The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-10-19
SOUND DOCTRINE.
W. A. Funk Expounds RepubIi-
canism in Chunks.
An Able Address Saturday Evening to a
Large and Enthusiastic
Audience.

A delighted audience listened on
Saturday evening, at Republican head
quarters to political address from
W. A. Funk, one of our able and
staunch Republican citizens. Fully
800 were present, and while the build
ing was not packed, the audience was
full of enthusiasm and the speaker was
several times interrupted by prolonged
APPLAUSE.
The speaker was introduced in a
few well chosen words by w. N. Ply
mat, who acted as chairman of the
meeting, and after Secretary Fowler
had effectively sung ''The New Star
Spangled Banner. in which the audi
ence joined in the chorus, Mr.. F'unk
began his address.
The money question was the first
taken up He stated that four years
ago man could not borrow money no
matter how much or how good security
he had, and the same condition will
exist in the future if Mr.. Bryan is
elected president for although it is not
I permanent issue with Mr.. Bryan, it
is an issue adopted by the Democrats
in their platform and must be lived
up to if Mr.. Bryan is elected. The is
sue had to be relegated to the rear by
Mr.. Bryan in order to bring Hill,
Croker and others to support the
Democratic candidates Mr.. Bryan is
quoted as having only recently said
that if elected president the party
would change the monetary system and
bring in 16 to 1. 1t is easier today, -
said the speaker, ''to elect Democrat
ic congress than to elect Bryan, and
| if Bryan is elected Democratic con-
gress and 16 to 1 are sure to follow. !"
If monetary system of 16 to is es-
tablished it means 58 cents for sill
yer dollar which now brings 100 cents
and will drive out of circulation $500, :
600, 600 of gold and 1886, 600, 900 of
greenbacks. You cannot create value
by legislation, it is based upon toll,
labor and sacrifice. He further stated
that you cannot carry on business with
| two measures of value in monetary
matters for it has failed in every coun-
try where it has been tried. Money
has increased in circulation. Four
years ago it averaged $21. 20 per capita
and today it is averaged at $26. 70. 1t
is the largest circulation per capita in
the world.
The tariff question was then taken
ND and Mr.. Funk referred to the fail
ures in the past six years, showing a
great decrease in failures under the
Republican administration and Nc
Kinley and Dingley tariff laws as COM
pared with those under the Democratic
/ administration and Wilson tariff
law, there were is, 242 failures with
liabilities at $114, 900, 900, an average
of $11, 900 each. In 1898, under the
Wilson tariff law. there were 10, 0OO
failures at an average of $22, 600 each
| in 1894, 10, 1856 failures with an aver
age of $12, 458 each; in 1895 10, DOC
failures at $14, 992 each; in 1897 while
under the Republican administrator
but still under the Wilson tariff, 13, DOC
with an average of $11, 900 each and
in 1899, under the Dingley tariff law.
it sank to 8, 900 failures with an aver
age of only SO, 1853 each. This country
pays better wages to the laboring men
than any other country in the world
due to the Republican protective
tariff. The Republican theory on
tariff is to tax those things made
IN this country and that are imported,
thus giving the manufacturer chance
to pay his employees more wages,
The best market today for the farmer
is the United States market and ht
hoped that some day there will b.
enough people in this country to ca
| up all the wheat grown here and no
to ship any abroad. In 1892, under
Republican administration, the amour