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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-07-10
FROM AN OLD FRIEND.

HON. p. GILDEA WRITES US A SEN
sIBLE LETTER FROM HIS NEW
HOME ON THE PACIFIC COAST
ABOUT CHEAP MONEY, ETC.
To The Representative:
In reading Cleveland's letter to the
Chicago sound money men I noticed that
he told them that the people should he
educated to see that il they received big
prices they would have to pay big prices.
But there was one thing he forgot to teil
them. And that was that the producer,
the toiler, the man into whose hand he
wants to put that honest dollar OF his
would not have to contribute so much
towards the support Of the non-producer.
Let me illustrate: A is a man who
does not produce anything. We will say
that he consumes the product of rs bush
els or wheat, and If by some manipula-
ton he can keep the price down to SO
cents he will get the amount for $3.50,
but II wheat is 81 per bushel he could
get but 1211 bushels for the money there
by saving 1917 bushels to the producers
of wheat. Same with everything he
uses. If prices were doubled he could
orly get half the amount he gets now.
But how would it be with the producer If
he paid higher price? He received
higher price so it could not hurt him,
and he would save his share Of the entire
amount which the non-producer gets I'M
der the low prices. And well these fell
lows know all this. Still they have the
cheek to say that it is all in the interest
of the dear people. The poor toiler! All,
how sympathetic they are!
Brother producers don't be afraid of
cheap money; you have nothing to lose
but everything to gain. But the extra
amount the non-producer gets out Of lis
under low prices and dear money, is not
the only damage we suffer- We could
stand that were it not for the fact that 1t
throws large number of our fellow pro-
ducers out of work on account of the
scarcity of money or in other words, they
have no tools to work with; consequently
they cannot buy our produce, and as we
cannot sell we are unable to buy the pro-
duct of their labor and so everything is
at a standstill. And why should this be
so?
why! because our nOn-pTOuuCers
must live on the fat Of the land and have
a good time. Or in the words Of the
Bible they must be clothed in purple
and fine linen and fare sumptuously
every day, though they toll not, neither
do they spin.'
There is another cry, the cry of over
production, which amounts to this. II
there are ten loaves of bread to supply
twenty men, but there were only nine OF
them that had got any money to buy with
of course there IS an overproduction Of
one loaf
AS long as there Is enough to supply
the people who have money to buy an6
little more then there is no competition
7 prices are low and an overproduction
though one half Of the people have moth
ing to eat.
But I want to say few words more
about cheap money. A short time agt
wheat was worth 80 cents per bushel ani
you could get good pair of pillow shoe
for $3.50, which took three bushels o
wheat Double the price and it will onl.
take three bushels Of wheat. So don't b,
afraid Of cheap money. What fools WI
would be to want dear money for the rea
sons have stated. Respectfully,
P. GILDEA.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-07-10

That veteran reformer and excellent
us as follows:
Now, if you should stop my paper, it
would be to me as bad as losing one of my
friends. You are doing good work. Go
on, my friend, you are not the first good
man that has been evil spoken of. 1 will
try and get at least one more subscriber
for 1.-THE Representative"
In haste Yours in the cause for life.
JAMES LONGBOTTOI, SRI
Redwood Falls Mimi, July 2.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-07-10
WHAT THEY THINK.
To the Representatives:

To the REPRESENTATIVE:
'tKeep on at the good work. A just
cause will always win in time. Stand by
the Populist platform and never waver
and victory will surely be ours" Yours
for the cause, CHARLES GOSS.
Ridgeway, Mimi, July 2.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-07-10

