Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-19
BE Accuses Local Manufacturer of
Coercion.
ALLUDES TO SEWARD'S SFUTUE
Deyotes Most of His Talk 70 Sub
ject Of Trusts.
REFERS TO IMPERIALISM

AIrBJ-RN N Y October 1y.-Mr. Bry-
ans first stop of the day made at Sol
way suburb o. Syracuse. Several hun
bred people had congregated at the rail-
road station, and all of them listened at
tentively while he talked to them for five
or six minutes. Despite the fact that ne
had made twenty speeches yesterday, MI
Bryan was in splendid voice, and his words
rang out clear upon the crisp morning air.
He made no more direct reference to the
great salt interests of this place than to
say that he did not know enough about
the local conditions to be able to discuss
the things that his auditors were thinking
about
In connection with trusts he said: Il do
not believe that it is good thing for Ire
land to have few landlords and the rest
of the people tenants Neither do believe
that it will be a good thing in this coun-
try to have few men standing at the heao
of great industries and all the rest merely
clerks under these industries
Refers to Increase In Army.
He again referred to the increase IN the
size of the standing army, and said that
upon the present basis of 100000 soldiers
the expense to the country would De not
less than SIS, 100000 a year for the mill
tary establishment, an average of one
dollar for each individual or five dollars
for each family. Taking up the Philippine
question. Mr. Bryan said that the republic
can party was promising Ito Re good to
the Filipino
That" he said lis what every king
promises to his subjects" On this subject
he further said: When the republicans
tell you that there is going TO be great
profit in the exploitation Of the Philippine
Islands you tell them that every dollar OF
money sent from this country to exploit
the Philippine Islands will be taken out oil
the available money in this country, 1ol
the establishment of industries here. and
every time we send over and establish
big plant there We make 1t less likely that
big plant will be established here; and II
We allow those people to come over here
they will bring in their oriental manners.
and will have the same question on hand
that We had in the Chinese question
Speech at Auburn.
ITHACA. N. Y. October 19.-Mr. Bryan
reached Auburn at $50 and spoke to sew
eral thousand people in Seward Square.
The stand from which he addressed his
audience was so located to cause him to
face the bronze statue of William H. Sew
ard from whom the square takes Its name.
During his speech Mr.. Bryan made incl
dental reference to Mr.. Seward. but he did
so while speaking of a present resident of
the city named MetCaf. who is the head oil
a large agricultural implement manufac-
turing company located at this place. Re-
ferring to Mr.. Metcalf Mr.. Bryan said:
Il have had my attention called to the
fact that you have here a great manufac-
turing plant. and that at the head OF IT
stands a man by the name of Metcah. Mr..
MetCalf is reported in your republican paper
saying in the event of my election the
plant will be closed. l want to tell you
that today the argument of the republican
party is not based on human rights, but it
is based merely on commercialsm and on
business.
There he said. pointing to the statue Of
Seward. Stands the statue of the greatest
man your city produced until Mr.. Metcalf
arose. and there Is the finger pointing up
ward, and l believe on the pedestal you
will find the inscription. There is a
higher law Now, when our good friend
who stands at the head of this great manu-
featuring concern Is called to his fathers /
propose that you erect a statue of him
nearby and have his finger pointing down.
ward, and have 1t say, There is lower
law Lincoln said that the republican
party believed in the man and the dollar,
but in case of conflict it believed in the
man before the dollar. Today the republic
can party believes in the dollar first and
the man afterward.