Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-09-25
BRYAN QUOTES M'KINLEY
Turns the Canton Mans Own
Words Against Him.
Depression ia Agricultural circles
All Over .he worid-NO Price for
Crops Commensurate with Labor
Expended or Capital Invested.

Dover, Del, Sept. aI.-In speech at
the fair grounds today, William j. Bry.
an quoted Mckinley and used the Ian
guage of his opponent ia support Of free
coinage. Mr. Bryan said:
want to read you an extract from
speech made on last Saturday BY the
republican candidate for president, at
Canton. He said "Under the republi.
can protective policy we enjoyed for
Y" IA thirty years the most mar
vicious prosperity that has ever been
given to any nation in the world. We
not only had individual prosperity but
we lad national prosperity"
Now, there Is statement made with.
in week by the presidential candidate
on the republican ticket, pointing back
for thirty years, from 1890 to 1860 and
telling the poole that during that peri
cd we enjoyed the most marvellous indi-
vidual and national prosperity want
to show you by this same witness testi-
mony, given six years ago, that after
thirty years of this kind OF policy the
farmers were not prosperous. If you
will take the report filed with the Nc
Kinley bill on the 10th of April, 1890,
you will find the words that | wish to
q@ote. "That there i widespread de-
preston in this industry today cannot
be doubted" Speaking OF agriculture,
that is what the presidential candidate
said VIII IN he deliberately wrote the re-
port and fled it with his proposed legls-
lation-"fhat there l. widespread de
preston in lhis industry today cannot
be doubted" Again IN the same report
he said: zone of the chief complaints
now prevalent among our farmers is
that they can get noprice for their crops
at all commensurate with the labor aad
capital invested IN their production
That is what he said after thirty years Of
the kind Of policy which the republican
candidate says Will bring YOU prosper
ity. Let me read again: we have not
believed that the people already suffer
ing from low prices can or win be salts
fed with legislation which viii result in
lower prices. No country ever suffered
when prices were fairly remunerative in
every field of labor" After thirty years
Of that kind of rule. he tells US that the
people are suffering from low prices and
that no country ever suffered when
prices were fairly remunerative in every
field of labor Now let me read you
again what he said il this same report:
This great industry" speaking Of agri.
culture, dis foremost IN magnitude and
importance in our country It's success
and prosperity is vital to The nation. No
prosperity Is possible To other industries
if agriculture langui,hes." That is what
he said In 1890, that there was depres-
sion in agriculture after thirty years of
his tariff policy, and that without pros
perity in agriculture there could be no
prosperity in other industries. Let me
read you just one other extract: "rhe
depression in agriculture is not confined
to the United States. The reports of
the agricultural department indicate
that this distress is general, that Great
Britain, France and Germany are suffer.
ing in a larger degree than the farmers
efthe Unit d states" | want you to
remember that when you read In the
morning paper thar he said that for thir.
ty years we have had such marvellous
prosperity in this country.
Bryan then read statement by Prince
Bismarck of widespread depression in
Germany, called attention to the steady
fall of prices, and closed by advocating
free coinage as the means of restoring
prosperity.