The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10

grease on his bread in place Of butter?
The great effort at this time on the part
Of the so-called free-silver advocates In the
face Of the fact that the Peoples party
has advocated free silver coinage at the
ratio of 16 to for three years. reminds me-
of another axle grease illustration. q
Years ago. when axle grease put up in
small, round boxes was first placed upon
the shelves of the stores in the South for
sale. an old darkey came into store kept
by one Mr. Hitler. When the darkey spied
those little cheese boxes, his mouth began
to water for cheese; so he says: "Mr.
Hitler. wot you take for one of dem httle-
boxes of cheese?" Mr.. Hitler says: Eff
ten cents, Sam" Sam: "Will you frow
in some crackers?" Mr.. Hitler: Yes"
SAM Den I'll take one of dem cheeses."
Sam takes his purchase and goes to the
back end Of the store, and sits down to
enjoy his lunch of cheese and crackers.
After a little time Mr.. Hitler goes back to
learn how Sam is enjoying his cheese, and
asks him how he likes it. Sam looks up
with his mouth full Of axle grease and
crackers, with quite disappointed look
upon his countenance, and says: "Fo' God,
Mr.. Hitler, dis am de ransomest cheese dis
chile ever eat in his whole born days.
Now, 1t occurs to me, in view of the
present situation and the fact that the
Peoples party has been honestly advocat-
ing free coinage of silver for three years
past, that this new silver party is the
'ransomest' thing yet put out for REFORM
ers to lunch upon. If it succeeds in. draw
Ing any of the reform forces from the Peol
pies party, they will be as greatly dis
appointed as the old darkey was with his
cheese.
1 have heard political speeches made,
the burden of which was that the people
cannot take up but one issue at time;
so that 1t was useless to try to present
anything else to the people but the tar
IT.; when that was disposed of then take
up something else. 1t occurs to me that
jackass or mule cannot grasp but one
idea at time, and by the way the masses
have chung to the one idea in the G. O.
r. or d. o. p, the politicians and the
money power assume that politically at
least, the masses are set of asses. The
length of time consumed by the two old
parties in disposing of the tariff" we will
be care asses before even one issue is
disposed of.
l have read "Coin's Financial School"
i think it Is great eye opener; and l am
greatly pleased because the fact that the
book was handed me by business man,
who still votes the Republican ticket. I'm
fortunately he has not read it yet.
Coin speaks of primary money" and
token money" AS one of the millions
OF laboring men L am at a loss to know
wherein primary money is in any way
as good for me as token greenback'.
money. cannot see how government with
credit enough to secure primary money!
sufficient to keep up a sound financial
basis under Coins theory, has not credit
sufficient to make token greenback"
money just as sound a financial bass
In other words this being a government
or the people carries the impression that
1t is government for and of a majority
of the people If a majority Of the people
are most prosperous under the present
intrinsic gold basis bond Juggling sys-
tenn let us continue it, thus giving the
greatest good to the greatest number If
on the other hand the masses are dis
tressed by this system let throw it off,
the SCORER the better.
| find my conditions as a producer of
wealth are such that l am helpless to de-
mand any kind of money, but it makes
me humbly thankful to receive any kind
of money | can get; while on the other
hand circumstances o5lge me ard 9TH
erS to bind ourselves to pay our mort
gage creditors gold; a material which we
are legally helpless to demand or get.
IN may be a great and free country
but such freedom as the above described is
lrksome to me and | wish to do all I
can to throw it off. Issue token green
back money direct to the people, in suffi-
Gent volume to make it just measure
of an honest days labor, and l with NIL
lions of others will work out our own sal.
walton.
AS it is now only the banker gets finan.
cial salvation by the labor of others with.
out his dong a stroke of work
HAMLINE V. POORE. &,