The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-27

E39sTe1 Cr the passage CO tbs measure.
and We ought rot 20 halt for a Sugss mo-
rsert N our efforts 20 complete the work
% relief faaugu-zte3 by K. T'hs stragxis
row going on cannot cease urfii al rae
Industrial interests OF the country are
fully and rnas.y sraa nc+pase1 from ire
hezrtIess domination of syr5lcatea stock
exchanges zn1 other grea- combination
Of money graobers in this country AM n
Europe fAppsauseb That IS the ar
guage OF John @. Carlisle n 1878. We stand
today where he stood then. art we intend
20 complete the work which be began.
(crest appiausel Show me man whe
Is interested IN the stock excns nzeS, IN
the syn6icates and IN the great coaibs-
nations OF money gra5bsrs IN this country
ard In Europe. and I vii show you \
man who Is opposed 10 the Chicago ticket.
and I VIII chow you a man VINO charges
you with being anarchists. tAppsauss
and Augnter.1 I hHrl back the charge.
and say that these men are the greatest
enemies that this country has CassSes4.
and their opposition 20 Us Is because our
welfare IL agains. them and - intended 10
stop the plumber OF the industrial. misses
In behalf of rfe money corporations OF
this country ard Europe. Great an
plause)
Now. ny friends. I quoted Carlisle %
you so you would not think I was using
eatrayagsnt language. II the money grab
bers OF this country and Europe were ex-
crossing a heartlsss domination then. /
want 10 ask you in what language we VIII
describe the domination from which We
suffer now IN 1873 there was not in the
country public man or great party
which took the position that this nation
must submit 10 hearSess domination un-
I'll the heartleSs domiBators came and
broke our shackles. But in this campaign.
for the first time Ia the history OF the
government. great party purposes 10
surrender the right OF government and IN
vest I'm foreign Legislative bodies the
power 10 Iegislate for the people OF the
United States. fCr!es of mo. no.'D
What does the Republican platform
say? Does il say that the gold standard
is good thing No; no platform ever
written by a national party in the United
States ever said that the gold standard
was a good thing. Why don't they defend
ftg Because they dare not defend il among
those who toll. Why do they not excuse
It? Because the wall OF distress would
drown any excuse which they could
present II has been we'll said that gold
in its last analysis is the sweat OF the
poor and the blood or the brave. When
the gold advocates say this nation shall
submit 10 the evils OF the gold standard
until relief comes from other nations. in
our judgment they do declare for gold
standard permanently. because we do not
believe that relief will come from other
lands. Some of them say that IL We just
wait other nations Will come TO our re-
lief. We have heard that preached In
every presidential campaign. and the
very ones who have been solid in their
declarations in favor OF international BIZ
meiallism during national campaigns are
the ones who. after the elections. have
done all they could TO prevent bi-mstal-
lism, independent or International The
people will not longer be deceived. IL you
wanted to reduce the rate of interest.
would you walt until the people who were
loaniug money petltioned the legislatures
to reduce the rates OF interest applause
and cries OF mo- You never appeal TO
anybody to secure legislation which will
be hostile to his private interests; then
why should we say that this nation,
great debtor nation. must walt until cred
ftor nations come to US and help US 10 stop
the appreciation OF the dollar In which
they are paid.
'i0a ave mere In a community which Is
both agricultural and manufacturing, and
! appeal to you TO examine this money
question and ascertain for yourselves
whether the restoration of silver is not
good for US. II you are farmers, ] beg
you to remember that under this appre-
citation OF gold your products have fallen
in value, while your debts and your taxes
have remained as high as they used TO be
| notice that one of the opponents of free
coinage said the other day that If the
farmer had suffered from falling prices
when he went TO sell, ne had gained in
falling prices when he went TO buy. That
may be well enough for some one who Is
not a farmer 10 tell a man who is
farmer. tApplause) 1t would not have
been told by farmer himself (appiause).
because the farmer knows that While he
NJ he n
that retail prices do not fail as fast as
wholesale prices. and he knows that there
are certain fixed charges that do not fall
at all. Have your taxes fallen in the last
twenty years? Ny observation is that taxes
are as high or higher than they were
twenty years ago, but Il il requires twice
as much of the products OF the farm 20
pay your taxes, they are in fact twice as
high as they were then. IL II takes twice
as much OF farm products TO pay the inter
est upon your farm mortgages, then that
interest is in effect twice as high as Il was
twenty years ago. If 1t takes twice as
much or farm products TO pay the prin-
opal on your debt as II took twenty years
ago then your debt IL In effect twice as
talk 20 the farmer from now until cleo
ton day. but you viii never convince him
that a gold standard has brought any
thing but ruin and distress 20 the farmer
How about the laboring man? Well,
my friends, there is one good way 10 Judge
those men who now appeal TO the iaboring
man 10 stand BY a gold standard because
It is a benefit to the wage-earner: there
is good way Of knowing how much faith
YOU can put IN these protestations Of
friendship. Who are the men who are
now telling the laboring man that he must
stand by the gold standard II he wants to
prosper Why. whenever one OF these
A. l. ~
lessness the doctor does not ask any cues
tons. He just says: Just stop your worry
ing about the laboring men and 20 10
sleep Are these the men who have heen
leading the laboring man Up 10 a higher
ground7 No. my friends. They are the
men who have been too busy trying to
make money out OF the appreciation or
the dollar TO spend their dollars In giving
employment to the men in developing the
resources OF this great country. You can
rot employ labor unless you can sell the
products Of labor az a profit. and unless
money goes up the products OF labor must
60 down. and the man finds Il more prof
table 10 lock his money IN thu vault ard
collect It's increasing value than he does
30 invest Il IN enterprise under A prospect
of loss. (Apqlause) To whom do you sell
these things Which you producer 10 YOU
Sand your shoes 20 the farmers cut Wast9
Tow can they buy shoes OF YOU uniesS hey
can get for their products more money
than enough 20 pay thcir interest and tax
esF You destroy the conSumptivs power
OF the people. and you destroy the market
for your products. More than that. We
owe money abroad. and We must pay the
debt either IN products or IN money. II
We drive down the value 81 our rrDsflrts
& simply means that We must send mora
money abroad 20 make up the difference.
II means thaf when We sell goods abroad
Se mast seiN them az lower prices ara
have less money 20 spend among our oyn
people.