The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-09
REASONS WHY
You Should Vote With the peOple's
n

You Should Vote With the Peoples
Party. rr
1. 1t is the only party that stands for
the true interests of the wealth producers.
2 After % years of Democratic and Re-
publican rule, we have a debt of $32 600, :
100000, with 100000 mortgaged homes and
100000 out of employment, with 1,O24, 701
Tenant farmers and 100000 tramps. Dur
ing these 20 years the two old parties
have given the rich railroad corpora tons
land enough to give US all a farm
j. In 1860 the farmers and wage workers
owned Is per cent of the wealth of the
country. Today they own less than Is
per cent.
T. In the last 10 years farmers and
tolers increased our national wealth S22.-
000 100000, and every dollar of it has gone
into the hands of plutocracy.
5. Both the old parties are controlled by
Wall street in the interests of banks,
corporations and trusts.
6. Neither of the old parties offers a
remedy. History does not record a single
case of an old party reforming itself.
The Peoples Party Demand,
Z. Government ownership of railroads,
telegraph and telephones, express lines,
mines and all other natural monopolies
s. A currency, safe, sound and flexible,
issued by the general government only;
9. Postal savings banks for the safe de-
post of the savings of the people,
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and silver at the ratio of IS to |;
II. A graduated income tax;
Il. That the school age be raised and
child labor prohibited;
13. That hours of labor for men and
women be reduced by legislation;
Il. The initiative and referendum system
for city and state;
Is. L. S. senators and president be elect
ed by a direct vote;
16 Municipal ownership of natural mon
opo:ies such as water works, gas and cleo
trio lighting, surface and elevated rail
roads;
II. Public lands reserved for actual set
tiers;
IS. Money enough to do business on a
cash basis:
10. Abolition of interest bearing bonds;
20. A government of, by and for the
people, based upon the principles laid down
in the Declaration of Independence. 0' y
You would like steady work, but you
vote yourself out of a job.
You would like hours per day, but you
vote for TO- 80
You would like higher wages, but you
vote for a reduction.
You would like to travel at a third of a
cent a mile, but you vote to pay three
cents (average).
You would like to buy coal at $40 a
ton,. but you vote to pay $S.75.
You would like to buy oil at cents a
gallon, but you vote to pay 10 cents.
Free trade England has a terrible panic.
High protection Germany has a terrible
panic.
High protection United States had ter
rble panic in 1873. The tariff has nothing
to do with panics. Don't be fooled by
tariff talk. -@'
THE two old parties propose to drown
the outcries of plundered people with
the uproar of sham battle over the tar
iff so that capitalists, corporations, ma
tional banks, rings, trusts, watered stock,
the decentralization of silver and the OPP
preston of the usurers may all be lost
sight Of"
The L. S. census shows that each able
bodied worker produces 5000 in wealth
per day. Under Democratic and Repub-
lican rule they get less than s1.05 each
per day. The $9.45 goes to railroads, corpo-
rations, trusts shylocks and robbing syn
dicates.
The Peoples party is founded on justice,
composed of men from the common walks
of life
We invite all who may be in favor of our
principles to unite with the Peoples party
in their effort to secure a just govern
ment For further information and Peo-
pies party literature address, .,st tss
F. G. r. GORDON,
Secretary State Committee
Manche. ter, N. H.