The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-06-07
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known as the New York Chamber
Of Commerce having served notice
its chairman Gustav !
Schwab, that it will start move
ment 10 rescue the country-and
the wage earners, labor /.
ers and factory hands-from the !
'grasping avarce of the silver mine :
owners, a monster" mass meet
ing presided over by a local work
ingman who earns, when he can
find job, the princely wages OF
800 per day in silver, met in the
city hall last evening to express
themselves as they saw fit in regard
to the solicitude of the New York
Chamber of Commerce. Mr.. II.
l.. Mosgrove, a young newspaper
man took down the notes. One OF
the audience arose, and mopplng
his brow with bandana, wanted to
know if the New York chamber OF
commerce intended, as a token OF
sincerity, to accompany its sympa-
thy hereafter with cash. which
would not necessarily be used for
publication, but as an evidence OF
good faith. Another son OF toll,
who has not had job for the last
six months, wanted to know who or
what the New York chamber OF
commerce was, and if there were
any laboring men among the body.
Another man wanted to know II 1t
was the intention to do away with
silver, saying that the stamp OF the
government at present held at par
with gold the so-called fifty cent
dollar, although it was debased in
THE markets and asked if it was re-
stored to the honor it once enjoyed
lif it would then be half the trouble
to maintain it equal with gold. He
also asked if the New York cham
Der of commerce had any or knew
T of any fifty cent dollars that could
Ibe purchased. Another man said
he wanted to answer John q. Car
isles five propositions, Yankee
: fashion. Mr.. Carlisle had stated
: things that he could not prove and
r that none could controvert, which
reminded him Of the Irishman who
: -Ilaid down the proposition that the
moon was made of green cheese and
defed anybody to prove to the con-
trary.
e The applause from this was
: stopped by the chairman. "A man
= in the far end Of the house said he
e was not much Of a speaker, but sug'
I gested that it was lame policy tc
e continue using silver, which was 9
C costly metal, as mere token money,
5 and said if its legal tender qualities
were to be destroyed, las they virtual
ely were already, it would be wiser
to issue paper or copper as prom.
d Use and leave the silver to be used
Rim the arts and for the tongues OF the
: gold orators. Another man who had
' his sleeves rolled up said he under
h stood we were on gold basis and
yet had to rely upon silver to carry
on the worlds business. He then
wanted to illustrate point, and
: asked whether or not any gentle
e man in the house has gold dollar
Y lin his pocket. Everybody was 81
t lent. One asked if a silver dollar
! wouldn't do as well. No." said
b he, III must have gold dollar, ol
s | can't illustrate my point. "Bu'
! there is no gold, cried number
} Of voices. "Mr. Carlisle says there
! are 5000, 10000 Of gold coin il
n the country and yet there is not
dollar Of it in this whole crowd o
laboring men. That's strange. Ar
IIrishman who had little too much
:. liquor here said Misther Carlisle
! was lawyer and it was not neces
. !. sary to pay any attention to any
! body except the witnesses in the
:. case. He then steadied himself OF
the railing and said "Old Hutch,
:, of Chicago, gave his opinion OF thu
], New York chamber of commerce
= and New York business men as fol
lows:
1.-The first thing New York maj
Is tries to find out about you is wheth
4 er or not you have dollar and tn
A. next thing he tries to find out i
i how to get that dollar" The lr
n Iishman also wanted TO know wha
rslthe New York men meant by al
OF "honest dollar" and "dishones
r. dollar He supposed they mean
one that was dishonesty earned Q
one that was dishonesty acquired
and he considered the demonetiza
e. ton Of silver a dishonest acquire
&c ment Of more value in gold.
as A committee on resolutions wa
then appointed and drafted the fol
lowing which was unanimousl
TO adopted:
/. Mr.. Schwab and the othe
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