The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-16

8 IN the campaign OF 1892 and 1904 VIII
$ lam Jennings Bryan was on the stump
preaching free trade. and the burden of,
mis- song was that prices were too nigh.
L He told the farmers that the wicked
e Republ lcan tariff laws caused them to
pay too much for the things they had to
! buy and that they should be permitted
4 to buy where they could buy the cheap
est. He shed tears of sympathy then as
8 now for "thepoor down trodd len Masses"
sthe victims of5the protected sbarons,"
/ who were the manufacturers of the
& country. High prices must be, abolish
Il ed and to. do this the tariff tax must
& be reduced. on manufactured goods and
y raw materials must be made free:
s s5 n He was telling the workingmcn OF the
b country that they were obliged to pay
too much for what they had to eat and
\ wear, and demanded thelr votes in be-.
/ half Of a tariff policy that would give
4 them chenperS living. They needed the
specious pleas, the farmer and the wage
u worker, and tn latter got the cheaper
sllying In soup houses and relief stores
while the former saw his home market
* shrink along with the prices of his pro-,
ducts. 81 / ~; 2..!
M IN, Now, what Is this same William Jen-
s$nings: Bryan doing in this campaign?
3 He Is etlll going abroad over the country
the: farmers and wage earn.
4 ers for their votes. but he Isn't preaching
4 against high prices now; he is doing
Just the reversible Is telling them that.
prices are not high enough and that they
must be doubled by cutting The dollar In
two. The workingman Is not paying
!: senouSh for the necessities he buys from
II the farmer and the, farmeris not paying
y enough for the products OF the mechanic.
Il The doctrine he lays down In 1896 Is ex-.
;aactly opposite TO the one he advocated
y IN 1892 in IT'S effects, and there are many
voters who geen as willing. to be fooled
y nov. as they were then. In the face OF
HI their sad experience with the quackt
doctor Of 1892 they are willing to take
\ another "curc-ell' from him.
4; In all history there never was Wit,
(, messed a clearer case of demasosy than
that which is now being prnctlced upon
!; the people blythe crowd of political bun
coists, headed by Altgcld, Bryan. Till
man and others, and thc!strangest part
u or III lis that Intelligent people believe.
I'm. them. II they were right Underlying
Shish prices in 1892. they are wrong in:
!; preacning high prices now. " Il Il II
ThcStriith Is they were wrong; both.
$ft!Ines. What tile people need Is o re-
sSSturn. toftheSdays before this class OF po-'
S!tlltl6ai demagnEues began their, disturb
4 ing d citation OF false theories, when,
SS55therc! was work at living wages for the,
s1aborer and n market at profitable
B prices fol: farmer 4 i. \; ~
Free silver will mot bring those times
Il ipci;. ~ deprecated, nuctuatng cur.
(Srency snevcr brought prosperity TO any.
S3s Country, * currency based on d ao,ind
Sff6uidation which maintained; every idol-$
\ iIarSatS psr.sand was good for all alike.
anI 5in$themarkcts of tho world, never
" brought hard times TO any country. Ss3S5,
10 wage carners: Under our, present
Imonctary system every dollar YOU re-
h 85SceiyS for wages Is as good as i a gold
3Sdollar} twill purchase q dollnrr''sworth
" on anything. DO you want to change
SEtbls condltIon? DO YOU want 10 be mid
IN dollars lint will 5only buy us much NJ
hessiiysfSln IN them /: ssworsh?t iou:any.:j