The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-29

l am. Great applause.) Questions do not
hurt, my friends. We are glad to answer
questions, because there Is not A ouAs-
tion that can be asked by an advocate of
the gold standard that can not be answer
ed by the advocates of free coinage. (Ap-
plause and cries Of why don't Mckinley
come out and answer some of them?'O
A voice-People here have the impres-
sion that when the free coinage Of silver
Is brought into effect they can take their
silver teapots and coin them into money.
Mr.. Bryan-The gentleman saws that the
people have the impression here than I'M
der free coinage the people con take silver
teapots and their silverware and have II
converted into money It is true that
under free coinage that any man can melt
up dollar and halfs worth of spoons
and have the silver coined into one dollar
and twenty-nine cents, II you have a man
who IS fool enough TO do II? (Great an
plause). Now why will people refuse to
melt up their silver plates? Because it
will be worth more as silver plate than 1t
will be worth as silver dollars under free
coinage. (Applause.)
And, my friends, you can depend upon
it that people will not do things which
are going to hurt them If they know it,
That is one of the things that you can
base your reasoning upon, and in that
connection 1 frequently have people ask
me, Wouldn't it be possible for a
man to buy silver for SO cents and have
it coined into dollar and make the diff
ference? daughter and a voice. "Who
Is going to sell it?'O The gentleman an
swers the question, which shows he un-
derstands 1t. He says who would sell It?
Now, when you cannot coin silver you
can buy for 50 cents the silver that is in
a dollar, but when you can have that sill
yer coined for dollar, then you cannot
find anybody who will sell you that silver
for SO cents. (Applause) Now, my
friends l want the business man to get
into their heads this one proposition, and
without knowing that proposition, with
out understanding It, they cannot expect
to reach a correct conclusion of the
money question. l assert that the busi-
ness man depends for success upon the
farmers and laboring men. (Ap-
plause) II you want bust
ness men to prosper you cannot make
them prosperous by making the money
loaner prosperous. because business men
do not make their money out of those
from whom they borrow. They make
their money out of those to whom they
sell goods. (Applause,) And If the people
cannot buy goods, the merchants cannot
sell goods, and people cannot buy goods
until they have money to buy goods with.
CApplause) And the way the people get
money to buy goods with is by selling
something which they themselves pro-
duce. If the farmer cannot get money
for what he produces, how is ne going to
have the money to buy what other peo-
pie have to sell7
A Voice-Start up the mills.
Suppose you start up the mills; how
are you going to dispose Of things which
the mills produce unless people can buy
the products of your mills?"
George Fred Williams said a few words
at the conclusion of the presidential can
didate's address, and the party then re-
turned to the station and took the 1:25
o clock train for New York A large
crowd assembled at the station to see
Mr.. Bryan off Mr.. Sewall did not leave
the train at New London, but continued
on to New York.