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/ at the same value something WHICH eHS
| world will not recognize as or equal vaiue'
they will suffer fearfuly through depre-
| ciated currency at home, place themselves
| at great disadvantage in parting with tneir
products TO other nations. and place other
nations in position TO realize larger
profits out of the products they send US IN
return. This is the law o. reason and ex-
perience, and 1t is as sOlio as the founca-
tions of the earth itself
BE not deceived. A year of plenty. the
success OF a party pledged to maintain the
existing parity between gold and silver, the
natural reaction from long period Of de-
preston, the confidence created through the
cessation of immediate danger. together
with an increased output of gold, have all
combined to lure the business community
into a feeling of security for the future.
but the same forces which have created the
trouble in the past are still united and
actively at work, and have for their allies
every disorderly element IN our population.
| backed by the unrest which comes from
machine methods of political rule all over
the country Besides, 1t must be remem-
bered that every man of forty years of
age and under has been living his life
breathing the Vitiated air of unsound cur
rency and imperfect methods of banking,
and it is only the intelligent portion of them
who have left their fatherland during the
past twenty-five years and become Ameri-
can citizens by the right of adoption who
fully realize what 81 sound currency and
gold values meant to them In their old
were found on the side of sound money in
the late campaign The great mass Of our
population are honest, but they must be
taught tho lesson of sound money and made
to realize what the experience of that por-
ton of the world-older in the march OF
civilization than Ourselves-haS found to be
the best for the moral and commercial de-
veopment of the race. While every i'm
pulse of our being, from seltshness to the
highest aspiration or patriotism demands
that those we representative business men
of the country-should awake to duty and
begin q fight for currency and banking re-
form, which must not cease until victory
| shall be won. A year of bad crops and the
sluggish movement of capital into sections
best will be sure to revive animosty, TO
create prejudice and make the issues of
1900 most grave and threatening. There
fore look the issue squarely in the face.
and, conscious of right, let us arise in our
strength and in the name of the people, and
for the people, let us end at once and fol-
ever the doubt and uncertainty which still
hangs, a heavy cloud, over the land,
stricting progress, staying development and
blocking the wheels of commerce
so far the work of this convention has
been well done. It has selected a body. of
placed in their possession the best thought
of those who have tried in their own way
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self has been free from political bias, free
from desire to force individual views, free
from every motive except that which has
been prompted by patriotism and sincere
desire to reach settlement upon which
each and all its members could unite; and
it has called to it's aid the experience of
those best fitted to give it counsel. AS
result, 1T has formulated a plan of action,
backed by solid reason and indisputable
TACT, ana placed tflS pan INTO our HdiuS DIS
the best solution obtainable.
THE plan has met our approval, for it
addresses itself to the common sense Of ev-
cry intelligent student of tinace and it now
only remains for US to do our part to bring
into action the great forces of commercial
activity which employ the labor of the peo-
pie make up the push and drive of daily
life. and create the power to employ and be
A TINE TO ACT
1T is full time, therefore, that the mer-
oh no he far nd
the artisan-nay. all who by thrift and en-
terprise have accumulated property, be the
sum great or small, should arouse from
their lethargy and spring to the front to de-
fend the rights of property and establish
standard of value and a system for the eX
change of commodity which will place and
keep this country in the foremost rank of
all the civilized countries of the world; first
in liberty, first in commercial development,
first in the arts and sciences, leader and
not q follower in the race for social, eco
nomic and mental development.
And gentlemen, if these serious ques-
| tions are ever to be solved rightly, they
must be solved and can only be solved by
| the men who make up what are called the
business men of the country, for they alone
| are in touch with the great natural forces
| of trade which enables them to judge cor
| rectly what is needed and must be had.
| "A gold standard of value must be main
| tanned, for such is the standard agreed upon
! by the civilized nations of the world; and
| banking upon assets is the only banking
! that is real. and positive. and lasting, and
which remains when governments fall and
| government credit has ceased to exist.
| Let these two great fundamental princi-
| pies be our rallying cry as we go before
! the people and ask them to enlist IN our
support. -. soo. ,.,,,o, ,,,a,,a
| for free silver and fiat money have been
| united and aggressive. while the friends OF
| sound money have been passive and widely
| separated with conflicting views and Inn
| practicable plans: but this has all changed.
ana to-day we offer to the people a solution
| so simple, so well balanced and so practical
| in its operation that it is gaining frlends
| and followers everywhere. Upon TINS plan
we must unite, knowing that II 1t mas I'M
projections they viii be rem med pei ore
| foundations are sure and the superstructure
| well welded together United, therefore, we
| will win, and winning we Will gain not alone
| the great benefits which will come to US as
| individuals, but restore to the people at
| large the means whereby comfort ana thrlIt
shall find their way in the home of every
| humble worker in the land. A giants task
is before us. Let us, therefore, be up and
doing.
| work to arouse faith and courage in the
| ranks of the great commercial bodies we
| here represent and to make them know as
| we know that this convention has produced
results and will continue to produce results
which will bring victory to our cause, ana
| if we choose to have it So will accord to US
no mean part in this royal battle for the
right, which is marking an era In the imam
| cial history OF this country, Wnlcn VIII ledVe
behind it q beneficent effect upon genera
lions yet unborn.
''Well may the forces which make for re-
pudiation feel alarmed at what we have
done and are doing. Well may Senator Tel
Ter introduce a resolution in the Senate
written all over with fiat money and threat
of reputation as a challenge to the Nation.
Shell the woods! Mr.. Teller; shell the
woods! and well you may for hidden In
their leafy coverts rest an army or the
faithful who will yet overwhelm your CO.
horts of evil and restore prosperity to your
country which you seek to destroy. Shell
the woods Mr.. Teller shell the woods!
with your guns shotted with dishOner, but
beware the wrath of an outraged and in
dignant people
II am glad sir, that this movement for
| ing law has come out of the West. We OF
New York look with pleasure upon the
| growth of our sister States, and we share
| with the whole country all the pride they
feel with the progress we as Nation have
made in wealth. population and commercial
one State, and that of older growth. yet
know that the state lines which divide
| State from State are but Shadowy threads
| crossed and recroSSed by the great arteries
| of commerce. which bind all States to-
gether bearing the burdens of commerce
| and trade to the great centers for distribu-
ton each contributing it's share and each
one proud and glad that they are sharers
| together in the activities of a common peo-
pie rejoicing that they are bound together
| by ties of country and race and kindred
! which make the very name of American cit
izen bring flush of JOY to the face of one
| and all and q thrill of pride that we were
born into and are brothers together in 3
| common destiny.
Let us all, therefore, return to our homes