The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-28

. | acted IN response TO the demands o
those VINO did not live under the Ameri
can flag. The Dingley law is for Amer
| lea and Americans, and its purpose i
to pu. the idle men at work all owe
this country, and in doing 50 the pric'
OF everything the farmer raises will 81
increased. When the goods that VI
wear are manufactured on the banks o
the Thames or Rhine the operator.
there may consume American products
but more often they do not. They gen
orally consume Russian or Indiar
wheat, their meats come from South
America, and they will consume what
We produce only when we compete witt
these countries in prices. But, where
the factories are situated on the banks
Of the Hudson or the Ohio. under thi:
| law, there is no question in regard Il
| where TIE worker in the factory will
| obtain his meats, corn and wheat. The
| products which he consumes will be
| raised in Kansas or in some other state
of the American union. No farm pro-
ducts will be brought in 70 compete with
ours, and IL will result in better prices
at home and more contentment and hap
| piness OF our people. This Law is es-
| peciaily favorable 20 the west. II pro-
tects agricultural products. as did the
Mckinley law. There is a duty on hides.
| Adequate protection is given to the
| cattle interests, and 1t is the fairest Ia "
| 10 all sections that has ever been placed
on the statute books Of the country. Our
| opponents say that ii is in the interets
Of trusts and combines: that the sugar
trust is especially benefited by it; that
ii is well TO observe that the protection
| accorded that trust by the Dingley bill
is from % TO 80 per cent less than was
accorded IL by the Wilson-Gorman law.
that was supported by Democrats and
Popuiists and opposed by Republicans.
So the Republicans have cause 10 con-
graduate themselves and the country
upon the suspicious beginning Of Presi-
dent McKinley's administration.
THE PROPHECY THAT CAME TRUE
Who was right in the last campaign?
Have the predictions that We made come
true? I quote the following from the
New York Journal of August 2Sth, the
great free silver daily that gave Mr..
Bryan such loyal support during the
last campaign:
'sReal prosperity has at last struck
New York, and the laboring man knows
all about it. for he mas already begun to
reap his harvest. There is employment
now for nearly all, and though the
wages have not been greatly increa sed.
pay envelopes are fatter, because arti-
sans work six days a week instead of
half time. as many did six months ago.
II is estimated by labor staticians, men
who keep track of the labor demands as
closely as Wall street watches the mar
ket, that not over per cent OF the work
ing class is now in idleness. Six months
ago between 35 and 40 per cent Of the
toilers were out Of work, and in the
dead Of winter. probably every other
man VINO depended on his muscle 10
earn his livelihood was without steady
employment Then were then nearly
one hundred thousand depending on
friends or charity, or drawing their lit
lie savings to get bread for themselves
and their families. Today, less than
ten thousand in the Greater New York
are out of work, and some, Of these are
OF the shiftless class VINO would not
work under any circumstances.
We are all witnesses of the general
revival of business in Kansas. The
prices of all the products Of the farm
have increased within the past two
months. The bank deposits for the first
time in the history of the state exceed
the loans, and the charge that there Is
not money enough in the country TO do
the business is refutei by the fact that
30 - -,
ed TO refuse deposits on account of
their inability to make loans. Our op-
ponents are now busy explaining. They
attempted to hold the Republican party
responsible for the hard times of the last
four years when that party was not in
power. They are now diligently seek
ing to rob that party of the credit Of
the return of prosperity which is appar-
ent everywhere, since IT returned to
power. They are engaged in hopeless
task. The prophecies Of the opposition
are Of too recent origin and their pre-
dictions Of the continued disasters that
would follow the election of William
Mckinley are within the memory Of
every man.
SOME OCCURRENCES SINCE THE
ELECTION.
The occurrences that have happened
since tie election have convinced many
men who voted for free silver. that they
were wrong and the Republican posi-
ton was right. Our opponents charged |
that the declaration in favor OF main !
tanning the gold standard meant that |
the Republican party demanded |
change, and that We favored gold alone |
in the currency. The Republicans said |
that they were in favor ofmaintaining |
the standard Of values that has existed |
in this country since 1884. and that while |
they believed the standard should be |
gold, they favored gold. silver and paper |
in circulation. The country decided |
against free silver and in favor OF the |
Republican policy. and We still have !
gold, silver and paper in circuia ton Our |
opponents said that there was not gold |,
enough in the country TO perform the /
business Of the country. We said that |
the gold was here insufficient quantities, /
but when the threat was made that the |
standard would DE changed, the people |
who had gold. would not part with II: |
but that IL il was once determined that |
the present standard OF values would be |
maintained. and not disturbed, then gold |
would come from its hiding and could |
ne obtained any where. What va. the |
result? AZ soon "a i, was known that |
NJ. Mckinley was elected gold was paid |
out in every bank in the United States, |
and now any one who wants gold in /
preference 10 silver or paper. can OBJ !
tain IL. There is now no longer any diff |
fcui,y about the gold reserve. In fec-, !
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