The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-08-21

Agriculture ana manufactures had
groom to an enormous aggregate. and acere
successfully competing avith the markets Of
the ,rorld."
In spite OF the rayages of the most
colossal and destructive war Of modern
times. lasting through nearly FIVE
years of the decade referred to:
Population had increased over seven
millions;
1t was a period of remarkable
growth and prosperity;
Agriculture and manufactures had
grown to an enormous aggregate;
And we were successfully competing
with the markets Of the worldl
More than two million men,
The flower OF our industrial man
hood North and South)
Taken for nearly half the decade,
Out of the ranks of industrial and
commercial enterprises;
Billions of dollars worth of property,
Absolutely des stroyed;
Wiped out of existence
And yet
No such gro,cth and prosperity
Had euer before been kn0aUn!
Wonderful to tell!
Why was it?
because there was plenty of mouey
in circulation!
Cheap money
Which means
Good money!
During the whole decade, from 1860
to 1870;
Not gold or silver dollar could be
found!
Are you catching on?
Does your dull and stupid brain
comprehend?
There was plenty Of cheap money
the best we ever had.
Better than any other country ever
used.
And it was all in circulation;
All out among the people;
Paying for labor;
Buying homes;
Cancelling mortgages;
Building up gigantic enterprises;
Developing the resources of the
grandest country that Gods sun ever
shone upon.
Are you listening?
Is your thinking machine in work
ing order?
And this marvellous growth and
progress, In spite of the ravages of
war
Was accomplished by the use Of
Greenbacks and Treasury Notes
some of which were legal tender and
others Of which were not.
Not a dollar Of gold!
Not dollar of silver!
Both had SUNK away, like the twin
towards that they are:
They hide themselves In holes In the
ground; in bank vaults; sneaked across
the Atlantic.
Aud now, mind you: listen with both
Without a dollar of either gold OF
silver;
Without dollar Of that money Of
the world";
Without dollar Of that money
which our "wise tinanciers" tell US
must be arranged by international
treaty."
"WE WERE SUCCESSFULLY COMPET-
ING WITH THE MARKETS OF THE
WORLD"
DO you see the point? Does your
dull wit comprehend the simple truth
so plainly stated?
With our 5O-cent. rag-money dollars;
We acerg sAccessf, f,lly competing aCith the
markets of the ac0rld-
With the markets of gold-bug Eng
land,
With silver-bug Germany,
With bi-metallic France;
With every nation on the face OF the
earth-nine out Of ten of which were
using gold and silver money!
y
We are sick unto nausea with all
this clap-trap about the relative
merits of gold and silver-we need not
either.
We are weary and tired with all this
hair-splitting discussion about "16 to
T. or ''15 to r.;
With all this farce and burlesque
about the money Of the world;
With all this interminable war of
words about the ''yellow metal" and
the white metal:
With ali this intOlerable nonsense
about bi-metallism and mono-metal-
liSm;
With all the dishonest quibbling
about international standards';
With the fake contest that il being
waged between gold-bugs and silver
bugs-carried on for the sole purpose
of diverting the minds of the people
from the one vital issue Of greenbacks
instead of either gold or silver.
1t is a trick Of the Shylocks to side
track the question OF paper money
full legal tender, issued direct by the
government without the Intervention
OF banking Institutions. The money
mOngers care not whether it be gold
or silver, or both. They can control
eithersor both. What they fear is the
Greenback. And the plentier they
are the greater their fear. VI
1t is a c0nspiracy-and one that is
ensnaring some Of our brightest and