The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
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WIN " " ~ DAN"H"'
1t Is Time for All fseformers to Get
~ ~, .. Tose j"er.
was present at the meeting in Cations
Hall last evening and heard most of the
remarks. Permit me to say that ever since
the Peoples party was organized 1 have
admired the earnestness and zeal of it's
leaders, and the vigor with which they
have denounced monopoly and demanded
equality of rights for all people has been
especially pleasing to me.
Long before the Peoples party was born
L was an ardent advocate of reform in our
land and tax system, and demanded the
abolition of railway monopoly. For Is
years l have also studied the question of
currency and long ago reached views which
l. believe to be substantially in harmony
with the inner convictions of many If not
most, of the leaders OF your party, viz: all
government issues, except small coins,
should be of paper. All small coins as well
should be issued directly by government,
with no banks of issue to meet necessary
public expenses, and should be redeemed
taxes and other public dues. Such paper
should be made legal tender for private
debts in the absence of any contract to the
contrary. Nothing else, neither gold nor
silver should be a compulsory legal tender
under any circumstances Gold and silver
should be stamped by government, per-
haps to indicate their weight and fneness,
nothing more, and then left to take their
chance in the markets of the world, like
corn or cabbage, pigiron or calico.
Where l disagree with the Peoples party
is on the 16 to l forced circulation of silver.
l cannot make myself see that proposition
in any other light than unsound economic
ally and dishonest ethcally; more dis
honest probably than the enforced single
gold standard, but it does no good to sup
plant one dishonest system by another
eually so, especially when a better way
than either is open. Further, I cannot
agree with the Peoples party that cur
rency reform is the first and most vital
reform
Land, transportation, currency, it seems
to me this is the order of Importance, and
that currency reform is of comparatively
small account when placed beside either of
the others.
l hope you will not regard this letter
presumptuous nor it's length tedious, but
having for many years watched the course
VI pullllcdl movements Ill tnlS anu OtHeI
countries being fully persuaded that some
thing must be done quickly our liberties
are lost, and believing that the great
masses of the people are willing and anx-
ious now to listen to feforms, l desire to
ask if, in your opinion, it would not be
wise to devote one evening of the coming
meeting of the Farmers Alliance to joint
discussion of the, relative Importance OF
these reforms?
Hoping to receive a reply in the near
future, 1 am yours for justice,
c.. j. BUELL..
st. Anthony Park, Nov. y.
CThe difficulty about friend Buells prop
osftion is that the, times are so hard that
the Farmers Alliance delegates will be
anxious to get through in two days and
hurry home. 1t will be a great sacrifice
for many to attend even for two days
And probably the evenings of these two
days will ge given up to the meetings of
the Peoples party to organize the State
League, and there will be much to do of
actual work that not much time can be
spared for speeches. We hope Mr. Buell.
will be present. however, and help US or
ganiZe the league. Ed. Rep)