The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
Mr.. BRYAN AT LYNN.
A Morning Address to Massachu-
setts Shoemakers,
He PRESENTS THEM A FEW MATTERS
To Think Over in Relation to the Money
ueston and the Way to Restore
Business Confidence in the
Country.

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Bryan reached Lynn from Bath at
$3.50 a. m. Five hours of sleep had
been his preparation for the days hard
work. lie reached Newburyport at
4;45, where n reception committee
from Lynn boarded his train, and at
the station here other local deIega-
tions met him and led the cheer
ing for a knot of sleepy people
who were awaiting his coming
With Mr.. Bryan were Arthur
Sewau, who will accompany his
running mate to New York; Josephus
Daniels, of North Carolina; Fred w.
Plaisted, of Augusta, and 5. and NJ. w.
6ewal, nephews of the vice-presi-
dental candidate.
The party was taken to the Hotel
Seymour, and while breakfast was be-
ing prepared Mr.. BRYAN tried to get
little more sleep. At 1870 Mr. Bryan
aud Mr.. SewRll left the Hotel Seymour
for Highland square, where the presi-
Dental candidate spoke. Despite the
early hour a great crowd had gathered
there.
Mr.. Bryan was introduced by John
Drescoll, and made a half-hour's
speech. lie said:
Mr. CHAIRMAN AND FELLow-CITIzENs-
Without attempting TO enter into any extended
argument on the money question, 1 desire to
submit for your consideration few matters
which I think you ought to give attention to-
Our opponents are all the time asserting that
business men ought to take an interest in this
campaign in order to protect their buSi-
ness interests. 1t has always made me
indignant that few people in each communi-
ty should assume to be the only business
La in un,r nT~r
thrusting their business interests forward in
preference TO anybody elSe's business inter-
estS- have always believed that any one who
contributed to a nations prosperity, who
added to a nations wealth or to a nations
greatness, was a business man. (Applause)
The man with small business interests has as
much right to protect those small inter-
ests by his ballot as the man with
large business interests has to protect his
interests by his ballot. tApplause.) want to
show you how the coin question concerns the
various classes Of people. Sometimes our op-
ponents try to array the wagc-earning class
those who work in factories or by the day for
an employer, against the farming classes.
want to show you that you can not separate
the interests Of the wage-earning classes from
the interests Of the farming classes You do
not produce shoes for ornament, but for wear.
People can not wear shoes until they are able
to buy shoes ald they can not buy
shoes unless they have the money to buy with;
until they sell something they have and get
that money. Now. you sell shoes to the people
OF the west and south. III you drive down the
prices OF all those things which the farmers
produce, so that when they shall sell their
crops they can not more than pay their debts
and interest and taxes, what money will they
have to buy shoes with? Are you going to add
TO the prosperity OF Lynn by making more peO-
pie go barefoot? (Cries OF mo, never')
The wage eirners OF Lynn will be
idle until there is demand for the
product OF the factories OF Lynn and there can
be no demand for that product as long as you
drive money up and property down. Failing
prices mean hard times, and hard times have
never been advocated in a platform by any
party, although the republican platform this
year, without directly saying so, promises to
continue times hard and make them harder.
(Applause) Do you deny that proposition?
want you to look at that platform. 1t declares
n gold standard is not desirable because the
party pledges itself to get rid OF it.
II the double standard is not more desirable
than the gold standard. why does the repub-
lican party want TO make any change? II the
gold standard is good. we want to keep IL; but
when the republican party attempts to get rid
OF il IL admits that IL Is not good bimet-
allism. But they promise you, notwithstand-
ing their desire TO get rid OF the gold standard
that they will keep il until other nations help
us TO get rid OF il. Until then, they say. we
must maintain the gold standard. IA voice,
''Yes, but we WON'T No, I don't think we
will myself. II we maintain the gold standard
we must maintain those things which are
necessarily attached TO them. We must main
tain this system Of issuing bonds to buy gold
whenever we want gold When we issue bonds
and buy gold we create q demand for gold and
raise its purchasing power throughout the
world, but we are contracting our currency by
pilng It up in the vaults at Washington, when
a ought to be out doing business among
the people. (Applause) You manufacturers
and merchants go to the banks for money. The
banks tell you they are very sorry, but they
can not loan any more just now. There can be
no more money in this country than the people
permit. II you make your laws so you draw
part OF the money out OF circulation and lock
IL up, you can not use it in your business and
have Il in the vaults at Washington both at
the same time. That looks plain emo ugh, yet
there are financiers who go on the theory that
the more money you take out of the circula-
tion the more you have left in it. Oaugh-
ter) There are financiers who act
ually rejoiced at the issue Of bonds
and said it would restore confidence. They are
are trying to run business In this country with
n larger and larger percentage Of confidence to
the amount OF money on hand Laughter.)
And IL they go on the people will have all the
confidence and no money. Qaughter.) My
observation has been that il confidence man
comes into a community the man who has the
least confidence has the most money
when the fellow goes out Uaugh-
teri You say. II am hungry. Gney say.
II have got a remedy; Just have conf
dence that you have had full meal and you
will be Just as we'll on as IL ycu had" laugh
teri You say you can not get work. They
say: Just have confidence; you will have
work and il will be all right" Gaughter.)
You say: I'VE can not find a market for our
shoes" Just have confidence that the people
will buy. and they will buy" (Laughter.)
There is only one place where they think the
confidence game won't work. You go 10 one
Of these men who is all the time
talking about confidence and ask TO
borrow money. He says; What security
have yousr You say: Il will give you all the
confidence you want" He will tell you he Is
not loaning on confidence this year laugh
teri Why is { these hnanciers are so anxious
for you to have confidence in them when they
do not have any confidence in you? They want
security. and tell you 10 get good name on
your note OF put up something that Is sale
able. The trouble Is things that used 10 be
salcable are not any more. Security
that used to be good is not good Sc
curfty any more. They are driving down
the value OF your security by driving up the
value OF money. There is only one way TO
restore confidence and that is to give conf
dence a basis 20 rest upon. "a voice: Talk
about iniunction.Nl
have been talking about that which Is para
mount in this campaign, and yet realize
there are other questions upon which people
feel an interest.