The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-31

raising it. There Is no induce
ment to break new lands, for man
does not want to work for glory alone while
| (Applause.) The farmer to-day is worse off
than slave, for he had at least two suits Of
clothes and food enough to eat, while the farm
er is happy if he can get one suit.
HELP.
| call on you. citizens Of st. Paul, to stand
by the people in this emergency. suffer and
you suffer; your trade is crippled for the want
of money which the farmers havs not. because
they cannot sell their wheat. I send
my wheat to Hastings and am Of
| fered 40 cents per bushel, and if
cannot pay my petty debts I am twitted by
these wheat Shylocks.
CAUSE OF THE DEPRESSION.
| If there is people on earth who should be
interested in reforms, it is the people of St.
Paul You can remember as well as I can
| when labor was valuable. In the closing years
of the war and the years Immediately follow
| ing, there was in circulation $36 for every man,
woman and child in the country, and now there
| is but so per capita. Nominally there is $13,
but after the deposits of banks are deducted
| there is but So in circulation. When
| there was a currency of $3.50 per head
the country was the most prosperous on the
lobe, and now with 50 per head it is probably
| the most Impoverished. There is no country
in crowded Europe where there are many
| persons out of employment in America to-
day. France, with circulation Of $50 per
| capita, is now the most prosperous and Hour
ishing country in the world. (Applause.) I
/ tell you. gentlemen, we are on the brink of a
| volcano. Remember the terrible outbreak of
/ a year ago, when railroads were seized
| by a lawless mob, cities were taken
possession of by desperate men, life was de-
| stroyed and capital wasted, and trembled
for the safety Of institutions. What has
| become Of that mass of discontented, ground
| down men? They have not gone back to hon.
est labor. They are patiently waiting for the
relief which the ballot box give them. Great
applause.) met q friend from Delano who
| had attended large mass meetings in Chicago.
He heard there, he said. doctrines and senti-
ments promulgated which made him shudder.
The financial policy of the government has
| ground the working man down SO low-robbed
him of his home and hope till communism is
ready to raise its red flag and daunt its lurid
| torch. Hunger has driven them to it, and
what is the remedy? Not in standing armies
and the strong heel of the government. Gap
plause.) 1t is in prosperity and restored in
dnstry. Immense applause.) We cannot hold
the laboring man down with the bayonet-they
are dangerous weapons to handle and We
at the right end (Laughter.)
And what has done this? The Republicans in
the East do not say that all the Republicans
are responsible, but such men jay Gould and
John Sherman and X. b. Hayes-thev have led
us on to this quagmire. They have done it to
| make money scarce, and scarce money is dear
money and dear money deprcciates all forms
Of property that one dollar is
| equivalent for more labor. more wheat
growing more destitute and the rich growing
| rich. My doctrine is that this country is made
| for the people, and not for the money lenders.
| (Applause.) Give rs prosperous people, a
happy people, progressive people, and the
financial questions will take care Of themselves.
/ Great applause.) Give us an oppressed peo-
pie, tax-burdened people, . shifrles. people,
IN idle people, and the financial
problem becomes the momentous
question of the hour. England
went through the same experience, and when
the ordeal commenced there were 10000 per
sons owning real estate. and. at the completion
Of the process the number was reduced to 90
600! Men were drawn off the land into aims
houses, and to America. and to suicide. When
| | visited Pope county, thought here, at least.
is free soil, with the land free from debt, but
| was assured. by the register of deeds, that
there are $500. 600 in mortgages on the land
most of the mortgages being in the hands Of
Corbin Co., OF New York. The lands are pas
sin. away from the people to swell the wealth
Of money lenders and banking companies.
1 RETRoaRADING.
II ia suggested that the remedy il in a change
of ownership Of the soil That a few shall be-
become their tenants. There you have it.
This in what this country il coming to. Some
Of you came from there where the few
own the soil. and you fed across the sea in
loathing and disgust to seek q land where
you could own the soil, and
now you are told you are to give
up your lands. Now what do they intend t.
do with their mechanics and artisans? Listen
to this there the speaker read extract from
the New York T,nes.) Now think Of that. my
friends. The farmer Is to 60 back to the Eng.
li.h standard; the machinist il to 60 back t.
the English standard; why not the government
90 back to the English standard and com plet<
the metamorphoses. fApplause.) The Tune,
says the farmer and the mechanic must &c
back to those positions. because GoD has assign
ed them to those positions. The Con they mean
il John Sherman.
That eminent divine-more eminent than di.
vine-Henry Ward Bcecher-made = speech in
1 Plymouth church pulpit-he - paid go. 900 :
year. and lives in all the luxury Of Solomon
himself. Laughter and applause.) He said q
lab0ring man ought to Be- satisfed 70 aAk dol
lar day, because he csn live on bread and
water. The man can vary it-and Henry like
variety. fAppIause and laughter.l He chr
have for breakfsst bread and water: for dinner
water and bread. and for supper, water with
ont the bread This il . good dea
like the old Lady who kept be-
boarders dried apples. She gavs
them dried apples for breakfast, hot wate1
for dinner and let them swell up for supper
II once heard Of : young fellow Who had been
keeping company with young lady for lons
time when she gently limited to him the pro
priety Of getting married. She could live On
bread and water with him. she said. All right