The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11

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pensible tool That ri2h lat of the siti.
zen is fundamental M
In harmony with the thought pre-
sented by Mr.. Joseph, is the following
from the Union Pacific Employees Mag
azine: et
| "Overzealous friends and advocates of
social reforms often make themselves a
retarding force, by their methods of
finding fault with those who are doing
every day practical work digging and
laying the foundation for the improve
ments that are desirable. Such gener-
ally have the cupola in view and want
the work doue on that first. They
want to go to the extreme from the
start, seeming to forget that the ex-
IRENE will be reached in due course of
time, and after the foundation is we'll
laid and when the masses get to NOV
| ing in the right direction
| The Labor Advocate has the follow
ing to say under the title, ''Solve it
Right
''The Twentieth Century very per-
tinently asks: why shall we fight
losing battle with silver, with the pow
ers that be all against us?' Why, in
deed? This is the time for those who
are seeking to solve the financial prob
lens confronting us to solve them in
very truth. There is no time so auspi-
cious as now to emancipate the people
of this nation from the metallic SUPER
stition. Why not take advantage of it?
1t is not pretended, even by the leaders
in the movement, that free silver coin
age shall cure our financial diseases: it
is looked upon as, at BEST but palla-
tive, a mere stepping stone to just
financial system. Why then enter into
contest with a power so strongly en-
trenched as to render the battle almost
hopeless one, in the effort to obtain
a palliative? Let the friends Of the
people nail their colors to the mast and
demand the demonstration of both
gold and silver, and the esta blishment
of our finances upon the sound basis of
full legal tender governmental paper.
Then. as the Twentieth Century saws,
let eleven millions of toilers go to the
ballot box this fall and state their
wishes. They shall be obeyed.' Now
is the time to deliver ourselves from
the thraldom. With the forces of the
enemy fighting among themselves over
the spoils of the old system, we have a
chance to succeed. Let us take advan.
tage of it,
eve believe the reform forces are
taking advantage of it. when they are
supporting the free coinage men. It is
concentrating force moving in the
right direction against the forces of
the money power who are the agrees
ors Has anyone reason to think it
will stop at the coinage question?
"When the north met the south the
abolition of slavery was not what set
the north moving. If Lincoln's call
had been so stated the response to it
would have been very light, but that
event came in due time, and the pres
ent move against the money power is
going to solve it right before it stops.
The movement of the French people
that ended in the revolution was not
started with a view of overthrowing
the monarchy and the establishment
of republic, and though it was in
that direction from the start, few evil
IDENTIFY saw it and many would have
hesitated taking any part in it if that
issue had at first been pressed on them.
The people of the American colo
MES, when they began to work them
selves up against English rule, were
comparatively moderate in their de-
mands. Independence was not the is
sue but solely a question of taxation.
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measure that was forced on them
finally.
"a start in the right direction is
start toward solving it right; all that
is needed further is to keep it up and
the desired goal will be reached in
time.
columbus started to find a western
route to India, and he discovered a new
continent. He did not reach India,
but what was far better, he started in
the right direction, though laughed at
by all the wise heads
''The present generation is not going
to perfect an ideal social state, but
they are taking some long steps in the
right objectionable good in the many
panaceas offered are going to be util-
lied as fast as they are understood and
not bit faster; though slow, it is solv-
ing it right.
THE opposition the money power is
raising is but defining the lines and
concentrating the forces, and appa-
rently over some very unimportant
matters
Before the struggle is over right
will have to prevail. Complete eman-
cipation from money rule may be war
measure as was the emancipation of
the chattel slave, but it will be right
just the same, and just as acceptable"
Worse than Folly.
''The effect of the depreciation of
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