The American guide., 1896-08-08

| that he can get to pay him IN. lAppiauSc,i
| Stop to think of that little while oy your
fresides They ask that law be pas.en
compelling the laboring man TO accept tor
| his labor the cheapest dollar that the man
ufacturer can get to pay him with. stop
| and think of that!
.To whom will this cheap money come
like downpouring blessing from Gou
| WIN 1t come through the poor man! ~ ms
| got to come through the fingers Oh inc
| rich. The poor men OF this country are
the debtors. This promise that they shau
| have cheaper dollars and dearer 1000 Is
like the old Mississippi fish trap-opeh u,
beth ends, It will catch 'em comm ana
i goin. p.,,,.a To
MY countrymen. stop and think Of I a
rtoment. and see where II ends ! sat IN
lie train the other night, and by my aide
| Wns an ala GermdiI who told tie OF the
four years he fought for the HAS and how
he now owed another great duty 10 nis
| country-tb maintain the honor OF Hs
financial integrity, which meant tne wei
| fare OF every American man ard woman
| and child But while we were talklps
| face leaned over from the seat behind, 'hu
| The man said: 'Pards, ] was a Johnhy
| | was In the rebel army, ! fought aRn'hs'
] your nag And I said: What are you go
/ ing TO do about 1t now2' He said nave
rot a chance now to iight for my country
] >
| paid $3.50 for pair OF boots once
Laughter and applause'l
"sunnose went to boot dealer In the
| city OF Madison and said 10 him' we VIII
| bring on a condition of things. we Will pass
| n law. that Will make boots sdb pair
| wouldn't he jump at II? wouldn't ne Vote
\ that ticket? But that bootmaker down IN
| Tennessee who sold the pair OF boots Tor
| ssf1 wouldn't Jump at II. Do you think ne
wouid9 why, he learned the lesson that
! rheapness of money doesn't help anybody
! that cheapness Of money means that put
/ ting in the pocket one half-dollar does not
! take the place that the whole did before
! lie has leained the lesson OF money-that
| money is the measure OF exchange OF prod
nets IT Is not the price. II Is the facility
| that enables men who cshh1t deal directly
/ with each other, who don't want exactly
! each others products, TO deal through the
| Instrumentality OF the measure He has
/ learned that lesson.
To-day the one great promise is that the
| man who is in debt can pay his indebted
| ness at half price. Stop and think. You
men who owe $1,000 on your farm or on
| your housc-whCn Is 1t dueY
your mortgage Is from two to three to
! five years. The mortgage OF the ordinary
| man In this country Is coming dre In two or
! three years. When that mortgage comes
| due, free silver is coined and the mine own
| ers have built a pile Of American dollars
/ until Its apex reaches to the eternal stars
! when that mans mortgage is due, how
\ can he get dollar out Of that pile7 How
! will he get thousand dollars OUT Of that
| pile? He can only get II In the same way he
| gets II now. He can only get 1t from the op-
| portuhity TO get H. The mortgagors Of this
cotintfy cannot pay for their mortgages IN
Repiy TO barrhr.
After Mr.. barrow had presented his
side of the financial question and all
yanced the usual arguments in its he
half Senator Thurston replied as sol
! lows:
My fellow citizens. you have heard our
eloquent friend assert in so many woTfs
I that he aid not know what the remonctlsa-
| tion of silver and Its free coinage would 90
lie said in so many words; II is an expert
ment' And again, my countrymcn, ask
you who have tried the experiment they
offered you four years ago. ask you
hadn't we better have a little collateral
security this timer Applause and cheers.
what do We offer7 We don't offor to
| labor cheaper dollars. The republican
/ party offers to labor a days work under
| the stars ami stripes. iGreat applause
My countrymen, II you had taken this adj
vice and not given the foreign nations
chance to do the days work we American,
were entitled to, you wouldn't have THIS
great distress to-day. lurcnt applause
| lie says he agrees with me that hundred,
| of thousands of men are out OF employ
mcnt In the United States They were not
| In se2-lapplauscl-not man OF them.
while the republican party administered
the affairs Of the government of the united
| States
"Four years ago that great American
| soldier, patriot and statesman stood on this
l ..gI st.at aftl.s
| in YOU followed the teachings of william j.
| Bryan and his associates In the United
| states, My countrymen, ! ask you In all
seriousness, did II come AS william Mckin-
ley said II would7 lcries; You bet 1t
did,' yes, yes ] Did the promise OF pros
perity TO the American laborer ana we
American farmer realize as the other alle
said 1t wouldg (Crios Of No. no. mol liH
dld not why IL II that they do not corc
| b,fore YOU on the same issuesf lCrlos OF
They dare not. they dare not
"Threo years ago. when Wilson closed
the debate on the great frec-trade bill IN
the house of representatives, ana me Vote
was taken and It was carried. William
1 nrynn led the demonstration on the
door. lie led the crowd that surgod around
| Wilson and lifted him bodily on his feet
| and bore him with rejoicing shouts out or
the chamber stern, hut impartial history
| declares that William J. Bryan carried out
| the left hind quarter, lshcuts laughter
'"rhe cnmpaign Is one OF class prejudice
| and sectional appeal Four years ago they
| said the republican pnriy was the party OF
| the manufacturer and they said Let rs
| turn the manufacturer down, You did,
| The American manufacturer to-day lives
cheaper than ho used 10 live, lie does not
enjoy those luxurics TINT you were pltting
| against him four years ago, nut my God,
when YOU pull the pillars Of the factory
down don't they fall on the head Of Amorl.
can labor? lCrics OF yes. yes. and ap-
plauHc1
Talk about n 2o0-cent dollar What does
| IL m.nn9 Two years ago We said free silver
| meant 5n.ccnt dollars They didn't know
thcn how to answer H. They have com
| colvcd, they have manufactured now
term, and they say that gold ls the ec-cont
| dollar Wei, then, II II IL, the farmers are
pretty well paid for whent lCrlcs Of Good
Goodr Prolonged applause and shouts.l
! II IL IA American labor gets almost three
times as much as II did In iS73. lCrios Of
| hit 'em again. and great applause,l why,
| In 1852 wheat was 70 cents n bushcl, and you
say II was bought and paid for In 2Do'ccnt
money
81 tell you, my countrymcn. this attempt
| to arouse class against class isn't making
good republican party. and never did
make and never viii ! live far out on the
western plain. am descendant Of eight
generations Of American farmers, The few
| dollars I carried from Wisconsin I earned
tying up wheat In tho Wisconsin whont
| fields between an old six and half feet Ne.
| cormick reaper In Dodge county Wis !
live out on the western plain, where the
people used to have to borrow money. They
tried to get II, and when they got II. used
It to their great country's advantage. They
have made the wilderness bear blossoms
| the rose,
MY friend says that tho people should
pay In the kind OF money they borrow.
| My God, where did you borrow the money
| that you owe to.dayY We have been on
| the gold standard since 1873, and every dol.
lar that the American people owe today