The Portland daily press., 1896-09-03

Taylor company. l was selling farm
machinery to farmers and instructing
them IN its use and was in contact with
all Glasses. l became thoroughly ao-
quainted with their money.
also sold To jobhng houses. Now for
few figures. We solo thresheT and
engine TO our agents in Mexico for 81 400
New York draft. They would sell the
same thresher and engine to their farmers
Tor u, 600-Mexican silver. There you
get good Idea of the value of free silver.
All the time was in Mexico, the price
OF silver changed from day TO day. We
could never tell one day what it WAS 60
ing to be worth the next. | have known
our agents In the city of Mexico to give
us an order for machinery to be shipped
at certain time and only few days be-
fore we were to make the shipment, they
would telegraph us to hold the machinery,
that silver was very low. | have taken
Aultman & Taylor drafts and sold them
at a premium of 80 per cent, sometimes
they would double.
Our company sells in three free silver
countries and have known it, when it
takes over three of their silver dollars to
pay one dollar on our machinery in New
York drafts. | have worked at the side
OF big, strong man In Mexico, who re-
ceived 1914 cents for 10 hours labor.
never saw farm hand get over 25 cents
for &c hours work; carpenters get S711-
and the same rule obtains in all free sill
yer countries. | cannot understand how
some men can advise our people to accept
the free silver theory. 1t is the most fool
1sh idea that can get into mans head.
l am sure in my own mind, that no per-
sou of sound mind, who understands the
practical workings of an unlimited and
free silver coinage, can advocate it. !
am sure that II Candidate Bryan would
visit Mexico and study the question
there, in all its phases he would, il he is
honest, come back here and spend every
day until the November election, fight
ing against the Introduction of free silver
policy in this country. The mine owner
reaps the only benefit an at terrible cost
to the mass of people
Should the free and unlimited coinage
of silver come out ahead in the election
this fall. 1t will close the factory doors Of
every manufacturer who sells his goods
on time. The reasons are obvious.
There are many people who are blaming
the capitalist for the hard times.'' l
want to say word on this point. One
OF the first and most prominent causes of
hard times is the intim idation of capital
by just such crazy excitement as the free
silver movement Strikes and mob vio-
lence have caused much trouble with la
Dor, and capitalists who would put their
money in manufacturing industries, dare
not do SO for fear Of trouble with work
men. The laboring class needs do all In
Its power to encourage capital. / arm a
laboring man. / work hard every day,
and am poor, but never feel envious
Of the wealthy people. We cannot got
along without them, nor can they with
out US. But we must avoid soaring them
wish to beg all laboring men to vote
for protection and honest money. Our
present money is the best in the world
1t Is good for its face value wherever it
goes and there is plenty of it. If we, as
a 1aboring class, We're only more lawful
and avoided doing those things whicu
tend to intimidats capital, we would all
be in better oiroumstapoese'