The sun., 1900-10-06
ECKELs TO WORHINGMRN.
SAYS the Banks Are Not OpposiuE Humanity
wage workers Interests In Danger,

CHrcAao. Oct b-James Il Eckels former
COMPTROLLER OF the Treasury under Cleveland,
addressed the laboring men Of Chicago at the
Auditorium tonight under the auspices oi tho
Sound Money Business Mems League. large
audience greeted him. lie devoted large
part of his address toward showing that banks
were not injurious 20 the interests OF the work
ingmen lie denounced Organism as antas-
onzing aggregated wealth. He said banks
did not impoversh the workngman and that
they suffered when the workingman did. Mr.
Eckes added.
i would impress upon the laboring man
how great his interest is In maintaining the
integrity OF the banking systems OF this ooun-
try In the debasement OF the currency OF
the country and In that general assault upon
banks which would follow the inauguration
Of Mr.. Bryan's policies nowhere would dis
astor fall more quickly and more completely
than upon savings institutions II is here are
kept the means of those who can least afford
10 lose their surplus available capital, while
the securities held by them are largely Govern
ment and railroad obligations, the value Of
which. under a deprecated currency, would
DO greatly diminished The injury done to
the creditors Of national banks would be COM
paratiyely no creator than Ihlt done to
those Of saving ones, though such
could better stand It And yet even in the
face Of this mighty burden q responsibility
which YOU have voluntarily placed upon him
Mr. BRYAN would have the country believe that
Tho banker pruspers In the dlStreSscS OF the
pooplr | deny the doctrine IS unsouud In
reason and untrue in fact The prosperity Of
the banker must always rest IN the prosperity
Of the community and the nation. lie cannot
thrive when factories are idle, stores closed
and bankruptcy every where in evidence Does
Mr. BRYAN dare assert that the banker in
creased his riches In 1893 and the years I'M
mediatelv following, when failure was TO be
every " here idle, II he does he las tull"d 20
study the statistics Of those DAYS, for then
was demonstrated the economic truth OF the
interdCppudeut relations OF capital ana labor
ia periads Of depression and prosperity.
"A sing le word q. To = patriotism ~ bankers
and am done with this branch of my subject
Mr. BRYAN by HE charges mpuEns their patriot
ism And eo6d faith. To Ia, SANDER ] reply
hy asking whenever was the Government ol tliS
great nation, In lie early dhys or in tie later
wears. in peri lDds Of foreign war or clvil strife
or In the pinins times Of pence In pressing need
that the banker with the millions Al his com
mand failed To give aid and succor In upholding
the couptry's credit and the nations financial
integrity While others doubted the country
eolyoncy and withdrew gold from treasury and
vault TO hoard. he, full-frm In HE faith in TIE
ultimate integrity Of the nation, aided the
maintenance of national solyency 20 the benefit
OF ali In view of such a history ] ask with all
confidence are not the interests Of labor better
snrcruarded by the political views OF that or
rani11ton which gathers 10 ltSelt IN ms Gam Gam
pcign the support Of an interest which you have
trusted and are still trusting, with rarty whose
leadership rests wholly In the keeping OF self
snekn pOlitcianss"