Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-10-21
NUMBER 4s.
REED TO BRYAN.
Senator Reed Pro2ounds Some
Difficult Questions
IN lis EBLE NEWSPAPER.

| -, N"'""" '""F wore Not Answered He
cause They couid Not he and R.cau.,
Mr. hrynn l. Not Arguing Matters n. N
issie but scrlsi"g tn Misiead aud Fool
the frop'c and Appeal To Passion and
fr'Jnd'ce-A Letter Worth Reastinr.
In an open .etter To Candidate viii
nam d. Bryan, published "a few days be-
iore ms recent visit To Clarksburg, tho
able editor OF The Telegram OF that
CITY, Sointor Reed. put IL questions nc
the popocratic nominee that are worthy
OF wide reading and careful study.
Ihe letter in full was ~ follows.
several thousand Republicans aud
Dcmocrats will be here on that occasion
TO hear what you may have to say. Peo-
pie are anxious TO see you. because you
nave been advertised as great curl
/ osity. They nave heard of tho crown
Oh thorn ana cross OF GOLD speech. You
arc known To be- a paro man SO far M
your personal character in concerned
Your handsome face. coupled with the
TACT that you aru advertised as one of
the greatest orntors ON earth, will bring
vast crowd to see and hear you. You
Will havc AN Intelligent audience and
they viii expect To hear tho Rrentesc
speech that ever foil from the lips of "A
mortal man. But mark You The peo.
pie OF Central West Virginia domand
that you explain somc things very care
iuliy. They have "a humber Of uues-
tions To PROFOUND to you and they will
tiko no evasions. They have been
fooled by glitterfng promises in the past
promises made Ivy you and your party.
Your speech must be something more
than buncombc. whooperer.up md
shimmering eifervescence. No appeals
10 passion or prejudice, no arrayinR of
class against class, no pyrotechnic de-
luge of English adjectivos will satisfy
our people. Hero are few things they
want explained:
"First--ln speech in Congress some
time ago you said; Speaking for myself,
it Is immnterial In my Judgment wheth-
or the sheep owner receive any benefit
from tho tariff or not
"Did you utter such an un- American
sentiment Then you apparently care
very little for our farmers. In Harrison
county our sheep were valued on tho
assessors books III 1892 ut $82,577. This
year under your don't care policy our
sheep arc valued S42, ,045, "A loss of 49,.
o32 Tor this county alone. Wool dropped
from 20 cents por pound to t2 I.2 and
your don't care for the farmer policy
caused loss IN this State on sheen and
wool of 100000. You also said Won
favored FREQ coal and free lumber and
this hobby of yours, under your low
tariff policy. caused lost to West yir.
ginia OF not less than 81 ,00O, 600, or a
total loss OH wool, lumber and coal of
about $0,OOO,O0O since President Harri.
son left tho White House. Did the gold
standard cause this loss? II it did tell
them how 1t happened that the decline
did not begin until tho reign Of Democ.
racy, although we had had the gold
standard since 1878?
''Second-You will please explain lust
how the West Virginia farmer il 20 GET
his share OF the new silver dollars you
propose TO coin for Messrs. Stewart.
Teller and others Of the millionaire sil.
yer mine owners?
''Third-How viii your policy open
mine III harrison county TO restore to
us the $63O.5l9 decrease in the value Of
our personal property, such as horses.
cattle, sheep. etc, since 1898?
'Fourth-Explain how your tariff
pohcy--tho one you championed 80 ably
in Congress, has benefited a single i'm.
dustry in West Virginia2
"Fifth-YOu ridiculcd the MCKINLEY
tariff on tin plate aud said in Congress-
that the only tin plate factories il would
build up would be 'on paper You
know or at least ought TO know that i77
TIN mills were constructed as a result OF
that law, thus keeping thousands Of dol
lnFu af Hnf,la nd rrs.rt
lS,OOO Americans. VIII your prophecy
about free coinage DO as erratic az it was
about protected tin?
"Sixth-You hold that free coinage
OF silver nc 10 10 / will cause all the
worlds silver 60 advance 20 81 90 nor
ounce and that we will have both metals
circulating side by sido ON a parity.
When In the history Of this world have
gold and silver been kept on a parity
under Tree and unlimited coinage7
Mention single nation that has been
able 10 do 50.
"Seventh.-W Why did silver continue
70 fall In price when under the Sherman
law we were coming All tho American
product aud all that our mints could
handler
"Eighth-When you were nominated
o foW weeks ago, Mr.. Bryan, silver wns
worth 90 cents per ounce, aud the silver
ApAth Wta ihbfluhlCuily worth Db t44tOu
cents. To-Day che market price of silver
Is 81 3-4 cents per ounce, and the silver
dollar 80 0-lO0 cents. Either the great
speculatOrs Of the world have little cnl,-
idonce in your election OF they consider
your $i.20 theory = fraud. How aboat
Ihis9
"Ninth-Wll you name one free silver
nation ON earth where silver circuIat0s
" more than It's bullion valuo2
'Teuth-Will you mention q nafion
In the world TINT has. without depre.
oiating its purchasing power. Dot m,sre
silver into circuation tnan the United
states since 1873?
"bleveuth--Do y0u favor n protoogive
tariff on coal, lumber and wool?
"Iwelfth-Win you Le honest with
your audience and tell thom how much
silver We coined and held In circulation
before 1878, and thon explain that we
have Bined - times as many standard
dollars under our present systeiuR
Thirteenth -Can you point IN an thg
past history Of nations and civilizations
% any one instance Of q nation making
n success OF ycnr policy and isn't it =
tact that every nation that hae debased
is metallic money has invited dieaster3
fifourfornfhAW was the Unti.r1