The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-13

KANSAS CITY, No, Sept 12.-Will-
lam j. Bryan made two speeches in
Kansas City this morning, one to the
workingmen of the two Kansas cities,
in the packing house district; the other
to a vast crowd of people at the corner
of Eleventh street and Grand avenue,
up town. The Armour people gave all
their employees an hour TO see and
hear Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan was met at Leavenworth
by a special committee to escort him
to this city, where he arrived at $50
o'clock. At o'clock he addressed a.
crowd of 10000 workmen in the bot
toms. He spoke as follows:
Fellow Citizens: This is a little
earlier than 1 usually commence my
mornings work. Naughter) 1 am
very glad to be able to speak to you
even for a moment. Some of our OPP
ponents tell us that the thing to do
is to open the mills instead OF the
minis. That reminds me of the man
who said that his horse would go all
right if he could just get the wagon
started. daughter and applause) II
is putting the cart before the horse.
A QUERY.
what use is there for mills unless
the people can buy what the mills pro-
duce, and how can you start them as
long as those who produce the wealth
of this country, particularly the far
mer, are not able TO get enough out OF
what they raise to pay their taxes
and interest? (Applause.) There is no
more effective way of destroying the
markets for what the mills produce
than to lower the prices OF the pro-
ducts the farmer has raised, so that
they will not bring him enough to pay
him for raising them.
There was a report once filed by
Mr.. Mckinley, in 1890, along with the
Mckinley bill, and that-report declared
that there was great industrial depres-
sion in agriculture, and as long as it
continued there could be no pros
perity anywhere. 1t was true then
and it is true today that while there
is depression in agricultural products,
there can be no prosperity anywhere.
You must commence at the bottom and
work up through the other classes.
You cannot commence your prosperity
at the top and expect it to work down
through all the classes of society.
(Applause.) You, gentlemen, who live
in this city, surrounded by an agri-
cultural country, know that there is no
way of bringing prosperity to Kansas
City until you first bring prosperity TO
those toilers upon whose success Kan
sas City rests. (Applause) 1t
DOES NOT REQUIRE FINANCIERS,
it does not require railroad attorney,
to tell you where your prosperity lies
GREAT applause), nor can these men
prevent you from exercising the right
of sovereignty as you please" (AE-
plause A voice, 'They are trying 10
do it." Another voice, Missouri gives
you 100000 majority, you bet" Another
voice, Put Kansas down for 10000"
Another voice, And Arkansas is all
Mr. Bryan-That sounds very much
like one of those meetings where they
take up a collection. When you talk
about the results Of an election, the
people from the various states Eie with
each other to see who can make it the
nearest to unanimous. Unless all signs
fail, the people are going to be at the
polling places this year before the
booths open, and stay there until they
close, and there won't be a man who
can get to the polls but who will be
sure to be there. What does it mean?
It means that the people are taking
the interest in the election that the
people ought always to take. They are
beginning to understand
THE VALUE OF THE BALLOT
dress their wronks. Sometimes people
have complained that the laws were
bad, and have allowed them to remain
bad
'@They have complained that they
ought to be better and have done
nothing to make them better. If the
laws are bad, they themselves are to
blame, and if they wish good laws
they must secure them themselves
And this interest means sons tfing-it
means that government is going to be
made nearly what government ought
to be, and that is a point that will pro-
tect the humblest citizen in the land
in his right TO work, to enjoy the fruits
of his toll" (Applause.)
After the address in the bottoms, he
was escorted to the Coates house for
breakfast, where he met the reception
committee from St. Louis, after which
q. parade was formed, and he was ia
ken to the corner of Eleventh street
from his carriage to an audience of 25,-
600 people.
A FEW PROPOSITIONS.
Mr.. Bryan said:
4 want to suggest a. few PROPOSE
lions for you to bear in mind in the
discussion of the money question. Our
opponents tell US that we are going in
the face of natural laws. I assert that
the advocates of free coinage are the
only people in this campaign who base
their arguments upon. natural laws.
CApplause) The law of supply and de-
mand is the great law of trade, and
we apply the law CT supply and de-
mand TO the money question, and say
that when you increase the demand
for gold you raise its price just as
you raise the price of anything else by
increasing the demand for it, and that
when you raise the price of gold in a.