The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-16
POINTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

We will give two years subscrip-
don for a dollar that isn't fat.
Give the industries of this country
money at per cent. and there would
be no need for any tariff to protect
them from the old world
Ohio has had her first peoples
PARTY state convention and nominated
. man for governor who has been con-
nected with labor unions for many
years
Since the first of January over 100
national banks have closed their doors
If any of those bankers were cats paws
for Wall street they may now see their
folly.-Journal of Agriculture.
Right Hon. William Lidderdale, ex-
governor of the Bank of England, says
that the United States "has not enough
currency to meet the peoples needs"
For just such utterances as that we are
called cranks.-Iowa Farmers Tribune.
The intrinsic value of silver dol
lar is SO cents; the eagle on the dollar
makes it worth Al cents more. Eagles
are easily raised Let's raise eagles.
But judging from the way he is scream
ing for confidence he must have had
his tail feathers pulled lately. Alliance
Tribune.
Australia has issued a new legal
tender called treasury notes, based on
Confidence in the various "busted'
banks The several colonies were COM
PEELED to do this in order to give the
people relief. Will our government do
as we'll? It remains TO be seen.-Ta-
coma Wash. Sun.
Why not pass law making it
necessary to use only gold as weights
to use in measuring weights, and while
on that line pass a law making it neces-
sary to manufacture all yard-sticks Of
silver as true measure of lengths.
Money is the measure of values. Think
a little.-Denver Road.
One of the effects of the national
bank failures will be the redemption of
their notes, thus still further contract
ing the circulating medium Every
dollar retired increases the value of
every other dollar in existence and still
further enriches the holders of securi-
ties payable in dollars. Does any one
believe this panic is unpremeditated?-
Advocate.
Every money loaner in the land
will tell you that such thing as the
government loaning money is prepos-
ferrous. The money loaners, however,
can. They are greater than the gov
eminent! They live on the sweat of
other mems faces and they propose to
cling to it if every useful member of so
ciety is reduced to the verge of starva-
Homecoming Nation.
Free coinage of silver is class legis-
1ation, hence we oppose it. Commodity
money has had its day and served it's
purpose A better money, in the form
of government paper notes, has been
discovered. Itshould be issued in place
of gold and silver and be paid, not
loaned, into circulation for services
rendered and material furnished by in
dividuals to the government Thomas-
ton (Me.) Peoples Cause.
The business of lending money by
individuals for the purpose of making
a living ought to be made by law an
odious crime, punishable by severe pen
alties; for, that it is crime which will
eventually lead to the destruction of
civilization and the degradation of the
human race. no one who has even casu-
ally Investigated its workings can
truthfully deny. Let the government
alone lend money.-Denver Road.
The Denver Road says: "Give us
the free coinage of silver or the demon
citation of gold" Now, you are get
ting down to business. We are with
you when you talk of demonetizing
gold Take the special privilege away
from both gold and silver mine owners
and place them on level with other
producers, and you'll be getting in line
with the basic principles of our party
equal rights to all, special privilege to
none. National Spectator.
State President Gilbert was right
when he said that the time between
the last presidential campaign and the
beginning of the next presidential cam
paign should be regarded as an educa-
tional period when every true reformer
is in duty bound to advocate what to
him seems truth, whether it is found in
the Omaha platform or not, that out of
the ferment we may make progress,
and gather material for better plat
form to be used in the next campaign.
National Spectator.
Ex-senator ingalls, says: 1.-THE gov
eminent is always the worst served of
all employers The hours of labor are
less in number and the salaries larger
than in any private business, and this
is nowhere more conspicuous than in
the post Office department" Short
hours and high salaries are powerful
arguments to convince employees of all
private industry that it is for their in
terest to vote for the naturalization of
such Observation-Disclosures and tele-
graphs for example. Brains again
Calamity" John.-Thomaston (Me.)
Peoples Cause.
"A correspondent sends us the fol.
lowing: Does it not seem that man.
kind is afflicted with madness to run
the risk of losing it's savings, and
breeding periodical panics, just to let
a few thousand banks run upon in
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