Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-08-30
SILVER ONCE MORE
Organized Labor Demands F,,.
Coinage of That Metal
THE DECREASE OF vA1ur,

Representative Hartman of MOn.
Presents Resolutions for tho
Coinage of Silver, ,Accompaniedbr
Address of the Labor Leaders
WASHINGTON, August 24.-RepreseD,.
tive Hartman of Montana has presen,'l
in the House resolutions for tba b.
coinage of silver, which are regarded ~
the free-silver advocates as one Of ~
most significant expressions in favo, >,
their doctrine which have been elici,aa
by the agitation of the past year, Thu
resolutions have been considered on,
adopted during the present session lv
the most powerful labor organizatior,
OF the country, are strongly worded and
are signed by the chief officers Of bs
various unions. The signers are 7
Sovereign, Grand Master Workman oni
John w. Hayes, Secretary and Treasnrs,, rr,
OF the Knights OF Labor; Samuel Conn
ers, President of the American Feda,p
ton OF Labor: Marion Butler, Plesidau,
of the National Farmers Allianca.
Henry II. Trenor, President, and p p
Mcclure, Secretary of the Brotherbooi
of Carpenters and Joiners; P. NJ A.,
thur, Chief of the Brotherhood nj a.
comotive Engineers; G. A. RolinsoD
President OF the Farmers Mutual Reno,
fit Associa ton; Frank Sargent, Grand
Master Workman, and f. w. Arnold
Secretary OF the Brotherhood OF Locomo.
tive Firemen, and John Mcbride, Prqsi.
dent of the United Mine Workers NJ
America.
Accompanying the resolution is an ad.
dress to the members of organized abo,
and all other producers and toiIpr
throughout the United States. The ad.
dress declares THAT in view of the Gen.
eral distress at time when granaries
are full and in the natural order Of THING,
producers and toilers should be ENJOYING
the fruits of their labors it seems the
time has come for united action on the
part OF those who create the wealth Of
the country" One OF the causes which
has brought about this condition, the
address says, is the departure from the
wise bimetallic financial principle Of
Washington, Jefferson and Hamilton and
the substitution of the monometallic
policy dictated by the European money.
holders and their American allies.
| A review of the financial Legislation is
given to show what part was enacted in
the interest OF the producing and what
in that of the non-producing classes
The proposition is set forth that before
the demonetization of silver $500 bush.
els of wheat or $4,000 pounds OF cotton
equaled the animal pay Of Senator Oh
Congressman, while to-day 10000 bush,
els of wheat or 100000 pounds of cotton
barely suffice; that formerly S5ON
bushels of wheat or $4,000 pounds o.
cotton would have paid the salary Of tht
President, while to-day he receives thu
equivalent of 100000 bushels OF whea
or 100000 pounds of cotton, and thu
same proportion applies to all other fze
salaries and incomes.
Decentralization of the food-producin
sections is said to have caused the man
ufacturers to lose the markets for thei
goods, so that hundreds of thousands Q
workmen have been thrown out OF EN-
ployment; and the demonetization @
half of the worlds volume OF none
makes it comparatively easy for capital
lists to corner and manipulate the othe
half. In the review OF financial legisla
ton it is charged that all the acts sine
the civil war have been in the intereS
of bondholders and against the produ
GERS, and the Sherman law is said
have been repealed at the demand
European financiers, although a gran
fight was made by the peoples repre-
sentatives.
The resolutions are as follows: "W
demand of the present Congress the in
mediate return to the money OF the col
stitution as established by our fathers B
restoring the free and unlimited coinag
of silver at ratio of 16 to l, the COLI
OF both metals to be equally full leg
tender for all debts, public and privat
as before the fraudulent demonetizatio
of silver in 1878. We also condemn tt
increase of the public debt in time
peace and the issue OF interest-bearlr
bonds at any time"