william jennings bryan. in a fundamental way they were aiming for the same thing. william jennings bryant became the spokesman of the populist movement in the 1890'ss and at the heart of the populist movement was a belief that the financial system of the united states was tilted against farmers specifically. ordinary people generally but farmers specifically. they had a very specific complaint, namely falling prices for farm products. the price of corn went down by half between the 1870s at 1890s. cotton was a little more. this was a very serious problem for farmers because farmers typically operate under conditions of that and debtors are seriously disadvantaged when prices fault. if you are a $100 when week is $1 a bushel you have to grow 100 bushels to pay it back. but if it is $0.50 you need 200 bushels to pay it back. the fundamental goal for the trick behind managing a money-supply is to get the money supply to grow at the same rate as the economy as oil hole. if you do then prices overall will remain stable. the fall in prices was a consequence of the success in the american econom

analysis on the poppist party's rise and fall in the midwest the most important figure was williams jennings bryant and his speech that could hear and it's a big part of william sapphire and he sounds kind of squeaky and you got william jennings bryant the cross of gold and my own political hero when i was a kid richard known. i don't tell anybody. [laughter] >> so tell us how bryan and nixon. >> richard nixon would roll over in his grave to be compared william james bryan. they were aiming for the same thing. william jennings bryan became a poppist speaker moment and there was a belief that the financial system of the united states was tilted against farmers, specifically. ordinary people generally but farmers specifically. and they had a very specific complaint, namely, falling prices for farm products. the price of corn went down by half between the 1870s and the 1890s. wheat was comparable. cotton was a little bit more than. this was a very serious problem for farmers because farmers typically operate under conditions of debt. and debtors are very seriously disadvantaged when prices fall. if yo