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Election Of 1896

 

            My fellow farmers, I think you are just like me, under the strain of unbearable .
            
             products continuing to fall, how are we to pay back our bank debts? How can .
             our way of life survive? .
             I would submit to you that the Democrats, lead by Mr. William Jennings Bryan, .
             has polices that can help us. With a combination of free-silver money policy, .
             lower tariffs to benefit working-class consumers, income tax on the wealthy and .
             a fight against monopolies and trusts, Mr. Bryan can bring our hardship to an .
             end. The Republican, on the other hand, seek polices that will benefit the .
             wealthy at the expense of bankrupting the hardworking farmers of America. .
             Take money issue for example. The gold standard has restricted the amount of .
             money in our economy which is responsible for the general appreciation of the .
             value of money and thus, the falling prices of farm commodities. At the same .
             time, this money appreciation has also caused our debt burden to increase. Mr. .
             William Jennings Bryan's free coinage of sliver would expand the amount of .
             money in circulation and counteract the phenomenon that I have described. With .
             more money in circulation, inflations will drive farm prices up while making .
             our debt cheaper to pay back. .
             My dear fellow farmers, I caution you against the Republicans who favor the .
             gold standard. They would like nothing better than to foreclose on our .
             farms. Nothing better expresses our contempt for the Republicans than Bryan's .
             ?not to press down thiscrown of thorns? on labor's head?.
             Also, let us turn our attention to the issue of taxation. The Democrats? tax .
             policy would distribute tax burdens equally among Americans. This is plain .
             fair and American. The Republicans would have you believe that we should give .
             the rich a tax break so that the rich can spend to pull our country out of our .
             current economic crisis. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In fact, .
             the rich will save and not spend most of their tax savings.


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