The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-17
RAWL|NS' GREAT SPEECH
OPENS THE CAMPAIGN
Tremendous Rally at Provo Marks Beginning of
Democratic Fight For Supremacy
Wonderful Enthusiasm Shown by King and Frank
Cannon Also Deliver Telling Addresses.

adding so much 10 the public debt. Tho
same congress authorized the secretary
Of the treasury to fund the treasury notes
and greenbacks in interest bearing bonds.
thus converting this legal tender money
into the debt Of the nation. They haN9
also sought 10 convert silver money
amounting TO about S50O.0J0oo into
dehf represented By bonds bearing inter-
est THE Fowler bin which recently
passed the house OF REPRESENTATIVES, hat
this for its object II these schemes OF
the Republican party are carried into Ell
feet the debt Of the nation wili De aug
mented more than Si00o.e9O0e.
Moreover. the outstanding bonds. Vnleh
by their terms were payable IN coin, thas
is. gold or silver. have. by hepnnAcs9
hesitation been converted INTO gola
bonds. thus adding greatly 90 the burden
OF the obligation Of the people
II is the settled policy or the Heono-
Iican party not 20 paw Off. hut 10 a4z-
ment the bonded debt OF the united
states In order that the bonds may bo
donated 10 the national banks. UPON
which they may issue bank notes 70 CIR
ct:late as money ND 10 the par Naiue u
the bonds; and we are Informed oS ths
present secretary of the treasury that
e Is careful 10 keen on hand READY
made a large supply of such notes 70 Do
turned over TO the banks
Senator Beverage SAYS That since ~
spanish war the other expenses Of ths
government were more than Sl,0oo0o'yss
The fact is that appropriations mace ~
each congress since that tine D ss
amounted TO about Sl.5yeg'.yo- ts
burden of indebtedness which the people
must pay. including interest. has been.
therefore greatly increased. MnatrFes
J EXPENSES have been paid. have been pAl9
| not by the Republican party, net out os
| the taxes gathered from the people o. al
| nsrtfes This extravasant expenditure
I nil not prove a blessing but curse 10
/ the American people.
Farm Products Less in Value.
Further on in his speech is another ex-
| ample OF inaccuracy. / quote TINS ial-
| guage: THE cash value OF the proouets
| OF American farms themselves lhcIeaseu
| in value nearly S5.000.e00.00o. In answer
10 mis- I compare the value OF the agri-
/ cultural products of 1850 with those o.
IeB taken from the report OF tne de-
J partment of agriculture. Ine corn c l,l
| of 1850 was valued at Sslelli,4ss. IN lsvy
~ Was valued at SOL .z20.0Si an increase
| IN, twenty wears OF about yls,gg1nOo lilo
| --heaf crOp in 1850 was S4ls.2ol,ooe. In 80
II was S3Z3. 525.1T1. a decrease eL ssel -
| sI50 000 600 Oats in 1880 was Sl0o. l4s-s.ss
In 1900. SOS e6l. 233. an increase OF 30 90
600 600 Rye in 1850 Was slo.so4:,oi; IN -, isoss
SO 2q5. AZ a decrease of S5.2y9 o9- BAL
lev In 1850 was S30.OO0.l42. IN lS59 ~ 49,
S74075.2Il decrease on 49, 49, a.,
That IS in 1900 the value or these an -.
PRODUCTS was s2s.250O0o less than II "as
senator Beveridge SAYS the only law
| ever enacted 10 regulate russ 49,
passed By a Republican congress; II 49,. 800
| - trne n was evidently INTENDED tnat
| the law should be A dead letter Dtills
the last five years. Wneh truhto Ner :,
multiplied and spread themselves oseA
| The land doubling prices IN many IL
| stances TO the American people ana loH :
! ering them to the foreigner. raIsihs 20
! cost of living and depressing tIe "" -, =
| Of abor destroying competition ahe - -
| in1 into bankruptcy independent IeoCt >
- h1,Stness men no attempt whatever
| has been made TO enforce TINS law. AH9
TSenublicans have refused 70 enact Any'
| additional legislation 10 suppiensnt -
! perfect il This Is not strange With p
| ,-ec,I that trusts have put and Kept IN
mower the Republican party. me inO ssg
-.,,sf has furnished TO the adninlstf :.
| Cage and shaw TO contract the INA ~.
| ~ fha Government and the money ~ -
s'-.a-aet THE sugar trust has fursaishe1
| its attorney. Secretary ROOT. 70 GUY So.
The war department. The state OF 80 ~ = \
Jersey the creator or trusts: - - Ir
Griggs. and he was sueeeeqieut t ny AM ana
| The attorney OF the steel u 80
2 1-a,eS nv IL 10 succeed CITIES IN 80
control Of the law department; So So,sI
a Republican of either praIich o. -c s--
. / gress has retained MS g 5Ieteteo III
.brough subserVience 10 the oiclS'es "a
: the trusts.
( Trusts and Prosperity.
e r,o,,eridge saws that the government
.lIsI,+ 80 control the trusts. but, untortu-
,a1alv frusts absolutely control the so
eminent through their eontroal, o mic eaT
leaders and organizers OF the asDo,,nces
c party It -. ana mono9olies are the au,
i Tlor through the Republican party r6y,s o. D
en- our modern happiness ana proSp -,
. itv. or if not this that ihsy ,ro - =,
: ,aceesarv conconnitant and outgtohtn :. "
{ me- ,,-asreTitV. WHY should such oenei
scent institutions therefore, be eis si,, ss'
Io9i t,,terfered with? According 10 beNei'