The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-17
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Shylock and Sherman and Their Ghoulish
Work In Europe and America-The Time
Is Coming When the People Will ''March
On!"-Cartoons Suggested.
Especial Correspondence
From all over the world come FEVER
berations of cries of those in whom old
Shylock has his hooks through bull.
ing and petting gold The London
Fortnightly Review has an article on
the causes Of trade depression in Eng
land. Of seven causes it puts "appre
citation of gold" and free trade first
Samuel Montagu, M. P, says that the
fall in silver (properly rise in gold) de
ters investments in silver using coun
tries. Mr.. H. R. Grenfell says, Fall ir
prices does not result from appreciation
Of gold; the two things are absolutely
synonymous" He adds: when all the
cotton spinners in Lancashire are insol
vent, perhaps even the denizens of LON
bard street will be alarmed. With re-
gard to the large farmers in England
doubt if there is one solvent at this mo-
ment if you charge his profit and loss
account with rate of interest on CAPT.
tal." A manufacturer says, Things
will go from bad to worse until some
thing is done to bring silver again into
use."
The breaking down of silver is hurting
the producers Of Great Britain as much
as Americans. In a public meeting al
Manchester last December j. A. Beth
gave some strange figures The refusal
Of England to take payment in silver
without an enormous discount has al
most stopped her sales of cotton goods
to India, China and Japan. There had
been cotton mills in India for 10 years
prior to 1878, but in 1874 the exports te
China and Japan were only 1000, OO(
pounds of yarn. Step by step as the
gold premium rose this export rose till
in 1891 it was ICE, 10000. 900 pounds, and
Manchester was nowhere.
The low trickery Of John Sherman
was well illustrated by his recent use Of
the act of July 10, 1882, as demanding g
reserve of $1OO, zoo, 900 in gold to redeem
greenbacks. It is a long and intricate
story The simple fact is that it was 6
scheme gotten up and carried on by gold
secretaries to- please their masters.
It is enough to make horse laugh Of
an angel weep to read of the New Yorl
bankers comforting with the ''stuffed
prophet about the financial interests
Of the country"
It is astonishing to hear some other
wise sensible people expressing respect
for the ability and integrity of Cleve
land. Why, the company he keeps il
enough to fix his status. All deep think
ers gave Grant up as lost when be
sought A. T. Stewart for his secretary
of the treasury. And here is Cleveland
surrounding himself in every possible
way with multimillionaires. He fairly
wallows in millionairedoml Carlisle il
aspecimen Democratic leader. He knows
that the majority Of that party who &C
cepted the Sherman silver bill of July
1890, as compromise did so with the
expectation that it would largely in
crease the currency, yet he, like all his
predecessors in Office since the war, cool
ly informs them that he is determined
that he will do everything possible tt
prevent the people from having thu
money they want, and that he will con
tinue to tempt holders Of the 1890 notes
to bring them to him and get gold fol
them as long as he can get gold to do il
with.
The musicians have have ''songs with
out words" will occasionally give 8
cartoon without a picture The ior
''gold" and the lamb ''silver" are seer
"lying down together" lamb inside
the lion. The lion is rubbing his hea6
affectionately against Carlisle ''the lit
tie child that leads them" Carlisle il
patting his pet In the background two
parrots. Rep" and Dem" are on thei1
perches. Rep says to Dem, "It seems tt
me that there's much more that's rea
parroty (parity) about us than there il
about those critters" "Yes, Rep, we're
ready to talk parroty to the end. Hur
rah for international bimetallism"
The goldbugs and other monopolist.
have their usual grand spring opening
of funeral services over the Greenbacl
Labor party-now called Populists. They
are so used to it that they would be mis-
cradle if deprived of this luxury. Il
doesn't hurt us and gives them heap Of
satisfaction. They are like the man who
lost an old mule down a we'll and con
cluded it would be cheaper to bury hin
then and there than to hoist him out
So he threw many carloads of rubbish
down the we'll The mule quietly SHOOK
the stuff off as it struck him and trampe6
it under. When the we'll was near full
muley jumped out and went for drink
So we have tramped under foot their rub
bish arguments and are very live corpse
If Abel Leonard, ex-candidate for the
governorship of Missouri on the Popu
list ticket, is fair specimen of thei1
Peoples Party, they ''are yet in the gal
of bitterness and the bonds of iniquity.
It is we'll they were defeated. Like thu
Georgia Bourbons, he hopes that thu
Democrats Twill give the people the re