The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-09-25

lation ID behalf 81; the monied ciass' II necss-
saEtly legislation for the protection Of labor
"a its active moments. applique Now; 1
DO not think It D gnecessary Tor me to!
elaborate the. question which 4 have often
Sput TO Mr.. Bryan % to the method In Swhich
his scheme Il going to raise the rate Or
wages. Nothing that / could ray ID az elo.
quent ~ his eilence on the subject. He tells
the farmer that he will raise the price Of
his commodities and leaves It to be under.
stood that tho price Of other commodities
VII not ~ raised In proportion. 4. IA. sss
se Well, now. my friends. i have cautioned
yon against the danger Of allowing the,
Populist to got away with one or two vague
expressions. Il Syou allow him to confonnd
two expressions out Of that one false prem.
lse he win weave enough mystifying aud
confuBlng Questtons to daxxle the Intellect
Ct the most robust man in the world. Zap.
SSplAusel There q nothing that 4. Populist
1 y 20 apt to confuse man about as by con-
founding the two expressions Of value ana
price. Let him once get away with the con.
Susion OF those two terms and you can
never stop him. When, therefore, he says
70 the farmer. the debasement Of the coin.
age or reconciliation Of silver. Or the
change Of standards will Increase your.
prices he tells the truth. When he goes
/ on In the. next moment and speaks Of hav.
Ing increased the value Of the product, that
1s not true. But do not think he knows
the difference between the terms himself.
Gaughter.l So It Is about the remonetlsa-
tion Of silver. You. never hear this ques-
tlon Of the RECOMMENDATION Of silver being
discussed as being a conspiracy to apply Q
new standard to debts already contracted.
Il you listen to Mr.. Bryan's speeches and
read the Populist newspapers you win be-,
lieve that, all that is contemplated Is o
change In the standard, that 10 to say, the
rcmonetlzation Of silver. l am one Of those
who believe that any metal 10 good enough
for q standard Of value. &
~ All that ts necessary for standard Is
that you take some one metal. some one
commodity by which you can measure the
good as gold for that purpose. 20 far as do
nestle transactions are concerned. When
We speak Of a standard Of value or a stand
ard Of height or measure, we necessarily
speak Of unit. We must speak Of one.;
There cannot be two. You can no more
q double single. The very essence Of .
standard q . comparison Of all things with
some one thing. It does not affect the value
Of the metal or the value OF q commodity
to measure other commodities by It; that 10
to say, to compare the value Of other conn
modities y the value Of that one commod-
ity. Suppose, for Instance, take the chair.
man Of this meeting and We will decide that
the height OF this chairman shall be the
standard Of height In the city Of Minneap-
oils and that we shall speak Of everybody
40 being above Of. below the standard height,
according % he was equal In stature to the
chairman, OF taller or shorter than he.
Everybody would understand that; 1t would
not add an sinchs to the height, It will not
take an inch away from his height. II we
measure every man In the United States by
his height It would not ldd anything to Mr..
LAWYERS height or take anything away
from It. ssg
s r3,,+ .u,,,c.a 81 .. t,o ~, r.vJor,u Avn.vnor..
old son and declare that we were measuring
the height Of everybody In Minneapolis and
st. Paul By Mr.. LAWYERS height; that he
was enjoying q gradual growth, making him
Q little taller than all the people In the
United States put together; that he was. 90
the rate we were going on there would not
be enough Of him to measure people with
and that he was gradually going to spread
himself all over the Union.
y And somebody, In order to realize this
single standard Of height, should insist that
as double standard. an interchangeable
standard Of say three or four to one. And
then IL that were done and we declared
man was at standard height, could anybody
tell what that meant7 Could anybody tell
whether that meant he was @ tail as the
Instead Of enlightenins people az to the
height Of q person It would plunge . ran
into greater confusion than ,.:ver as 10 his
Size. when we discussed It In thar light.
Now. my friends, recur again 10 this
Con1usion o1 lTerns MI
between value and price,. Nh. Bryan claims
that he can increase the price Of cnirr.odi-
telling the truth. When de. says tSat he
can increase the measure Of 7aiue he says
that which 10 not true. he says shat which IL
Impossible. No power on earth. by leg's