The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-07-06

the legal tender act as either fixing a
stan lard value or regulating money
values. or making that money which
has no intrinsic value.
Then they say again that the consti-
tuition does not contemplate the num-
Der of grains of silver that shall be in
the dollar. or that its intrinsic value
shall correspond with its legal value
1t i, for congress to say how many
Egrains of that metal shall constitute a
dollar. and when congress has said. has
spoken. and has declared what shall be
u dollar. it is a dollar whether il has
more or less than three hundred and
sixty-tive grains. (Applause) Now that
Is the decision OF the supreme court.
Who is the crank now? But cannot
tonight fully discuss the silver questi ion
As | would like to do but | am ready to
do il at all times and against all COM
mers. tApplause.)
1t is Wall street that tells you Of the
necessity of there being a dollars worth
Of bullion in every silver dollar. Con-
gress which has the power should make
your money so that it will be worth a
little more As coin than it is for bullion
| then it will remain at home )Ap-
| plause.)
If you increase the bullion value of
the coin, then you have no assurance
that your money will remain at home.
because it can be taken out of the couu-
| try without loss What we want is the
dollar made by jefferson. Jackson.
| Washington. which is worth Il little
| more for coin than for bullion. and then
it will stay at home. John Sherman
said, not long ago. in speech in the
senate, the trouble with the Bland
dollar was that you could not get rid
of it: if you paid it out it would come
| right back to you" That is exactly
the kind OF dollar for me- (.Applause
And that is the kind of IL dollar this
country wants. and that is the kind of
dollar that will bring prosperity.
(Applause,l | want to say here, stand
in" in the grand old city. to repeat
what jackson said: Il never will. no
never. give my concent to any law or
any policy that allows nonresident
aliens to meddlc with our domestic
system of finance" (Applause.)
The trouble is they are t.uropcniziny
this country. (Applausc.) We have
the aristoratic English system here.
We are aping England in everything,
and it is working the improverishmcnt
of labor building up monorolies, pilin.
up of private fortunes mountain high
which threaten to destroy this re
public. We want an American system
of finance which shall be in harmony
with our American institutions. Jap
plause.) That is what we want and
that is what we are going to have when
the people get into power (applausc
and we are going into power, don'1
you forget that. We are going ther.
because an honest man cannot resist
this party. We are going to- have
money: and when we are in power We
viii: give you three kinds of money
gold, silver and paper, all issued BY
the government and not by the banks
and all made full legal tender for al
debts. public and private. (Applause
That is our platform, and we are goin.
to give you the advantage of it. w,
know IT would not be well to give yol
too much of it at once. We know i
would not be well to give starving
man full meal at once: it would pro
duce congestion OF the stomach: and st
it would not do. And we will not give
the people more than they need: We
shall only give them enough To dc
business with on q cash basis and no
go beyond limited amount We ar,
not going to contiscate a mans propert,
or anything of the kind. but we intent
to stop the con1isoation Of propcrt,
that is going on now. All class law:
shall be repealed. SO that u poor mar
shall have a chance in this country t
support himself and family. tApplause
This is what We intend to do.
Then again. in regard to transpor
tation. We believe that the publ.
highway belongs to the public. Blu
what is the condition Of things to-day:
The railroads have got control Of tn.
trade and commerce Of the world: ant
instead OF congress regulating the
faculties for transportation. il is done
by railroad kings. Tbs railroads have
usurped that prerogatire. and they ar.
charging us three or four prices fol
the right to ride and ship over the
public highway.
; That was known a> the Reagan bill
which was pending in congress toI
about ten years. sought to prohibit tn.
roads from charging more for a shor
haul than they do for long one Blu
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