The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-06
.SHILLVELL
ON FINANCE
The Western Railroad Man Givss
an Object Lesson
SIMPLE and VERY lNTssFsTINa
His Talk Was a Most Enjoyable
One and Set Forth the Policy
Which the Popocrats
Have Adopted for
Their Personal
Benefit.

Last nights mass meeting Of the Nc
Kinley and Hobart Business Mems Club
drew to the Auditorium another large and
representative audience. Every seat In the
building was occupied before O'Clock and
in the house were many we'll known men
and women.
Tho sprinkling of the fair sex gave tie
crowd CHARACTERISTIC not usually
found in political meetings. About tho
stage sat men who are important factors
in the business world. Over tho stage
hung loops of red, white and blue and a
portrait Of William Mckinley.
The stage itself was rather curiously ar.
ranged. Scattered about it on tables
and in corners was an array OF material
which looked not unlike tho outfit Of
juggler There were poles and boxes, u
chart and figures and piles of blocks The
use OF these objects was shown lator in
the evening by Arthur 4. Stillwell of
Kansas City, Mo, who gave what he
termed object lessons in free silver This
he illustrated in graphic manner with
the materials which had been SO artistical.
ly arranged.
There was another speaker beside Mr..
Stillwell. He was William c. Spruance
and while awaiting their coming the
audience was entertained by Hyatt's Band
with pot porri of patriotic airs born in
the heat of the Rebellion which created u
storm Of applause.
After the speakers reached the stage,
and the audience had sung, Mr.. Spruancc
announced that he had also been asked to
act rs chairman. He then briefly explain
cd the interest tho business men arc tax
ing in tho election OF Mckinley and
Hobart
In introducing Mr.. Stillwell, Mr..
Spruance said it was peculiarly appropri-
ate that tho people should listen TO man
who was 50 thoroughly identified with
one of the leading business interests of
this country, representing the most I'M
portant enterprise now under construc-
ton in the United States. During the
last two years the railroad he ropresen is
has constructed two thirds of u mile Of
road per day on the vast system extend.
ing from Kansas City to the Gulf of
Mexico
Mr. Stllwcll was greeted with hearty
round of applause. He began with Il brief
review of Mr.. Bryans campaign and call
cd attention to the sudden interest men
like Senators, Stewart and Jones had do
veloped for tho poor workingman.
an 1S10,' he said, ''when they were
producing 12,500,OO) ounces of silver an
nualy, and it was selling at Sl.23 an
ounce you didn't hear them manifesting
much sympathy for the wage Garner. Sill.
yer dollars were then worth Sl.Oi piece
and they were too busy shipping them to
France, where they were used as bullion
He said that in 1885 we were producing
5000, 900 ounces of silver annually. The
price has gone down OH account of the
great production. This same ovor-produc-
ton has affected the price Of cotton and
other commodities. Silver could BIO pro-
duced now at 30 cents an ounce, which
was cheaper than in 1870 We're the mine
owners able to unload all this on the
Government their profits would DO enor.
nous
when this campaign opened l heard
some one say that if a man takes 10 cents
worth of steel and makes from it a watch
spring worth $780, that is skill. If a man