The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-09-19

coinage OF silver it will drive gold in.
to seolusion, or out of the country and
we will come to silver basis; that
would destroy our exchanges, causine
them to fluctuate and to make foreign
ones certainly Improbable; that
con .ider good reason, but suppose
we can do it, then whatP OF course
they must answer that il you can
maintain the parity of the dollars, the
equality of the dollars, at that ratio,
then gold would not leave the country,
because there would be no reason for
II seeking shelter, and they say il
would be blessing to the world If it
could be done,
Now there we are. Mckinley said
he wanted it, but he said he was
afraid we could not DO it without In
ternational agreement; we said we
thought we could, al d he said II be-
lieved it l would be with you. Now,
gentlemen, there is the only public
differ nee between Ls--the question
whether bi-metalicl coinage can be
successfully maintained at that ratio,
and if not, at what ratio? They will
not say. Many of the wise say il can
be maintained at that ratio, and we
have this historical fact to support us,
we did maintain it for so years of our
history, and on the very day silver
was demonetized by the act of '73 we
all know how the bullying of that
time was. A greet many of our bus
mess men tell us that we can do il.
Ali agree that it is best If il can be
done. How are you going to settle il,
Mr.. Chairman? How are we going
10 settle it? / know o. only one way
and that is to try, test it, but they say
something may happen while they are
testing it.
Now, if Mr.. Bryan or any other
sensible Democrat was at the head
of this Government, do you suppose
that he would go rushing like mad
bull into this? Don't you suppose
that he would do it with calm consid-
GRAFTON, with judgement and great
prudence, and don't you suppose he
would try to protect all The industries.
How can you tell until you try it.?
Mckinley could test, but he won't and
he wont because you know the infu-
ences behind him are opposed to it.
Now, gentlemen, the same is true of
the trust question, these things that are
growing DIP in this land eliminating
our markets. There is scarcely an in
dustry in the Union that has not been
gobbled up by trusts; every thing
INTO single corporation, SO
that when they seek markets they find |
but one buyer, monopoly not only does
it control markets both ways but it
brushes out individual enterprises.
these trusts, which we are
alI beginning now to understand,
growing up and multiplying in this
and the issue in Kentucky,
,nange our whole industrial and So
,ial conditions; it is All evolution
which will result in the ruin of cur
country. l want them destroyed, and
{ they are to be dealt with successfully
md fairly it must be done by the Nat.
onal Government. States will not,
n my Judgment, do 1t. Do You think
Mr.. Mckinley, If lie holds tour years
onger, will do any more to destroy
he trusts than he has in the last four
II three? Certainly not. If a man
n this audience will name me just one
ingle trust in America that didn't
upport WIN. Mckinley for the Presi-
lency then I will admit anything he
wants me to admit upon the subject.
lie can charge whatever he pleases
nd will admit it without proof if
lie will name ME one trust in the
United States or in the whole world,