The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-09-27

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W . shoemakers then called ''seat Of b
work., in a jewelers. shop. We were |
:, tho midst of a financial crisis. The Ii
community had benin the enjoyment f
Of gold-basis money. Our paper had s
been bank notes, each OF which prom Il
ised to pay gold or silver on demand. ?
and some of our creditors wanting
supply of gold and silver, had drawn L
the basis from under our money and
left us in bankruptcy. Forced from I
my home, came to Boston and found
in that good city and the state to
Massachusetts a fostering mother, OF
whom in the latest day of.my life l
must be profoundly grateful. zap
plause.l But have not come TO re-
count my own history. The money
question lies before us. 1t is question
in witch each Of you have, Whether
YOU know it not, the deepest interest.
No man so poor, no man SO rlch' thaI
his fortunes are not effected by SUD.
den changes in the monetary system OF
the world.
Our country to-day presents spec
tacle pitiable in gods and men. where
on the surface Of the earth is It's equal
in fertility and wealth! What other
people can point to fields SO broad, SO
fertile and capable Of producing such
a variety of products. 1t sweeps from
ocean to ocean. 1t sweeps again from
beyond the lakes, over whose surface
the wintry winds howl requiem OF
gallant navies, and, beyond, the sum-
mer seat and the gulf upon whose
surface the summer breezes ever play;
The grains and the fruits OF the World
are ours. The fibres OF the World are
ours. Ours is almost monopoly OF
the finer grades of that fibre used
mostly by mankind in clOthing-cot-
ton. Our fields for the growth OF wool
exceed those of any other nation.
THE PRODUCING POWER.
: of the Rocky Mountains has not been
5 tested or measured. What nation ex-
9 ceeds us in the production of gold ana
! silver. So long ago-indeed l should
t saw so brief time ago-as 1888 1t was
s sa;d in ENGLAND to citizen of Boston:
: ssThe United States can never become
: great manufacturing country, lol
S that involves the enjoyment OF grea'
Il coal and iron fields And the answer
e of the Bostonian was: s.Slr, we rely
e greatly on water power. tie Woulo
e not have made that answer IN io.'
e. for our coal fields are equal to all tht
e. rest of the world, and our iron held'
y equal to all the rest Of the world
re [Great applause. There is no natur
ly al blessing with which nature can en-
It. dow a people that is not ours: ana We
is to-day masses of our people walk II
1t, hunger and despair. From week I
no week lunacv increases. From mont
on TO month the number Of suicides II
a creases. Our almshouses and othe
20 receptacles of poverty and dlstres
he were never so gOrged as now, ana Il
to the last year and a half honest me
CHI and women have in the city or Hhll
i'd delpha and elsewhere begged for az
5es mission to the house OF correction
lal common Jail to save them from GRIM
he prostitution, and restitution. Moht
yes will Weld no interest in manufactur
be in this stricken land Of ours, ana q
ta people, rather than engage IN entt
ron nrise. are glad to lend their mon
his to the government at four per Gel
i'm Real estate will not bear its oN
is charges in many instances, and t
OF assessed value of Boston shrank nj
ow- four millions in your last year.
is personal estate Shrank in greater p
be- norton. if remember the aSSeSSmel
lrge rightly. Labor idle; unemployed \
the chinery rusting; water-p0wer runnl
L of to waste; capital unproductlve. w
1ge is it.
S TO HAS WAR, PEsTILENCE, OR FAMIN
'' devastated the country within the
two or three years. No, my trlen
Since 1865 we have had no war. I
Me- broad country has been peculla
lg to free from pestilence, and we have D.
t of blessed with the largest crop Oh
lam- reals and tbres the American PEG
F. have ever produced. The question
: of too broad to be discussed in Diet
rleS- Let me invite your ATTENTION W VI
arse more instances. In 1907 liele CIV
ston, a decade or unparalleled pIospe!
N b. During that time the gold OF Can
cock MIA had been discovered, ana
Bos- mines yielded as they have ne
T. l.. Welded since. During that time
TT of riculture was blessed. and the pc
7. NJ. rot in Ireland, the British Isles,
Bos- the Continent created an unwol
:. c. demand for our eel eals. lmmlgra
Como ran UP to 100000 people. We
Bos- then blessed with gold-basis mo
John Even circulating note promised TO
IN of gold or silver on demand. and
|. II. night in 1857, at the close or
lbury decade of prosperity, we went 70
VIM. with our bank notes in our poci
Ter of confident that we were on a gold b
boro. and We awoke the next morning
head. breakfasted in that belief; but bt
Rob our dinner the Ohio Trust Com
se of had tailed. the ONO banks hau Id
oSton others followed. and the next
Mr. E. there was a fen de joie of bank fai
no in all over the country. The SUPP
nd an basis had been withdrawn, an
! the had irredeemable bank paper.
midst which there was a discount in
rmard state in which it was issued, al
which there was an additional
;, count wherever it travelled be
INES the borders of the state In VIII
t way. had been issued. and. In the
-o4;r,aC tho discount wOuli an