The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-03-27
ublic interest
Questi ns


|. Should the amount of circulating medium
of the u s. be increasedi
2. Do you favor free coinage OF silverf
=. What are the causes and remedies Of agrf-
cultural depressionf
l. Should the u. S. Government own the rail
roads, telegraph and telephone lines and the ex-
press businesss
s. Are you in favor of verdicts by majority
OF the iuryY
g. Should the u s. Senators be elected by a
direct voter
e. Should not the u S. senators be nominal
cd by their respective parties and legislators
elected on that issuef
\ Should presidential electors except those
at large, be chosen by districts as per legislative
/ resolutions
! o. Should free passes be accepted by legislat-
| ors.
TO- Should there be sworn statements by can.
! didates as to campaign expensesY
| n. Would you favor semi.an collection OF
taxesY
| ". Do you favor the addition of the southern
| tier OF townships In Saginaw Co. to Shiawasseef
10. Should the county seat be removed from
| Corunna to Owosso.
"a, Would you favor the agitation OF the local
| option law and its enforementY
| 10. What has been the result of the Patrons
movements
| 10. Do you favor the appropriation of $50, 900
for the @. A. r. encanpment at Detroit.
~. Do you favor holding alternate terms Of
| circuit court In OwossoS
Is. Do you favor cooperative business ven
| ture like the Shiawassee Co. Milling Association
and are there any reasons why this should not
| succeed.
! 1. Yes. There certainly should be a
change. There is demand in this country
for about so much money. 1t must be had
to make our exchanges.
2. Unfortunately people do not exert
themselves to acquire what they do want
Silver as long as we had free coinage of
41219 grains to the dollar remained as
valuable as gold 25.S grains of gold and re-
manned SO until silver was demonetized in
1879 and 1878. Our silver dollar today
having only 70 cents in it before being
coined, after going under the die and recev-
ing the impress of the nation is worth 100
cents in gold. Therefore give us the bene-
fitof the % cents and we do not care how it
is coined.
3. Read the history Of ancient Rome.
No one but a monOpOlist who wishes to live
off the sweat of his neighbours brow can
answer intelligently that oyer production of
wheat, pork and beans ever caused hard
woI king man to go to work with an empty
stomach or made his children cry for bread.
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streets and say there is an over production
of clothing If they are bare footed is it be-
cause there is an over production of boots
and shoes? When farmer comes to town
: with worn out wagon and harness tied
with strings, we all know it is because there
II a over production of wagons and har-
nesses, and if his team is so poor they do
not make a shadow, it is because there mas
been an over production of hay, oats and
curry combs. We say it is through railroad
land grants, sales to syndicates, exorbitant
taxation both state and national. The CAPT
talists have gotten things arranged so as to
be completely secure of their prize. By
owning two organizations, one labeled ''Re-
publican" and the other Democrat" they
can completely neutralize all other efforts
that heretofore have been made. | admit
the price of produce Is governed largely by
the quantity that is produced or is possible
to produce in given time. The demand
determines the amount produced, the mar
ket determines the demand and the cOndi-
ton of the people determines the market.
Therefore the future of this nation rests
upon these two facts: That profit on CAPT
tai shall or must be diminished. and that
the wages of the producers shall be increased.
4. Yes. Or oban control and operate
in the interest of the people.
II. Yes.
10. The result of the Patrons movement
has been mainly education, legislation and
the elevation and upholding the dignity of
labor. We found il necessary to meet COM
binatiOn with combination that we may have
a herring. We first meekly ask a reason
able discount for cash; they shut the door in
our face. Then we demanded it, We were
confronted by huge combination or trust.
Then the dignityOf labor asserted itself by
an upward pressure of moral and material
force. And we are going to have what we
ask through the Patrons Commercial Union.
We don't want the earth, but we intend TO
have our rightful share of what we produce
upon it. All we ask is our industrial free
dom.
1S. Yes. am i'm favor of the farmers
having a mill so that they may be insured
in the time to come of receiving honest
weights and measures and their lawful
amount OF TOLL. Are there any reasons why
this should not succeed? No Ii is thought
by some that the stockholders could not
work in unison, but all who possess honesty
and brains car harmOnize. They will ask
on what can they unite. We say on putting
in their own pocket the profit that always
goes to some combination of capitalists
which usually amounts to more than one
third of the cost of production. Why can
all unite upon this? Because all who go
into this will have correct ideas. Correct
ideas always precede successful action.
This knowledge imposes upon the producing
classes the duty of adjusting social relations
to moral principles, knowing our only re-
dress is in helping one another. Hence
cooperation is the next stage of social de-
velopment. +. He.
VIII answer your questions from my point