Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

II Mr.. Mckinley Is successful the real
Saiue of the country will be injured. not
election Will destroy all values is sound
am quite sure that the Chicago banker will
ST would like to know If he would agree
be. called rich man. but 1 would like to
get an offer of a reasonable amount. pay
deliverable on his part, payable on mine
the day after Mr.. Bryan's election. at par in
81 wouldn't undertake to buy some Sc
curities that are in the market now by the
because ne take axe it i Mr. Rryans election viii
mean a general public sentiment Springing
people Woised in hs nominasion ahat viii
demand that finance purge itself of the
element of trickery that has become too
prominent.
Legalixed SwfndIing to Cease.
Il think that Mr.. Bryans election will
result at least in general legislation
must publicly announce their transac-
tions and publish their accounts. If they
in the name of finance will cease. A num-
Der OF securities will disappear from the
and the bad securities will disappear as
they ought to.
streef t there Is not fnarcier In i Mall
lance that won't verify the truth of what
| say the day after election. though per,
haps to-day he would hesitate about it. l
am speaking whereof 1 know when I tell
you that in my Judgment not one single
security. not one single piece of property
of real value will depreciate with Mr.. Bry-
Now. Mr.: McKinley's election won't
make the wildcat security, but it will give
those who hold them a chance to load them
on on other purchasers. Their worthless
| ness will soon enough be discovered, but
then 1t Will be somebody else who will Suf-
fer from it. Even those wildcat secur-
value through Mr. Bryan's election than
| h0inO nrnhndin0nf nf
| all our hands in the cultivation of the
| Chances for Watered Stock.
Those overcapitalized companies might
| have their watered stock made valuable
by an increase in their production. but
| by no other means. The best prospect
of that is in the election of the candidate
| who stands for the best conditions under
| which production can be made prosperous
and abundant. and 1 believe the great
contributions of democracy to the world
is the fact that have got over the
old idea that when men become crowded
upon the soil they destroy each other.
I'VE have exploded the idea that this
of sustenance for her children and that
| they must struggle among themselves for
sourceiess abundance. She viii repay in
| more and more abundant streams &C
why. CHICAGO . = to-day o aR Ras grown to
very short space of time. 1 believe that
1t is five times the size it was at the time
| of the fire. We have a larger Chicago
now in the air. over six stories high.
than when people were living on the
ground in one and two stories at the time
table, better housed and better fed.
IF production go on and this earth be
cultivated in peace by the willing hands
of men in active cooperation we can sup
port larger popula ton in increasing
comfort every succeeding year, and we
will support them in morality, will
support them in peace, we will supper,
| them in abundance.
Ideal Conception of Prosperity.
THE prosperity which is looked for
ward to is not the prosperity of increased
quotations. but 1t is the prosperity which
means more cultivation and more cloth.
ing and more shoes and healthier bodies
and that means better cottages and bet
ter men inhabiting them: that means
larger schools and more extensive in
structions administered in them: tha
means more hospitals. tenderer care fol
the sick among them; that means short
er hours of labor and larger compensa
ton for toll. That is my conception O.
prosperity, and that is the prosperity
which awaits you if you do your duty
now and remain loyal to the republic. the
teachings of the fathers, the Ten Com
mandments and the moral law