Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-25
PRICE FIVE CEHTS.

could ever get the gold dollar where
IL would buy 10 times ne much 40 IL
used TO, and Ne much No 10 buys to-
day. they would love IL 10 times ns
well Ne they love the present dollar.
QLsughtef), Nov. we asscrt that n
dollar which increases In purchasing
power e. ~ dishonest a dollar as a
dollar which decreases In purchas-
ing power. Can onybody dispute
the proposition. o simple proposition
like THAR ] repent a.; that a dollar
which incrcases In purchasing power.
10 40 dishonest ~ o dollar which de-
cfesses In purchasing power. Now
shy 10 a. that the gold standard
financiers do not object 60 q dollar
that increases, hut are 90 afraid of
the q ollar that decressesP Why. the
reason 10 simply this. they object Go
dollar that decreases becsuse they
are drawing Ia dollars in their
trusts, and they don't object 30 o
dollar that increases because the
more the dollar increnses the richer
thcy become when they collect there
dollars on their notes and mortgages.
Tremendous applsuse). Some peo-
pie say We suppose demonctiza-
ton was wrong. but two wrongs
won't make . right" They sag TINT
II IL was wrong 10 dem onetize silver
In the first place. that they ought
not 10 do another wrong % undo
that wrong. But. nv friends. the
trouble 10 we haven't got 90 the md
u demonctization. we haven't got 60
the end OF the gold standard. The
| gold standard has got no honesty.
nv friends; you cannot tell where IL
10 going 60 stop. No matter how
deep you sink Ia misery aud despair.
shere 10 q deeper depth below you.
(Applause).
Osssss Q stemsvs Aftgibutsa 90 srim,
Now ! have had my attention called
60 a statement In which . was me-
eused Of saying TINT the free coinage
% silver would result In o pnnic.
haven't said -. . don't believe IL.
{ believe. my friends, that the mo-
ment this nation has declared thnt nj
. certain time the mints Of the United
States will be open 90 the free coinage
Of silver ON equal terms with gold nj
be ratio of 30 60 q, that that mo.
ment the value Of silver will rise no
measured by gold, nnd TINT by the
day the opening OF our mipts shall
come that silver will reach the point
where an ounce ~ IL will be- worth
fi.2s in gold. And from that time
~e thall pass on with the parity
maintained NJ The ratio of 10 20 .,
Applause aud .,lIurrnhs for Bryan"
which was continued for several min
utesl But they say II we have free
coinage. that money viii be bonrded.
Why, my friends, nothing is more
absurd than that, When will men
hoard ncpeyP When money ~ rie.
ing. But under free coinage, with a
prospect of larger amount of money.
the purchasing power Of dollar will
fall, and when IL begins 90 fall, the
pecess ~ or interest In 1tck ng 10
up In vsslts will cesse, aud the peo-
pie who own the dollars will be
spending them In irving 90 got hold
Of some thing tbai is rising. Zap.
plause). IL 10 the gold standard that
makes people hoard money. zap.
plsusc). Why Because man can
make more ip the rise In the value of
the dollar when they are lying idly
tn safety vaults than he can In invest
ing these dollars In property which
fslis 10 value. But you reverse tbe
process and let ii be understood That
there 10 going 90 be more money in
this country. and then they will
know that each dollar will not be
worth NO much. and when they know
that q dollar 10 not going 30 be worth
90 much they won't want 60 hold
them ON falling market. They will
not hoard them up unless they nre
90 receive o benefit by their
rising. Aud. my friends, when you
get the Interest OF these money
hoarders in THE isspe. and get them
30 know that money will not further
enhance in value. they will spend
their money, But You never cnn get
them 90 invest while you make Ia
more profitable 90 them 90 keep thes.
dollars, Applnuse. But you say
that ~ the price of q dollar. no ipens.
ured by the gold dollar, 10 going 30
fall, then che lsboring man 10 going
90 suffer. Thst ~ what the employ.
GO tells him. NY friends, there 10
nothing that has touched pe more in
this eappsign tspokep with nDek
fcelipg) Than The solicitude which
soipe employers have maniIesiod Tor
fenf they might bs nompsllod a. pay
thor lsboftng mon iS iifty rsni dol.
lrft sitef the frse ooibag. Applause
and Laughter ropewod again aud
again wbF, my ffiopds, u THE
oanpsigp aeoomplishos nothing more
u hss made employers ~ 90 run
ming nropac thf ,ogb ,be community,
blessing people. who don't want The
hopors forced upon them and who
are willing 90 make saefifioes IN
ordsr that sbsir employees may bs
eerefiteds 0kpplause and laDgbter)
Nos. ~ a silver dollar won't bay ne
} much under free coinage ~ it buys
nov. then when o man soils plgw
, be viii get iwioe 90 many dollars, 20
many silver dollars sof d ~ he gsts
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