Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-08-12

yofty OF the votes upon TOUR wears ago.
IApplause.l
-Four years ago heard William J.
Bryan say TO great audience In my
state: Give US free trade and the Amcrt-
they went down He said: Give us free
trade and business will boori.' bu, IL
busted Applause and laughter.l
Promise. of the sii,erite.
IRE same man to-day comes before v,,,.
with new promise. They have discaf dci
the issue of four years ago. and they say
now. Give US free silver and the wages Of
men VIII Increase: give us free silver AMI
new avenues OF employment will open ur,.
give us free silver and the business OF the
country will boom My countrymen. as
business proposition on which ccpends
your welfare and mine, I'm view OF the
value or their predictions OF four years age.
don't you think IL would be atvisa bic to
ask for little collateral security In aid
of that promise? Loud appla use and
cheers.1 Do you think that the man ~no
detscited on his promise to pay at "a coun-
try bank 500 note four years ago couli
make new promise TO pay at the Same
hank to-day without at least two or three
reputable Endorsements? Ilaughter.1
They say how we have discovered =
n"str im Tor the Ills OF men, and YOU know
my countrymen. that nothing sells In the
United States so well as "A patent medicine
o. a new kind OF chewing gum IA opiauSe
iouf know That nobody secures auii-
ence so quickly as the man upon the street
corner. VINO promises something for moth
Ing. and to-day the whole campaign for
trec silver Is waged upon the promises TO
this man and TO the other man OF something.
better when free silver comes In the
little time l have to-day I will discuss--of
course. In general way. for ] cannot with
I'm these limits go into detail-some OF the
arguments that are presented. You are
asked to sail ont onto an unknown sea to
cut loose II om all well defined land marks.
TO go beyond any anchor. and 10 follow
that gli'iering sheen that comes from over
the water, that fees before the mariner as
rapidly as his PROV goes.
Prevalence OF the Gold standard.
Did they say To US that this country
has been on gold basis since 1873? And so
IL has, and think there Is nothing SO lit
tie understood. or SO poorly understood is
that question. What Is gold basis7
Since 1873 the standard OF values under she
laws OF this country has been the gold dol
lar j admit H. and u Is true. So has the
standard for England. for France, Great
Britain, Germany and Italy. for Russia
and for all OF the great commercial and ia
dustrial nations OF the earth. | put n
to you that this * the accumulated wisdom
OF the successful people OF this globe In
in its advancement along the lines OF pros
perity, that all OF these countries are on
gold basis. and in all OF them the gold
dollar IL the standard OF values.
What OF II? Why. II has taught to the
people OF this country that gold basis
means gold alone. and the exclusion Of
the use of silver and OF paper money. No
statement more false. no statement NOR"
designed to deceive has there been made
I'm any gold country of the universe. There
IL in circulntpon. side by side. money
OF equal power to purchase and pay all
the profit OF labor and In the field OF cap
ital. There Is side by side in every gold
standard country OF the globe gold. silver
and paper money. all OF II In use.
Let me tell you another thing. There
il no country on the face of this earth
- " II - 10
TO the free coinage of silver. hut VIVA.
all other kinds OF money than silver ard
promises to pay in silver have lied the
land. You cannot go into q country OF hts
earth where It's mints arc open To the free
coinage OF silver and ~ q "A gold dollar cir
culatinc among the people. Not only that.
hut you cannot go to-day into any country
on earth that opens it's mints to the free
coinage OF silver but what your doia.
gold. silver or grecnbacks. will buy twice
as much as the best dollar that is in the
hands OF the people OF any OF these coun-
tries. loud hpplausc.l
Against Dcbascd Currency.
'T am an American. IApplausc.I he
leve my country is greater and grnnder
than any other. l have travelled outside
this land-upon either side-in Mexico and
in Canada. II had gone across the water
and roamed through the great capitals OF
Europe my experience would have been
the same as II was In Canada. The Amcri-
can citizen. I'm travelling outside OF his own
American eagle on one side and the Cod
dess of Liberty on the other. or his dollar
in paper, representing the promise OF his
nation to pay In the best dollar that is oh
tainable. will be taken without one cent
discount in every capital city and every
commercial house OF the civilized world.
tApplausel II IL were no more than a mat
ter OF madonna pride should prefer not TO
Nexicanize American citizenship. for
wherever I go. ] pray God l may not have
10 go around apologizins for the stamp on
the dollar and accepting half price for It,
TApplausei
in this country and Put I'm circulation more
silver dollars-O times more-than we ever
coined and put In circulation before IS.2
Stop one moment and look. To-day your
dollar In silver. coined by this government
Is n dollar In gold. tApplause.l And why?
II is because you have surrounded the IcGis-
lation that authorized u by such sare-
guards that the man who takes IT, the man
In the store and the man on the farm and
the man In the shop. knows when L.,
lakes II that not only to-day. but to- NOR
row and next week-aye. and ~ long a. the
republican party lives the dollar will he
iust the same "a IL Is to-day. the hest dol
lar OF the civilized globe. Applause
Reply to Democratic Theories
''rhey tell me. and am urged 20 g. hv
Jones and all the others in the senate that
TO open our mints 10 the free coin1ge OF
silver will bring silver bullion back to 20
cents an ounce. They have asserted ~
licrated Il and reiterated IL day after day
and month after month NV countrymen
did you ever stop to think that n the free
coinage OF silver will bring silver bullion
back to It's old-time price there VIII he none
Of this Increase In the price Of products
none OF this Increase in the price OF labor
that they promise on the other slider This
Is exactly true. that every promise they
make to the people Of this country Of a rise
in values. Of more per buSheI for wheat or
moro dollars Der day for men, f. "A promise
based upon the proposition that the new
standard of value. the new dollar OF silver
coinage. Will be less than the present dol
lar Of the country I'm which We live. one
thing or the other II absolutely true
We live next door 10 Mexico on the one
side silver mas free and unlimited coinage
on the other side OF the line u has not To-
day the same dollars do not circulate gide
by side. II we open tho minis Of the United
states for the free and unlimited coir.a-e
Of silver. one thing ask you TO reno 1ber
and study at your homes: our silver GolIn r
on the American side Of the line Will be
worth Just the same as the Mexican dollar
on the other side. ! Will tel you why.
Whenever the Mexican dealer. simply nv
coming across the line. can cut his dollar
IN the American slot and take out without
cost dollar OF the United States. whose
value VIII be worth the same a. his IL. what
Is the argument? Either that by free coin
age on the part Of the United Stafcs w
double the value OF every Mexican dollar
OF else we strike by half the value nj
every American dollar. because tba, r,uas