The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-19

sHFt4 - SfatS eaca. WY Ne can oE4y bay
aSlf a. sraeh WITH a days vases "a he
bars nNw. Wage earncrs.' Mr. Esyaa
saws. Know that while a gela standard
RAISES she PURCHASING power of she dollar.
II also makes K woFe digfseust 70 ahsala
possession of shat de!lar They knew
that employment Is ieSS permanent ioss
os wagk more probable and re-enspley-
msns less certain. II that means any
fhtng. q means that = cheap da8iaF would
give him more employment saors fTe-
esiens employment, more wofk and
caaare 20 gel rr-emaioymyaf after hr was
asSehargrt- K tha; Weans anything Il
means that ~ fhe laharer Il AillnS "a
have Dts Wages cut 8own Ae wta get saare
work. fsuE alfninnsen in fhe rate af
waEvs does not Increase the scope ~ en-
pioy1enf. The mare abundant tbs pro-
aaes. tae elgAer the wages There can
aot p an abundant product unlesS labor
Is extensively employed.
Mr.. BRYAN wuald have yosa believe thar
nToperty = advanced by cheapenins ths
fsA'e of wagvS. bat the fail in tho rase az
@ases always comes from narrow proatac-
Ton. ana narrow production means thas
there Il little demand For sabor in tha
market. When. after the panic Of 1915.
TIE pEzce cf lshor feil 10 20 cents a day.
u WAS harder 10 obtain labor than wher
TIE naic Of labor was Sc and the differ
ence between The PepulaSt who seeks "a
Gratis 9ho seek 20 rsosecf 4 IL that ths
Democrats believe that higher wages ana
prosperity are SYNONYMOUS. ard the Fogss-
lists want 10 cus the rate of wages in
order that they may tempt the farmer 10
make war upon his own wcrkingmen-
Cheating tho Crrdttor.
Mr.. BRYAN leads the van IN saying that
II IL the cresiitar he Is after. In order that
yoa should understand lust how a change
arft nf aht -
cheat their creditors you have 10 consldcr
tho function which money plays In meas-
uring the debts. III had paid SO for trn
yards Of cloth to bo delivered TO me next
week. and IN the interim the government
should pass law declaring that hereafter
the yard measure should consist az ciNh-
teen inches and that all existing contracts
should be settled In that system OF meas~
uFc. would he cheated ont or half the
cloth for which had paid. IL. en- the oth-
er hand. owed n cloth merchant for ten
yards az cloth which no had delivered TO
mo and which was payable next week.
and in the meantime tho government
would change the standard OF value ana
cut down the unit OF coinage one-half. them
l would settle that debt with s. and the
cloth merchant would have been cheated.
Now the Popuiist loves 20 say that the
creditor Is a person who oppresses the
Western farmer. The creditors OF this
country are not the bankers they are nos
the so-cailei capitalists. shey are tho.
iahorers. and * IL az the expense OF labor
that this change IL made The laborer 10
always A creditor for at least ono day'o
work. When any man can show me =
lahorer who has been paid In advance for
a days work I viii show him a iahorsr
who Is a debtor. The iahorer. hy the very
law OF his being creditor for AZ LEASE
one days work. IL generally a creditor for
a weeks work or two weeks work. Every
great Industrial enterprise has for It's CHIEF
creditors It's iaborers. The heaviest ac-
count in every department Of industry.
whatever II may be. is always the wages
account. The pretense that the farmer of
Nebraska Is suffering under the weight
OF n mortgage contracted under a metal
which has steadily Increased IN value IL
but Pornlist metaphor, Two*shirds of
the farmers have no mortgage debts what
ever. 10 not believe there are per cent.
OF them that owe a mortgage over three
years old. during which time there has
been no change in tho value OF the metal.
This proposal of the ropnlisss Is an intent
10 enlist the farmer in a conspiracy 10 re-
dnee the wages paid his labor. that me
may have larger proportion OF his own
product. and they are willing 10 cutkdoNn
the wages nf every man who works In
cities who tolls OF the bench. who digs In
tho mines, who manages train. In the
hope that they can ride into power on =
wave OF capidity and greed awakened in
the breast OF the voter.
but. my friends, II Is triumphant vins
dlcation OF American citizenship that this
attempt to enlist the farming and agri-
cultural members of this community Into
this conspiracy has failed. mlserahiy. ut
teriy. absolutely. Every Western state
which In 1890 and 1892 fell into tho hands OF
tho PopuIists and went into the FarmerAs
Alliance was before their real purposes
F4H nj
force scattered out OF existence when tho
farmers OF this country understood that
what the popuilxt meant for his wefar0
was really for hts ruin. Tho far
mer, who when this country was
in danger ahouldered his muskets
then set ~ aside when the LAST
shot was fired on the Southern hattieneids
whose moderation prevented the present
warriors at Washington city from pursu-
ing policy Of discrimination ana punish-
rrant in the Southern states. that farmer.
who made the policy of the North the
policy ~ reconciliation. Of forgiveness. of
reunion. whose hand II was that nnade
v,,tn az he cities of the South and ashes
~ her hafr1ea received her once more and
said Live in peace. and sin no more. that
farmer today is the nasnasay Of order and
of property. as he was the mainstay OK
ths Union.
Popuifsm I'm tho south.
a
states that we're Democratic, but X is .
~iensneant fact that every Northern stats
tw v~hfeh there was A chance OF Fiectinx
Tnrno~ratfr governor or of choosing DEM
oerasic electors. with the exception os
Missouri ard Indiana. stood boldly ana
arniy for the gold standard At chicago.
and they wsFs submerged by q wave os
Jpara,ttSrn from the South. My friends.
49,. has bsen 4 gres. change Ia fhs
f,s.norrasir organization Of the Southern
s,asss Tne men who from mistaken
.easa of Ioyaity followed their states OUT
~ fr@ fTnion. whose Faiiantry ID war.
,.ba.. fertifuAe tn defeas wen the anfnira-
slon of the civilized world, the men wnoss
,.t-ss,se commanded ghe support oS North
evn pnsiie opinion IN the attempt 20 OYER
,..e, rarnNtban governments IN soufhefn
,ssses. ma men who led ineiF proplp
,hras,~h All the troubled period of recon
s...,~ssan haek into a full union with the
stsse~ states. these men. Ike Hampton. OK
North Carolina. and cafesy. oi te1nisAana,
hnv4 been swept from power snn = nsw
-. 49, -. fnto the saddle. a yet of ieaH-
ars of which Tiisman = tne s1h'nfns sss.s, ~a1
s.,sat,, nnfarisa the sectional rag AZ M
,s..e. .,,4 declared that fAis PoVusiNi move
80, \. 4 direct movement against fnS
prosperity of the ssst-
.s.,sr ~ Naw York. toliers Of Afnsrlcas
.,s..,siara af yoHr own names, VII JOS.
.ffe-y vamT rate ~ wages 70 Df aHefsT1
se..se. ~ Never Never ~ ANY faan
- prvsr has paid wagrs Al al II 10
c.,s,ss res osst Of ~ VIII yop submit io
.ess conspiracy between the professs0naa
ss-,,erw the farmers who cnit'ysfe no
-. ~ shMsr neirhh0rs. farFnsrs Nno
,.s.s- w.ssa their 3aws. tne Popuiiss aEita-
- - .na sgasf ard the nnfe eonaasess
- ,esfer. ~ she SOUTH Thls = rafs-
.,s-,~y sstwren professional fafnsYs wbo
-, 4. -, few wages and the anfecor-