The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-14
FUTURE OF POPULISM.
Taylor Rogers Furnishes a Condensed
Statement Of His Views on
the Subject.

The following communication is self
explanatory:
Editor Call: In THE CALL of July there
reported an interview with me as TO the future
| OF "POpulism." Please accept my Slncer
! thanks for the distinguished honor given mt
| In the prominent presentation or my views
| AS they were reproduced from the memory Q
! the reporter there are some slight, although
| doubtless unintentional, inaccuracies in thu
! statement. Hence permit me to offer the fol
| lowing condensation
The next campaign has three aspects-locai
State and National--in relation to what the
P0puliSts will do.
First-For purely municipal offices in Sat
Francisco a straight ticket may be run. Blu
| the probability is that the Populists here will
coalesce with all those desiring an honest anc
efficient civic administration in this mum.
clpality and willing to sacrifice partsanship te
attain 1T. Which course may be followed is de.
pendent on future exlgency.
Seconu-In this State the highest patriotism
demands full ticket for the Legislature, Con.
gress and the Electoral College. On this point
there can be no paltering.
Th1rd-That the Populists will nominate
Presidential candidates is absolutely certain.
why should they not? The issue will be the
money question. But that question Is the very
one that largely called the party into being.
1t is the one for which the Populists fought in
~ and ga with ever-swelling ranks and
prayer for regeneration. Their persistent and
intellectual contention has concentrated the
attention of the Nation on the real causes of
our industrial depression. Their every
prophecy made has been verified. No position
OF theirs has been overthroWH. So impreg-
nable is our fortress that all logical and direct
assaults have failed-ridicule being now the
only weapon to use against us. Hence, when
your reporter made me say that the Populists,
as party, will not be q distinctive feature
of the next campaign he totally misconceived
my views.
For to me there is now, more than ever be-
fore, an urgent and overwhelming necessity
Tor every reform OF PODullSm.
1t has three main principles:
FlrSEFree coinage OF silver at 16 to i, and
perhaps amounting to $15 or $50 per capita,
and these supplemented by currency so as to
reach per capita OF $50.
Second - National ownership of railroads
conceded by three-fourths OF the people as
necessary.
Third.The destruction of land monopoly.
No monopoly is right.
These three propositions constitute but one
truth, viz: the supply OF products at the least
expenditure OF labor. For 1t is evident that on
free land products are raised cheapest, and that
on National owned roads, eliminating profit
and carrying at cost, freight is lowest, and with
abundant money exchanges can be easiest eff
fected.
Hence the Omaha platform, intending to
bring the producer and consumer together
very rightly stands on the tripod - money
transportation ana land.
In the coming campaign the last two viii
stand as steadfast principles, but since the ad
ministration has ehampioned the heresy Of
''sound money!" the challenge for money dis
cussion Will be accepted.
The arena of 1896 will witness three armie!
each seyerally devoted to gold mongering
bimetallisrn and an increased currency. Ii
1900 IL will be metal VS.. non-commodit1
money.
And out of the two contests will come, accord
ing to my opinion, rational moneys scien
tific American dollar Its four distinctive fea
lures will be:
First-It is a standard fixed by the nation
for and as measure OF the value of all othe
things.
Seeond-It is legal tender for all debts.
Third-It is any substance without com
modify value and in convenient form for us
in exchanges.
Fourth-It is redeemed when debts are paie
and exchanges are effected by it.
This will be the triumph of truth and a per
petuation OF AmericaniSm. Yours truly,
TAYLOR ROGERS.