The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-10-04

which e0tereO INTO the maNO1aCture
Of goods, should be imported free,
and it was his influence, more than
any other mans, that brought about
the terrible result with which we are
SO familiar.
1t was Bryan's earnest demand that
put wool OIL the free list. and in that
debate he declared that he did not
care whether it benefited or hurt the
wool grower. 1t was Bryan who
drove the tariff on coal down to such
an extent as to flood the eastern mar
kets with coal aud stimulate the
growth of the development of coal in
the British possessions in the north
east, and practically drove us out of
the seaboard markets with the soft
coal Of central states. 1t was Bryan
who advocated the low tariff on agri-
cultural products and utterly refused
te discriminate or allow discrimina-
ton in favor of the products of the
west and middle west. The laboring
men of the country and the far
mers of the country, before they
plunge themselves into the vortex
that is being held out, should get
Bryan's record and read it. 1t is q
very interesting chapter in the per-
sonal politics OF that gentleman. The
platform made at Kansas City is very
adroit in laying the foundation for
an enactment in Congress, should
Bryan be elected, satisfactory to his
history and record. Not daring to
assail protection directly he came
at it in the platform which he person
ally conducted as follows:
"Tariff laws should be amended by
putting the products of trusts upon
the free list. We condemn
the Dingley tariff law as trust
breeding measure, skillfully devised,
ETC."
That is the platform of the party
denominated the Democratic party
and whose nomination Mr.. Bryan ac-
cepted. The original Popnlist party,
whose candidate Mr.. Bryan now is
1 refer to the Sioux Falls nomination,
also places itself on record in SINH
lar attitude. So Mr.. Bryan without
any apology for the past stands upon
a series of platforms all squirting in
the direction of free-trade, and in the
event of his election, with Congress
subservient to his dictation, as was
the convention at Kansas City, we
may look for just such legislation as
precipitated this country into the
condition with which we are all fa.
miliar. 1t is therefore very unwise
for the peolpe of the country to be
led away from the two great propo-
sitions of Mr.. Bryan's life, the two
propositions for which he stands, the
two propositions which make up
Organism, towit, free and unlimited
coinage of silver and tree-trade, and
follow off after the illusion and delu.
sion of imperialism.
| If the intelligent agriculturalist
will take the prices of his products
in 1896 and compare them with tn:
present prices of the commodities
and then take the Dingley tariff law
he will at once discover to what he il
indebted for the advance of prices
If the laboring man will take frs
the price of his labor in 1896 and theI
the price of his labor in 1900 anC
then take the table of imports o.
foreign manufactured goods in 1896
and back of that time and thel
take the imports Of foreig,
goods now, as shown by th'
statistics of the Treasury Department
he will at once discover that the pre-
. sent advantage which is accruing tt
him comes absolutely directly from
| from the tariff law now on the stat
ute books of the United States. And
f then, if he desires old times, with ole
prices and short days of employment
| he had better vote for William Jen
nings BRYAN.
But if the laboring man wants con