The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-04-08
Graenback Mass Meeting at Farwell
Hall

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ing the gre onback full legal tender, wa
. held at Farwrll Hall. Although but few
! hours notice had been given, by few min
utes past eight over 500 substantial voter
were in Attendance large proportion .
whom Of whom were sturdy. honest work
iugmen.
The meeting was called to order ~ Mr.
Springer, Chairman Of the Independent
Central COMMITTEE who nominated Mr.
BuriIck chairman, Who Was unanimously
elected
MR. BURuiCK CANE FogWtED
ana stated that he felt proud " the homo,
conferred upon him by maAing him chairman
W tins question Of currency reform lie a,
not orator, but he could not take his seat
without saNI~g that tins question had been
ignored heretofore hy polirItad parties In.
people We're the gov eminent. aIi Whvu Il.
representatives lerlslatei III their interest
they were content. At tins time the people
mere dissatisfied with the legislation which
had been performed This party WAS IN favor
| Of legislation tor the interests Of the people
lie did NOT come to make speech aud nv
would, therefore, introduce
Ma. JAMES Et,HA>A>.
Of indianapolis. Mo would address tie
| meeting Nj Buchanan !, ,id ~ c..ne b,ior,
! the ludienc, t. speak 70 them upati a ,urs
| tInu 81 personal interest ~ each aud every
one ~ them n, uttered az neN truth.
| ia a Truth known to an ~ them when
he ,aid that labor produced nearly all
the wealth that Was produced ~ tn. term
lvhur he meant mental aud manual labor
combined. Ia the economy u our advanced
lat.n
Ia former times there wer, ieN trades and few
| occupations Products weTe fee, indeed. ex-
! cept the mere gathering ~ those things that
! nature had prepared almost ready for eX-
! change, that went on at that tim. by the
means If barter They exchanged things Of
/ actual value for consumption. A. cIvIliza-
tIon advanced It became necessary u have a
| common medium through which to effect
| these exchanges cold AMI silver came INTO
use IA tins way. There was an additional
| element known IN the commercial world As
| credit, which Wa established ~ the Ph1-uic-
| iaus This credit has been used FIR centuries
| IN various forms, the most Important OF " hich
was called money, or currency. The word,
| currency, applied to anything which applied
to the exchange of commodities from hand to
| hand The term. money was a generic term,
applylug ID all kinds NJ money There was
a class ia early times which built up a money
power ia the shaPe ~ tTihute- There was
Aho'i'' eieiiieH' H'.n N'i'.e th', outsider
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ous u the moneyed power winch had in
creased from century 10 century Money
vas a uon-producer. but latur made all the
wealth. Money enabled a.. pie u ,iIst ribute
the products If their iabur. AID had been de
nominated a tool ~ traie Tins distribution
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! IApplause The bullionists assert that the
more money there is the more debts there
are. This was simply untrue. If business
were done IN cash these never could be hurt
by the failure Of others. Why did the fails
uer OF jay Cook bank drag down 80 many
other houses All oyer the land because
they "eIe al ooune '"sg1heI y s"9 rope u
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than the best hank check IN the world II
his hearers desired to continue free in land
Of whose freedom they they were accustomed