The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-11-01

Quoting the business of the country
under any such system.
| | have now given eight specific in
stances in which Mr. Bryan has be-.
come known as the advocate of
measures which the plain, common
sense OF The business men of the
country recognize as measures ineon-
sistent with the success of enterprise
and the salty of investment. These
specific measures are the free coin
age of silver, initiative and referen-
DUN. the government ownership of
railroads, the enforced guarantee of
bank deposits the arbitrary fixing of
railroad rates without inquiry into
facts, the putting of trust control
! articles on the free list TO the ruin of
American competitors, the with
drawal of the protective element in
American tariff, the requirement of
Federal license Most of these are
violations of those universal laws
which control the development and
progress of the business of the world,
here and eyerywhere-not laws vol
unfairly adopted. but laws imposed
by human nature, essential elements
In the great processes of production
and trade and not subject to the con
troll of any government whatsoever.
Now, | ask you to consider the
effect upon thebnsiness of thecountry
putting in control at Washington a
man who has the will and the power
to do these things.
What manufacturer will have the
confidence 10 risk money in the pur-
phase of raw material and of ma
chinery, and payment of wages for
manufacture If majority of the peo-
pie put into power party which
believes in Withdrawing all protection
H from manufactured articles and In
i putting all such articles as some ex-
ecutiye officer in Washington Is NOV
ed 10 declare under trus control
upon the free list. so that at any
moment the product of manufacture
/ may be subjected 10 unrestricted
foreign competition?
Il What merchant will have conf
dence to risk money in the purchase
/ of goods from foreign or from Amer
/ lean producers If some executive of
! ficer In Washington is liable at any
moment to distroy their yaule by the
! removal of the duty under which
they were purchased and has power
] to prevent their owner from selling
them according to the needs TO such
customers as he can find and at such
prices as he can get?
Who is 10 put money into the ex-
tension and equipment of railroads
necessary for the conduct of the busl-
ness of the country II We put into
power in Washington a party whose
all-powerfnl leader In the presidents
chair proposes 10 take the properly
over into the hands of the govern
ment at the governments own valn-
alton and is in favor of limiting the
rates 10 be charged for its use by
perfectly arbitrary Legislation adopt
ed without any regard whatever to
the eose of transacting the business
or the rates necessary TO produce a
| profit?
/ Who is TO have confidence 10 put
his money into the banking business
when II is 10 be subject not merely to
the risks involved in the judgment
and integrity of tho men whom he
selects TO manage II, but to be made
a guaranty for the credit OF all the
unknown men who may find 1t uesful
for their sehems OF speculation or
dishonesty 10 go through the forms
of taking ont a charter under the
free banking system?
What confidence would there he I'm
any business under government
With the will and the power to des-
troy the gold standard and inagurate
Il the free coinage of silver. and
threatening the destruction of our
! old and well-considered methods of
representative legislation by the adj
option of the unknown and untried
system of the initiative and referen-
dunn
Nor are these specific proposals In
themselves the only cause for the
| destruction of confidence which
would be found in the election of Mr.
Bryan. The character and quality of
the man indicated by them Is such
that no one can tell what new patent
remedy he may seize upon at any
time to meet the political exigencies
OF the moment. or do away with con-
ditions which cause dissatisfaction
among any part OF his followers
Unacyuainted with the difficulties of
administration and unfamiliar with
the complicated forces that move the
tremendous machinery of our vast
industrial life the habit of his mind
is TO seek cheap and easy remedies to
cure deep-seated tendencies which re-
quuire patience, the considerable
wisdom OF men who know the sub
ject with whish they are dealing
firm and persistent administration
and popular instruction and edu-
cation. His tendency Is to believe his
own advertisements and to kill his
patient with quaek remedies.
The business world distrusts
man of that temperament and justly
distrusts him. for he can do Infinite
harm. The news of his election
would bring doubt and distrust to the
mind of every man having money to
invest In American enterprises. 1t
would prevent all new enterprise. II
would reduce the activity OF all ex-
isting enterprises. Lack of conf
dence. contraction. business depres-