The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-19

| ness to violate that sacred compact be-
tween the states on which the security Of
this nation rests; to profane the temple
erected for its protection by the hands Of
false priests who, though sworn to defend
1t will be appointed to destroy 1t.
II am little puzzled to decide just
what Mr.. Bryan himself imagines will be
; the fruit of change in the standard OF
yalue Sy,s.-oughout this country. II Mr..
BRYAN could si,o,,", me that by any means
wages will be increased will be ready to
support him, because know o, no test Oh
prosperity absolutely infallible ezeepV 'h0
rate Of wages paid to laborcrs No mar
can tell how or where or when the wages
of the workingmen are to be increased,
but anyone who examines the scheme can
see that the inevitable tendency the i'll
evitable consequence of a debasement in
the standard of value must be reduction
in the rate Of wages, and that is the con-
spiracy IN which the Populists isengaged.
Mr.. Bryan tells us that he wants to
cheaper the dollar; that he wants to in
crease the volume Of money. do not be-
lieve that any man who ever lived could
quite understand Populist's notion OF
what money Is, further than that he be-
lieves it is desirable thing to get, and
that he is not very particular about the
means by which he can get his hands on it,
Nothing Is more common than the
mistake that money and property are
identical. They are not. There may be
very large volume Of circulating medium
and very great poverty. The issue of paper
money simply is no more an increase Of
wealth than the issue by an individual of
his promissory note would show an in-
crease in property, but may be q strong
proof of decrease in wealth. 1t is not
the volume of money, but the activity Of
money that counts.
The Basis of Sound Trade.
1.-THE basis of sound trade is sound money,
money which is intrinsically valuable.
Money like the gold coinage Of this coun-
try, the government cannot affect il it
tried to. can take n ten dollar gold piece
and can defy all the power of all the gov
ernments Of this earth to take five cents of
value from it. Having earned it by the
sweat Of my brow, having earned it by the
exercise of my brain, having earned it by
the exchange of my commodities, can
go to the uttermost ends of the earth, and
wherever present it its value will be I'M
questioned and unchallenged. The gold
dollar, this meeting, the Democratic party,
the honest masses Of this country, without
distinction of party divisions, demand
shall he paid to the lnborer when he earns
1t, and that no power on earth shall cheat
him of the sweat of his brow.
at is perfectly clear that the purpose of
the Populist is to put up the prices of GER
tain commodities. Mr.. Bryan's language is
that he is going to improve the conditions
of the people of this country. do not
suppose he claims he can multiply the
number of chairs upon this platform or
upon this floor although he has shown
his capacity to empty them If he is going
to work any change in the conditions Of
men he must increase:the material posses
sion of some part of the community. Now
If he got possession of the government to-
morrow he would not create one single
thing of value by any exercise of govern
mental power in the world. No power
yet exercised by tyrant OF by constitu-
tional monarch can cause q barren field
to become fruitful.
"a government never can be generous,
because if it be generous to one it must be
oppressive to another But his financial
scheme contemplates an increase in the
price of certain commodities, We are COM
ing now pretty close to the woodpile be-
hind which the African is concealed Now
if everything in this world or in this coun-
try, including labor, be increased in value
tomorrow in like proportion not one Of us
would be affected at all. If everything 10
increased 10 per cent. in value we would
pay 10 per cent in addition for what we
would buy and get 10 per cent. more for
what we would sell, and we would be OK
actly in the same place we occupied before.
Tho Farm Mortgage Argument.
"The pretense that the farmer of Ne
braska is suffering under the mortgage
contracted under a metal which has
steadily increased in value is but Popu-
listic metaphor. Two-thrds of the farmers
have no mortgage debts whatever. do
not believe there is 5 per cent. of them that
owe mortgage over three years old,
during which time there has been no
change in the value Of the metal. This
proposal Of the Populists is an intent to
enlist the farmer in conspiracy to reduce
the wages paid this laborcr that he may
have larger proportion of his own pro-
ducts, and they are willing to cut down
the wages of every man who works in the
rity, every man who tolls at the bench,
who manages the train, in the hope that
they can ride into power on a wave of
cupdity and greed awakened in the breast
OF the voter
MY friends, there has been great
change in the Democratic organization Of
the southern states. A new set has got
Into the saddle, n set of leaders of which
Tillman is the exponent, who boldly I'M
fdrled the sectional flag at Chicago, and
declared that this Populist movement is u
direct movement against the prosperity of
the east Men of New York, tolers of
America, guardians Of homes, will you III
low rates Of wages to be affected by any
man who never has paid wages at all If he
could get out Of 1t? Will you submit to
this conspiracy between the professional
farmers, the farmers who cultivate tho
quarrels of their ncighbors, farmers who
labor with their jaws, Populist agitators
of the west and the unrecognized slave
holders of the south? This is conspiracy
between professional farmers who want
to pay low wages and the unreconciled
Shareholder who would like to pay no
wages ut all.
I'VE believe that the very essence Of civ
ilization is mutual interest, mutual for
bearance, mutual cooperation. We be-
licve the world has got past the time
when mems hands are at each others
threats We believe today that men stand
shoulder to shoulder, working together
for common purpose beneficial to ill,
and we believe that this attempt to assail
wages which means an attempt to attack
the prosperity Of all, will be resisted, not
by class, but by the whole nation. What
labor has gained, that shall it keep The |
rate of wages that is paid to it today is |
the lowest nste we will ever willingly ac-
cept. We look forward to a farther and |
further increase in the prosperity Of work
ingmen, not merely by IN increase in the |
daily wage but by further increasing in |
the purchasing power of wages.
Cooperation Brings Prosperity.
while we have in existence system of
mutual cooperation which is but another
name for civilized society, all men are adj
Inifte0 m n chora in ayaru hpuptp yyhich