The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-20

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as he wishes on the money question.
lApp'ause } l want to lay down this
proposition, hat when you borrow
money of a bank the banker has no
business interfering with your political
rights, and the banker that does it
ought not to be permitted to engage in
the banking business. (Applause.) Is
there a tanker who will dispute that?
II there ia, then he must be q ma who
believes that the right of voting goes
not with the citiz ne, but with the
money loaned; and the man who
asserts that this is not a De-
m0cracy, not a Republic, but a plutoo-
racy in which money, and not brains
or heart, rule in this country. Great
arp'ause)
a voice-Wbere will we be when We
get free silver9
Mr. Bryan-Are you in favor of a
gold standard?
The VOICE. am.
Mr.. Bryan-TelI me why2
The voice-B9cause l believe it is
best for the country. Every nation
will accept a gold dollar for a dollar.
Mr.. Bryan-Why? 1 will tell you.
Because of its value. The reason why
our gold dollar and gold bullion are
worth the same is because the law says
that you q convert bullion into a dol
lar at the mint.
The voice-Well, how about silvarR
Mr.. Bryan-When the laws r so,
under the free coinage OF silver, that
the holder of silver bullion can convert
his silver bullion into dollars at the
mint, that will fix a mint price for sill
yer then, as we have a mint price for
gold now, and silver dollars will be
worth IS much abroad as our gold dol
lar. Great applause and cheering)
Now, my friends, l do not object to
having questions asked, becau q if l
am wrong on this question, there is no.
body more anxious to find out than I
am. But if I am right and my friend
is wrong, l hope he will be as anxious
to get right as l am. Great applause }
Questions do not hurt, my friends. We
are glad to answer questions, because
there is not a question that can be
asked by an advocate of the gold stand
ard that cannot be ans wered by advo-
Gates Of free coinage. (Applaus9 and
cries of why don't Mckinley come
out and ans yer some of them2'
A vtice-PeOple here have the i'm
preston that when the free coinage of
silver is brought into effect they can
take their silver teapots and coin them
into money"
Mr.. ~Bryan-The gentleman says that
the people have the impression here
that under free coinage the people can
take silver teapots and their silverWare
and have it converted into money. 1t
is true that under free coinage that any
man can melt up a dollar and a half's
worth of spoons and have the silver
coined into one dollar and twenty, nine
cents, if you have e mar who is fool
enough to DO it. Great a~pplause)
Now. why will people refuse to melt
up their silver plate2 Because it will
be worth more as silver pate than it
will be worth as silver dollars under
free coinage. (Applause) And, my
friends, you can depend upon it that
people will not do things that are going
to hurt them il they know it. There is
one Of the things that you can base
your reasoning upon, and in that con-
n~ectiOn I frequently have people ask
me, Wouldn't it be possible for a mar
to buy silver for So cents end have it
coined into q dollar and make the diff
ference. daughter and a voice: "Who
is going to sell it2'O
TIE gentleman asks q question which
shows he understands it. He says,
Who would sell it? Now, when you
cannot coin silver you Can buy for So
cents the silver that is in a dollar, but
when you can have that silver coined
for a dollar, then you cannot fud any
body who will sell you that silver for
50 cents. (Applause) Now, my friends,
I want the business men to get into
their heads this one proposition, and
without knowing that proposition,
without understanding it, they cannot
expect to reach a correct conclusion on
t le money question.
1 assert that the business man de-
ponds for succegs upon the farmers al d
the laboring men. applause nyou
want business men to prosper you can
not make them prosperous by making
the money loaner prosperous, because