, 1896-11-02
II WE BEEN EDUCATED.

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campaign ~ the history of the nation
i"r 81 lrs. In nearly every
star" Il the union. the bat
i'' l.. III upon national is
sites. l..rls and local candi-
lt."S uHt lost to sight in the
gyncr ion. In it's considera-
ton stions which have pre-
seated Ives to the people
,nrouH' tlforms of the parties,
The II. ...0n has not deviated from
The tn. -.N'.Fed from its standpoint.
and evrl nd figure printed in its
.a .. substantiated by his
tory and .. records. If it was in
our powt $ time to change one
statement ... We would not care to
do SO.
1t has inue.i neen a campaign of ed
ucatiCn am the schoolmasters have
been not only jllented but energetic.
The brightes' in. elects in the nation
have seen in the heresies advocated by
Mr.. Bryan and his party a %
the very eNis,.nrr of on. cherished re-
publican ms .WtiOns and they have
combatted his false teachings with all
the power of logic and Gloqueuce. The
result will be Of listing and material
benefit to the uAtion. These great
teachers have l~Gs'ructet the masses
as never before in he benefits TO be de-
rived from a woll-~egulatcl protective
tariff law. 1t has Eeeu shown that if
this nation wish, 20 prosper it must
protect its laboTng people from, the
cheap labor OF Eurlpc-.ih other words
we IL do our own work and preserve
American markeiS or American pro-
duCers.
1t has been shown in The most con-
elusive manner tia. here is absolutely
no foundation for lie belief that the
United States al u.aiutain the parity
between gold and s,.,rr at the ratio Ct
l6 to / with free aoinag" Of both
metals. All histCrr l. against the pro-
80 t'N
position. No country On the face Of the
earth has ever been able to maintain
the parity of the metals unIar such
conditions. 1t has been shown 10 the
masses of this nUson That no silver
standard country his any gold in cir
CuIation, and that all gold-staniard
countries circulate enormous volumes
Of silver, 1t has been shown that I'm
Sam has 4 pc capita circulation
three times great yu.. any silver
standard country. proved
conclusiyely that ino u .udard
country exists IN v ceives
fair WAGES. and TIL andard
country exists in whigh a dollar will
buy as much as in the United States.
These premises are cs,lblished be-
yond dispute. and 'ha conrlusforseems
wise despite the assertions and per-
sonal opinions q the Rr0yanstes. that
Uncle Sam is jus as rowcrless to dou-
BILE the price o. silver by a legislative
act as he is . double the price of
wheat or any Other commodity.
Throughout This momentous struggle
for the truth the blowers Of Bryan
have c%ontenlod ,ha, the gold dollar
has a%pprecia'1i ana become in fact a
20O-cent dol'1r. Il s true that the dol
lar has apprecI,ed in the sense that il
will buy NOR OF all the necessities OF
life than il would in 1878, but the Bry-
an orator aid the falsehood that ii
will also purchase more labor. The
gold dollar in 1892, the last year of re-
publican prosperity, bought less Label
than it ever bought before in the his,
tory of this country. The laboring mar
Of 1892 was paid 40 to GO per cent more
in gold man the laboring mar of 1860
Is there ny good reason why the Ia
boring nan Of 1896 should vote to cut
his dollar in half upon the bare asser-
tion Of these false prophets, whose
cheorias are refuted by the history OF
all 1a.ions?