that, too, irrespective Of whether its land
grants were or were not taxable, since it
had railroad, right of way, rolling stock
and other property that was exempted on
account thereof.
From page 581 of the Railroad Com
missioners report for 1891, it appears
that "the lines Of this company were
leased to the Great Northern Railway
Company on Rebruary LIST, 1890, for 500
years. The Great Northern Railway Com
pany pays as rental, interest on bonds of
this company and six per cent dividend
on capital stock, together with expense
of maintaining this oompany's organiza-
ton
1t thus appears that the company since
that time has cut of all the gross earn
ings by its own voluntary act; hence for
the. state to demand of such company an
account thereof and payment of tax
thereon would be vain proceeding, and
1T Is evident that the company so regarded
and intended it. for it has paid no gross
earnings tax since January, 1890.
If this be not the case then the gross
earnings of said company are represented
by the amount of dividends paid under
said lease on The stock of the Manitoba:
Each year since 1890. (. :. 81, zoo, 900 90
And interest on funded debt. 3,261, 47O. "a
Total. .................$4 ,461 ,470. "a
Annual tax on same. ....... 1873, BAL
Amount for five years. ...... 669, 22O. SIS
It is a self-evident proposition that said
company either owes the state this vast
sum on gross earnings or else it can and
should be taxed on all its lands and prop
erty. And yet when bills were presented
in the Senate looking to the collection Of
this tax or suits to wind up said company
for abandoning it's charter the judiciary
committee Of the Senate gave 1t its death
blow in short order, largely because they
knew it came from Burke. And we dare
said committee to deny the soft impeach-
| ment If they can.
The committee seemingly stood ready
| to do the bidding Of the railroads at any
and all times, and majority of the Re-
publican members of that body sustained
them. Hence the Anderson bill to tax
railroad lands could not have been passed
but for the aid of four out of the Ave Pop
ulists, and this despite the fact that the
| party stood pledged to its passage.
The Manitoba, by its report for 1889,
|
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10
HEAD OFF THE GIRLS.

The pork princes and the lard lords
alarmed over the habit which the
dudes of dukes and the sprigs of the
bloods Of Europe generally have fallen
into OF coming over to America for
fresh flesh and fiscal treasure done I'D
in dimity, and so member of the ILL
noiS legislature has at one and the
same time bounded into fame and
won the everlasting gratitude of the
purse proud by introducing a bill
which aims at putting a stop to the
aforesaid monkey business. The mea-
sure first appealing to the patriotism of
the freely footed and unmismatical
maidens of the mart by the shores of
Michigan cites the fact that whenever
and wherever a royal family have fin
ancially plunked Il dandy debauchee
is put up, trigged out, and sent over to
America 10 recuperate his .eXcheQuer
by marital alliance with something
solid in stocks and shillings and sound
in physique. Thus goes the old mans
money TO buy an empty title and goes
also his darling daughter to the other
side of the water. her fellow country
men in their wailing forgetting that
the she who prefers Il titled squirt and
disrepute and loss of caste to a man of
character and brains is no loss either
TO the country or to the American who
might have been so unfortunate as to
be tied TO her The Illinois statesman
however, while he had his hand in
should have gone farther. Patriotism
and natal pride don't go with the class
his bill is after. All girls supposed TO
be in the market for foreign dudes or
suspected of having designs on de
hauchee dukes should be compelled To
put up a forfeit, and in the event of
a trip abroad on general principles
they should deposit bond with good
and sufficient securities forfeited IN the
event of their falling to show up. on
returning home. that they bad been
guilty of contracting no entangling
alliances while absent Enactments
such as is contemplated by the legisla-
ture Of Illinois, which contains no re-
striction. provides no penalties. nor de-
mandS any show down, lacks the re
quisiJe reach and must necessarily fail
TO fetch them. Besides, these lapses
are cases of particeps criminis. In
addition 10 the most stringent terms
for the girl the act should farther
provide that no foreigner below the
rank of king should openly commit
ma1rimOny by and with the consent
of any female American until he had
foresworn his title and country. given
Il good and sufficient bond that he
would join the American silver party.
make his home in the native land Of
his proposed bride, all as a prerequisite
and guaranty Of good faith and farther
he must show up as big pile belong
ing TO himself as the one sought in
which i woman is 10 be thrown in TO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

