The representative., 1895-12-25

10 put organizers lQCO JQe ueiQ. ltS sue
cess must come from the people. To
succeed it must be spontaneous move
| ment 1t is based on the theory that
political leaders do not reflect the opinion
! Of the people, and this organization is to
give expression to the will Of the people
and to carry that will into the laws of
the government. The success of the or
der depends on the people having an
appreciative comprehension Of the evils
affecting the country and necessity
for the judgment of the plain people be-
ing felt in it's affairs.
Wherever selfish interests have fur
nished money to run political CAM
paigns," he continued, value received
has been demanded in legislation. We
ore going to have a campaign based on
the voluntary and patriotic action of the
people free from the interference of all
selfish interests On one hand we now
have foreign money dealers, aided by
their allies in this country, with greed
and vanity as their incentive to action.
On the other hand, we are expecting to
organize the people with love of hu-
manity as the motives that inspire them.
Foreign Influences, financial and other
wise, in our judgment, are now Euro
peanizinS this country. 1t is getting to
be an age of Mammon, with the princi-
pies of humanity sacrificed to the object
of money-getting. We expect to reverse
this principle, place the common good
pean dictation"
SILVER MINERS NOT REPRE-
SENTED.
Mr. Harvey was asked the question
whether silver bullion owners were as
sisting in this movement. He replied:
mot one dollar. Neither are they in
our councils. There are tens of thou
sands of people living in the silver states
who would assist us of they could, but,
like most of the people, under present
conditions. they are poor and not able to
do so. The people generally do not ap-
pear to understand that the silver miners
are all bankrupt except the bankers in
the silver states who own the only pay
ing mines and the smelters and they
are at heart against us and sympathize
with the London and Wall street money
dealers"
"In what manner will the organization
treat the money question:" was asked
Mr. Harvey. He replied:
I'VE shall advocate bimetallism.
Money is not local question, but
concerns all the people 1t is as much of
necessity as bread or meat, and soci-
ETY. classified as it is cannot exist with
out it. If it were an argument against
the free coinage of silver. that it is ip
the interest of silver miners, then it is
q good argument against the free coinage
of gold that now exists that it, too,
is in the interest of gold miners. Money
is made by law for the benefit of COM
merce and society, and bimetal!lsm con-
ssts in the right to use either metal for
money If one leaves us, as gold is doing
now, we have the other. And under this
rule commercial parity substantially be-
tween the metals is assured. England
under the Peel act in 1914 fixed the price
of gold the world over. The commercial
importance of the United States with the
nations that will follow her is as great
as that of England and the gold stand
ard nations. This will give to the world
two metals for primary money at sub
stantially fixed parity in commercial
value, as it did for hundreds of years
prior to 1873, and will double the quantity
of primary money in the world. This will
bring rising prices and assist us in pay
ing our foreign debts that are now drink
ing up our resources, and, by impoverish-
ing the people, creating widespread dis
tress.
THE MONEY DEALERS.
sThe money dealers deal in a crop
called money, and now have the people
of the United States in debt to them ad-
mittedly over $50 900 ,000,000. From this
crop they annually reap harvest of over
81 900 100000. 1t is to their interest to
enhance the value of this money crop
in which they deal just as it is to the
interest of wheat growers, or those own
ing the cotton crop, to increase the value
of their property. An acute effect, how
ever is produced on civilization by these
money Dealers by reason of their hoard
ing the supply of money, vital necessity
to civilization The influences produced
by thus selfshly limiting the supply of
money and boarding it for the purpose
of money lending only. have crushed civ
ilization and impoverished the people at
frequent instances in the history of the
world. Such calamity is now upon us,
and in our judgment the people must in
telligently understand and correct this
matter before prosperity and an improve
ment in our civilization can be expected
''But it is not this question alone"
continued Mr.. Harvey, that this orga-
nization is intended to combat. We re-
gard it as the leading issue at present,
but this organization is put together for
permanent usefulness, in solving as they
arrive the leading questions in politics.
Numerous men of influence throughout
the nation and many persons from
among the plain people, have entered our
councils in shaping this organization.
While defects may be found in the con-
stitution, provision is made for it's
amendment in a manner that will consult
the opinion of all members of the orga-
nization. Thus in time it can be perfect
has been overlooked.
''It is an age for organization and sell
fish interests are organizing in nearly
everything. We now have the leather
trust, the railroad trust, the tobacco
trust, the sugar trust, and virtually a
powerful money trust, all feeding upon
the resources of the plain people, who
are defenseless unless they come together
in an organization based upon the COM
mon good. 1t will require perfect organi-
zation and spirit of patriotism to save
the people of this country from the fate
| of all previous republics. This is the
| work upon which we enter
Mr.. Harvey says that for the past year
he has been constantly in receipt of let
ters, mainly from the producers and
manufacturers, on the subject of what
| is best for the people to do, who are now
being ground to powder under the pres
ent selfish regime that frequently many
conferences have been held and the orga-
nization that will be known as Patriots
of America is the result.
The founders of the order regard po-
IL.