The Detroit times., 1914-01-10


! tae hall and mounted the platform,
(, accompanied by President Couzen5'
9f the Board Of Commerce. the mem
Y Dcrs stood and cheered. On being IN
roduced. Mr.. Bryan lost no time. He
(! tretched out hts hand 10 still the
J applause. and launched az once into
I lis subject The new era"
He spoke in part, AZ follows
! 1t required no persuasion 20 sc.
! cure my acceptance of the invitation
. spend an hour with you. There 5
only one criticism OF the methods you
} rave employed in bringing mo you
hould have come IN an automobile
! instead OF an electric car
My desire is not TO get people to
y hink as do but tog II them 10
!, hink. | have such faith In the trl-
! unph OF every righteous cause Thar
J am convinced that if wo can get
! people TO think, they will In time
reach the proper conclusion on every
! important question. ! have not been
7 able TO get all people at once into
lagreement with what | thought
J nave had 70 wait l6 years, but II Is
I better TO walt 10 years than 10 en-
III 10y SMUT pCi'oN w NN4Ai'N''''F t
/ pIness.
Mr.. Bryan praised the Board Of
4 Commerce for its work In Detroit
u "Will you let me give YOU susges-
y tion?" he asked. Il heard Gov cox
n n Toledo last night | venture 10 say
n that you can 60 TO the history oi the
country for 80 years and be unable
sd find single years record mat sur
/. passes that OF Ohio for single year
suggest that you ask GOV Cox 10
!. come here and tell you what has Oeeh
Ii accomplished in ohio. ! am strong
or man today because | have been q
= trong man at work IN OHIO,
There isn't community that can't
De saved If II hts few strong men
\ u,ho are willing 20 butt their heads
i gainst stone wall and have ialth
IN God want 10 tell you few
u things that have been accomplished
rs a man who has faith. He'Who cal
cIlates IS lost: and man can't hold
a mass meeting to determine what he
thinks.
+ Just as soon "a he took Office.
\ Woodrow Wilson asked: Where's the
\ PEN? And as soon as they brought
Il lin the pen. he called special ses-
Il son OF congress. He showed con
/ ress that by spirit OF helpfulness
+ md cooperation, things could De ac-
|. complished.
Il "A tariff bill was passed-a better
one than | expected. 1t has brought
|, bout reduction OF prices, but that
| sn't the most important thing that u
/ mas accomplished. 1t has shown that
+, panic can't be caused by change
a
/ OF parties The tariff bill was passed.
|. and those who were most fearfii
!, found that the sun rose next morning
|, and the rains fell as usual Thank
| God Woodrow Wilson has set peo-
Me free, For the generation. ar
| least people will do their own eco
| aomic thinking and will vote as they
/ mink.
For the first time. in this tariff
| bill, they put in an income tax
notice YOU don't applaud. l know the
kind of organization I'm talking 10.
| You paw only an admission fee OF so.
| You're not an organization OF pluto
| rats. Only one man out OF 20 VIII
AVE To nav an income tax, and some
of the ig are here Why not spplaud
You won't offend me by applauains
he income tax.
1T took 10 years Co reverse the de-
cision OF the supreme court IN the IN
come tax--l9 years for 90 n1n. 600 ne@-
| IL 40 reverse the decision OF nine
| men. WhenI saw the bill ! rubbed
my eyes Five per cent where 10
ears ago | couldn't get two? was
l afraid there had been some mistake
hut the senate raised IL To seven. and
| even tried 10 raise II 20 ten
Those who 70 years ago could not
! ind words hard enough for the dema
| aogues who frFored the income tax
. now saw that it is only right that
| those who have the wealth should pay
the taxes
Mr.. Bryan turned to the currency
| bill
This bill ought too make all bank
ers. but two classes happy he said
in the hrst class is the man who D.
in business. not for banking, but FOR
he power It gives him, Tho men
| who have, banked for exploitation
| knew this Dill and did not Ike II
and was drawn SO thoy would not
Ike II. The second class Is composed
Of bankers. who draw their thoughts
rom New York. and who so down
| on their Knees every morning and
"a yfo their New York cOrrespti
| dent. Give us this day our daily
| opinion
This bill provides that YOU can PIT
mn the security You have and gel
money into the community whom YOU
need IT, This bib vindicatod the SOW
creign right of the people 70 issue
their own money. The goyepmcni
has/taken back the fight Il had leased
and loaned TO private corporations
MIR. Bryan described the struggle