, 1898-11-07

a supporter Oh protective tdrlH, nor lS
my respected friend, that party's nomi-
nee for congress-, a tariff man. because
he says he is for tariff according to the
Wyoming and Chicago democratic
platforms-both against, of course.
One is either for or against a PROPOSE
ton and when in his speeches Mr..
Arnold grows sarcastic and humorous
when speaking Of prosperity, and in
by innuendo-not in argument.
for he cannot produce any-that the
republican claims to prosperity are
f~allacious and that tariff doesn't
f%avorably affect he gives his whole
case away, and his naked declaration
that. he favors protection falls to the
ground.
OsBORNE'S INCONSISTENCIES.
Now. as to my friend. the present
congressman and would-be senator,
where does he stand? In his speech
at Cheyenne in 1894, ne said:
so much for the republican argu-
nent. But their argument was not
founded on fact. Wool has always
beer lower when protected than when
admitted free or under low tariff"
Think of that!
THE effect then Of protecting the
American wool grower has been to de-
preciate the price OF American WOOL
And what do you think of that!
In another place in this same speech
the democratic candidate for the neXt
United states senate, says:
You know as well as l do, that the
price of every commodity, l do not care
what it is, is regulated by the demand
for it."
l suppose this must apply to silver,
must it not?
In 1896 he said: 1T was not until
silver was demonetized that the price
of our wool, OF our corn, of our grain.
of all commodities, began to decline
when measured in gold. But ! want to
tell you, my wool growing friends, that
you must bear in mind that an ounce
of silver buys no Of your wool
now than in 1873. 1t is only when
measured by gold that Jul commodi-
ties change"
And this is when ne changed front
from 1894 to 1896. In 1898 he says
nothing about wool except that he got
10 cents for his OWN clip. which he says
was 2 cents per pound too much.
Now what about these statements?
AS to his promise Of 1894 that under
free wool prices Of that product it
would rise? Exactly the reverse came
true. AS to his dogmatic assertion in
1896 that the price Of silver governed
the price of wool. wheat and all other
commodities, that also is the reverse Of
truth. Wool and sheep and cattle
doubled in price, wheat also and many
other products, while silver remains
the anne
AS TO SILVER.
ANCW dS 10 SlNei anu al allCSCu
change Of ours. What Of it? II we
were wrong we certainly ought to
change: II we went too far we ought to
slack up. For illustration. suppose you
go with nc to Chicago. l take Chicago
because l suppose o are better ac-
quainted with it than many other
places where the same Illustration
would apply. There is an unclean.
murky river thai meanders through
that city. We are over on the east side
of it.. We want to get away and of
course want to better ourselves. West
ward the star Of empire takes its way"
We undertake to go west. and we start
along some n Of the thoroughfares.
through which ana owe the bridge
across this nasty river, we expect to
west side. We are crowding along the
streets and sidewalks full Of people. all
in a hurry to make the train for the
west and prosperity. crowding along
under a full head of steam. when all at
once there is a halt in the front. There
is oon a crowd massed up together, and
those in the rear call out to those in
the front, Go on there, hurry up, we
will miss the train: we must make the
train" But word comes back from the
front. Cant go any further by this
route, the draw is open" And those in
front can see that the draw bridge has
swung around. and no safe connection
between the street where we are and
our desires and the entrance on the
other side reaching the goal Of our
ambitions. For those in the rear to
proceed further along this route is to
crowd those in front into the river
without hope Of making a landing on
the other side. Now, what would you
advise those pilgrims to do? To still
crowd on yelling like demons that this
is the only route to the station on the
other side and to the west, or would
you turn and seek some other street or
avenue in which the draw is in place
or there is a safe connection?
During the dark days of '93 and '94
we we're as a state and nation in dire
distress, depressed and desperate. and
cornered with hard times. We were
striking out for ANYTHING that could