The Forrest City times., 1899-11-03
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
The Democratic Leader Gives U. terancc to Some Forci-
 bIe Truths.

In his speech at Sigourney. Ia., few
 days ago William J. Bryan, speaking to the farmers, said:
 'N- man who works a farm and tolls for
 his daily bread" said he, "can afford to sup
 port the republican party, and no man who
 lives in town can afford to support the re-
 publican party.
 You will sometimes find the commercial classes arraying themselves against the agricultural classes. Prince Bismarck made q speech 10 the farmers Of Germany once. He told them that they must stand together and protect themselves from the tolls of a society which produces nothing but laws.
 You can talk to a flnancier in New ork. and he will tell you that republican con vention in 1896 declared that this gov ern-
 ment should be carried on by business man. in the interests of business men or the country. You ask what is business man. and find how narrow is the difference. Is a farmer business man? No; he just works. He begins in the morning and works all day. He is not business man. The man on the board of trade, who bets on the price of that farmers wheat-he is the business man. He is the one to be considered in leg islation.
 We believe in bimetallism and 1t should | not take a farmer one minute to decide on which side he stands. A dear dollar means | low prices low prices mean hard times. never have claimed that was q precocious child. l never have bragged of how early 1 in life l learned things. yet can say that 1 | cannot look back 10 the time when did not | know that when one end of q teeter board was. up the other was down. The money question is just the same. When money goes up property goes down.
 The trust question is one you are now | thinking about. Until year ago no repub- bod hoo. r1 fffa faQl dc. | fend d trust, but now you hear republicans l and republican papers defend trusts. You | hear them say there are geod trusts and bad | trusts ard you must be very careful not to | hurt the good trusts. There is lumber 1 combination in this country. Do you know | that lumber has advanced five dollars on a | thousand feet? The farmers are not on the | inside of this combination.
 | "One branch of industdy after another is l beng controlled by these great aggrega- l tions of wealth. 1 believe these trusts are | antagonistic to every interest of our gov
 err nsent. Rene mber the enormous cam- | paiSn fund collected from the corporations l in 1896 This aggregation of wealth created l the republican administration. and the re-
 publican party is now directed to obey the | commandment Remember thy creator in l the days of thy youth
 | People do rot want a big army. They dc
 not want an imperial policy. We cannot excuse ourselves in this expansion question | on religious grounds when We go forth tq l spread the blessings of salvation cut of | bursting shells. We cannot say that God l is in it.
 "A republican senator said: God opened 1 the door of the Philippines. pushed us in l and shut the door When Il man says that | Cod sent him to notify the world that We l are going 10 cross the ocean to make slaves | of people who are fighting for their inde- l pendence, I think he is mistaken. l state | to you my opinion that when God wishes | to speak to the American people He will not | choose Mark Hanna for His mouthpiece."