The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21


dividing line is being drawn clear and
distinct. We have upon the one hand
the rich and the well-born," as Ham
iiton defined them, and on the other
hand the common people" We are
aping the ways OF the old world Some
of our youths become weary in packing
about canes altogether too heavy for
them. 1t is so English, doncner
know" 1t would appear that the main
question in determining whether a
man belongs TO the Hamilton class of
the rich and well-born or is one of the
mUdsill and therefore Of the common
people. depends upon the point as to
whether circumstances compel him to
wear overails or good luck or perhaps
industry and economy enable him TO
support a dress suit. The yardScick
by which men are measured is their
bank account and not their brains You
may take section foreman from the
railroad and if he be as bright and apt
as the average American and is able
TO ill a bank with funds. within six
months the chances are that he will
be permitted 70 lead the cotillion and
ne may SpenU his days in playing golf
instead of bOsSing the descendants of
the Emerald isle The proud neck OF
fashion bows with great pIiability be
fore the golden calf. Like the heathens
who worship their idols. we are becom-
ing followers of the god OF gold. It
is gold, bright red gold" that is the
The pm umatfc dinner pail filled with
the hot breath of Republican orators.
Is one of the matters seriously dis
cussed in the east. although that issue
naS lately been seriously punctuTed-
Here we have not heal d muC1 concern
ing the full dinner rail The RcDubli-
cans here have been so busy eating
their own words that they have had
nut little time TO devote to the. Mark
Hanna luncheon Some of the things
= E~ru~ Il
professions of love for silver, fer in
stance, in the past, must have caused
them Pain beneath the solar pIcxuS. I
am reminded of little Willie Cross and
his effOEtS to gain wealth. lie was
child who often asked his mother for
money, and one day she said TO him.
Willie you ought To try and earn some
money for yourself and be independent;
that would be more manly. The boy
became serious and immersed in deep
thought and later in the afternoon the
mother heard Il great up~Oar and out
cry and evidence OF great joy among
a flock of neiShbOTS' children who had
gathered in the back yard She went
out to see what caused the disturbance
There she found Willie and she found
great crowd of boys ana girls clap
ping their hands with glee. AID she
found a card which Willie had pinned
up against the house. reading: Willie
Cross viii eat one small green worm
hVe cents; one small. fuzzy worm Tor
ten cents; one large fuzzy worm for
hfteen cents; one small green frog for
twenty-five cents" The bill of fare
YVES not appetizing, but Willie needed
money. 1t is not fun for the RepubIi-
cans to have to maSticate their own
words. but they need votes and they
need them bad.
The full dinner pail argument was
the argument that was given to the
uNrn 81
not?" say the Republicans. What
more do YOU want? Now go to sleep
and b. quiet" That argument might
have done for the cave man who
crawled out of his cave in the morn
ing and killed a snake for breakfast
but il viii not win at the end of the
Nineteenth century. a man wants to
lay up something for old age; he
wants to educate his children; he wants
A piano for his girls, and he wants to
unlock the doorway of opportunity for
his boys, and this he cannot do as
things are drifting under Republican
rule.
OUR BOGUS PROSPERITY.
We are told that times are better
that the laboring mans condition is
better than in 1896. The conditions are
not as bright as they are painted. They
are not as good as they were six
months ago. unfortunately Prosperity
II uOt ~ iHS around III great clunkS
waiting to be picked up with the ice
tongs- In 1898, silver. at the demand
OF the advocates of the gold standard.
was still farther debased by the repeal
of the sherman law, and a great finan-
Cial crash came with its extreme
misery and its lack Of employment
with its strikes and its lOckOutS and
general financial disturbances In
1896 we were told that if Mr.. Mckinley
was elected that good times would
come. We we're told by the Democrats
that an increase of the circulating
medium was needed and the Demo-
cratic party advocated the cree COMA ge
of silver. You We're told by the Repubii-
cans that there had been an over-prO-
duCtion Of manufac tured Articles and
therefore they were low in price: that
our fields had been too productive and
that the farmers had raised more than
the people needed for their cOnsump-
ton. 1t was insisted that the people
We're poor because they had so much.
Democrats told YOU that the reason
people did not buy was because they
did not have money to buy with. You
we're TOLD by Republicans for instance
that in the city Of Chicago alone the
architects of the city had plans for
$1,000 600 worth of buildings 20 be
erected Immediately If Mckinley was
elected The orders TO be Cancelled if
Bryan was victorious. Mckinley was
elected. but the buildings did not
Tnatef1aiiZe. In fact times grew ma I'd
or. wages were reduced. and more men
were thrown out OF employment during
The first six months after the election
than during the preceding six months
Nor was there any change until gold
was discovered in the KIondike and
the failure of crops abroad and bOuute-
Gus crops in this country began to in
crease the quantity Of money in cir
culatiOn. The war with Spain and the
large purchases made by the govern
ment in the prosecution IF that war
and the war in South Africa and the
large purchases made by the British
government in this country for the
prosecution of that war. resulted in
greatly increasing the money in cir
culatiOn. As a result of circumstances
and without any legislation what
ever, or any action upon the
part of the Republican admin
istration the amount Of money
in circulation in the United States be-
tween 1896 and June J. 1900. is stated
by the Republican campaign text book
to have been increased to the extent
Of 1920. 900 coo. thereby raising prices
and providing better conditions for
farmers and for the working people. In
1895 II was insisted by the Republicans
that we had plenty of money in circu-
lation; that there was no necessity for
any increase, and that there was dan
ger TO business men and to laboring
men if there was any great increase Of
the circulating medium. In this cam
Daign the Republican DIatfOrrO Savs-