The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-24
FISK CALLS FOR
A CONVENTION.
CONGRESS TO BE MEMoRIALIzED
TO RESTORE SILVER.
Ten Million People, He Says, Are In
voluntarily Idle, and All Because
the Efforts of the Lawmakers
Have Been Directed to Gold
Standard.

Denver, April pa. C. Fisk, presi-
| Association, has issued the following
call:
Believing the present an suspicious
| time to accomplish something substan-
tial for silver, thereby restoring pros
perity and contentment among the peo-
| pie, confidence in our rulers and instr
tutioIs and comforting untold blessings
| on the human race, a meeting is hereby
called to assemble in Washington, D.
c., on May %, composed of representa-
| tives from the United States, South
and Central America and old Mexico,
and all the states thereof, to memorial
ize the Congress of the United States to
restore silver to its ancient right at a
ratio not to exceed 16 to l.
Stricken With a Plague.
AT the bidding of a power that has
blotted out civilization in all ages, the
lawmaking and executive branches of
the government have stricken down
one-haf of the metal money and de-
based and partially demonetized the
paper currency; compelled the people
OF the United States to pay unnecesSa-
rlly IN the past twenty-five years $20,-
OOO,OOO000 in interest, principal and dis
count and by vicious laws have bur
dened the nation with a real estate
mortgage debt of $40, 1000, 0O0O0 and
other debts aggregating as much more,
and now seek to reduce the country
TO gold basis and expect the people
TO pay SAC, ,000,0 900 of debt with $780,
100000 in gold, to pay $50 of debt with
81 IN money; reducing the price Of
farm products 90 per cent, taking from
debts
The census says there were S65. 00O,-
0UO'oOo worth of property in the United
states. The gold oligarchy has de-
preclated 1t in value one-half, render
ing the nation insolvent for 81, 800. 600.
oOO. Twenty thousand people already
own three-fourths Of the property of
the nation; 100000 people are in
voluntarily idle; the property of the
nation is rapidly being confiscat ted .
nelds, factories and mines are deserted !:
every industry is stricken as with a
plague; strong men, refined women and
innocent babes are starving in the land
OF plenty; our rulers are rioting in
luxurious living and saturnalia;
frenzied with their successes in the
past, they are inventing new schemes
OF robbery and plumber
When Ancient Nations Went Down.
When Greece. Rome, Egypt and the
Netherlands went down, about 2 per
cent. of the people owned practically
all the wealth. Are we not fastening
to the same end? Is there not patriot
ism, manhood and womanhood enough
among the people to call a halt from
our rulers?
Let the brain, Drawn and sinew meet
at the capitol of the nation. Let petit
tons be circulated in every precinct
Of the land and forwarded to the con-
vention until the voice of 10000, 900 of
people shall resound in the ears of
Congress that we may ascertain
whether this is in fact a government
Of the people.
Our demands should be respectful but
firm.
mo written credentials will be re-
quired; any one favoring the objects
Of the association, or call will be
organized as delegates
This is great and patriotic task.
If we but seek divine aid and guidance.
our efforts will be crowned with sue
cess -