The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10
HOW TO START THE WHEELS.
The Business Men Must start Them-Not
the Orators and D~emagogues.

the Orators and D~emagogues.
Republican-"What do you consider
of most Importance to the Western
states at this time?'
p"pulist--"A revival of the industries
of the nation.'
R.-."How would a revival of the in
d~llStrieS affect the Wcst!'
Pit would make Il demand for their
agricultural products and consequently
raise the price"
R.-"What will you do in this cam
paign TO assist in bringing about this re-
suit
Pr will vote and work for the cleo
ton of Bryan. and such congressman as
are in sympathy with his views
R.-"What are his views:'
P.-"Mr. Bryan favors the free and IN
limited coinage of silver"
R.-"What are the views of the men
who are expected to start these indus
tries: | mean the manufacturers and
the heads of enterprises where labor is
employed"
P.-"They are against the free and un-
limited coinage Of silver until an inter
national agreement can be secured
R.-"Iou say that Bryan favors free
silver and these business men oppose il.
Bryan believes that free silver would
start the industries. but the men who
control and manage the industries heHeve
that free silver would still further smash
them. If Bryan is elected. will these
men who have already suffered heavy
losses in the last three years. then put in
more money and make Il further effort.
in the face of Il financial policy which
they believe to be still more ruinouS?
Can an industry be revived against the
judgment and consent of the owner:
Would an engineer who had suffered ii
wreck because of a defective rail mount
his engine again and start the train when
he knew that there was another rail just
ahead which was still more defective?
"Or. would he not stand still and re-
fuse TO bulge until the track is made safe
and sound!
''.And suppose that some eloquent
young orator should suddenly appear be-
fore that engineer and should make an
enthusiastic speech, and suppose that
some farmers and laboring men from
the surrounding country would gather
about that wreck and should cheer the
speech? Would that start the train:"
Put these men whom YOU say con-
troll the industries are g%oldbugs and plu-
tocratS.
R-"You apply these cpithets, but cpl
thcts are not arguments. An epithet
hurled at a business man will not cause
him to engage in an enterprise or to IN
vest money when he believes the invest
mcnt is unsafe. If the farmers and
laboring men gathered around a wrecked
train. would call the engineer IA %goldbug:
would that change his mind: And sup
pose these farmers and labOrers, being
aroused by the speech. should call a con-
vcntion and pass resolutions denouncinc
the engineer, the superintendent and
the president of the road; would that
start the train?
Can speeches, resolutions and epithets
start the industries of this nation so
long as the men who manage these IN
dustrieS are afraid to start!'
P.-"But | am in favor of the United
States managing her own affairs with
out the consent of any other nation on
earth
R.-"This reference to the consent of
other nations is pure d~emagogism and
is used by Mr.. Bryan and his followers
simply as Il catch phrase to make them
appear patriotic and to arouse the frenzy
of u%nthinking people.
Every man in the United States wants
this government to manage its own af-
fairs and every intelligent man knows
that it has always lone 50.
but every intelligent man also knows
that the men who run the workshops and
factories of this country are not for
eigners and that they are not asking the
consent Ol OlutT udllDllo " IL tIt Ii'
tories. but they are consulting their own
judgment. and they will not start these
industries, for they cannot, unless the
finances of this nation are ON Il sound
basis"
But is not free silver a sound
basis?'
R.-"The business men and financicrs
Of this country do not think So"
P.-'But the people think so. This is
., Vnynrpunanf nf rho nannIp for the mos
pie and by the people. The people GER
tainly know what they want and their
demands must he respected
R.-"Yes, this is Il government Of the
people. but who are the people,"
P.-'We are the people,
R.-"les. yom are the people who in
vent catchy phrases and sensational the
cries. but did you ever invent an industry
that gave employment to idle men: Did
YOU ever invent Il thought OF Il doctrine
which aroused confidence? Is there Il
single wheel in all these idle factories
that you can put in motion! You can
strike industry with the paralysis of
death. but YOU cannot revive II. You are
the people who talk. but you are not til"
people who revive industries. The silver
tipped tongue of YOU free silver orator
is the sting that stings industry 10 death.
That is just what aIls the country now.
There have been too many sensational
speech makers who can organize and con
troll conventions, but they cannot organize
industry. they cannot control capital. cX-
cept to make it hide away in fear"
Bring ont your free silver orator and
let him make Il speech.
Let him soar his catchy phrases
around the ruins of one of these smoke
less factories. and see if there is Il single
wheel that he can turn.
p.-But this country will never be
dominated by the plutocrat or the gold
bug"
R.-"lt never has. and il never will be
dominated by the plutocrat or the gold
bug. and neither will it ever be domi-
mated by the Popocrat. the silverbng.
the political tumblebug, or the visionary
humbug. but it will be dominated by
the cool-headed business men, the coul-
headed farmers and lahorinS men Of