impression that the bill made no material
alteration in the coinage laws; it was
passed without discussion, debate being
cut off by the previous question II
was passed TO my certain Information
under such circumsta that the fraud
escaped the attention OF some of the most
watchful as well as the ablest statesmen
in congress at that time, Aye, sir,
it was fraud that smells to heaven. 1t
was a fraud that will stink in the nose OF
posterity, and for which some persons
must give account in the day of retribu-
ton. Congressional Record, volume q,
part l. second session, Forty-ffth con-
greSs, page 5S4)
Congressman Holman, in congress on
July Is. 1876. said:
II assert that the measure never had
the sanction of this house and it does not
possess the moral force of law. .
The method OF its passage through this
house was a colossal swnidle. Con gres-
sional Record, volume 4, part 6. Forty
fourth congress, first session, appendix,
page 1872
Again, on August 5. 1876. Congressman
Holman said: 1.-THE original bill was
simply a bill to organize a bureau Of
mines and coinage. The bill which finally
passed the house and which ultimately
became law, was certainly not read in
this house. 1t was never consid-
cred before the house as it was passed.
Up TO the time the bill came before the
house for its final passage the measure
had simply been one to establish bureau
of mines. The substitute which finally
became law was never read.
Il, myself, asked Mr.. Hooper, who
stood near where l am now standing,
whether il changed the law in regard
10 coinage. And the answer of Mr.. Hoop
er certinly left the impression upon the
whole house that the subject of the coin
age was not affected by the bill."-(Con-
gressional Record, volume 4, part 6, For
ty-fourth congress, first session, page
5237)
These are but few of the utterances
of those who were in congress at the
time of the demonetiZation act of 1873.
Perhaps to prove concIusively thar the
bill was not discussed. Professor ].
Lawrence LauShlin and the Chicago
Times Herald to the contrary notwith-
standing. the testimony Of Congress
man Cannon of Illinois, may be added
Is. 1876, he said:
This legislation was had in the Forty
second congress, Feb. Il. 1873, by bill to
regulate the minis of the United States,
and practically abolished silver as money
by falling to provide for the coinage of the
silver dollar. 1t was not discussed, as
shown by the Record, and neither men,
bers of congress nor the people under
stood the scope of the legislation. ICON
gresSional Record, volume T. part g. Forty
fourth congress, first session, appendix,
page 1919
Then there is the oft-published testi-
mOny Of 'Pig Iron" Kelley, who had
charge of the bill, and that of General
Grant, both acknowledge entire ig-
norance of that part of the act that
struck down silver. These testimonies
have been produced time and again
They can all be found in their origi-
nality, as indicated in the Congress
sional Record. In the light of such
evidence, is it any wonder that the
act of 1873 is called a crime?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10
1T IS WORLDWIDE.

The gold-bugs are Systematically try
ing to convince the readers of their
special publications, with which they
are now flooding the country, that out
side of the western and southern states
of America there is no concern eyinced
touching the status of silver. The
truth is the immediate representatives
not only but the Industrial and produc
ing classes Of every civilized country
on the globe, except in the few free
silver nations of Central and South
America, and in Japan. The London
spectator, noting the prosperity of
Japan and Mexico as silver countries,
goes on TO protest strongly against the
folly Of treating bimetaliSm as mere
fad, and sure to pass away without
doing much harm. That paper then
says it is shaking politics in America
to pieces, and in Europe we have no
manner of doubt that Il grave cur
rency quarrel in which class will be
set against class is almost Immediately
at hand. We shall have it even in this
country; enormous as is the weight
of authority on the monometallist side,
and consistent as our people have been
in leaving all such matters TO be set
tied by trained experts. To this the
Kansas City Gazette well remarks that
we too were in the habit of leaving
all such questions to professional eX-
pert money lenders, who kept them
settled in their own interest, till of late
the people began to see that the money
lenders were getting double their dues,
not by law, but by shrewdly inducing
the government to keep silver up to the
increased price of gold. When at last
the doubled burden got too heavy to
be borne the debtors looked every way
for relief, and now propose to carry
but the original weight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10
A NEW TAX IDEA.

