Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-02
BRYAN PRAISES FARMERS
THEY KNOW MORE OF MONETARY
SCIENCE THAN THE BANKERS.

The Democratic Candidate Also
Shows the Inconsistency of Me-
hinley.-Bismarck on Bimetallism
Gold Men Likened to Drones.
Speaking to the assembled farmers
OF Delaware at their State Fair in
Dover, William J. Bryan said:
1 want to talk to you awhile about
our financial condition. If things are
good then there is n reason why we
should make any change in leglisla.
ton. If our present condition is sat.
isfactory, then we ought to leave it
alone and not make n change. No one
can advocate any kind of remedial
legislation except on the theory that
there IS something that needs remedy
ing. Our opponents confess the con-
dition, and when l tell you that you
cannot remedy the present condition
except by financial legislation our op.
ponents say that the trouble is in the
tariff question, and if we could just
have more tariff then times would get
good again. want 80 read you an
extract from II speech made on last
Saturday by the Repu blican candidate
for President at Canton. He said:
"Under the Republican protective pol.
icy we enjoyed for more than thirty
years the most marvellous prosperity
that has ever been given to any Nation
of Che world. We not only had indi-
vidual prosperity, but we had National
prosperity.
Now there is statement made with.
in u week by the Presidential candi-
/ date on the Republican ticket, point
ing back for thirty years, from 1860
to 1890, and telling the people that
during that period we enjoyed the
most marvellous prosperity of any Ma
tioD in the world, and that we had
both individual prosperity and Ma
tional prosperity. / want to show
You by this same WITNESSES very testi-
mony, given SIX years ago, that after
thirty years of his kind of policy the
farmers OF this country were not pros
porous, Ii you will take the report
filed with the Mckinley bill on April
16, 1890, you will find the words 1
wish to quote: "That there is wide
spread depression in this industry to.
day cannot be doubted" speaking of
agriculture. That is what the Presi-
Genital candidate said when he delib-
erately wrote the report and filed it
with his proposed legislation. ''Hhat
there is widespread depression in this
industry to-day cannot be doubted. "
(Applause.) Again IN that same report
ne said: zone of the chief complaints
now prevalent among our farmers is
that they can get no price for their
crops at all commensurate to the labor
and capital invested in their produc.
, tion."
That is what he said after thirty
years of the kind of policy which the
candidate of the Republican party
says will bring you prosperity. Let
me read again: "We have not be-
lieved that the people already suffer
ing from low prices can or will be
satisfied with legislation which vii!
result in lower prices. No country
ever suffered when prices were fairly
remnneratiTe IN every field of labor. "
After thirty years of that kind OF
policy he tells you that the people are
suffering from low prices, and that nc
country ever suffered when prices
were fairly remunerative in every felC
of labor.
Now let me read you again what be
says in this same report: "This great
industry" speaking of agriculture,
sis foremost in magnitude and impor
tance IN our country. Its success ant
prosperity are vital to the Nation
No prosperity is possible to Other
industries if agriculture laDguish.
That is what he said in 1890, tina
there was depression in agriculture
after thirty years of his tariff policy
and that without prosperity IL
agriculture there could be no pros
, perity among the other industries o
The country. Let me read you bu
, the other extract: "The depression
, in agriculture is not confined to tht
United States. The report OF til,
Agricultural Department indicates
| that this distress is general, that Grea
, Britain, France and Germany are sui
1 fering in larger degree than th
farmers of the United States" Their
. he is telling us that there is a depres
, sion in agriculture and giving tn
names of three prominent agriculture
| Nations of the Old World, and tellini
us that agricultural depression Is evel
$ more marked over there than it i
5 here. 1 want you to remember that
/. when you read in the papers that h
Q said that for thirty years we had sucl
:. marvellous prosperity in this country
II Great applause. Now, my friends
n have quoted you that he said tina
t there was depression in agriculture il
II Germany. l want to read you wha
II Prince Bismarck says about the con
dition of affairs in Germany. Gu
opponents are in the habit of telling
us that all the civilized Nations are i
@ favor of the gold standard. The Ger
n mans who live in this country poin
with just pride to the greatness @
i. this illustrious German, Prince Bis
E marck. Let me read you what he ha
9. said within few weeks in regard I