanced ~ per Ger
os- In another period the wages OF the
In borer went up rs per cent. ana the prices
I've merchandise advanced W per cent IN
red other period the laborcrs' wages went
sir AZ pcr cent and the price OF goods III y
lita cent Now these statistics are the res
md of n solid scientific inquiry made by m
ey Of both parties TO determine what the tru
at was and the truth they found, that |
INK onormous disparity between the advar
sill OF the cost OF living and the advance
'ita wages falls In exactly with what we wol
hat conclude in advance. Laborers, men W
EN- work, whether with head or hand IN =
but aired positions. would do well TO take tn
Il a facts 10 heart and settle the question ar
de- that broad deep inquiry TO which
nth Bryan invites you, as 20 whether you W.
OF TO enter into another experience such
: do YOU had during the war. when wages
vanccd 80 slowly and tediously and the c
il % OF your living moved on so swiftly.
iblc 81 have sketchcd very hastily some
n Ia the evils that will result from this char
the 10 n debased dollar-a contraction OF {
iere currency by the exporting OF our
lard and n reimbursement OF everything. N,
liar Who will get any benent7 Well tho "
L OF who owes debt that he contracted M
ages "A gold basis and Is able TO pay 10 Will
low. b0-cent dollar. lie and the mine owl
used who gets an exaggerated price for
de- nroducts OF his mine are the only
the PEOPLE or classes OF people. that can
kets that would have any beneht out OF
tion they make strong appeal TO the farm
e OF They say IL Will put up prices. Wei,
took sense, yes. Nomnally, yes Really