A bill now pending before the Hi
nois legislature provides that all as
sessmentS of realty for taxable pur-
poses shall be made on the basis of
one-eighth of its actual cash value
No reason is stated. so far as we have
seen, for the ratio named, nor is it
material as long as the strict rule in
estimating values is adhered to. The
purpose Of the law is to prevent all
discrimination in assessments, and TO
take from appraisers the privilege of
showing favor to friends. 1t should
also remove the possibility of corrupt
appraisers, for consideration, MAX
ing arbitrary valuations for those who
might offer n bride. The rule being
fixed 10y statute, and the law being
mandatory, there would he no diff
Guilty in arriving at the cash. or mar
ket value of all property. The equal
adjustment of values for taxation has
long been a difficult problem. 1t is
one in which every taxpayer is vitality
interested, and the solution of il would
weed out the shirk, and the shark
who regularly beats his way by tricks
and brides. 1t is TO be hoped this bill
may become a law. and that its merits
will be fully tested.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10
4 CRAZE OF WISDOM.

There is one fact as prominent As il
* curious connected with the so-caIIed
silver craze which is exciting so much
alarm in administration circles and
among the money mongers of the
world il is 4 fact that il is a move
ment that comes from the people, not
from political leaders. movement that
had its inception in n terrific squeeze.
It's development in thought and study
rather than in passion.
The letter of President Cleveland 10
Governor Stone Of Mississippi, was re-
markable. especially fer lis warning
10 federal otiice-holders that if their
views Of the currency question differed
from those OF the administrau on they
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

must be careful in asserting them, lest
they incur the presidential disfavor
and consequent loss Of position. On
the other hand the intimation is clear
that enthusiastic support Of the admin
istration's policy will be agreeable TO
the president.
No man who understands IL can
truthfully say. as some have said, that
those who favor the restoration Of
silver as a money metal, especially In
the west and south, do so out OF ignor-
ance and inherited prejudice. Such
ideas may be comforting to those who
think they have appropriated the Wis
dom of the world, but they are not Just
nor true A year ago We heard much
of the remarkable progress of sound
money ideas in the west. This ap-
parent progress was really Il pause, j
doubt, suspension of judgment. II
showed that the people were not
blindly devoted to any opinion, but
that they were willing to listen, to
learn, to be reasoned with. to submit
their opinions to the test Of criticism.
But suddenly comes the alarming cry,
1.-The people are mOving.
They had stopped. but they had not
turned back. They had thought it
over. They had weighed the argu-
ments for the gold standard. They
had reviewed the pros and the cons.
The had observed cause and effect.
And they decided that the old way,
the way of their despised fathers, was
best after all
Hence the SILVER craze" that is
sweeping the land.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10
GRATUITOUs GARRULITY.

The gratuitouS talk about Kansas
drouth, Kansas floods and Kansas
storms is growing very stale. 1t
comes. for the most part from the
eastern press and eastern people. The
wornout ridges, and moss grown vii
lagos and burgS which furnish habi-
tation for these people are 50 far in
ferior 10 this new, rich country, with
its wide awake towns. that compari-
sons can only be made by showing
the contrasts. Down in New England
the farmers are Just beginning to plant
their sterile acres to corn and black
eyed peas. Up in Iowa they still hover
about the stove and bewaii their fire.
quent visitations of kansas Cy-
clones In northern Indiana and
Michigan the weary husbandman Is
padding around in his canoe hunting
for his section corners, preparatory TO
spring blowing Here-but what's the
use? We know the blessings Of this
sun EMPOWERED valley and that is
enough. Let them talk, we VIII do the
rest
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10
FURLoINED PLUMES.
Lord Kelvin maintains that the earth
is 100, 0oo 900 years old

