New-York tribune., 1896-08-26


ssods than would answer immediate demands. % nc lie ne
sId not tell what the new duty wouiG DC upon
competing goods NC NO ,hSn wonld answer imme,
io,o demand. He hoped for greater reduction IN
duties upon such goods as ne 6oIler ese SnI Sr
@ and deficiency promptly TOOK the place oil sur
lns Doubt as to tarin then bred disaster anu & al
lre precisely as doubt with regard 10 tne cur
one breeds disaster now. The paralysis IN pro
Issc,ion and business. which began with 2emo, o,
onS.ic success In November. 1892. has continued
era, now Democracy passed tarT biil aSf wniSn
uren ursn Democratic President branded as peIhSy
ed dishonor." and refused to sign. nui & &whlch ne
aannruojtied anu S.d 20 become law by withholding ms
ppote Mills have closed Factories have nave $1,000 $1,000
,Te Mines have been shut down. The nome nome
iaie- irtet has been curtailod The price OF farm
nrodncts ma has fallen Wages are lower The he,
puo',,SSen Democratic desert OF 1896.
nIS nrbse things being So the Democratic party now
COM or Was failure You not as busy. as pros
Co,o Guns and as happy you were four years ago;
Ru the IS that we did no; then uqdsrsIahG
ssione canno; cure YOU But YOU are wretcneo ~ al.n
noT s,Cr' and unhappy now simply and alone because
po0' havc not enough silver dollars. We hlundered
~ about free-trade. but we are dead-rlEht now
hon, free silver To be sure we nearly Killed % y9n
men yo, yS' What idle folly, If Democracy was
orc CO in 1892 why should we hope that Democracy
" ~;Tb, in lSSo The Democratic surgeon theh
found the patient we'll and yet ne % cuT on 'ne S
SCUM le- abo,t on the other leg Of sound money.
Dooe Do,rsr ~ proposes 10 help his going by cutting
i. ,Sst ieg also The Democrats theory is that a
OF 1'1. .b no legs can walk better than with two.
man Sr w.. NAN with one 1t IS nonsense and be-
reye the common sense OF 'n'S P'"i'0 W." W -
before next November
THE THREAT OF THE FUTURE.
..-..A,- .errihe fact staring MS in the face
I'D messing upon Us to-day say terrible because
- i.a~l.,. means want and hunger The very Tear OF
osshle democratic and Populisiic success next NO
,enhe- has already added to business DOUBT ana TO-
d,v nrecip,ates Industrial disaster Con'aence Is the
as. necessity Of industrial success NO man to-day
hara f-a
da-es 10 Put one dollar into any new venture because
- 49, ~. know wha, he will get for what ne shaA
- ,,~ whore be can borrow should his own means
-."n short The men who open mines VINO run mlllS
5 fac.o-ies and who emp.oy labor are not Shy
Ir6eressiye men who keep their money empioIed IN
1p-o5nc,.ve industries that bless You and me ana all
4! .onie When they cannot get capital they can
~ -. ttvrpish employment. No new industry i being
no. .--7eS 80 ,o-dav Worse than this. The concerns
t 80 managed 20 live during the depression of
bs last four years to-day giving up the struggle
one by one wearied and worn out Eacn day brings
vs ,jjngs OF mills closing and factories shutting
Gown The mil, men and must be large borrowers
Ssclsrv % Al fXed times These wages nrst liens
upon every plant And yet this mad crusade for free
silver being preached against credit ana labor, ana
The workngmen and the farmers are oelmg ursed 10
unite in a policy that must close The mills ana lock
the barns and involve empoyed ana employer III one
common ruin Ii is political insanity. ,,
Already gold and greenbacks are being hoarded
Already deposits are being drawn from the banks
and the banks are compelled TO curtai their loans
Manufacturers cannot sell what they make Ihey
running They a'e forced 10 stop. and our working
men are being thrown out Of work Poverty comes %
in,o the home and want sits by the hreside ne
working people have no money 70 spend and me shop-
keepers suffer. Thus depression and disaster @ Work
around in one unendlng circle ana az ihe coninuiy
involved IN common loss. And yet the silver
keep pleading with labor 10 cut its own throat
and dig its own grave.
4 CHANCE TO WORK FOR HONEST WAGES.
Would that my voice could reach every working
man in this great State whether he toll farm
o. in factory. that might say to him that what
he and and all honest men want is first the
chance 10 work and then wages that shall cheat
nobody. How will 1t benefit the farmer 10 have the
mill men thrown out Of employment? Each idle
hand makes one more hungry stomach. and idle
hands and empty stomachs neither buy nor eat
what the farmer grows. Give us back the protec-
tcn that shall secure to our own people the first
chance for this American market, and let US Keep
dollars that good enough and plenty
enough in 1892 when Harrison was President and
the Mckinley law guarded each factory, farm and
home
believe in my fogniFy T 2 its poweF and an limits in Its
hmtess production or corn and wheat ana cotton;
with 500 m les of coast line with its mines and
lakes that are inland seas with its industrious and
progressive people, must each year claim and take
aIS agf Of the World We Know that we are
hound 10 al the rest Of the world by telegraph 10y
railway 10y cable and by steamship. We
know that cannot keep the great tides OF the
tides Of our business from the shores OF other lands
any than hold back the tides of the
great globe around we know that We cannot keep
The currents OF thought, OF progress and of traffic
rom coming and going TO ana iro among me ma
uons any more than We can keep the winds Of
heaven from blowing 10 and fro over every CON
finert under the We cannot make money FOR
the United States that shall pass IN Africa
in Asia and in Europe and among the islands OF the
80 uh'So thal money shall nave aDsoIute ana
equal intrinsic value In all lands and among all peO
kind Of money that Engishrnen require. when
England buys in the United States she must pay
every land ulder the sun. What the common-sense
or the world regards as money must
ton ana the commerce Of the World The best
money Of the world is none too good for and
ours.
A TREMENDOUS STRUGGLE
Gentlemen. it is not a dream Of enthusiasm but
the hope and courage born Of power that bid US
look forward 70 the time when this PEOPLE shall be
greatest among all the nations not merely in popu-
laion. but in our control Of the commerce and
production Of the world. 1t is TO be a tremendous
struggle between great rivals England. France
and Germany fight to-day for the industrial mas
terry among the nations. Japan and China
waking from their sleep OF centuries. These East
ern races with their debased silver currency and
,iiorceG economies, are trained TO long hours OF
laDor. They work twelve and fourteen hours day.
~ are haDituated 70 rates or wages and 10
methods OF living against which American labor
be monstrous cruelty to compel American labor to
compete. And yet those people acute and in
more intelligent in the v ays of Western civiza-
ton. The japanese especially have adopted our In
production They are already competing with Eu-
rope In making textile goods. and before long our
people must fight against Japanese looms and
japanese mills. as well as against English ana
French and German looms and mills. If We find it
difhcult to-day under present tariff laws 10 com
pete with England, France and Germany; II IL be
necessary TO restore old landmarks Of protection
that American labor may be safe and sure both In
employment and wages. Il is simple madness TO
make Mr.. Bryan President. who is not only free
tracer, but who seeks TO put the coinage ana the
money OF this country par with the coinage
ana the money Of Asia. BY his votes on the WI
h. mod Z be ma rkot q
free products II Asiatic labor and now he seeks 70
pay American labor in debased dollars TO be mlnted
from Asiatic free silver.
For the sake OF all who toll, for the sake OF those
who have nothing TO sell but daily labor for the
sake Of the plain people whom Lincoln loved ana
FOR whom the Republican party has thus far stood
and by whose votes IL has thus far been kept IN
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