New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-26

people taking charge OF their own AFFAIR S that
people studying and examining these Questions ' h1s
| day by day hIs followers dropping away anu "''
cause Is cOllapsing
EVERY ONE HAS CHANCE
As the temper OF this Presidential candidate s''9
the better of his Judgment he talks more "''os 90
If there were classes in this country. separ'" ~
insupcrable barriers OF rank or privilege. We ""''
no rank we have no privilege we nave no '"S''"
The rich man dies and his sons dissipat' MS pa
erty: the poor secs his son receive ,he ",hS
| of The public school and the high school an" -
reach the most influential ana poWcilu 81, ~ bvsi
ness rm or in the running Of the mine or in the
Legislature, Il Senator or member VI "o..l1t,ot
or in the Government member OF tne ~ innk
or as President. | came across recent! !" ''Ht"h
! ing AT the affairs OF an industrial School N WI
Who would otherwise become members of gangs OF or
thieves and educaeS ana ana rsslts Of the oppor-
tunities of American liberty in the nNcS oi ~. ~
| Governor of a State and the other has accumu-
| lated fortune and Is one. OF the most enerse th
! newer commonwealths of the West am sur
rounded in the system Of railways with , wmcn The
bottom and are now at TIE head OF 'P P3 nr of
iiaik which is The reproduction OF the language of
the French Revolution and of other revolutions ~
| the Old World against thrones and missionaries neS
! and privilege and caste has place IN free
America under the Declatation OF i9nepco' pu,
what does Mr.. Bryan propose TO 10 Tor we, VIZ
people whom he claims to oye ana 10 nstroyed
the sefpreservave power Of he rTd"ra r =" re-
| mcnt either put down dCm"Stlc Niol'i'' VI w
money which he says. We need we IA, ma Ns ,h ="
I'nitcd states in 1873 when silver was dcmonetized
| and now. when Bryan is bowling that that a9l
hpinrss we have ssi 3 for each man woman and
child in the United states or nGTy wi o S
ly the that whether the currency Is restricted
| or redundant whether you have silver or gold or
! paper no one can get that currency except by eh-
changing something for IT, he creates Ine im,P no
sion boldly asserts. that the bankers. ana ,mo
| capitalists and the manufacturers. have some
method OF getting currency when ,ne inr n have AVE-
the mechanic and the professional man 90 hU I'M
There are only two ways to GET m9n@y and
it is good or bad money one Is by Of
value. If YOU have neither farm products nor land
neither min@Tais nor professional skill exchange
for money. and you refuse to siS9 your 'hno, anh
tine for money there * no earthly way ny Wmch
you can get IL. II is not more currency ms Gun
dcnc~ which is currency; confidence. which starts
the mills going. puts the furnaces IN past opens t
the mines creates demand for coal ana ior COKE cox,
and for iron ore. which burden the railways WIN
the product OF the field. the forest me mountain
and the factory. We have the greatest lnter IA
| commerce I may say. Of all the nations IN inc
Of the product and the labor of the different soc
tions of the country. II Is done upon credit DE,
in The whole world with which to carry on the
trade of the United States But with credit a hun
e enst,ins hinge fabric Of eleven hundred millions
dollars in silver and in paper because thH people
the Intention of the Government 20 redeem all its
obligations in gold.
THE LESSON OF hlSIOttl.
W.. have the example o. ancient republics and
tvrannies OF fcudasm. of despotism and of consti-
mtional monarchy and repre- sentative government
for thousands of years. Wherever. in any of these
forms q government. the rNpcrn1n has been tried
of creating money by debasng the currency it has
eminent ruinous to the people II has been demon
strated and over again that the only standard
"p r'' ~ the Covernment SAYS il is ,ovcrnmcnts
] slfc(
ais The penalty with the individual is loss of lib
The individual is locked up in the penitentiary the
nation G1G~ lis resources locked mp SO mat ~
people are bankrupt. helpless and pauperlzea ror
! y nation 10 borrow gold and pay in silver at hity-
three cents on a dollar or anything less than lV
redeemabe value. to authorize or empower or
force its citizens TO- 90 thf s3e Is srcrt Tn
shmcnt. a government may create hfty-tnree cent
Cola, o, Sar Mn TEN nfs worm Of market
MAKE . dollar unless it puts behind it its honor and
its resources for the purpose o. giving dollar waite
io- ii when it is presented 20 he Treasury Tor re-
dempton. The Good Book says that no man can
add cubit to his stature. and no government can
destroy the laws of truth the Ia s OF InahnT Ha
the eternal principles OF truth II cannot MIX
two four nor four GiGh ,b Gmo. T ks Wheat
nor ;he manufacturer give his product for ohe-hal
its value
THE FAILURE OF FRANCE
In the dclirum Of the French Revolution dema-
gogues said as Bryan says to-day, France is
great enough Intelligent enough. >trong enough, to
have a currency and financial system of her
own" She issued iO.OWO0oGO of a paper currency
called assienats and mandats; she passed laws
making it penal q is sd fo and his nvrstocH for
this none at its face value ana lor ,"f " fn
waite. and for the m"rchhn ~, 10 -" M Soo's
Tor this money a. its face value she made IT. a
none for his work ts face value and for the
manufacturer not TO accept this money At ITS Lace
,It NJ
was that all business suspended. all industries
" MrI' apYon and misery salkcd abroad the
| I,rl Ana then in the mighty awakening from thl'
% %, vas swcp into the wac basket and France.
torn povcrty-strickcr and bleeding b"gaI h'r M
tional and her individual life again with '''e
hards. .... W., ..o,.
S3W0 Of Continental currency to buy a pair OF
boots our forefathcrs could drive Great Britain
| make the paper dollar which was irredo"nable
worth moro than the pulp of which 1t was COM
posed
THE DIFFERENCE TO WORKINGMEN.
IN his speech at the Academy of Music night be-
fore last Mr. Bryan said that Mexico or China
could not be cited against the United States. He
said Mexico WAS unable to make her dollar worth
any more than the value Of the silver which was
I'm IT, and that - cents hut the great and
powcrful United States could make a silver dollar
worth 100 cents I'm purchasing power. no matter
how little the value of the silver there was IN
has twice tried the experiment first during the
Revolutionary War. with the Continental currency.
and second during the Civil War with the green
back currency. During the civil War we had
> Oe) OF volunteer soldiers i'm the field; we had
the most powerful Navy in the world. we had Lin
coin AT the head of the Government. Chase at the
head Of the Treasury. Grant and sherman and
Sheridan at the head Of the Army. and Farraeut
and Porter at the head Of the Navy. and yet while
We could put down the rebellion We could not.
with ali our forces keep the greenback dollar.
issued to save the Government. but not reedemahe
I'm gold from falling to IS cents The grcenback
vas legaI-tendcr as under the free coinage of sill
yer the debasc dollar IL to be- for all debts and for
all dues Labor suddenly found that the money
which II received for its work had lost One-haf Of
It's purchasing power. Then the wage-earners Of
the country began to struggle to secure advance
in wages equal to the depreciation Of the money
| tnn,. cd did