Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-10-29
Gen. WOOdford on Currency and
Labor.


Gen. WoOdford on Currency and
Labor.
| am here to fight this initiation here
sy, because | believe it is undermining
the credit of your Government and mine;
because believe it is paralyzing our in
dustry; because ] believe it prevents
our fortunes from being improved; it
prevents capital from seeking investment,
and it is to day cursing the laboring man
by raising barrier that does not exist
between the capitalist on the one hand,
and the laborer on the other. Ap-
plause. There is and there should be
no just antagonism between capital and
labor. What is capital? 1t is the sur
plus earnings of labor If man earns
one dollar ond spends ninety-fve cents
and keeps five cents, to that extent he
belongs to the capitalist class. Capital
is nothing but the money that has been
saved out of labor in the years that are
gone.
We want restored business. WHY
does it not come? There are tonight,
in the banks of Chicago, Cincinnati, St.
Louis, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Wilmington, New York,
Boston, nearly two hundred millions of
dollars that are not earning interest.
Why Because the men that own that
money dare not trust any business.
Don't you who work want the best wa
ges you can get for your time Certain
ly you do. Don't you think the men
that own that money want the best in
terest they can get? They do, provid-
ing only that interest is consistent with
safety; they don't want to lose the prin-
cipal In order to get high interest. Why
is not that money used Why does not
business start? What is credit? Have
you ever stopped to think what is credit?
Suppose that you are not paid till Sat
urday night; during the week you want
something; you have not saved any
thing with which to buy it; you 90 to
the corner grocery store, and if you are
an honest man, and have always paid
your bills before, the grocery man trusts
you for what you want till Saturday
night, and when you get your wages you
pay him. He knows you are honest and
will pay, and he gives you credit Cred
1t is the belief of one man in the honest
intention and ability of another; and
precisely what credit is in the transac-
ton between the poor man and the cor
ner grocery store, that is credit in every
office and department of business and
commercial life. Why don't rich men
invest their money to-day? Simply be-
cause credit is impaired Why is cred
it impaired? Because a great party in
this State, and for years in this nation,
has been endeavoring to destroy the com
mercial credit of the country by threat
ehlng every day and every hour that it
will double the amount of the paper
money debt. Speech IN Ohio.
CLEAN Pens FOR PICS. We deem it
a doubtful policy although very com
NOM to make the manure cellar an
apartment for pigs. An animal whose
carcass is used for food should be kept
in clean place, with pure air. The pig
is one of the most tidy of all animals,
naturally, and will take more pains to
keep his bed clean than any other farm
animal Nothing is more false than its
Proverbial dirtiness this imputation
properly belongs TO its negligent owner.
in not making suitable provisions and
furnishing clean aud pure apartments
Country Gentleman
An / diana school boy has written his
name high up on the scroll of fame this