The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
sere and yellow leaf, or he wouldn't t
ask protection from any one.

ask protection from any one.
But let us get down to what Mr..
Horr would call his arguments. He
says:
The wrath of this Populist writer
seems to have been aroused by some
things which said at that state con-
vention. The right to criticse is de-
MED to no one. [ now invite the at
tention of my readers to some of the
criticisms
quote from the article in the REP
REsENTATIvE signed, II. D."
Mr.. HOrr said:
Whenever you reduce wages you
Stop consumption, and then the mar
kets arc ruined.
We'll, who in thunder reduced
wages 1t was your Republican party
when t demonetiZed silver in 1873 and
made the gold dollar the equivalent of
twice as much of the workman's mus
Gle and the farmers toll. And now
you come here to enlighten the West
ern hobos with your shallow plati-
tudes. Scat! Get out.''
The trouble with this statement is
that it is not true. Wages did not be-
gin TO decline after the passage of the
act OF 1913. Indeed, during the twenty
years from 1913 to 1893 the wages Of
the workingmen of the United States
were Increased per capita. The mem
bers OF the senate committee who in
vestigated that point reported unani-
mously to that effect without regard
to party affiliations.
Now observe the cunning of our
friend Horr. He says, wages did not
fO q 70 ho r,f
the act Of 1873" We never said they
did. We said wages are no,u reduced
and that the demonetization of silver
caused the reduction. There are
some poisons that kill instantly: there
are others that do not manifest them
selves for years after they are swal-
lowed. Iago says:
Dangerous coneeits are in their nature
DOiSOnS.
Which at the first are scarce found t. dis
But with a little acting on the blood
Burn like the mines OF sulphur
This country was giant of
strength, with the vigor of the virgin
soil and boundless opportunity: it
took the poison longer to work out it's
deadly purpose here than in Europe.
Besides the nation administered anti
dotes to itself, by the purchase of
large quantities of silver bullion every
month. and it's conversion into coined
dollars. or paper money based on sill
yer. But it is not question how soon
the poison acted, but did it kill the pa
n ho
ton. If Mr.. Horr has any doubts up
on that point let him question the
tramping millions of unemployed
men. Let him call together the seven
Thousand starving laborers Of Mime
apolis. Let him look at st. Paul, al
ready taking steps to prevent her
thousands of laboring people from
perishing next winter of want The
characterization Of silver not only re-
duced wages, fifty per cent, as in the
case Of the Pullman employees, but it
has actually abolished employment
and wages altogether, among millions
of cur people.
The demOnctiZation of silver in 1873
was followed by panic that lasted for
five years: 100000 workmen, it is esti-
mated became tramps between 1878
and 1878. The business failures in
creased from $50 in 1865 to 10,47S in
1878: and the total liabilities from II
millions in 1865 to 1924 millions in
1878. Can any one make us believe
that this immense transition was not
accompanied by a decrease of wages?
When ten thousand men cannot get
work one hundred thousand that do
get work have to put upwith less COM
pensation. Every one understands
that.
The prices of our great staples, cot
ton, corn and wheat, steadily fell side
by side with silver. Here are the fig
ures tabulated from the market re-
ports Of the Chicago markets:
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