The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-09


he working man l--,..,s. aHd nothing
else.''
That's II, murmured the crowd
crowding around the silver man. Tell
US that"
THE business of this country won't
run till they get money enough to run
it," declared the silver man. And II
the business don't run. you can't get
to work."
How do you know there amt money
enough to run business" asked the
man who wanted to know.
why, amt It plain?" cried the sill
verite, excitedly.
mo, 1t amt plain" said some one in
the crowd. IT'S a damn lie. Money
don't wear out, and there was lots of II
five years ago. There seems to be lots
OF money for everybody but the work.
ingman. Money can't be got because
we can't get work."
well, if you think there is money
enough in this country. that settles it"
said the silver man.
"Then you can't tell me how this free
coinage is going to benefit me?" said
the man who wanted to know.
IF it isn't the shortage Of money, ]
don't know what the matter is" de-
clared the slverite. But will you tell
me how gold is going to help me?"
who said gold would help you? Has
anybody said this country was going to
stop coming silver? This talk about
the financial system is all rot. This
country, right now, has the best sys-
tenn in existence"
"Then why haven't we all got work %
asked the silver man, with a wise
smile.
well, 1 asked you how your silver
party was going to help me, and you
failed to tell me. Now let me tell you
, how the carrying out of the platform
Of the Republican party-and Bill Nc
Kinley will carry 1t out to the letter
will help U.S.
First Of ALL he knows too much to
NEEDLE with currency system which
is the result of long experience, and
under which this country has grown
to be the greatest the sun ever shone
on. The effort will be to improve it,
IL possible, but until the conditions are
improved, so that the people of this
country have work, 1t will not be
tempered with. 1t is better for all
classes than England's or any other
countrys as it is.
1.-THE rate Of wages which the fac
tories and mills of this country pay,
were the wages which those industries
could afford to pay under protective
tariff. The Wilson bill has made it
impossible to pay those wages, and as
a result industries must either shut
down or decrease the wages to the lev
ell of those paid in England or wher-
ever the imports come. from. The un-
ions will not allow the industries to
cut down wages, and, when they at
tempt it, strike is the result. For
the last few years a strike has meant
a. lockout or the shutting down Of the
factory. The men who are running the
industries of this country know that
a cut in wages means a strike, so in
stead of cutting the wages they shut
down. They don't have to run the fac
tories; they can live without them, be-
cause they have money. They don't
want strike, for fear it may mean
damage to property, so they shut up
shop, throw the men out Of employ
ment and go travelling If they want to.
We can't make them open up. They
will do it, when they see their way to
illdht ilOHcy anu pay lHC WdScS ut-
manded by the unions. There Is just
one way to make them open, and that
is by giving them a chance to make
some money They can make it under
protective tariff and pay the wages
demanded, and just as soon as that
tariff is again in force, they will open
things up.
THAT is WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH THE COUNTRY.
Our unions made their scales of
wages under a protective tariff, and if
we don't have that tariff we can't get
the wages. I know, and so do you,
that If you would work low enough, SO
the men that own the mills and fac
tories could make money, they would
have kept running or would start any
day. But we want the union wages,
and under the Wilson bill they can't
make money and pay them.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVEN'T
GOT WORK.
''The way to get work at the old
wages is to get protective tariff, and
the words Mckinley and protection
mean the same thing. Then we will
get work and wages, not until If this
government would coin all the silver
brought to the minis free. it would
make no more difference about me and
my job and my wages than the food
given to the prisoners Of Siberia. This
silver talk is a humbug. Protection is
what we want.
And then, turning to the crowd
about him, the man who wanted to
know, said Am right, boys?" His
answer was three cheers for McKin-
ley and protection. The silver man
had fled.
This incident Is one of many which
have occurred on the streets of Chi
cago, lately, when the curbstone meet
ings broke up by the rout of the wild
eyed silverite and an app oval of the
Republican ticket by three old-fash-
Toned cheers for Mckinley and the good
old days
Mr.. Hobart deals clearly with the
tariff situation. He calls a spade a
spade. and therefore holds the mistalx-
en- economic policy of the Democratic
party responsible for the treasury de-
felt and the present depressed business