Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-08-12


cuts on i've and hair srains OF IL and puts
| IL IN his pocket to make another dollar with
ana without EXPENSE Under that law this
government hands him back his silver dol
lar. with law attached whlcf. authorizes
nm TO demand from you In exchange iF'
cents worth OF the product OF your toll lie
pfings ~ cents worth OF silver irto the
| country. he takes out "A dollar af Anne, Scan
| labor In exchange. My countrypen ii,...,
Is no financial iegerdemain ahOu, .a.S Tha,
man takes out twice Rs much rs ne brs,igh,
into the country. and somebody laws him
Mine Owners Seeking B~ncat.
who asks this silver coinsger Who "a n,
| that Is TO be benefited thereby? 1l,r gre, !.
silver bonanza kings OF he United States
IN ISS produced. at coinage value. about
Se2.VpUp OF American silver Tbs great
silver producers OF the rest OF che world
produced in the same year S1uS. Oocp,.l Coin.
age value OF silver bullion. THAI ~ A Sou,-
| monty to-day In the civilized word. Their
proposition To you Is that you shall take NIL
| that silver at the mint-not at the price that
they can obtain in the open market.
cents per ounce--but hat you shall take "a.
you the people, We. the pcople-and earn
them back N-2s for every ounce they can
produce. for every ounce that IL In she
mines now opened. Cor every ounc.. tina,
nils The hear, OF the great mount aims OF this
country, OF Mexico. OF British Columbia
and OF South America
MY countrymen. who has made this
silver campaign For Chree years and m
hnif this land has been flooded with iitsrnt-
ure. For three years and n half ORR .or-s
nave been going up and down the country
! asking the people to take free silver ON the
promise that their products woula greatly
increase. Who has made this campaign
AND who Is behind itI II our MINIS nrc
opened 20 the free coinage OF silver ard
silver appreciates to it's old STANDARD m.
they Insist IL will. II means on tn, present
production an absolute gift by the Ataeri-
can people of S3i .0co0oo n year to the silver
producers OF the United States alone 1.
| means an absolute Gift by the American
people on the basis OF the present produc-
ton of tl0o.oooooo to the silver producers OF
| the world.
Why the silver producers of the United
States know mine in idaho that Will
| take as n fair sample. In lSSS Il was sold
TO great Foreign syndicate for three mil
lions ana a half OF money. In three years
! thcy took out of that one mine six millions
\ and half OF silver. They took IL out "A :
/ the property OF foreign subjects ard al
most every great silver mine OF this coun-
| NY to-day Ia stock concern. and n ma
! jority of all its stock has been f.oatcd OH
the other side OF the water, tApplause.l
who Has Carried IN tho silver Campaign?
| Who has Cart on this great silver
! campaign In these wears, when The con-
| dition OF the people has been such as to
| make them easy subjects FOR this presenta-
! ton, who has made this plausible and won
/ dersui promise OF something for nothing?
| W no has been carrying IL ON; ] have not
| Nolnt mere to-IaN 10 say one UNJUST word
| against any living man, but the people OF
| This country have right to know as to
whether or not the great advocates OF tree
silver are carrying on this campaign out OF
] love for the people or as the hired employees
/ of that great silver bonanza Institution
which IL asking the American people to
| double the value of it's silver output Why
this opening OF our mirts 20 the free coin
| age of the metal? on the nth day of July
| 1896. democratic paper. the Chicago
Chronicle. the one great democratic sheet
| OF tho northwest. published this IN double
| loaded type Oh its editorial page:
The proprietors of the big bonanzas
have found II profitable to keep a large
| number OF orators. lecturers and other
| spokesman on the road preaching 20 the
people. Among the many who have tins
| been employed and carried on the pay rolls
| OF the big bonanza for n number OF years
| ~ william j. Bryan, OF Nebraska-fhis
and appldusel-a paid agent and spokcs-
man for the free silver combine.
| THAT charge was thus publicly spe-
| noally. directly made on the nth day OF
| july by one or the greatest democratic
| newspapers In the United States. In the
|. city OF Omaha, where William j. Bryan
/ does editorial work Oh the Omaha World
| Herald. the other great paper there. the
Omaha Bee. has made that specific churge
cditriaily time and time again. 1t has never
| been met.
81 do not stand here to say an unkInd
/ thing or Mr.. Bryan. I - not stand here to
| say that that would he any reason why the
people OF this country SHOULD not vote for
him You must decide that for yourselves
| Blu: what do say as an American citizen.
| having Mt heart the welfare OF this people
| ! do say that that man. posing as The advo-
| cate OF the downtroddcn masses OF his
countrymen. holding crown OF thorns In
one hand and the bugaboo OF n gold cross
| In tho other-I say that man owes IL as a
| duty to every man and child in this coun-
| try to say whether that charge is false or
whether IL H. true. lGreat applause do
4 al
| speak-that for three years and a half
! without regard to Bryan. there has been
a selected corps OF orators and writer's
| paid employees OF the silver producers,
| spreading their literature over this country
/ from one end to the other. telling the farmer
| that he Will have more for his wheat. tell
| Ing the laborlng man that he Will have
/ more for his work. ! wish could talk to
/ you FIVE hours and half to-day IN order
| 10 reach all OF these heresies
Prosperity Under Republican Rule.
| 1T is true that we are In the midst Of a
! great time or depression and idleness and
( stagnation. IL Is true that to-day 1000. 900
| men In the United States are out OF en-
| plOy ment. IL IL also true that every one Of
| those men. up to the last hour that the re-
publican party ran this government aas
\ an open place for "a days work. lGreat
| applause.I
lin the city OF Chicago the other after
| noon a man begged OF me "A penny to bug
| bread. He told me that four years ago he
a day. On the same day in the city OF Des
| Moincs, la. farmer took back a wagon
| load OF potatoes. He could not find any
/ body to buy them. What is the trouble?
| IL IL free silver The opening OF our minis
| the putting OF the credit of this country
| Ia the worlds supply OF silver, the attempt
| to make something out OF nothing, the old
| story Of ~ cents on tine dolIar-is that the
| trOUbleY -Four years ago that beggar In
| Chicago was the customer OF the potato
/ man in Iowa. -Four years ago he had
money In his pocket lie bought bread
! stuns and filled mis- stomach to it's full
' To-day he has got nothing inside but
wrinkles. lLaushterI Empty stOmac
I are not good markets for American prod
| ucts. lLaughterI
| To-day they ask you people OF this coun-
| Try to take free silver. because they say
| that all debtors can pay their debts at half
price. Who are the debtors Of this country
| I wish had time to read you this state
! ment-lshOwing paper.l There are In this
| country 20 life Insurance companies and $50
assessment life Insurance companies. They
| have policies OF your lives and on mine
| What man do ! SEE before me who has not
| foT years been investing his little surplus
| earnings. what he could get. IN the life In
| surance pOlicy-mOney that IN the hour Of
| need. when he was borne TO his last homo
| ana the widow in her weeds sat desOiate
would he paid TO her by this life insura nee
| company. 10 make ner remaining years and
| those OF her children less hard and ardu-
| ous2 Fourteen million life Insurance poll