The representative., 1895-10-30
WAS 1T TRUE?

Mr.. Donnelly has preached the
bankruptcy and ruin of the farmers,
the descriptions of all social condi-
tions, and the rule of monarchy and
despotism, for many years, and in the
face of his dire predictions a better
condition of things prevails today
among the agricultural classes than
ever before in the history of the
state. He has signally failed as a re-
former. and that the people should
fail to appreciate his political teach
ing is not to be wondered at.-Man-
kato Review.
Oh thou unconScionable liar! Is
this better condition of things than
ever prevailed before among the agri-
cultural classes? How have you got the
cheek to make such declarat tion with
wheat averaging AZ cents a bushel:
barley p cents, oats Is cents and pota-
toes 10 cents? And what is our condi-
tion from national point of view?
Read this:
New York, Oct. 5.-The New York
Financier says this week: "DecreaS-
ing deposits and loss Of cash holdings
are the distinguishing features Of the
New York bank statement for the
week ending October 5. The clearing
house banks held last week only $l5l,-
496, 400 in cash, which is loss of $3l, :
OO0, 900 since June l, last, and of SOL
1860 since August 81, last. This
money represents in part the gold ex-
port movement, but more than any
thing else the demand from the in
terror. The actual loss for the week
was $8, O83, 900, OF which $739 600 was n
specie and 81, ga, 300 legal tenders.
Deposits are down to $40, ,O99. 500, the
loss for the week being $9,O37 900. The
aggregate volume of deposits has
fallen off since June l. over $2l ,OOo. 900,
and since August 81, $33, ,50U,U0O. The
ported for the last week are nearly
$1,000, 900 less than for the correspond
ing week in 1894
And remember 1894 was panic
year. And in 1895 we were brought
face to face with civil war. ThouS.
ands aud tens of thousands of starv-
ing. unemployed men marched over
the land, looking for work. The dis
content was suppressed by rifle and
cannon but is any man foolish enough
to think it is gone:
And what is the condition Of labor
now? Read the following:
The K. of L. Journal prints letter of
J. B. Sovereign as to the result Of his
investigation of illinois miners to go into
voluntary slavery.
He says that he asked man he met
If he could show him 20 families that
were actually starving.
Yes. the first 20 that you come to-" he
said and passed on, as l asked another
if he knew anyone In need.
He then said: "All of u.s. he said, and
third volunteered to escort me to nine
starving families In distance of less
than two blocks from where we were at
the time. l went with him, and the
scenes that met my eyes were more hor-
rible than my feeble pen can describe.
In one house found two families of
colored people. Five little colored chill
dren huddled in a corner of the room as
IL to hide their nakedness, when / en-
tered, and woman sat in a rickety chair
nursing a babe one year old. l thought
of "A life for a life" because the babe
was nursing from the breast of a starv-
ing mother.
morning?' l said to the woman with the
babe, as I scanned the shabby home.
mo said she, I sent the boy, but he
got nothing. 1t was all gone
Then her grief was more than she
could bear, and, with tears streaming
down her face. she prayed God to send
her back into chattel slavery.
"'Oh. said she, when / was slave in
the south l never had to beg for some
thing to eat 1 never suffered from hum
ger, and no one ever saw me half naked,
as you see me now. l wish to God I
were back in slavery again
Further conversation revealed the fact