The Portland daily press., 1894-05-07

|
About seventy-fve men and one woman
assembled in Mystic hall, yesterday to listen
| to the speech of Uncle Scion Chase, called
| forth by the recent Populist enthusiasm in
| this city, looking toward CoXey army and
the proclamation of Uncle Scion as the
natural leader of the movement in Maine.
Mr.. ". II. Mclaughlin took charge of the
meeting and made the opening address.
| Rev. Samuel Butterfield read the sixth and
| eighth chapters of the Book of Amos, which
| he said contained some old fashioned green
! back doctrine, particularly appropriate to
the present condition of our country"
Mr.. Mclaughlin then introduced Uncle
| Scion as the American Cincinnatus, and
| after waiting for the enthusiasm which this
announcement created, the Seer of Chase's
| Mills began by saying that his religion and
politics were pretty well mixed up together.
| The bedrock Of both was Justice. Gap
| plause.) His life's study had been politics
| that is, what are the laws that will give
equal justice to ALL The way to get justice
! is through the ballot, but nine times out of
ten the people vote to lick somebody. Once
in while they step up higher and vote for
| justice and it is a step of one hundred
years. The time has now come to take one
of these sters up higher, of one hundred
| years.
We have condition that never existed to
| such extent before. We have seen the
uprising of the Coxeyites. We have seen the
movement ridiculed by those who don't
stop to think about it. But the ignorant
people know enough to ask for justice.
| 1t takes a bright man and an internal
| scoundrel to make law that acts unjustly
on the people.
| The causes of this condition are very
plain. He hated to go over the details for
it is disgrace to the country. We have got
now panic; that is the
RICH ARE GATHERING IN A HARVEST.
| We have had ten years of falling prices,
and now every product has got down below
| the cost of production. That is the cause of
| this shrinkage of values, this Growing of
more hog into the dollar.
| The remedy is rise in prices. How are
| you going to do it. That fall in prices has
| been made by the appreciation of gold.
| They have increased its purchasing power.
| There never was a time when dollar would
| buy so much. Therefore there is nothing
| that man wants to salt down like a dollar.
| A man can buy everything cheaper than he
| can make it. There is money famine all
over this country.
| It's very simple thing that is playing
the very devil with us all over the country.
| In 1878 this country demonetized silver.
| This was because of the immense public
debt. Then was born a race of bond holders,
and ever since they have increased the pur-
chasing value of the dollar and deprecated
the value of my house and
nv FARM AND THEM STEERS.
| Great applause.)
| We want to make our PLATFORM, Thou
shalt not steal.'' When they demonetized
| silver it became a commodity. All nations
went into scramble for gold. The result
is the ruinous fall of prices that has
knocked our industries into cooked hat.
| The country needs work. We've got the
| labor, but by reason of hostile laws that
labor is idle and starving.
When you increase the purchasing power
of dollar, the laborer only gets it by put
ting in more ticks of labor and the capitalist
gets the unearned increment.
| They say gold never fiuctuates. Of course
1t doesn't when :you measure:it by itself.
A neighbor of mine. ten years ago bought a
farm and paid $4,000 for it. He gave his
| note for $1,000, gave mortgage to pay 500
| a year for ten years. The first 500 two COWS
would pay for. The last payment of 500
| took four COWS. 1t is legaliZed robbery. 1t
| is enough to make Coxeyites rise up out
| of the ground as thick as mosquitoes in a
Maine swamp. Today his farm amt worth
| but $1,000 This is the result Of giving an
| artificial value tc gold.
! The bonds are growing Of still more value
and everything else Of less value. You're
| only got to keep this up and the people will
| 90 down to the pauper level of Europe. But
mind you
WE HAIN'T A GOING THAR.
| 1.-THE American people will be reused and
| somebody will hear something drop. We
| mustn't look to the statesmen for relief
| They always go into ruts. They don't ever
break up new ground because that disturbs
| the harmony. Ever since 1873 your states
men have been lodging the silver question
have been monkeying with it. know
they say how much you can buy with this
good honest money. Who is benefited by
| these low prices? The man who holds the
dollar can get luxury at low prices
| Consumption has been checked. almost
| dwarfed because the purchasing power has
been taken from the mass of the people.
Low prices always mean: that the money is
not in circulation and kept in boards.
| What we want is flush times" with firm
prices, tending upwards, SO that it will not
be profitable for the rich man to hoard his
money. Hoarded money increases in value.
| An idle day is lost forever
| Money can lay idle and fatten as labor
| starves. Now the world wants all the silver
| there is in the Rocky Mountains. Why do
we want to borrow money in England7 Why
can't we make our own money?
| There is no danger of any imitation. With
| all the silver and gold you'll still need paper
| money. Therefore the free coinage of silver
will give rise of prices. You'd then see
the Coxeyites go to the plows. It is a perma-
nent rise of prices and nothing else that's
going to help us out. You know all these
public bonds run a long time.
| The idea is to throw out anchors ahead SO
that the dollar inswhich that bona is to be
paid will be of increased purchasing power
| in the future.
This is the bonding scheme by which they
mean to increase the power of the dollar,
for their children and chidren's children.
Pm more
| AFRAID OF DEAD MEN THAN LIVE