Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-25


10 those who are In darkness The
point IS that OF primary money and sec
ondary money-a point that the RepuD-
lican papers and speakers ignore. Since
the characterization of silver we have
been upon a gold basis, and all our other
money, silver certificates and treasury
notes and national bank notes, are SIM
ply promises to pay. We are on gold
foundation alone. If the quantity OF
primary money can be increased, prices
will rise; but if it becomes less, prices
will fall. Now. Archbishop Walsh and
other authorities show that a continual
fall in values has a discJuraging effect
upon manufacturing and business, and
that makes hard times and distress
We are suffering now, not from over
production, as the Republicans would
have you believe, but from under-con-
sumption. What mean by that is, the
people are denying themselves neces-
sarie5. That can be easily proven. l
will give an example: In 1877 we pro-
duced and consumed, in this country,
232 900 900 bushels Of wheat. In 1894
we produced and consumed just the
same amount of wheat, tlthough the
population of the United States IN
creased 100000 in that period-and
the price fell at the same time. mat
shows that the people have been com
PEELED to forego some Of the necessarle5
of life. And they cannot blame any
of this upon the Democracy, for all the
legislation was by Republicans, and II
legislation resulted in distress, II
was Republican legislation. When
.ihe Democratic party came into
power it found condition OF panic,
and set about endeavoring to remove the
cause. The Republicans say tn's is net
so, but. as Abraham Lincoln said: You
NAV fool some of the people all the
time, and all the people part ot the
time but you can't Cool all the feople all
the time That is what tn Republic
cans are trying to 90. They are trying
to make YOU believe that it is the result
of the Wilson law, but the panic was
here before the Dtmocracy had time to
do anything Do not be deceived by the
cry of Wolf when there is no wolf
Mr.. insolvency spoke for about an
hour. making a fine argument through
OH. Towards the close he cited the
case Of the arrest of a Marshall county
man and his Imprisonment by order CT
the Federal Court. for alleged inteffef-
ence with railroad cars, and SAID that
the Democratic party at Chicago had
declared against that sort Of thing Whcn
- = I'll denounced legislation by inJunc-
ton.
At the conclusion CT Mr.. Nc
Swerrev's address Clai-wau AI2hocd
introduced General Hardin. The
sneaker was suffering from severe
cold and hoarseness, and al the outs.
ne begged for The indulgence OF his
audience until he should get warmed
up l.ttls. when he said he thought he
could make every one hear him. He
began by saying
a. mans a man for n Tat"
"I think one Of The most beautiful
sentiments ever uttered came from
the pen Of Burns:
O." Princes and lords are but the breath Of
kings
An honest mans the nohlest work Of Cod
Owe are prone to forget. in our greed
and selfshness, thai God Almighty has
placed in every heart and soul lis own
measure of happiness. The se.dsnness
and misery. IA Joy and the pleasure,
that each may feel IS within ourselves.
and of ourselves, and can only Dc defer
mined by ourselves. How forg tfu! the
world is OF the joys and miseries OF
others. TIE gentleman who preceded
me uttered a beautiful thought when he
referred to the fatherhOod OF God and
the universal brotherhood OF man.
l hope am talking 10
laborsrs ard 20 men n the s5-c2Hai
humber walks of life. | know i IS the
p1on Of he grea. and strong and greedy
10 bsitt,e your reasoning, and they
have Systematically ,old you a thous-
and and one falsehoods on the sssump-
zion that YOU are not intelligent enough
to see through them. One OF he very
first things they appeal to the iabor!ng
man IS. don't you want dO..ar Jnat
will PASS anywhere in the world? That
IS about one of the first things they
ccme at vCu win Now, any man who
eXpects TO travel over the lsnd, hold up
his hand. "a voice:'We az belong here
Laughter) WEI. If Gone OF YOU are
going to traye, over the world. what n
The name Of goodness do you want WITH
dollar that viii pass in the other parts
of the world. There are go, Oh leloWs
gazing over there who are for god. and
when they spend $100,000,00C cf the
gold they wrung from you, they are
the ones who are interested. l don
care whether my dollar gees in Europe
or not. I want TO ask how many Of
YOU want 10 90 to Europe and bring
back something TO compete With The
products Of your own strong muscles?
You want the dollar TO stay here. l un-
Ierstand some Of the big o.. comp2n-
les are endeavOring to have their men
vote for the gold standard and Mckin-
ley because they are interested in the
gold standard. Let's see. Are Ameri-
can wcrkingmen to have chains put
around their neck because some o. CIR
generations owe money in Europe? II
any Of you will take the Arena, Of B1s-
ton. the July number. you VII. find a
history of the growth OF Japan and her
exports. There you will find that
J9pan exported to the United States
$40 600 900 worth Of goods to come into
competition with you, end not man IN
this State made anything which was
sent there in return. But some things
ala On 70 Jgpan-s6O0G, 000 worth, and
$1,000 600 ont Of that S6,000,Oo0 was
petro,eum. that runs cut Of the ground.
snd vet their manufactured goods come
here and compete with youi Don't
that account for the big oil companies
wanting to chain labor down to a gold
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