Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-30
SILVER ACROBATS.
WONDERFUL FEATS OF w. J. BRYAN
AND r. e. WHITE AS FREE TRADE
AND FREE SILVER DEMOCRATS.

NING VnCG OI6VGn oIiWSS'NsN'S'
They Both Land and Curse Cheapness.
First Credit 1t to Inventive Genius and
Their Blame II on the "Crime Of 49,"
What r. Il. White Said In 1802--''This
Universal Blessing OF Lower Prices"
sThings Sell Lower because They Arc
Made Cheaper'--''They Are Made Cheap
or Because OF Better Methods and Proc
esses"--Bo Should Explain His Present
Inconsistent Position and Statements.
There are 10 greater economic aero
bats than the silver Democrats now CIV
ing exhibitions in this country. They
turn somersaults and fiipfaps backward
and forward no fast that 10 makes us
dizzy to watch them. In one year or one
campaign they are lauding cheapness
and the inventive genius which caused
IL. and In tho next they are cursing
cheapness and the cause Of cheapness
All Of tho free trade silver Democrats
have done this act They have had to
do Ii and still have to do 1t whenever
they let loose OH these two subjects, as
most Of them are wont to do. II is inn
possible to be IN dee trader and not be-
lieve In low prices. 1t Is impossible to
believe in the "crime Of 1873" AZ tho
cause Of tho great and "ruinons" fall
Of prices which has since occurred and
not believe that low prices are curse.
Because no saw the inconsistency OF
1t. or for political reasons, W. J. Bry-
an, In his CANVASS last year. practi-
cally refused to talk tariff and spent his
time discussing the lack of money and
tho evils of low prices. II he had talked
tariff, no would have been In danger Of
repeating his speech OF March 10, 1899.
In which no said, "You must at
tribute II to the inventive gen
ius. y That IL what has
brought down prices In this
country and everywhere"
But Bryan IL not Il candidate for
Office this year. We will devote cur Mt
tention to ono who has been conspicu-
GUS since 1899 as free trade Democrat,
and who IL now. because OF his nomina-
ton for governor Of Iowa, conspicuous
DIS a silver Democrat. or course tho
Hon. Frederick u. White IL now saying
that "the people need moro money"
and TINT "an abundance of money will
stimulate all kinds Of industries, and
"thnt will increase tho prico Of every
thing and benefit everybody" He also
says "tho dollar OF today buys altogeth-
or too much, and tho rest of the whole
rigmarolo Of free silver and cheap money
wisdom. What, now, did this same Mr..
White say in his great speech Of June
10, 1892
Under tho subheads "Cheapness" and
1.-THE Real Cause Of Chenpness" he
made some statements 30 wholly incon-
sistont with his present position and
statements TINT he will have great diff
Guilty In explaining away this inconsist.
ency His remarks ut that time being
fair sample Of those OF scores Of other
silver Democrats made then and since.
we quote them below at some length:
"The stubborn fact, tho historic truth.
stares every intelligent man in the face,
that everything made by human hands
or That IL In any sense the result of hui
man skill has been getting constantly
cheaper not only since tho Republican
party has been in power, but for the
last thousand years and moro, and has
been getting cheaper not only in this
country, but In every other-in coun.
tries where high tariffs arc maintained,
and In others where free trade prevails,
and notably 80 in England, where the
protective principle is entirely repudi
ated.
what IL then tho truo, active cause
Of this constantly lowering price list Of
manufacturers Why, sir, II il II con-
stantly improving industrial condition
caused primarily by mechanical invon-
tions, scientific discoveries and tho pro-
motion of general knowledge. 1t is n
higher order Of human ingenuity and
industry, moro practical industrial
education, nll resulting in superior
methods of manufacture. Tho slow,
clumsy ways of our forofathors have
given way to tho improved methods Of
u moro mechanical age
"Wo aro constantly discovering and
Harvesting to- our use new forces of ma
ture, AFRO continually utilizing new
ideas and better methods, and
tho inevitable result il, tho civilized
world over, cheaper food, cheaper
goods, cheaper comforts. Let mo
tell you who it is that is responsible for
this universal blessing of lower
prices, who arc tho public bonofactors.
and who arc entitled to our everlasting
gratitude 1t is tho mechanic
who has tho mental capacity to evolve
IN idou---m idea which materializes in
tho shnpo of II new machine, or III M
improvement upon an old one; it is tho
machinist standing ready with his skill
TO utilize tho mechanical foroo of the
idea thus evolved; il il the chemist
who sits in his laboratory workinA with
the zenl of I'M enthusiast both night and
day in order that he may discover some
hidden force of nature, Somo new com.
hination of materials or substances
some new process that will he u moro
powerful factor III tho industrial world;
it is the scientist and tho philosopher,