The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-21
A BUSINESS PRODUCTION.
Address Of Hanna's Business Mems
League of Canton.

League of Canton.
ITO the business men Of Canton and
Stark county, Ohio, signed by the bust.
ness committee of mighty magnates of
Canton, to wit: John @, Dueber, @. ID.
Bachtel, w. r. Zollinger, L. L. Miller,
A, P. A. Gould and S. Lowenstein.
These gentlemen "submit suggestions
to their business brethren that "unity
of action may be promoted in the pend
ng election among those whose interest
can only be advanced by sound cur.
rency."
The address does not say what they
mean by "a sound currency" Its dodg-
ing its false statements and pettifogg-
ing would convince almost any one that
it was written by some luminary hired
to do the job and conceal the truth.
They talk about "assaults upon public
and private credit without specifying.
They have not referred to the worst Of
all our panics in 1873, and to the SUI
reptitious demonetizing of silver in the
same year all under Republican rule and
policy. Those infamies were assaults on
public and private credit. The first Of
their six statements is:
l. without dilating upon the causes OF
the panic of 1898, we beg to suggest that
from that panic the business Of the
country found no marked relief until the
people in 1896 decided against all doubtful
monetary experiments and the pernicious
doctrines enunciated by the socalled
Democratic platform adopted at Chicago
last year and reiterated by the Democra-
cy of Ohio this year.
So, the election Of Mr.. Mckinley was
"against all doubtful monetary expert
ments, etc" How about the silver com.
mission to Europe2 Is thst not a
doubtful monetary experiment? What
has been accomplished during these six
months they have been there2 The
three gentlemen will probably stay
there until the 100000 appropriated by
congress at the request Of the President
is used up. Talk about monetary ex.
periments," the Republican party is one
of experiment. The panic of 1898
was conspiracy of the banks to force
the repeal of the Sherman silver law,
which Mckinley voted for in 1890
Republicans in congress, a Republican
President enacted this Sherman silver
law and the same party in congress in
1898 voted for its repeal. Talk about
experiments!
This whole scheme of Business Mems
League" is to help Mark Hanna and yet
this committee in their six statements
do not name him. Are they ashamed OF
this humbug?
The "old time prosperity prior to
1892 was attributed to the Sherman
silver law by President Harrison and
not to the Mckinley trarif rascaity.
business men" in the United States,
have no more political rights than the
citizen that tolls on the street or else
where, for a pittance a day. 1t may
seem intolerable to gentlemen of such
magnitude, but as yet, such is the law,
thanks to the great and good men that
established our system, and arranged it
also for bimetallism. Don't you forget
it?
They fear "the adoption Of new and
doubtful schemes under leaders lacking
business experience and vino would lead
on to disorder, etc." This assumption OF
wisdom brings to mind the new Dingley
tariff that is proving such failure, when,
as Dingley said, sit was to provide
adequate revenue to carry on the gov
ernment." The deficit in its first three
months is $29, 100000 The Wilson-Gor
man law that Dingley q Co. repealed
was far ahead of the present Republican
abomination. But such are the usua
results of Republican promises and blow
They want "sound money" that ia, &
gold standard without a gold currency
want to retire the greenbacks and give
US circulation of bank paper that IL
not tender IN payment of debts. Thi'
stuff they would furnish the people. Blu
this Dingley tariff these "buslness men
of Canton endorse, is likely to prove thu
champion revenue wrecker of American
history. They fear disturbance from
'leaders lacking in business experience,
leaders like Bryan that would not favol
trusts and robbery. 1t is little wonder
that John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia
who was a cabinet officer under Presiden
Harrison, lately said: "The politica
religion of the nation is falling lower anC
lower under insults to intelligence, viola
ton of law and reckless daring OF un
scrupulous bosses"
Lordism or bossism, has not yet be
come an established institution here anC
this attempt in Canton must be de
nounced and contemned. Before leav
ing these "sound money" oraces let u
give them what other oracles have said
Hon. William Mckinley said on tn
floor Of the House of Representatives
June "a, 1890: 81 am tor the largest us
of silver in the currency OF the country.
Secretary Sherman said, as publishes
in his.speeches and reports of "Financ
and Taxation" April II, 1879; page 6ls