The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-28


Garner, ting which y rot true because
me prosperity OF both dsnews;s ueors The
saIEl~ lax. to-wiS: The law 81 s1pp,y ard
dsz-4r.d- TIE prosperity Of the farmer
ard the prosperity 81 re vxorkshSn 90
1alG n hand. The ianoring MAJ. skilled
q uhshlileG. EaS a vital interest IN two
customs Tae nrst IS. 70 have plenty %
NoFs az good wages. He has had neither
caraae tina last foGr years. The second i.
ta@% every solar paid ID aim far honest
III Iii sa4A not oe a Bryan dollar or a Tel
teE 0e+tAF, me value 81 which will shift
o. "eeA the rising and tae setting san.
al~ an American dollar. werth la cents
sae ~oF.1 over and guaranteed by the
ereclt OF this great and powerful republic
ne 23s nat now. whether he gets rrucn
OF at{4e. whether he works fun DAYS or
h&-i days The labGriuE mans interest m
an honest dollar Is greater than that ~
41y GI1er ealing n life. because upon 10
ctass OF people DO the evils Of dsnre-
clats1 ard 3uctuating currency fail VITA
= greater ana more appalling force TIE
tAl1eroi.Es. the RockefelIe-s ana the Sages
Niit os injured by a bad monetary system.
e4S tney can survive K. Those who toll
can.ot survive K. Tie history Of a tA0g-
SAigC years and nation upon nation W.
eel YOU this with greater eioquerce than
al OF me statistics % this campaign.
~ Sae c.ose OF BENJAMIN haTrisons
$500 a1znlatstra ton. 9s2eE ne had Dee q
t"eAAF years upon tae god st11lar1. la
poF vas paid he highest ayeVa % OF wa~es
S.Ace lie morning stars sag toges hSE.
ana a day labor wogI.d buy more food.
.lA4rIes or If@ and more gold than "a any
o.-er per:od n sae history o. the Wort
pttoI % - IN truth ard verify. wagss
a1~ more Taan twice as align IN gold s1ani-
ara countries as IN fires coinage countries
ne aFesase rate q wages II god stanl-
.. = countries - from $50 % IL per day.
y ll-Ae "A silver staEsA-ri countries the av-
ef@se Il from IL cents 70 = cents bullion
fa41r We hear a good deal about the
prosperity q free COMA &c countries
x
sc-Aase country on earth IN which the
WcFAIns man wages are not ,ower chan
- tilss9 tinted states Take four free
Image Aat.osss and four god STANDARD.
L>at-oIlS. Tor example. In China unSk4I!si
.aDor : pasi from ID 20 70 cents per day:
Skilled lao0r. - to ~ cents per DAY: in
MeA4eo QnSk1.1ee labor u paid ~ 20 20
cents per cay skiEei labor % cents 10
st-se per day, in Japan unsaillsd labor IS
ps-a - 10 - cents per day. skilled Labor
- % - cents ler day. in India unSs<3llest
!aoor IS paid Il 10 L cents per day. skl..ed
-aooF . 70 ~ cents per day. Now take
ne gods tdnrarI countries: France. IN
skilled labor 10 cents 10 g.. Germany. un-
sAAel "a Dor Is paid ~ % 20 cents per day,
shl.-ea a9or. = CENTS TO s, United King
dom. unsA-llet labor Is paid - 10 S. cents
per Gay. skilled labor 81 10 g per day
N me United Safes urskil.ed .abor is
palc 81 70 sl-51 per day. skilled labor.
close OF the Harr.soa administration.
euerely no self-resp ecging American ilaor-
lns man desires 10 reduce himself 10 the
leve. IN life % Chinese. japanese and
Msxicans. What the American workman
wants | rs.tsrate is plenty OF work az
good wages. paid for tn good dollars. He
does not want 70 be paid for that wn.ch
ae does n dollars worth B cents. while
that Shica re buys for himself and MS
family must be paid for i doQh.e the
present prices. II his wages CO TO, ad-
vance 70 Keep pace with ms advance in
prices MS income is cGs in TWO. Nothing
advances SO s.owiy as wages. Crops are
s.sarce or abundant. prices rise and fail
ike the tides OF the ocean. bur wages rise
slowly and faas quickly. The mage
touch of confidence which sends the tsmid
do-.ar forth from is hiding pace. diff
fusins heath wealth and comfort through
al The channels amt arteries of trade IS
the sure barometer OF advancing wages
ami we:l-psid toll. Thrift ard comfort and
profit for the merchant. the farmer. me
banker and the laborIng man are The
fruit OF an abiding confidence IN
aAed. staple ard honest govern.
