The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-23
POINTS FOR THE PEOPLE
-Demonetize gold.
-Demonetize silver.


Give us United States legal tender
notes, based on the labor, wealth and
integrity of the whole nation.
Silver and gold are both commod-
tiles, like corn and wheat, and are only
made money by the fiat of law.
Government should issue all the
money and do all the banking and save
the pSsple from the clutch of usurers.
The national bankers and the bond
holders are stirring up storm that
will sweep them away. The leaven is
working. The elements are moving
National Waterman.
The gold dollar is worth 100 cents
because the law says it shall be. The
silver dollar pays for just as much bread
rs the gold dollar because the law says
it shall That's all there is to it-But-
Ter (Mo.) Union.
Metal money is a myth. The time
has come to stop worshipping myths.
Give us legal tender paper money based
on the faith of the nation and let the
metal kings take their turn at hustling
for living. National Spectator.
This beautiful world was not made
for few plutocrats to boss, deride, en-
slave and rob the many, but was in
tended for all the people. No man has
a right to exact the productions of an
other without an, equivalent The fact
that we have produced a lot of million
aires while the millions are struggling
under debt and poverty is enough to
condemn the system.-Auburn Qnd.)
Times
Every dollar of money in this coun-
try is drawing at least 10 per cent in
terest. In ten years the interest will
equal the principal and it will take
twice the money in existence to cancel
the debt. A fool can see that these
debts cannot be paid in gold; hence
foreclosure of mortgage is the inevi-
table result. Then the people will won
der why times are hard.-New What
com Champion.
Thou shalt not lend upon usury
to thy brother, usury of money, usury
of victuals, usury of anything that is
lent upon usury." This reads we'll, but
how is man to live without work
under such rule? By changing the
name from usury to interest good peo-
pie escape the penalty of disobedience
to the Bible injunction while they
gather the fruit of their brothers toll.
This was a Calvinist subterfuge.-
Twentieth Century.
Here's a calamity howl as is calam-
itous. A. R. Chisholm & Co., bankers,
Broadway, New York, aft noting
that France has $50 per capita in circu-
lation, says in a circular: s'Deducting
amounts in United States treasury and
banks held as reserves, and losses in
paper money and coin, gold exports
and hoardings, this country is down to
an actual famine circulation of less
than IS per capita" Query: How much
will the free coinage of silver add to
the Sc?
Currency reformers can now see
where their work in educating the peo-
pie comes in. Contrast the talk of
those who have read up. the old green
hackers, the alliance men, the popu-.
lists, the K. of L., grangers, F. NJ. B. A.,
with the talk of the average business
man. The ignorance of some men on
the money question who are wa up in
knowledge on many other subjects is
something to be wondered at. The
gold-bugs have mystifed millions of
people and would have the popular
voice with them to-day, were it not for
the work hitherto done by currency
reformers, by the despised ''fatists -
Missouri World.
Senator Vest is reported to have de-
clared very recently that the greenback
was the ''best money we ever had"
That the senator is right will be testi-
fed to by nine-tenths of the people of
this great country. Then why may we
not have the greenback again? The
great mass of the people would well
come it with shouts of JOY, and the SUI
preme court has declared it constitu-
tional not only in times of war but in
times of peace as we'll. Then why not
have it? Gold gamblers, Wall street
sharks, credit brokers, salary grabbers
and tax eaters say no, and our pigmy
lawmakers dance 70 their piping music.
Mt. Vernon QlL) Progressive Farmer
-Kansans are making a mistake and
wasting vast amount of energy and
means in holding bimetallic conven-
ton in Topeka. 1t is being partici-
pated in by men of all parties, populist
predominating. The latter cannot af-
ford to favor class legislation. The
Sherman law is certain to be repealed
any way and nothing offered as sub
stitute. That will, of course, give us
the single gold standard. The conse-
quence is bound to be that gold will go
to premium, money will grow still
dearer, and debts harder to pay. Then,
and perhaps not till then, the people
will rise in their might and demonetize
gold, which will be followed by the is
suance of full legal tender paper money
the only true money. Let the gold
bugs and silver barons fight. 1t is the
fight of the millionaires. Populists
can afford to look on. Whichever way
it ends it will help their cause and they
will be fresh for the final onslaught =
Washington (Kan.) Republican.
Objections to Vests idea.
It is stated that Senator Vest will in
troduce bill providing for the free
cOina ue of silver at a ratio If o. %o