Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-08-27
Twin British Policies: Free Trade and
Free Silver.

Twin British pOlICicS: Eree 1fauc ana
Free Silver
ST. Paul Pioneer Press: Mr.. Bryan
in his oratOrical excursion eastward is
marking out the lines, or rather he is
following out the lines already marked
out by the free silver propaganda, on
which his campaign is to be conducted.
1t is to be campaign of pure dema-
gogism-addressed to various phases
of popular ignorance, prejudice and
passion. and not at all to the reason
and intelligence of the people. At
Chi cago his appeal was to the assumed
preiddices of the laboring men against
those who employ them. At Pittsburg
his appeal was to to the popular preju-
dice against England on the false pre-
tense that England favors gold stand
ard in this country
We propose now to take UP thisspur-
ious campaign cry of the silver propa-
ganda that the American sound money
policy is dictated or inspired by Eng
land and to show that it is not only
false but the exact reverse of the
| truth.
| Mr.. Bryan averred in substance that
those who were opposed to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver by this
country alone were in the position of
the tories who in ;''the struggle of our
forefathers for liberty believed that
we ought to continue in this land the
political supremacy of Great Britian, .
and that they favored "the financial
domination of this country by aforeign
power, which was as dangerous to the
liberties OF the people as political DOM
nation" There is no mistaking the
meaning of this language. He meant
it to be understood that the policy
which for fifty years has prevailed in
this country OF haying our currency
based on the gold Standard so that oul
people should have as good money as
the people Of England or of any other
nation in the world, was inspired and
dictated by England. This is his as
sumption and that is the campaign CRY
by which he expects to arouse the pat
riotism OF the American people to the
support of the free coinage policy o.
the silver kings We propose to show
not only the absolute falsity but the
hollow hypocrisy OF this pretense.
We desire in the first place to cal
attention to the fact that MIR. Bryan i:
one OF the most rabid free traders
His speeches in congress on this sub
ject show that he is an extreme and I'M
compromising advocate OF that free
trade policy which would sweep away
all tariff restrictions against. the i'm
portation of British manufactures ant
surrender our markets TO their unre
advocate of a policy which would sub
ordinate American to British interests
shut up our mills and factories for The
benefit of British capitalists, or force
Il reduction of the wages of our work
ingmen to the British level in order t.
keep them going. This Jealous cham
pior OF the commercial and industria
) domination of the United States b.
Great Britain through free trade no,
comes before the American people AM
tells them that in advocating free sill
yer he is fighting against the tinancia
domination of England.
: 1t is false and hypocritical pre-
tense. In advocating free silver he i
fighting for the financial dominion 0
England, just as in advocating fire.
trade ne is fighting for its Commercial
and industrial domination OF this coun
try. What interest has England il