business are mutually Dependent. one upon
the other. II the merchant and the farm
or are not prosperous, neither VIII the
banker and the Iaboriug man be so. All
and all will prosper under the next four
years of Mckinley's administration. You
can't prosper unless your government is
prosperous There is an invisible current
connecting every mans pocket book with
the condition OF the treasury at Washing
ten City All the fruit which grows upon
the soundnesS of the llfe-giving principle
A the roots Of the tree. The American Ia
boring man * the freeSt. most independ-
euT. most intelligent wage Garner on the
globe: his industry and his patriotism are
the bone and sinew and glory OF this re-
public. No money is TOO good FOR those
VINO labor. and no money, good or bad,
can oe obtained through any means but
Ia Dor. No question Of good money or bad
money ought ever 10 be considered in con-
pection with labor. The best dollar coined
~, -f-Fl, f.afn 20 ha nd .,S tail
Under the present system. you have not
one sort of a dollar for the merchant and
another for the banker: one for the labor
ing man and another for the farmer. but
every del,ar. whether paid for interest or
the product OF the farm, or for labor, Is
an American dollar worth loo cents, and
should have enblaZoned on IL not only
In God ne trust but Il know that my
redeener lveth" Under the proposed
Bryan system, You mig1t get dollar
worth . cents and X might be worth -
cents. and Il might BE- worth g cents. hut
ycu would never know tweuty-four hours
II advance what il would ha worth You
could not 60 70 your government and de-
mard that L make This dollar good. re-
canse. under the Bryan system the gov
eminent has nothing TO 10 with the dol
lar AID does not agree 10 make IL good.
Your only remedy wiki this hating. shift
irE. cheating dollar in your hands. paid 10
vou for 700 cents worth Of toll would 30
- damn Teller and Bryan and Turner ana
Jones' nd wait for the next election.
WAT rho American laboriny man wants.
as NJ ckinlev says. II % omen The nails of
the United States 10 American labor. rath-
er than the minis q the United states %
the silver 90 the world, what he wants. =
tho free coinage OF Cortden 20. the free
coinage q muscle. Nlthou, these, though
Yea might have silver dollars pied IS
h.sh "a ne skies and as numerous a the
glittcr4uE stars in heaven. you could not
obtain any % them. Without confidence.
wtthCGt i chance 10 work. me la1orlAE
man wiil have no money for himself and
none . nuv the product OF the farm
The Afnericau farmer II the future must
see fe Il that the American sassoFinE man
IS prosperous for Tn the future OF The
American lahorl0g man i 20 be ne mar
ket of rle American farmer. 1ht7 fact
is becoming every fAv more evident Win
the DEVELOPMENT 0f the great wheat pro-
d1f-{ur regions If Asia and South Arne~-
sga This = and has been ne Republican
posittau-psace fhe workshop alongside II
fac farmland ,1e farmer ana ne sor-
ny man "a N the lessons ~ fae past -FOUR
wears staring them III ne face ought not
- bee 8elutet} by the s3reu songs OF f4i7s
prophets ~ the aliurtHg siss.lees OF strange
gods stt I'D IN strange lands
Here briefly desire - invite yo1r stten-
.5,n ~ four propositions which. i prov
en- claim absoiutely tak@ the foundation
oat from under al t2e free coinage ar
gumeuts'
rl-st-That no ro}f circEiates as money
in free coinage countries. TIE free coin
agn countries are Mexico. South America
Central America. Japan. China and In
asa Isvan Win forty million people rsS
ninety millions lu gold u alca she - arcn-
n1utarin< IN her treasury preparatory -
Tasumigg she Go.3 standard Iass god i
tea sx lEStEe property q the Cover ne r
ard does nor circulate 1s ulonet-- - VAL
YES .n Japan. however. are D1e&s 1r@4 ~
ia gold stAudard Mexico. with tive re
N slIIo1 - onte. has Eve million 81 god.
wa{oh Is the exclusive pronerty % me
govern Erfa- ana aS%s r9t etrc 4late a
rs1usv Al va5ues in AfFxtro arr meas
ured fs the g3tJ standard So4ta Amer
- go - - q =