The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-12

II Mr. Mckinley Is successful thc rral
value Of the country VIII be injured, not
benefited. II this claim that Mr.. bryans
election will destroy all values Is sound
am quite sure that the Chicago banker wiz
be quite willing TO sell government bonds
II would like to know II he would agree
10 sell them AT par, am not what misnt
be called a rich man. but would Ike 70
able the day after Mr.. Bryan.s electiohs
deliverable on his part. payable on NINE
the day after Mr.. Bryan's election. AZ parin
II wouldn't undertake to buy some g.
curities that are in the market now py tne
because take IL Mi. organs election VIII
mean "A general public sentiment prinkine
from the honest impulse OF the American
people voiced In his nomination that VIII
demand that finance purge itself or the
element OF trickery that has become TOO
prominent.
LegaIized swIndIIng to ease.
81 think that Mr.. Bryan's election Will
result at least In a general legislation
throughout the country that corporations
must publicly. announce their transac-
lions ana publish their accounts. II they
do the %swindling which is now perpetrated
In the name OF finance Will cease. A num-
Der OF securities will disappear from the
stock list: the good securities Will come up
and the bad securities Will disappear as
they ought 10.
And there is not a financier IN Wall
street to-day OF respectability and lmpor.
lance that won't verify the truth Of what
I say the day after election. though, per-
haps to-day he would hesitate about II. !
am speaking whereof / know when tell
you that In my judgment not one single
security. not one single piece OF properly
OF real value will depreciate with Mr.. Bry-
Now, Mr.. McKinley's election won't
make the wildcat security. but II VIII give
those who hold them a chance TO load them
or on other purchasers. Their worthless
ness will soon enough be discovered. but
then 1t will be somebody else who VIII sur
fA- -. r.A. - "a aaarrR-
tiles have a. better chance OF obtaining
value through Mr.. Bryan's election than
Mr.. McKinley's. because. Mr.. Bryan stands
for peace. peace being the embodiment or
all our hands In the cultivation or the
earth.
Chances for watered stock.
Those overcapitalized companies might
have their watered stock made valuable
by an increase in their production. but
by no other means. The best prospect
of that is in the election Of the candidate
who stands for the best conditions under
which production can be made prosperous
and abundant. and I believe the great
contributions OF democracy to the world
Is the fact that we nave got over the
old Idea that when men become crowded
upon the soil they destroy each other.
I'VE have exploded the idea that this
earth can produce only "A certain amount
OF sustenance for her children and that
they must struggle among themselves for
II. She is a generous mother OF re-
sourceless abundance. She VIII repay In
more and more abundan streams ac-
cording as labor is best applied.
why. Chicago to-day has grown 10
three and four times Its size within q
very short space of time. / believe that
II Is FIVE times the size 1t was at the time
OF the fire. We have a larger Chicago
now in the air. over six stories high.
than when people were WIN on the
ground in one and two stories at the time
of the fire, and they are more comfor-
table. better housed and better fed.
If production go on and this earth be
cultivated in peace by the willing hands
of men in active cooperation we can sup
port a larger popula tion in increasing
comfort every succeeding year. and We
will support them in morality. we will
support them in peace, We will support
them in abundance.
Ideal pti0n of Prosperity.
The prosperity which Is looked for
ward 10 is not the prosperity OF increased
quotations. but it is the prosperity which
means more cultivation and more cloth.
ing and more shoes and healthier bodies
and that means better cottages and bet
ter men them. that means
larger schools and more extensive in
structions administered in them: that
means more hospitals, tenderer care fol
the sick snDng them; that means short
err hours al labor and larger mpens
ton for oil. That is my conception o.
$ prosperity. and that Is the prosperity
+. which awaits you IL you do your dut,
! now and remain loyal 10 the republic. tn,
, teachings OF the fathers. the Ten Com
/ mandments and the moral law