The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-28


of living and the advance of wages fails IN
exactly with what We would conclude IN
advance.
.Laborers. men who work. whether with
head or hand. in n salaried position. would
DO well TO take these facts TO heart n
settle the question after that broad. deep
inquiry 10 which Ar. Bryan invites you as
to whether you want TO enter into another
experience such as you had during the war.
when wages advanced so slowly and tedf-
ously. and the cost OF your living moved
watch. and there were cries OF Go on, We
are an here.)
WOULD CAUSE DISASTER
"AIl OF my strength and my voice Is not
here" he said. Il have sketched very
hastily some OF the evils that viii result
from this change TO a debased dollar. q
contraction OF our currency by the exporting
OF our gold and a readjustment OF every
thing. 1 read the other day in a paper .
most amusing description OF the troubles
of the ticket agent at Laredo. "a station on
the Mexican railway. who had 10 sell tick
cts 10 people who came from the United
States with United States money going into
Mexico. and then TO people who came out
OF Mexico and who offered him Mexican
money. He had a large book bound up
with yellow paper. and he had TO cover
one whole sheet in his calculation usuaily
when he sold a ticket. uaughter( That
is what would happen everywhere. Every
thing would have TO be readjusted: the
prices of everything. the whole latrlca,s
have TO be readjusted. and while That pro-
cess is going on uncertainty would charac-
terize business. resulting In panic ana us
Now, who will get any benefit? Well.
the man who owes a debt that ne con-
tracted upon a gold basis ana Is apie
pay IL with a 50-cent dollar. he ana the
mine owner. who gets an exaggerated price
for the products OF his mine. are the oniy
tvrn annfA ~ classes Of nnnnln tn0l II C1n
see that would have any benent out OF ~
My friends. the people who advocate THIS
TO the mine owners 10 double the price
OF the products of their mines. and oner
this temptation OF population 10 the debt
or class. Is the party that has Tor twenty
years been proclaiming against class legfs-
lation. CApplause.) They make a strong
appeal 10 the farmer. They say it Will put
". yes: really. no. If wheat goes from %
cents to 81. the price has been Increased.
you will say. but II the price OF everything
has gone up in the same proportion a
bushel of wheat went buy for the farmer
any more sugar or coffee or farmins I'M
piements or anything else that he mas 10
purchase. If that dollar won't buy for the
farmer any more or be a better dollar than
the one we have now, where Is the kooo
prices that are now real. They would
work very well for the farmer if the prices
Of wheat. hay. oats and rye would aouo.e
everything doubles who is the richery Who
is richer than he was before? Only the
man who bought when we had an non ,hs
mine owner. who uses this government 70
add SO cents TO the value Of every dollars
mine. Applause That is not even q
! Democratic doctrine. 1t involves the idea
that this government of ours shall pay NOT
only its debts OF honor but that they pay
the interest on its bonds and the circulate
ing notes in a dobased currency
MY countrymen. this country OF ours
1,,-;ov tho frprhlaCQmp times OF the war
may nave had severe trials, put these
financial questions are scarcely less troub-
lesome than those. During those trouo-
ions times we had accumulated a debt so
large that many of our p~essimistic Demo
| cratic friends told US that we could never
pay ii. We had had a currency wnich We
were compelled TO make a legal tender ana
use that the Constitution might live, put
no sooner had the war ended nan the
great conscience of this people declared the
Nation that has crushed this great REBEL
! lion. that had lifted itself in It's pride and
its constitutional glory 10 a fearless pos,
ton among the nations OF the earth should
not continue to have a Deprecated and de-
based currency and We walked up TO re-
sumption and we made the ~greenback DOL
lar a par dollar in gold
shall we now in these times. when all
the ills we suffer are durable TX we only
ppS Iss 4 tbe treasurv of the United States.
that will generously protect American iapor
against Injurious competition and bring
back again full prosperity 10 All our pco-
ple-shal we now contemplate for a mo-
ment, or allow to have any power over our
hearts and minds. this temptation TO de-
base our currency and put IL In its imam
cial position alongside OF the Aslafic
countries OF our weak and ftrug.
every instinct of pride. does not every In
| stinct of self-interest, does not every
thoughtful. affectionate interest in others.
| does not our sense OF justice and does not
our honor rise up to rebuke the Infamous
proposition that this government and rs
people shall be come a nation and a peo-
| pie of repudiation?" prolonged cheers.)