The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22


peace and prosperity Of the industrial
masses of the country.
have said that the laborer Is the object
Of this conspiracy, and he Is, but let no
man imagine II they are successful the in
jury would all be borne by the man who
works with his hands. He would be the
last to suffer and the last to recover from
its effects. But the shock to civilization
which would ensue from such breach of
public and private faith would be irrepar-
able. Its effect no man could measure
from any experience of the human race.
We can not tell to what degree 1t would
paralyze industry. If were asked to de-
fine civilization I should say 1t was sin
dustrial cooperation"
Everything that man does for his own
benefit acts directly upon the interests of
his neighbors No man can stand alone
In civilized community. His interests,
his prospects, his fortunes are to some ex-
tent shared by his fellows. There is not
an ear of corn ripening in the western
field that does not affect the price of bread
to you and to me. The farmer who scat
tiers seed upon the ground, by that act
starts into motion the wheels of the fac
tory; he sharpens the tools of the carpen-
ter; he stimulates the construction of
railroads: he causes the engineers to plan
new bridges crossing currents, new tun-
nels under rivers, new canals Joining
oceans and separating continents.
If the farmer did not work, If the miner
did not dig in the subterreanean gallery,
every other department of industry would
languish, for men would not produce and
create If they did not see in the industry
and activity of Others prospect of de-
mand for the commodity which they pro
duce; and so every man in the world Is
bound closely to the destiny and interests
of his fellow man. Underlying the whole
scheme of civilization Is the confidence
men have in each other; confidence in
their future. If we want silver coinage
tomorrow; if we even debase our standard
of value, men say that still you would
have the same property you have today;
you would still have the same soil, you
would still have the same continent, and
1t Is true.
But so did the Indian have the rivers
that roll through our cities and turn the
wheels of commerce as they pass; the same
mountains piled full of mineral treasures
400 years ago. the same atmosphere en-.
riched this continents the same soil COW
cred the fields; the same sun shone in
heaven, and yet there was none but the
savage pursuing the pathway of war
through the trackless FORGET; and the river
bore no single living thing except the In
dian In his canoe pursuing pathway of
destruction. There was no industrial CO.
operation, because the Indian was saw
age and did not understand the principles
by which men aid each other in taking
from the bosom of the earth which makes
life bearable and develops the intelligence
which makes civilization. Anything
which attacks that basis of human conf
dence is u crime against civilization and a
blow against the foundations of social
order.
Wherever you find Populists assembled
you will find discussions proceeding upon
the theory that men are hostile TO each
other IN their interests; that the condi
ton of life is one of contest. At Chicago
Mr.. Bryan declared: when you come
before US and tell us that we shall disturb
your business interests we reply that you
have disturbed our business interests. "
CA voice: He was rightly
He was my friend. When q man loses
all sense, he has right to defy those that
possess any.
In convention of extremists the most
excited one will always be selected for "a
leader. Your prospects are not bad l mere
ly desire TO call the attention of this gath
ering to the character of that speech to
the underlying spirit that pervaGei it and
to ask the workingman of this country to
ask the citizens OF this nation if the gov
ernmcnt should be trus;el TO the hanGs of
men whose conception of civilized society
Is one OF warfare and strife.
We believe that the very essence of civ
ilHation is mutual interests, mutual for
bealance, mutual cooperation. We be-
lleVe the world has got past the time when
mems hands are at each others throats
We believe today hat men stand shoulder
TO shoulder, working together for IA COM
mon purpose, beneficial to all and we
believe that this attempt TO assail wages,
which means an attempt to attack the
prosperity OF all will be resisted, not by
"a class, but by the whole nation What
labor has gained, that shall it keep The
rate OF wages that is paid to 1t today is the
lowest rate We will ever willingly accept.
We look forward to a farther and far
Their increase in the prosperity of work
ingmen, not merely by an increase in the
daily wage, but by further increase in
the purchasing power of wages. Men who
tell us that the price of farm products
have fallen and that the farmer for that
reason is sufferer forget that while the
price of wages has risen off the farm the
efficiency OF labor has increased; that the
cost of production has been reduced
through the aid of machinery while the
wages of the individual laborer may have
risen. While wages remain at their pres
ent rate hope there will be further and
further continuance decrease in the cost
of living. There is no way In which can
be admitted to share of Gods bounty
except throug a fall in the price of the
necessaries of life.
While we have in existence system of
mutual cooperation, which Is but another
name for civilized society, all are ad-
United to share in every bounty which
providence showers upon the earth. Tho
dweller in the tenement, STOPPING over his
bench, who never sees field of waving
corn, who has never inhaled the perfume
of grasses and of flowers, is yet made the
in all the bounties of Proyi-
dance. IN the purifying influences Of tho
atmosphere, In the ripening rays OF the
sun. when the product of the soil Is madn