Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-03-29
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Good 1smesl Have Dear~ssinxt Ef-
feet ON the Free silver

Mr.. BryaA has been down in HonS-
ton. Tex, telling the people that pros
perity has not come" just what mean
ing MIR. Bryan attaches % the word
prosperity" We do not know. III il
conveys TO his mind nothing more Than
the present or prospective realization
Of his personal political ambition. il
must be admittd that he proclaimed
the truth TO his hearers in the south.
But il the word signifies good times in
industrial and business circles. Mr.. Bry-
an is either helplessl. or willfuily blind
TO the conditions that exist all around
HIM
For some OF the undeuiable facts OF
the situation are these: Most of the
shops and factories of the country are
working at their full capacity. The dis
tributive movement of goods through.
out the United States il larger than
ever before. The masses OF the pcoplc
are selling what they produce and buy o.
ing what they want in quantities which
iu the aggregate are immense beyond
all previous records. The export trade
Of the United States is OF magnitude
never before attained. Our domestic
needs are supplied from domestic
sources 10 an extent never before
known. These large sales abroad and
this large consumption OF home prod
ucts bring and keep money i'm cur own
channels Of trade and fields OF labor.
Money, in fact is abundant and avail
able for all Legitimate and profit-yield.
ing enterprises. \ million more men
are NJ work now than were employed
in 1896. and the wages in the majority
OF their industries are ten TO twenty
per cent. higher than they were then.
These are facts recognized and pro.
claimed by all newspapers or all par
ties. and easily verified 10y anyone who
goes around with his eyes open. And
the great change from hard times 10
good times has come about without the
aid OF those policies which Mr. BRYAN
advocated in 1896 and which he de
clared we're necessary TO the restora-
tion Of prosperity.
The Aforementioned fact is proba bly,
the one which keeps Mr.. Bryan in the
dumps. He has seen his theories shat
tered and his prophecies brought TO
raught. lie is unhappy because pros
perity has come in company with poll
eies exactly opposite TO those on which
he staked his residential hopes Con
sequcntly he denies that there il any
prosperity. Possibly he IS houest in
the matter. lie may be orgauicalIy IN
capable OF perceiving that anything can
flourish a long rs the country refuse,
TO ride his own political hobby. lie ma
Actually believe that adversely mus
reign as long as Organism is under
cloud; that the personal prosperity @
the political Bryan cannot Ice separate,
or differentiated from the general pros
perity of his countrymcu; just rs h
once professed To believe that the price
Of silver and wheat must 70 up an,
! down together.
TO he subject to these decisions t.
great misfortune. and perhaps Mr.. Fry
| am is to he pitied rather than blam, q
However this may be. the people a
| large On not share IL his dalusicn. They
know prosperity when the zee il nnt
experience il. They clu recognize III,
real thing as distinguished from tn.
bogus article which Mr.. Bryan evident
| ly has in mind. The latter may deny
the existence Of prosperity to hi
| hearts content. but by so doing he ouI,