The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-24
BRYAN AT DOVER.
Uses McKinlcy's Own Words to Prove
That the Tariff is No Panncra.

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That the Tariff is No Panacca.
Dover, Del. Sept. 21.-Candidatt
Bryan began his speech-making in Della
ware this afternoon by addressing &
large crowd which had assembled at the
fair grounds to hear him. Excursion
| trains brought many people from the
| lower part of the state.
Mr.. Bryan said in part:
IF the times are good there is ne
| reason why we should make Il change in
| legislation. If our present condition is
| satisfactory, then we ought to leave il
! alone and not make a change No one
| can advocate any kind of remedial lcgis-
latiOn except on the theory that there is
something needing remedying Our op,
ponents confess the condition and when
| tell you you can not remedy it by
financial legislation our opponents say
that the trouble is in the tariff question.
and that if we could Just have more
tariff then times would get good again.
| want you to read an extract from Il
speech made at Canton. He said:
Under the republican protective policy
we enjoyed for more than thirty years
the most marvellous prosperity that has
ever been given to any nation of the
world We not only had individual pros
pcrity, but we had national prosperity
Nov there is Il statement made with
in Il week by the presidential candidate
on the republican ticket, pointing back
thirty years, from 1860 to 1890. and tell
ing the people that during the period we
enjoyed the most marvellous prosperity
of any nation in the world. and that we
had individual and national prosperity.
| want to show you that distance lends
enchantment to the view. | want to
show you by this same witness. the very
testimony given six years go. that after
thirty years of his kind of policy this
country was not prosperous. If you
will take the report filed with the Me
Kinley bill on the 10Th of April. 1890,
you will find the words which l wish to
quote: That there is widespread de-
he doubted speaking of agriculture.
That is what the presidential candidate
said when he deliberately wrote the re-
port and filed it with his proposed legis-
lation. That there is widespread de-
preston in this industry today can not
be doubted (Applause.l Again in that
same report he said: One of the chief
complaints now prevalent among our
farmers is that they can get no price for
their crops ut all commensurate with the
labor and capital invested in their pro-
duction.'
That is what he said after thirty
years of the kind of policy which the
candidate of the republican party says
will bring you prosperity. Let me read
again: We have not believed that our
people, already suffering from low
prices, can or will be satisfied with legis-
lation which will result in lower prices.
No country ever suffered when prices
were fairly remunerative in every field
of labor
"Aftcr thirty years of that kind of
policy he tells you that the people are
suffering from low prices and that no
country ever suffered when prices We're
fairly rcmunrrativc in every field of
labor.
"Now let me read you again what he
says in this same report This great
industry. speaking of agriculture, is
foremost in magnitude and Importance
in our country. Its success and pros
industry is prosperous if agriculture
languishes. This is what he said in
1890. after thirty years of his tariff
policy, that without prosperity in agrl-
culture there could be no prosperity
among the other industries of the coun-
try. Let me read you just once more:
The depression in agriculture is not
confined to the United States. The re-
ports of the agricultural department in
dicatcs that the depression is general;
that Great Britain. France and Germany
are suffering in larger degree than the
farmers of the United States There
he is telling us that there is Il depres-
sion in agriculture and giving the names
of three prominent agricultural nations
of the old world. and telling us that agri-
cultural depression is even more marked
over there than it is here. | want you
to remember that when you read in your
paper that he said that for thirty years
we had such marvellous prosperity i'll
this country. Great applauSe.) Now,
my friends. | have quoted you what he
said. that there was depression in agr-
culture in Germany. | want you to read
what Prince Bismarck says about
the condition of affairs III Germany. Our
opponents are in the habit of telling us
that all the civilized nations are in
favor of the gold standard. The Ger
mans YOU have in this country point
with Il just pride to the greatness of this
illustriouS German, Prince Bismarck.
Let me read what he said within Il few
weeks in regard to bimctallism and then
see whether he denied that the gold
standard has been good thing for Ger
many.
I'm letter written to Governor Gull
bcrson of Texas, and dated on the 9th
day of August, 1896. Prince Bismarck
said:
Your esteemed favor of July 1 has
been duly received. | have always had
II prediction for himctallism. but |
would not, while in office. claim my
views on the matter to be infallibly true
when advanced against the views of cX.
perts. hold to this very hour that it
would be advisable to bring about be-
tween the nations chiefly engaged in the
worlds commerce mutual agreement
in favor of the establishment of bimetal-
lsm.'
IF the gold standard had been bles-
sing to Germany why wouldn't he say
it would be better to keep the gold stan
dard instead of getting rid of the gold
standard and substituting the double
standard by international agreement?
But he says further:
Considered from commercial and
industrial standpoint, the United States