The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30
Says He Must Reach the People
Because His UtteranceS Are
Not All Recorded.
ADMITS HE MAY BE MISTAKEN
Endless Orations by the Worried
Wandering Youth of the Shallow
Platte Region.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Sept. 29.-In his
trip through to New York this afternoon
Mr.. Bryan made a brief speech at the
Academy of Music here and briefer one
to the crowd outside the building. In the
course OF his speech he said:
One of the reasons why in this campaign
have departed somewhat from precedent and
have gone over the country myself is because
it has enabled me to reach the people them
selves whereas if we had more daily papers
we could reach the people through them. II
my going around results to my disadvantage
it is better for the people to find out before
election than after. The trouble is, our op-
ponents are all the time talking about main
ia lining the parity between two metals and
neglecting the fact that under the gold
standard we have failed to maintain parity
between dollar and property.
They entirely ignore the effect of legislation
when We desire legislation, although they are
very conscious of the potency of legislation
when they use it on their side. Ii in 1873
they had proposed law such as was passed in
that year, closing the mlnts to the free coinage
of silver, andwe had said 10 them: "Why,
law can do nothing on this subject, commerce
regulates the values of these things" what
would they have said? They would not have
been content to let commerce regulate them.
Then they wanted The law 10 step in and
strike down one of the money metals and give
to gold the monopoly of mint privileges, and
when they have done that they have bios
somed out into believers of non-interference
on the part of the Government. [Applause.
If they tell you law can do nothing, that CON-
merce is everything, remind them of the law
OF 1884. The advocates of the gold standard
will tell you that from the beginning of our
financial history down to 1884, gold was at a
premium and silver the money in common use
anon the people.
They will tell you that after 1884 silver was
at a premium and gold was the money in cir
cula ton among the people. What changed
the habit OF our people and made them stop
using silver and commence using gold Was
il commerce? 1t was little law OF but few
words that changed the ratio from 15 to l TO
16 TO 1, and by so doing gave the advantage to
silver. tApplause
cause there was demand for silver in France
| at a more faVorabie ratio than ours; and
! therefore our silver either went 10 France.
where IL could be coined at the ratio of 1513 TO
| l, or II 1t stayed here II stayed st its COM
modify value.
| When these people tell you commerce is
| above law you point to that little law that
| changed the customs of the people and money
/ IN use among them in a night. IApplause. ]
You say law cannot affect values Suppose a
| public building is 70 be located in this town.
| why Is II every body wants the building Iocated
near his land? Because it raises the value of
| his land. new harbor, or the deepening of
q river or the opening OF a port brings busi-
| ness to that locality, and that new business
| brought there by law creates q new demand
| for property and that property rises by act OF
! legislation. have told you this because
want you to understand when we speak of the
power OF law to affect the value OF silver we
| are simply applying to silver the same princi-
pies which We recog nize viii apply to every
| thing else. some people think silver can be
| produced without limit. ! know one way 10
cure man OF that idea. Let him go out and
| try TO hnd the silver mines and prove by his
| own experience how easy it is TO increase the
| supply OF silver. Applause
Ii is true OF silver as it is or gold-that many
| seek and few find. They talk about the cost OF
! production in silver. There is no basis upon
| which you can calculate the cost of produc-
| ton. No two mines in the United States pro-
| duce silver At exactly the same price per
| ounce, and no one mine produces silver st
i exactly the same price per ounce year after
year in succession. Mining is gambling, and
| the man who gets the winning paddles makes
| money; but a great many buy paddles and
| never make anything.
You think it is so easy to find silver ke-
member the people OF the world have searched
| Tor IL since history began, and yet If all the
| silver now existing in the form OF coin were
| melted down into one great lump il has been
| estimated that lump would only be sixty-slx
! feet each way. That is that great oYerwhe In
| ing product of silver that people are afraid
viii run in upon us and aoverwhelm us if we
open our D1ntS To the free coinage of silver.
Our opponents tell us are trying TO change
| the yarustick. We tell them that they nave
| been changing the bushal measure and are
| competing farmers 10 put two bushels OF
! products into one bushel. Instead of shortel-
| ing the hours of toll In day they are tTylng
| TO shorten the number OF days a man VIII find
/ work in week or year. As the gold stand
ard goes on doing its deadly work it simply
means there Will be more ldleness and more
| suffering. We can sag of the gold standard
that all its ways of wretchednesS and all OF its
| paths are ruin to the masses OF the people
! lApplause.] There is no danger OF foreign
| coin coming in here and overwhelming u be-
| cause 1T is worth more at home. There is no
| danger of all the annual product coming to us,
because all the other nations that use silver
must have their shares. The arts must have
| their share. We simply have to use for what
/ other nations and the arts do not consume
| Instead OF having too much / am afraid we
| will have too little money then.
In the development of the resources of this
| country we cannot use more money than can
| be utilized by similar number of people i'll
| any other part OF the world But instead of
! hay1ng an increased amount of money 10
| carry on an increased business and TO give us
| increased development, we have a decreasing
currency and the Republican party offers no
remedy for the situation [Applause.l We
naye IN circulation among the people $780,
OOO, 600 less this year than we had TWO years
! ago. And yet the Republican party proposes
TO main tain our present financial system, no
matter what may come, until foreign nations
get SO tired OF il that they Will help US to get
rld OF 1t. lGreat applause.l
At the conclusion OF his. address Mr..
Bryan Went to the balcony in front of the
| hall and addressed the crowd briefly.
|
IN THE TAMMANY WIG VAN.