Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-15
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friends, is a gold standard SO frail
a thing that it must suffer every
time there is a discussion? Agi-
tation is nothing but discussion,
and yet, my friends, four states in
the east in republican conventions
adopted platforms declaring
against tho agitation of the money
question. Against agitation. How
are you going to remedy evils?
Merely by agitation, my friends.
(Great applause.)
Every wrong that there is in the
country must be removed by bal
lot, and you cannot vote intelli-
gently until you have discussed
the issue. Our enemies, if they
had power, would make it a penal
offence to raise our voices against
any financial policy, and tell US we
must not agitate for fear that we
will disturb confidence. Ny friends,
confidence that must be preserved
by sitting discussions is conf
dsnce that can only live in a mon
archial form of government. Give
US gold and silver both as the
standard money of this country
and no agitation in favor of a gold
standard will ever make that sys-
tenn tremble, my friends.
But they say that we cannot
maintain the parity because Mexi-
co has failed to do so. Is there
anybody here that thinks that
Mexico is as great a nation as the
United States? Voices from the
crowd, No. If SO, if there is, he
ought to vote the republican tick
ct; he can't find a congenial home
anywhere. else except among the
gold bugs. Why, my friends, this
nation has ten times the popula-
tion Of Mexico and in commercial
strength the difference is far
greater. Will you say that we
cannot do what Mexico has failed
to do. But even if you take that
position, but even if you insist
that this nation is no greater than
Mexico, may it not be possible that
the United States and Mexico to-
gether could do what Mexico could
not do alone? (Great applause.)
You tell us that We would approach
the standard of Mexico if we had
free coinage. There are other ma
tions which have not free coinage.
take Turkey for instance. Can we
approach the standard of Turkey if
we maintain the gold standard? ?
Turkey has gold standard. See
what the gold standard has done
for Turkey; ask them what they
think of the gold standard in
Turkey. Great applause.)
If I had to choose between Mex
leo and Turkey as a future home I
would far rather 60 to Mexico and
use silver than to 60 to Turkey and
not be able to live long enough to
use gold. (Applause.)
Ny friends, if you want to know
what the gold standard does, you
don't have to 60 abroad to find out.
Go out on the farm and you can
learn what the gold standard does.
The gold standard makes money
dearer. They say they want a
dollar that will be good all over
the world. Ny friends, our dollars
have been going all over the world
and we have been issuing bonds to
bring them back. (Great applause.)
How good do you want it? You
can have money as good as you
want it because money is a creature
of the law. Mr.. Mckinley said in
1891 that you could make money
dearer by making it scarce. and
criticised Mr.. Cleveland for "hav-
ing contracted the currency and
made money the master and all
things else the servant" You can
do It if you like. Anybody who
wants to pay the master can secure
it by voting the republican ticket.
You can make money SO dear that
it will buy more than it will now.
If your prices are too high you
can make them lower. How much
is wheat worth here now? Voice:
55 cents. Bryan tells the crowd
to make it Sc cents. (Great ap-
plause and laughter.)
Now, my friends, if you have
any difficulty in getting rid Of
your money when you sell your
wheat at SIS cents, you can make
money dearer and make wheat
worth As cents, and then if you are
bothered with the money that you
get from your crop, you can make
money still dearer by getting it
down to IS or 25 cents. If you arc
determined to have dear money,
you can have it, because they will
make money dear enough for you.
Now, / have described the gold