New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-07

And SO; II the speech utter to you tonight
might not as appropriately be spoken TO the
you. And any message given TO the Iaboring men
because YOUR ,nHera De equally a2phca9e 20 no
class in the Republic who deserve exclusive speech.
No message should be heard that has not uni
men and all classes within the Nation. VIII
whose interests are apart from the common in
terests of the American people
The cry of political Cataines to-day and always
Is that the prosperity Of the banker means the
stump and in every sheet of hatred in the land #
Is proclaimed that the bankers Of America are a tns
the business elements Of the Nation. All patriotic
men EN- should denounce that Islander
the welfare of their fenowlnen the business OF
but two sources OF proat-interest and exchange
are high e re sGed Iney and i banks an prosper pre-
cisely as the country prospers When times are
all the sources Of income dry UP like the wither
lRs roots rs Of growing corn in summers aToGtih
when the farmer gets highest prices for his Wheat
exactly when the man who tolls with his hardened
hands Is rewarded with highest wages. When DO
when the Merchant dare not buy because he can;
factory fires are ashes; when the farmer burns his
corn for fuel; when the miner starves ar the NOUN
Of toll These are simply yu statstics; these are
merely vital facts, explain them as you will
LABORER AND BANKER SIDE BY SIDE
x And a 50 The and the s ssand 5h a
poses and the results following their actions;
perty OF the other or the rosneritv of the country
he thereby destroys his own prosperity. And the
prosperity OF the manufacturer who employs MN;
upon the prosperity Of the farmer who buys every
thing he makes And the prosperity OF the railroad
of products of farm, factory and mine occurs And
so the real prosperity Of every industry and every
dusrry and Gazing in the Nation, When we injure
Injuries ITSELF For we ns are o a woven together in
this wonderful civilization with all the forces OF
working with infinite harmony like the oiled and
polished parts of perfect machine and producing
as their Joint result that finished product called
Why should we quarrel among ourselves? Why
snolid we waste strength and tine on unreal cues
real things waiting for minds and hands; and
only real things help real men. improve the real
world and better real humanity. Canals are to be
dug. forests felled. mines opened. fields euti-
waited. railways built, ships launched upon a ris-
ing tide. The commerce of the Far East needs
common currency, and that need must be supplied
by the genius of American bankers. No man can
enumerate the work that calls to its doing over
all the world To do it we need all our strength.
mind mi Our ali our exa{ed Of soul And so propose
the sentiment. The brotherhood Of American bust
mutual affection OF all American hearts to the end
that the American people may be prosperous and
powerful and the Republic supreme among the
governments Of man
Senator Beveridge followed by Simeon
Ford whose ronicking wit literally kept the
bankers in an uproar half the time Mr. Ford
was on his feet.
MR.. FORD's BRIGHT SPEECH
Mr. Ford said in part:
When cone RD company pan 6 9 bs s53n like a5
around" It is a great spectacle TO see you al
shall be done, and how to 90 them. Gentlemen, /
did not come mere Voutal.!y, nus aI (l rdftors
was told that Mr.. Morgan, Secretary Gage ana .
would not be complete without my presence ThSy
told select my subject; bur II vas deil,
City Bank had better be left ursaid.
q banx varies With the state OF the money mar
ket When money is easy ne prfs bd Ina l1S o w
fully leans Oh mons f en- y9gI t Wba sad re-
anI youT o meet with when sor1ething has gone
wrong. If a Gordon Highlander has strained
Dutchman or an irish cook lady has sent home &
ster9g 9en tns same fbat he viii taRe Gov
eminent bonds instead Of your Balloon common
e er your T6 nlo1 You 20 home place your extre
ties in a hot bath and put porous plaster on the
BANKERS are too prone to judge man by his
ads n%eT ee so And yet clothes do not
the man # they dd Hetty Green would net Pc
in an old lady home If Uncle Russell had 10
travel on bis shape don't think ne ~ ~oqe e sf 5 dT
his due banks and trust companies 40 a sood aeie
us rit fro, INSTITUTIONS in which we are not
in another case might get SIX morris n pIls3ni
I am sorry Secretary Gage is not here l wanted
to have a few words with him in private nave ~
lust one criticism the Secretary II ne had oe
/ would have taken fall out OF II IISseII ard Set
he me near me-: but placed MS money IN d
rich well regulated. well oiled great laughter con
Germ that sreases the wheels of commerce. moves
machinery Of industry; starts the factory c9rn
tIemen had intended TO speak seriously but the
hour is late and will give some one else chance
10 get himself disked
THE GOVERNOR INTRODUCED.
The dinner was closed by Governor Roosevelt
who entered the dining room in company with ex-
Governor Morton amid applause The Governor
took some thoughts from the speeches by DR..
Striker and Senator Beverdge for his texts and
said laughingIy that he did not know much
about finance until the campaign Of 1896
While living his ranch in Dakota some years
ago he learned that some of his Dakotan neigh
bors wanted a currency based on corn; others
thought cotton a good basis. To many Of them
OF a plutocrat.
He found one Dakota county which com
planned that while the banks had plenty OF
money without any doubt they were ioatL to
lean it. On further inquiry. the Governor said,
he learned that the Network gold bugs" had
declined to loan money to this same county be-
cause it had defaulted on its interest payments
There scarcity of money out there
he said, but a scarcity Of collateral and 0Su BIT
of credit where there was collateral
With Senator Beveridge he agreed that every
man, whether from the West or the East, should
be taken his merits
He said the Westerners may have displayed
some sectionaism at times, but they were
Americans, above all. The banking business
was not close corporation and a question
Of a class but that chiefly required honesty
and common sense, like politics.