 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture - 2000 - 1036 страници
...like to close with a quote from William Jennings Bryan, " Bum down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic,...farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every tity in the country". TESTIMONY OF JERRY PARHAM Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, I am Jerry... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture - 2000 - 1128 страници
...then when he said "Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again at if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will...grow in the streets of every city in the country." Let me ask a question of you: What is the difference between the manufactures' of shoes, clothes, automobile... | |
 | Robert V. Hine, John Mack Faragher - 2000 - 634 страници
...down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic," he orated, "but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country."33 Bryan waged a fighting campaign and captured the states of the South and interior West,... | |
 | Andrei Cherny - 2008 - 290 страници
...cities rest upon our broad and fertile plains," he boomed. "Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic;...grow in the streets of every city in the country." His voice dropped low. The ten thousand leaned forward to hear him. "It is the issue of 1776 over again.... | |
 | H.W. Brands - 2002 - 383 страници
...the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic....grow in the streets of every city in the country!" At this the convention erupted in a sustained outpouring of approval. The delegates leaped to their... | |
 | Daniel Levitas - 2002 - 558 страници
...agriculture in the national economy — and they were right. "Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic;...grow in the streets of every city in the country," Bryan once said. In 1977 farmers sold more than $100 billion worth of goods and generated more jobs... | |
 | Donald J. Pisani - 2002 - 428 страници
..."the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic;...grow in the streets of every city in the country." Bryan spoke not just for the virtuous rural life; he articulated a widely held and deeply felt faith... | |
 | Lee Klancher - 148 страници
...Pumpkin Patch, California CHAPTER 2 A Long, Cold Winter "Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic;...grow in the streets of every city in the country. " — William Jennings Bryan, campaign speech, Democratic National Convention of 1896 The Depression... | |
 | Kenneth C. Davis - 2009 - 717 страници
...gold, western farmers against eastern business, Bryan said, "Burn down your cities and leave our farms and your cities will spring up again as if by magic;...grow in the streets of every city in the country." With a great theatrical flourish, he concluded, "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this... | |
 | Louis Sandy Maisel, Kara Z. Buckley - 2005 - 600 страници
...The great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic;...grow in the streets of every city in the country, (from Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech ("You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of... | |
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You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic;... 
