Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-03

of liberty-1oving people that they have go!
to suffer until some foreign nation brings
them relief. ICries that is right What
is the principle that underlies 1t all? It is
that the law of supply and demand applies
to money as to everything else. Increase
the amount ofmoney more rapidly than the
demand for money increase and you lower
the value of a dollar. Decrease the quantity
of money while the demand for it increases
and you increase the value of a dollar. When
you understand that principle then you I'M
derstand why the great crusade in favor of
the gold standard finds its home among the
holders Of fixed investments. who. by such
legislation, raise the value of the property
which they hold CApplause.1 When you
understand the effect of the policy and then
understand that the desire for it is mani
tested mostly among those who hold the
fixed investrn ents and trade in money,
think you will come to the conclusion that
I have come to, that the fact that the gold
standard is a good thing for them is the
gold standard (Applause.]
How to Get Rid of Bad Policy.
Now, my friends. when you make UP
your minds that the gold standard is bad
to consider is how you get rid of it.
They can raise objections to the plan which
we propose by saying If free coinage makes
a silver dollar equal to a gold dollar, why
then it will be just as hard to get silver
dollar as 1t is to get a gold dollar. Do you
know what they overlook? They overlook
the fact that when we bring silver into
competition with gold we increase the sup
ply of standard money: that while the sill
yer dollar will be worth as much as the
gold dollar. it will be easier to obtain with
the products Of toll a silver dollar or gold
dollar than 1t is to-day. Applause II there
is any person here who is afraid that under
the policy proposed by the Chicago plat
form we are going to have flood or money,
and that you will be downed In 1t. we can
not appeal to you for support. But if there
is anybody here whose experience is such
that he is willing to risk the disastrous con-
sequences of that flood upon him we ask
you to consider whether we are not entitled
to your vote? IA voice: Are you demo-
crat?] 1 think the principles which adj
vocate are democratic. IA voice: Are you
a democrat?J
st am myself, but you can call me any
name you please. You cannot swerve me
from what believe to be good for the peo-
pie. Tremendous applause.1 If birnetalllsn
is to be restored the United States must
take the lead. GApplause.1 assert thal
the American people have the right anc
the ability to legislate for themselves or
every question no matter what other ma
tons may think about it. Long applause
The man who says that bimetallism is de-
sirable and yet that the United States Is
impotent to bring these advantages to our
people has made an admission that shall
not make. We appeal to you to remember
that the United States is the only nation
that stands ready to protect its own people
from every danger, foreign and domestic.
GApplause.] Other nations may protect
their people, as they should, but our ma
ton is the only nation that can protect the
American people. I want to suggest that
you are interested not so much in knowing
the objections to our plan as in knowing
what plans the opposition have to relieve
the conditions. Why don't they propose
something? It is because they do not know
what ought to be done: So they are poor
people to lead you out of bondage. Laugh
teri Is it because they know and will not
tell? If so they have not the candor that
ought to be possessed by those who would
redeem the people from their suffering and
distress. [Applause.l
They say that our dollar will be So
cent dollar. Well, now. my friends, they
refuse to apply to the silver that is pro-
duced In the world the law of supply and
demand.
Increase Demand by Legislation.
I'VE say increase the demand for silver
by legislation and that new demand, acting
with the demand now in existence, will op-
crate upon the price of silver. We say that
that new demand will be sufficient to con-
sumo all the silver coined at the mint, and
being sufficient, will raise the value of
iApplause] We have reason for our be-
lief. They simply say it won't do 1t, then
sit back and propose absolutely nothing.
IF we need relief from the gold standard
we must secure it for ourselves, and If we
must secure this relief for ourselves we en-
only secure 1t through q party which be-
HeveS in the restoration of the free md
unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the
present legal ratio of sixteen to one, with
out waiting for the aid consent of any
other nation" Prolonged applause.1