The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-08


the manufacturer. and they said: Let 20
turn the manufactures down You did.
The American manufacturer to-day lives
cheaper than he used TO live. lie does not
enjoy those luxuries that you were pittirg
against him four years ego. But. my God.
when you pull the pillars OF the factory
down don't they fall on the head OF Ameri-
can labor, Icries OF yes. yes and APP
plausc.l
strikes Popular Chords
Talk about a 2oo-cent dollar. What does
II mean? Two years ago we said free silver
meant D-cent dollars. They didn't know
then how 10 answer II. They have con-
reived. they have manufactured a new
term. and they say that gold Is the 20o-cent
dollar. Well. then. IN n r.. the farmers are
pretty well paid for wheat. fCries or Good
Good. Prolonged applause and shouts.l
III II Is American labor gets almost three
times as much as IL did In 1879. fCries OF
hit 'em again. and great applause.l Why.
In 1872 wheat was 10 cents a bushel and you
say1t was bought and paid for In 2oo-cent
money.
'I tell you. my countrymen. this attempt
TO arouse class against class isn't making
good republican party. and never did
make and never VIII. I live far out on the
western plain. 7 am a descendant OF eight
generations OF American farmers. The few
dollars carried from Wisconsin earned
fields between an old six and half feet Nc
Cormick reaper In Dodge county. wis. I
live out on the western plain. where the
people used TO have 20 borrow money. They
tried TO get IL. and when they got n. used
II TO their great country's advantage They
have made the wilderness bear blossoms as
the rose
MY friend says that the people should
pay In the kind OF money they borrow.
My God. where did you borrow the money
that you eve to-day? We have been on
the gold standard since 1873. and every dol
lar that the American people owe to-day
has beeen borrowed on the gold standard,
and they have received gold In return.
TApplause.l Not only that but since 1879
the interest rates OF the common loans
that the American people have borrow ed
have gone down from twelve 10 ten per
cent. TO eight. seven. six and TO five. LAD
plause.l
This gentleman says TO me: DO this
without the consent OF England. This ~
the first time that these gentlemen have
not expoundcd England In the American
campaign. lApplause.l This is the first
time they have not even made the Amcrl-
can people get down 10 a standard and put
themselves on plane by England's pros
perity.
II object 10 this appeal 10 class prejudice.
The other day. In the Chicago convention.
that outgrowth or the commune, the south
ern senator, Tillman. stood mp there
and said this is an issue OF the south
against the east. There Is no such issue
under the stars and stripes Ny state OF
Nebraska put one star in there and New
York put another, but when they took
their place In tho flag they were no longer
the stars OF Nebraska and New York, but
OF the nation. My countrymen. these men
who foment class prejudice. who are they
and for what do they stand? Where IL
there a man out OF the whole lot whose
plan, outlined against the sky, and OF his
country's history. has furnished anything
OF aid or OF advancement TO the country7'