People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-08-01

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ing facilities had much to do with
the question of the necessity Of a
large or small per capita circulation.
This country has per capita circula-
tiOn of S26.02. Canada has $40 per
capita but Canada has an elegant
banking system, no better on the
face of the earth, than the Canadian
system of utilizing banks. Switzer-
land, one of the most prosperous little
nations on the face of this globe, has
only sl4.4S, about half as much as
this country has. The ratio OF money
to the population proves nothing.
What we need in the United States
is good wages for work, steady en-
ployment for our men and we have
got money enough to do twice the
business we are doing. (Applause.l
Mr.. Harvey: "At the conclusion of
this debate Mr.. I[orr and Il have $500
words each at our dislosa to write at
our leisure within seven days after
the debate, to sum up the debate, and
anything in Mr.. Horr's arguments
that l do not reply to today l will at
tend to in that summary, because
there is only short time left to US.
and | want to answer some matters
that have been introduced into this
debate At the earlier stages. l want
to speak few moments on the propo-
sition that wages have increased"
Speaking Of organized labor Mr..
Harvey said Organization sustains
wages for those actually employed
while engaged at work, but when you
average the wages by including the
unemployed, and include the expense
and time lost it does not do so. Make
the calculation this way and you will
find the gold basis has measured
itself in wages with mathematical
accuracy.
"This is not good for the country;
it breeds strife. 1t creates loss to in
dustry and labor; it destroys man
hood; it makes criminals. The cause
for it should be removed. Applause
THE labor organizations will con-
tinue and have a right to continue
as long as money is organized; as long
as monopolies are organized. Jap
plause.) But we should have ciyili-
cation that would make it unnecessa-
ry for any organization Of that char
ter to exist. In Europe wages have
been forced down to the legitimate
level of the gold standard. The bay
onet has been used to do it. Later it
will do it here. The laboring man is
on our side. We will hold his wages
up without strikes or the expense of
strikes. As the gold Of California
and Australia raised his wages, Sc
will che silver of our mountains as il
pours into our metallic money stock,
as primary money raise his wages
There will be work for all and the
strife for labor will cease. The man
who now has work or a situation and
selfshly reasons that he benefits him
self by maintaining a dear dollar i:
neither broad nor humane. He is as
sisting in wrecking his country and il
may be too late to remedy the errors
when he, too, is without employ
ment." (Applause.l
Referring to the 10 per cent advance
in wages at Pullman, affecting 1905
men, conceded by the company with
out demand by the toilers, Mr.. Har
vey said the facts are that there ha:
been no advance in wages at Pullman
and Mr.. Pullman himself admits thai
there was no advance made; that they
meant they were giving the men who
were at work 10 per cent more work
to do. They were previously working
about half the time. (Applause.l
Mr.. Harvey read a letter from
Thomas l. Kidd, secretary Of TIE
Machine Woodworkers' union, which
said: 'If food and clothes embraced
all the necessities Of the laboring PEG
pie, the dollar would unquestionably