Lord Kelvin maintains that the earth
is loo.0Oo. 900 years old.
The polar current contains less salt than
those from the equator.
The skeleton Alone OF an average whale
weighs twenty-five tons
Until forty years ago Japanese were
vaccinated on the tip OF the nose
The newest thing out in London's world
Of swelldom is a hand-painted shirt front.
The total public debt OF the seif-gov-
erning British colonies amounts 10 some
thing Ike :3oo,Ooo,ece.
Already there have been more train rob
berries in 1885 than for the entire year in
either 1880, 1881 or 1882
a recent report shows that 1850 con-
victs last year passed through the for
wardfng prison at Truman, Russia.
The total amount Of gold in circulation
H,c7e. 00ooo0. weighing altogether SO tons.
A carp taken out of the water may be
kept alive for twelve hours by a piece OF
bread soaked in brandy placed in its
mouth
There is a spring on Pecos river. in San
Miguel county. New Mexico. which throws
out stream fifteen feet wide and three
feet deep.
". r. Smith, superintendent Of the bo-
tanic gardens in Washington, has held
the place for forty-three years, and knows
all about gardens.
The largest sailing ship afoat is the re-
modelled Persian Monarch, 1898 tons mea
surement. Her iron masts are 1S4 feet
high from the deck.
Porous glass is a late novelty in the
Paris market. The holes are so small
that nei Their dust nor draft follows its use
and yet the ventilation is said TO be ex-
cellent.
''Grog," the sea term for rum-and-
water. it may not be generally known,
Vernon. who wore grogram breeches, and
hence was called "Old Grog'' About the
year 1745 he ordered his sailors 10 dilute
their rum with water.
DR.. Semens the Berlin electrician dwells
in a house which is known throughout
Germany as the Wonder of Wansee."
1t is fitted from roof to cellar with cleo
tricity. The dining room, kitchen and
wine cellar are all connected by means
of a miniature electric railway.
The parasitic fig Indigenous to the
tropics is an extraordinary plant It's
seeds are distributed by birds. and should
one drop and lodge in tree It will germ
mate there and send long root to the
ground, whence 1t can draw nourishment.
1t then rapidly spreads In growth over the
unfortunate tree, which soon dies.
In France the act of opening letters adj
dressed to another person is a penal Of
Tense only when perpetrated by an Of
fetal connected with the postal service.
This restriction has led to SO much abuse
that the government has recently submit
ted TO the chambers a bill providing Sc
we're punishment for everyone, whether Of
fetal or not, who is guilty Of tampering
wikth correspondence addressed TO others.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

There is a prevailing opinion among
about half Of the kentuckians that
young Brown was innocent OF any
wrong: and also a belief among the
other half that he got what he de-
served
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

Il is suspected that a number of men
In this country have stopped work till
this financial question is settled and
they know whether they are 10 be paid
in silver or gold.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

Colonel Blackwell's temple for the
portant no doubt. but it doesn't COM
pare with the Winchester for the pres
ersation OF the white mans scalp.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

II is found necessary TO have a row
over the Brown-Gorion tragedy in
Kentucky, and it would seem. too.
that both sides would want TO refrain
from scrapping.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

An old Kansan who examined one
Of Beardsley'S drawings said he i'm
agined that that was what =. l.. Ed
er's profanity would look like if it
were visible
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

And now those Republican investi-
gators accuse Householder of chuck
ing Maud Peck under the chin. How
absurd. Where else could he chuck
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

The Cheyenne Indians are prohibited
the use Of the meScal bean. But if it
is civilization they are after, they
should follow Boston and sail into the
navy bean.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

Nicaragua is very indignant. of
course. But Nicaragua will carefully
refrain in the future from humping the
heads of English pro-consuls just for
amusement
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

There is an awful suspicion that the
orator at the picnic next July /. who
spouts on the proweSs OF America will
Ice Interrupted with: How about
NicaragulaT'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

Ben Harrison believes that il the
minis were thrown open to the free
coinage Of silver. we should at once
come into condition in which We
but then that viii case isn't settled yet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

"Can England be sleeping:" asks a
newspaper in regard To Britains in
difference 10 Russia treatment OF
Japan. Not sleeping perhaps Usual
~ John Bull dozes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

CONSERVATION reisps among the gold
bugs. The silver advocates refuse
to accept the premises that they are
fools, before the discussion begins.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

Several of the colored gentry at
Guthrie use face powder and the
society bellies Of the town returned the
compliment by blacking their faces
and giving 4 minstrel show.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

The burlesque actors are now taking
off the living pictures. 1t was gen
orally supposed that the living pictures
themselves took off everything.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-10

A daily paper is 10 be started in
Chicago which Will contain no accounts
of crimes or criminals. The vale
dictory should be written and kept
standing in type.