The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-19
the patrlots who salled the chesapeake and

ism 20 compete to-day for the Industrial
supremacy OF the world with the coinage OF
contest con for territorial integrity we Should
discard the modern weapons OF warfare
and stick 10 those which were useful At
Bunker Hill and triumphant al yorktown
I'VE cannot be Indifferent 10 the financial
systems OF other countries, because We are
competitors with other nations. Some may
surpass us in the amount OF capital and
influence to-day: none VIII surpass US when
the American people. emancipated from
the letters which Ignorance, foily ana
thoughtlessness have placed upon their
own limbs, advance TO the Industrial con-
quest OF the world with the resources which
they can command, with coinage through
which commercial success can be achieved,
and through which alone II can be
achieved.
Argument BASED on Cupidity.
II do not think Il Is fair TO take leave OF
this custom without saying one WORD
about Mr.. Bryan's piece de resistance.
When he comes 10 the east he is silent
about ~ when Ssn he sSmss 10 the sS that
Is the pretense that the farmer can be
enriched by the plumber OF his working
men For. my friends that Is all IL means nsn rs
volsme of his debts. and only one farmer
farmer owes something for labor 10 the
laborers that he hires who assist him In
the planting of his crop.
Mr. Bryan tells him that he can sell
his crop IN Liverpool for gold and he can
pay his debts in this country In silver.
In other words, he tells him that he can
plant In silver and sell IN gold. NOW, thst
would be an attractive proposition ad-
dressed 10 a dishonest man. IL Is re-
pugnant proposition addressed 10 the
American farmer. Wnos9 nc nohsesv a hsvsr
men.
my friends, II always facilitates dis
cussion 10 get down TO precise definition
la lat I'm hat VVn m "A
Mr.. Bryan would have you believe that
/ have n prejudice against silver, that all
sound money" men are opposed TO sill
vocative, and when they see a silver piece
the hot blood mounts 20 their cheeks and
words OF profanity form themselves upon
wants Plenty of silver.
II have no objection 20 silver. ] like IT,
I want II, and want plenty OF r. Now, L
Is not necessary TO get Legislation at All
tize Il on an honest basis. One hundred
cents worth OF silver would be about 700
grains and a small fraction. Now, the
difference between Mr.. Bryan and myself
is that he wants 20 give every American
working man and every person who owes
a debt SIX grains OF fine silver, while I
want 10 give him 700 grains and a small
fraction OF fine silver: that Is ALL
There Is no man who would object TO
taking ZOO grains and small proportion for
a dollar. because he could get dollar
for II anywhere II shows. And II is as good
as a dollar. And ne knows that II Is the
exact amount that ought 10 be put into a
dollar. II, therefore. he comes 10 work
ingman and says that silver is going 10
benefit him--that n. silver coinage upon
the basis OF sixteen 10 one, which has
grown 20 be an article OF faith with the
populist--he presents 20 him this startling
propositions That s7lH grains OF silver are
better than 200 grains; That IL TO say the
part r. greater than the whole; one Is bet
ter than two II we can turn reasoning up
side down and stand topsy-turvy walking
with our heads and thinking with our heels
then the suggestion Is valuable.
Now he approaches the farmer with
this proposition: You VIII sell your crop
in Liverpool and get 100 grains OF silver for
with your laborer for S7lA grains OF silver
for every dollar that you owe him. That
Is a proposition which. addressed TO an
honest man insures It's own rejection
"Mr BRYAN Is fondly declaring that he
trusts 10 the common people. whatever
may be In store for this country. whatever
destiny awaits her. whether she shall grow
10 the destiny which democrats hope for
whether she has sunk TO the degradation
which populists describe, whatever may be
In tho keeping OF the common people OF this
country
whether she he saved from the danger
which now overhangs her. as believe she
will be. her safety and her salvation, now
and IN the future, depend as they always
have depended in the past not upon the
rich but upon the poor who inhabit cot
tages not on the men who amuse them
selves In clubs but upon the toilers who
tabor IN the workshop. blowing the fields or
delving I'm tho mines for the treasures In
closed In the earth
Faith in Popular Honesty.
MY faith I'm the common people Is I'M
bounded because II Is based upon 100 years
OF answering devotion 10 the highest prin-
ciples that have emanated from the bosoms
OF men, as / Judge by tho result OF their
control over the destiny OF this country. I
believe in the commoE. people, because
trust I'm their honesty. Mr.. Bryan appeals
TO them upon an argument addressed 10
their cupldity. i believe that the American
farmer, whom no force could conquer
would never submit to the passage OF cor
rupt legislation. believe that he would
scorn to pay one cent or tribute, would
scorn 10 sell his honor for bride. however
= but ss my friends. n Bryan or anybody
else believes that the American laborcr
would submit TO reduction or his wages
quietly. submissiyely, he is mistaken In the
man The American laborer knows that
the rate OF his compensation depends upon
the product OF his toll, and his fair proper
ton OF that he viii exact and he VIII get.
whatever denomination OF dollars you may
coin. And this attempt TO talk the farmer
from tho path OF rectitude which he has OBJ
served for 100 years Is based upon the delu-
sion that the laborcr whom he employs
would submit TO an exaction which all man
kind would condemn as unwarranted, as
unjust, az indcfcnsihie.
'dThe net result TO the farmer would not
be a crop sold In gold and planted In silver;
Il would be a long struggle with his labor
ers producing n waste or material and re-
striction Of production vastly more inJuri-
Gus TO him than any benefit which can
be derived from a temporary success, and
IN the long run he would be compelled TO
yield that which never would have been
taken from him and I'm addition suffer In
the eyes OF the world the loss OF that fame
which 100 years OF virtue had won for him.
Now, 1 do not believe that the American
farmer can be tempted by any such pros
pect as that. / have that unbounded con
ndence I'm all the citizenship OF this country
that / do not believe that either In the
fields or the mines or In the workshops or
I'm the cities, or wherever men are dealing
together TO swell that abundant stream OF
products that every year leave our shores
for the improvement OF the condition OF the
world. / do not believe that any class OF
citizens can be arrayed against the other
and that men who have grown great In
confidence OF each others honor or Of each
others industry.
Cooperation the Law OF Civilization.
Everywhere throughout the world you
| see that exemplified. Everywhere men
are working now for other men OF whose
| existence they have no knowledge. Every
| quarter OF the globe IL instinct with life