Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-09-01

ing the people are ignorant or are scoun-
n1e men as tbeaR are and bY tSeir
votes in this election will prove, they ap- |
peal now to the American people on the |
Gw OF TO- er nrs
dices. and never to their intelligence or pa |
triotism. as they in the past advocated
paying it in depreciated paper money and
the cheapening of the products of Ameri-
can toll by destroying our home market
thereby, did,. from the American manufact-
urers the ability to pay American wages.
or to pay our labor at all. unless they sold
mere goods at English free trade prices.
Results of Distrust.
Every prudent banker and business man
and his money. and will not lend 1t until
the danger threatened by this free silver
agitation has passed away in defeat. Our
e9,a1v s9iss today in the world of finance are
agitation and the lack of confidence con-
sequent therefrom. Applause) Our cur
I;aa rency from isls to 1888 was by the Repuo-
mean party increased faster than our pop
uiauon. faster than the development of our
resources. Prices of farm products and
manufactured articles have continued to
Iail. whlle our money circulation has in
creased. Why? Because while our popula-
ton has increased but 50 per cent; beside
that late and the present ruinous agitation.
IN twenty years our improved machinery
mas cheapened all manufactured products
our wheat crop mas increased 20 per cent
because in the same time. We have. by
better farm implements, raised wheat
cheaper: and meanwhile Canada Russia
and South America have raised more
wheat. and We have carved out 5000 new
farms. putting in cultivation 1876 Ooo. 900 acres
of new land. With that added farm land
and by improved machinery so that a
farm hand. now, on big farm. does with
In Fct -hnot
he could do in 1860. 1t is no wonder wheat
is cheaper. The same thing has been 60
ing on all over the world. Under protec-
under Democratic free trade The gold
standard has not caused the prices of farm
products to fall. 1t has been free trade
crease in the production of wheat by added
acres and improved machinery. and the
vast increase of the worlds wheat crop
that has depressed its price. If money is
| hard to borrow. this is the cause: Threats
| by Populistic Democrats to pay the cred
| itors of this country in a deprecated dol
lara dollar Of less purchasing power than
| every dollar that has been loaned since
| 1879; threats which have made every man
| who has money hoard 1t. because no man
who has a good dollar desires to loan it
| with the prospect of being paid with bad
| dollar. (Appiause)
Republicans Friends Of Labor.
"If there be one thing Republicans have
the right to rejoice in above all others it
is that the Republican party has been the
| consistent friend of labor from the time
| of it's birth. (Applause) 1t is possible that
some time. but certainly. not now. in the
| presence of the financial heresies of the
Populistic-Democratic party. the Republic
an party may die. but if 1t ever dies there
| will be truthfully inscribed as part of its
history that it saved the territories of this
country for free men and for free labor:
| that it removed the shackles from 3, 900 coo
| of slaves and made them free men: that
| by the principle Of protection 1t gave Amer
iean labor steady employment at remunera-
| ket for 50 per cent of our agricultural urod-
| ucts, and that with every hour of its ex-
istence 1t has sought to maintain the high
| as the only fit compensation for American
toll. Cheers) Popocrats tell the people
manding a dollar. the purchasing power of
which constantly increases; If that were
true we say sooner let labor have 200
prosperity will be restored with the
election of Mckinley as president. Cheers
The people of this country will know that
the tariff as will maintain beyond perad-
venture the principles OF protection and
reciprocity; that it will employ our labo,
surplusses instead of deficits. (Applause.,
The civilized world will realize by McKin.
ley's election that the chicanery which is
American iaborer or creditor a dishonest
i for an honest dollar has met with deserved
defeat Then the idle money in the stock.
fnes Of the people and in the Golfers Of
banks, vast sums of idle money. will bt
| unloosened and will seek channels of bust
ness so that we will have reign Of pros.
perity the like of which this country has
never before witnessed. glorious though
previous Republican administrations have
been. These two questions and the rsstor
alton of our stricken reciprocity treaties
cover the heart and essence of this polit
ical campaign.
Arrafxnment of Missouri Democracy
"I ask you what the Populistic Democ
racy of Missouri has done since 1870 to de
yelop a single one of the boundless re
sources of the state. The direct result O.
the administration of Governor Stone ha!
been to drive into retirement the best mel
in the Democratic party and to drive from
us the investment Of money We so mucl
need. The legitimate result of Senate
| Vests denunciations of manufacturers ha
deferred men Of capital from coming t
| this state. A change must take place il
| Missouri. (Applause.) In the place o
demagogism, business sense must prevail
In twenty-eight years l have never hear,
| Missouri Democratic orator suggest plan
for developing the resources of this state
The direct result of the policy of Missouri
Democracy has been to hermetically sea
the resources of our state. An era OF blind
ness, of stupidity. Of eonsummate selfishnes
has characterized Democratic supreznac.
in Missouri. (Applause.)
"Their incompetent reign has got to pas