The Globe-republican., 1900-10-04
WHAT BRYAH'S ELECTION
MEANS TO LABOR.
Only Question IS Whether Wage
Farmers Want Hard Times.
Democratic Policies Drove Thousands to
the Streets Before and VIII Do So
Again II Bryan Is Successful.

In the edJyinG fight. amid din and roar
of the fallen guns of imperialism and
miIitarism, there IS danger the people of
this country may lose sight OF The fact
that the election OF Mr. Bryan means the
overthrow Of the protective tariff system
aud the introduction OF free-trade pro
gram into the policy CT the government
Our people have short memories and they
sometimes forget 8nd need to be remind
ed.
Mr. Bryan member Of the Fifty
second and Fifty-third Congresses and
took very active part at once upon TAX
ing his seat In the Fifs=-rhird Congress,
of which [ was a member, the Wilson bin
was under considers tion II the PAS
sage of that bill which plunged this COM
try into ruin. II does not make any differ
ence what people say about the origin OF
hard times, the Intelligent IaboIing man
of this country knows very well that he
ceased to earn living Tor him self and
family because of the Generalization of
business caused by the repeal OF the Nc
Kinley law and the passage of the Wilson
act. It that which preciptated
wages TO the lowest ebb that they have
been for many Il year 1t was that which
sent marching columns OF hungry men
over the country demanding food. It was
the passage Of that biz that made i pos
sible for any intelligent man to listen Tor
n moment to the speeches OF such men
Bryan IN 1896.
On the floor OF thc House In the dc
bates the Wilson bill Bryan took The
extreme free-trade ground. His speeches
are on record ami the iaborng men of
the country can 4iEa tLeul and read them
lie especially announced himself as in ia
of absolute free-trade upon many of
the leading products of the farIn- notably
WOOL which he insisted should be put
upon the free list of the Wilson bill.
When that bill was passed by the con
currence of the House in tho six hundred
amendments OF the Senate il was Bryan
and Hon. JOS Bailey. representa- tive
from the State of Texas who IN their
ecstasy seized the champion, who was the
putative father OF the law, the Hon. w
L. Wilson, of West Virginia, and carried
him their shoulders in tr1umphal pro-
cession through the House of Representa-
tives into the cloa&-rooln ,IDd saturnaiia
OF Joy resounded frcm those premises. 1t
Bryan who favored the introduction
OF foreign material iItto this country free
OF charge. 1t was Bryan who demanded
that all raw material such wool, coal,
iron, and everything which entered into
the manufacture Of goods, should be inn
ported free, and il his influence,
more than any other mans, that brought
about the terrible result with which we
familiar.
1t was Bryan,s earnest demand that
put wool on the free lisr, and in that de
bate he declared that he did not care
grower. It Bryan who drove tht
tariff coal down such extent Is
TO Hood the Eastern markets with GOA
and stimulate the growth of the develop
nent OF coal in the British possessions il
the northeast, and practically drove u:
out of the seahoard markets with the soft
coal of Central States 1t Bryan
who advocated the low tariff grical
tural products and utterly refused to dis
eliminate or allow discrimination III fayo
OF the products of the " est and Middle
West The laboring OF the coIlntr,
and the farmers of the country, befor.
they plunge themselves into the vorte,
that is being held out. should get Bryan.
record and read it 1t is Il very interest
ing chapter in the personal politics of tina
gentleman The platform made at Kan
sas City is very adToit in laying the foun
dation for enactment in Congress
should Bryan be elected. satisfactory L
his history and record Not daring to as
sail protection directly he at it il
the platform which he personally con
Quoted follows:
Tariff laws should be amended by put
ting the products of trusts upon the fire,
list. We condemn the Dingle.
tariff law n trust breeding measure
skillfully devised etc
That is the platform of the party de
nominated the Democratic party an
whose nomination Mr. Bryan accepted
The original Popuiist party. whose candi
date Mr. Bryan now is. l refer to tn
Sioux Falls nomination. also places itSel
record in similar attitude. So Nj
Bryan, without any apology for the pas
stands upon series of platforms
squirting in the direction of free trade
and in the event of his election. with
Congress subservient his dictation. q
was the convention at Kansas City. w
may look for just such Legislation pre-
cipitated this country into the conditio
with which all familiar 1t
therefore very unwise for the people 6
the country to be led away from the tw
great propositions OF A1r. Eryan's lif,
the two propositions for which he stand
the two propositions which make up Br!
anisn- to wit free and unlimited COMA 8
of silver, and free trade. and follow Q
after the Illusion and delusion of in
perialism.
If the intelligent agricuIturist will tai
the prices OF his products in 1896 an
compare them with the present prices {
the commodities. and then take the Din,
ley tariff law. he will at once discover
what he is indebted for the advance
prices If the iaboring man will take FIR
the price of his labor in 1896 and then IL
price OF his labor in 1900 and then tai
the table OF imports of foreign manufa
tured goods in 1886 and back of that tin
and then take the imports OF foreie
goods now. shown by the statistics