The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-12-07
CONTRACTION.
INJURY 1T HAS WROUGHT OUR
COUNTRY.
A Writer in the Kansas Agitator Tells
Some Plain Truths for the Good of
the People-How Gold Bugs Have

Been Working Us-Spread the Light.
The vampire of contraction is drain
ing the life blood of the nation. 1t is
sick unto death. The remedy pre-
scribed by the Cleveland Wall street
medical council is more vampire.
Every energy of concentrated pi
tai is being exerted to secure mono
metalism. The popular branch of
congress has surrendered. Let the
silver senators beware of the specious
promises of those who desire uncon-
ditional repeal of the Sherman law.
The moment the advocates o. gold
standard have secured such repeal,
they have entrenched themselves be-
hind Notifications from which no tao
tics of their opponents can dislodge
them. 1t will be impossible to over
come the veto OF Cleveland and the
two-thirds majority necessary to put
silver on an equality with gold If
congress grants unconditional repeal
the doom of silver is sealed. With its
demonstration, the cessation of coin.
age and the consequent contraction of
our currency, the already deprecated
valves of the country will shrink one
third more.
Less money for the people, the de-
struction of their property by contrac-
ton, the increase of their burdens by
the issue of $3Oo,0oo,oO0 of interest
bearing bonds with which to create
and perpetuate national banks that
ara already so strong that they defy
and openly violate the laws giving
them their existence, the immense in
crease in foreclosures and elections
that must follow a further shrinkage
OF values, the alarming increase in the
army of unemployed who vainly seek
enough work to sustain life-all these
conditions will follow, and our people
will be reduced to the level of Euro
pean nations where few titled rob-
bers own all the land and money, and
the toiling millions are no better than
slaves.
Does the Cleveland administration
recommend system Of national i'm
provements that shall give work to
the vast army of starving, half naked
unemployed? Does it advocate such
increase in the volume of curren ~ as
will stimulate business, arouse enter
prise and relieve the people from the
terrors of enforced idleness with its
logical sequence-pauperis1n
No. 1t devotes it's energies to re-
lleving the distress of Wal street; the
suffering of millionaire Spectators
the destitute condition of nationa
banks with millions 10 ked securely
in their vaults--in fact to the upbuild
ing and perpetuation of moneyet
monopolies at the price of degrade
ton, beggary and ruin for the laborer
and producers of the land.
All this is in the near future if con
gress submits to the demands of con
'. centrated capital. Let our legislator
that have the best interests of TIL
country at heart see that hand in han
: with repeal, or lite in advanc
: thereof comes the legal tender silve
= dollars or enough Of them; or els
demonetize gold also and substitut
: full legal tender paper to the amour
t of fifty dollars for every unit of OH
t population.
Give us legislation that shall pre-
tect the weak rather than build bal
a ricades for the strong; that sha
! recognize the hovel Of the miner, tn
4 sod house of the squatter and the cal
petless homes of the poor as well q
a the mansions of magnates and til
q palaces of princes.
n Some Contrasts
e Two million of idle workmen vain,
appeal for enough work to avert sta
! walton. Cleveland rolls into Washins
i ton on special tram costing tho,
10 sands of dollars and Harrison rolls O,
}. OF the capital on one no less costly.
i One hundred thousand homeless
g penniless miners descend to the plair
from the desolate gulches of Colorad
starving and helpless. The America
% house of lords listens with contem,
" to Kansas senator's resolution to r
' duce the salaries OF government of
D. Gals who receive from So, 600 to $50, OF
% Tor services that are often q curse
their constituents.
at The owners of great wholesa
O. houses, manufactures, railroads, flu
Ut naces and mines start half million
Id men down the dark, soul degradin,
crime-beset PATHWAYS of trnmn lif