The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-21
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
POINTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

POINTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
And thou, too, Gov. Foster!
The money king is the country's
greatest enemy.
The only honest money is full
legal tender currency.
The honest dollar is one that main
tains a value equal to the products of .
days labor. Gold is not that dollar
Iowa Farmers Tribune.
The old parties play prejudice,
money and fraud against hearts, labor
and hope. But hearts are trumps, and
the peoples party hold full hand
Texas Advance.
A state bank currency, the demoneti-
ration of silver and retirement of the
greenbacks = that's the programme
which Wall street and the administra-
ton propose to carry out-Noncon-
formist
Nine million mortgages, averaging
$3.50 each, make the mortgage indebted
ness $4,000, 900, 600, as shown by the
bureau of statistics. How does this
show up for prosperity, old artyites?
-Inlander.
How many democrats in Kansas
want silver demonetized? Cleveland
and his entire administration are work
ing for the repeal of the Sherman law,
and if they succeed it will demonetize
silver.-Abilene Monitor.
Labor long since found out that
there was something wrong. 1t begins
to see what it is, but scarcely compre-
hends the fact that the ballot is is the
means for the correction of existing
evils.-Iowa Farmers Tribune.
Have you noticed that recent bank
failures ''have been caused by strin-
gency in the money market?" Then
this plenty of money" racket that we
are so used to hearing is reallya flake"
after al.-Iowa Farmers Tribune.
England and Wall street want the
coinage of silver stopped entirely; fail
ing in that, they want larger weight.
Have we got sense enough to know
that what they want is just what we
don't want?-Iowa Farmers Tribune.
-Ex-Secretary Foster is the man who
spent much of his time, while in the
treasury in Juggling the figures, and
by lying to the people tried to make
them believe there was plenty of money
In circulation. We guess he did not
have his share, for whoever heard of
man breaking up with plenty of money
unless he was dishonest?- Oberlin Her
aid.
Grover says he read most convinc-
ing argument on the theory of an in
come tax, made by an Englishman by
the name of Peel. That's good way
to dodge the fact that populists pounded
it in to him-and Peel, too, for that
matter. But if anything could con-
vince Grover it would be an Englishman
or Wall street banker.-Independe
Waterman.
increasing the national debt in time
of peace by bond issues will not be toll
Grated. To increase the debt to protect
the gold standards so-called stand
ard" that is so weak as to require con-
slant propping up-is a species of f.
nance tinkering in the interest of the
money loaners and costly luxury the
people propose to get rid of-Shelby-
vile Qll.) Peoples Paper
-Clevelands ultimatum: Bonds shall
be issued. Carlisle's ultimatum: Then
you will have to appoint new secre-
tary of the treasury to issue them.
This is the latest from Washington,
and comes through reliable source.
Cali quiet on the Potomac as far as
outward appearances are concerned,
but an open rupture in the cabinet
may be looked for at any time. Shell
byville Qll.) Peoples Paper.
From this time on the principles of
the peoples party are the winning
cards in politics in this country. Clark
son is too sharp a politician not to see
this and hence he gives his party the
''tip." Like the old slave oligarchy,
however, his party will not take his ad-
vice and like the oligarchy will get
'smashed." In the meantime Clarkson
and other of the brighter Drained and
better hearted will become populists.-
Iowa Farmers Tribune.
The cry of maintaining the public
credit" is simply the shibboleth of Shy
lock. 1t is the name of the same devil
by whose aid John Sherman brought
disaster to the common people years
ago. entitled the public credit strength
ening act. One Of Dean Swift's Yahoos
would have sense enough to know that
the credit of the United States needs
no Strengthening" and no maintain
ing" while every banker in the world
is half crazy to get chance to put his
money in United States bonds.-Non-
conformist,