Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-09-27


question why We should follow party
lines. for it is question TO DE determined
by the honesty and integrity OF the people
Claims are made by the advocates OF free
silver that ia 1873 over one-hoh OF our
metallic money was destroyed. Now as
% those claims I will say that In lsl3 we
had 100000 Of silver coin and $4,000 90
o. subsidiary coin. which occupies the
same position now AS o. did then. Ia al
we had Silo000u1o Of coin in the United
Siltes in lS1 Since The characterization
of silver SnoW0Hn mas been coined ln
I,-1 OBJ. approximate amount of silver iu
t.. world was 81. sopp1Do0. to-day IL Is
t.-o.0. HH
The .I .1 iz. Or q understand 90. that the
demon, f.z.fiol of silver has caused l Joss
-.r.rf fur 90 ANA Cor THAI fact 30 has dee
r-...f.L If d.. shown ly statistics Thar
Then. t.e h..n greater coinage of silver
.a tH. ... tWeuty-trre- years than there
a a.tu .- .I the history OF th- world
.ut o.. ..H .tr.rt.8l t1 Che iart that
r cert o- over of th, entire produc-
fo. OFF E.r since l>-e h4s been coined
..fe money
Th Ito.ltes of free silver say that the
rtra .t OBJ. money OF the world appre-
.i.t.s commodities and the depreciation
a. .Uv.r therefor. is accounted FOR by its
Generalization. When they tell sou how
mobiles h4v, deprecated they gener-
l'ly refer you 90 wheat. for il has declined
mon. than amy other The farmer Of the
United States found q market for his
wheat in London. the greatest wheat mar
k-t of the world. and 70 meet competition
of other countries had TO lower the price
Here reference was made 10 the wheat
-rowers OF India and the wages paid by
that country.
The average wages of twenty-one en-
Payments i'm Russia is four dollars and
some cents a week. II it at $3.50 q week
some cents q week. Put IL AT $499 a week
That Is the average W, ges for skilled en-
ployment and YOU men can judge for your
self the wages of the common laborer
You know the wheat growing facilities in
the West the past twenty years have in
creased constantly with the aid of many
new inventions The new inventions
make il possible for ever so much more
wheat TO Doe raised and consequently it
has become cheaper. No money system
on Gods earth can Offset or compete with
improved machinery.
Har and sheet iron in 1883 sold for nearly
double what il does now. and i'm the years
intervening between that time there has
been no material change in the wages paid
you, except iu some few in the price per
ton of o. few kinds Of iron. Labor has
been sustained except In few instances,
where IT has been reduced on account of
improved machinery.
The products of the farm. even wheat.
VIII buy more manufactured goods to-
day than IL would before silver deprecia-
ted. Mr. Graham at this point went on
to say that one reason silver had depre-
GATED is on account OF the differing Of
commercial values. Under the gold stand
ard. he stated. the earning power Of
days labor will be greater than ever be-
fore. Free silver advocates attempt TO
meet this assertion by claiming there Will
Dee no opportunity for employment. He
went ON to refer 90 the prosperous times
I'm the past history q the mill. when they
made every pound OF material they could,
and instead of the empl0ye wanting 10
know when We We're going 10 start. as they
Jo now. hc wanted 10 know when We We're
-ou- 60 stop and give him a. rest That
prosperity was under the same kind of a
money system I am advocating now. DO
you want any other? To this question a
few scattered replies Of No" We're heard.
don't believe you men ought TO force a
policy ON this country that would cause
the downfall Of yourself and other people.
said Mr. Graham. abiding to free silver.
He admitted tho farmer was having "a
hard time Of IT now but comforted him
self I'm the fact that it was not rs hard as
when ne was q boy. Some people tell you
that the enonetization or silver viii re-
store il 70 parity with gold. I say that
when YOU take silver 70 the mint under
free coinage you Get n NeTicanized. de-
u~cciatcd and dishonest dollar. To re-
store silver with gold means to raise ST.
nHaDm0Co TO double IT'S value. DO YOU
think that amount Of silver could be
raised TO double it's value without other
countries aiding us IN doing the same
thing?
Had il not been for the act Of 70 your
wares would not have been as Teraunera-
tive as they have been. We would have
suffered as ! believe we would under free
coinage of silver.
Reference was made 10 Il recent speech
of Bryan. where he stated that "the pres
ent financial policy means nations to be
run by syndicates and the destroying Of
opportunity for employment" and the gold
standard means the employer against the
employee debtor against the creditor, and
classes against the masses. He stated
that ne never supposed he belonged TO
any other than the plain common people.
Bryan would nave you understand that
corporations and banking classes are
blood suckers. Bankers. he stated. had
given the government money whenever 1t
was i'm need and it was through their in
fluerce that government bonds were float
ed at the price they We're.
They have not conspired 10 rob the gov
erument They are not monopolists. You
can become q banker II you wish Cor
rorltions are attacked in this way. There
are $50 stockholders in this mill and I
don't think any OF them are Shylocks or
have over done anything to excite your
prejudice 7 am not going to say anything
about capitalists for I don't know any.
There are 81 few trusts-you can count
thcm on your fingers. There always have
been and / don't suppose you will ever
get rid OF them.
He predicted under the gold standard
All prosperity Imaginable while under free
silver he pictured the opposite in darkest
hue. Free silver. he said. is to be en-
phaucally set down upon NJ the coming
election. I believe we are all interested
i'm the company and also i'm the money re-
ceived for employment. Under free sill
yer administration Your money would be
Mcxicauized and IT means the money you