Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-02

vote for no man knowingly unless know Ae
will work for the best interests OF our Amer.
can laborlng men.
One year ago, here on this platform, ! ad-
vocated the free coinage OF silver on a basis
Of 10 tol. yet firmly and honestly believe
that there is nothing mot even war; would
80 quickly restore good prices for labor and
farm products as would the free coinage Of
silver / regard the demonit xttion OF silver
as huge speculation. The repea ofthe Sher
man law and the retirement OF Greonbacks7
only tends 10 place this government In the
hands of the bond syndicate. As long as We
cling To a single gold standard so long will
they force new bond issues and force the
people TO pay high interest. We, the people
OF the west. are heavy borrowers. Every.
thing we have Is mortgaged, even To our
homes. Who holds tine mortgages Wall
street. Shall We continue 10 vote year after
year to increase the heavy burden OF taxation
and high INTEREST," Shall we vote for bond
holders and syndicatesg IL so vote for men
that advocate the retirement OF greenbacks,
the decentralization of silver and for single
gold standard Ben Butler said that any
legislation that the national bank fayOfed
was always against the interests Of the people
The rational banks all favor the retirement
of greenbacks, the denomination ofsilver and
single gold standard. Until W. have
legislation that will place silver where IL be
longs "a legal tender at the ratio OF l6 To |,
that great Octopas, the bond syndicate, viii
force this government 10 issue new bonds
every six months. What does the last issue
of one hundred million meanY Ii means that
in the 20 years they have To run at four pr
cent, We, the people, must pay one hundr d
and sixteen millions of dollars IN interest.
Interest and principal two hundred and six
teen million dollars. In my judgement no
greater steal was ever perpetrated against
this government. With all this great burden
of debt, with the low price OF farm products,
with the low price OF wages, how long will 4
be before we can free this calling yoke OF
debtY The salaries of United States Office
/ holders remain the same no matter what the
price Of farm products, and they even ask Us
! TO vote 10 increase their salaries. with strict
economy in our government affairs our
national debt would soon be paid. Our great
west is being bed our very life,s blood Is
being drawn out drop by drop. Every stick
/ Of timber from our forests, the product OF our
4 workshops, the millions If bushels OF wheat,
/ corn, oats and potatoes from our farms, the
/ gold, silver iron and copper from our mines
/ all goes To pay interest. Our great west VIII
soon be stripped of her valuable timber, our
mines robbed o. their treasure, our workshops
I closed, and our farms become barren and
waste. VIII the debt be paidy No. The
/ four thousand millonaires of America who
today are worth over twenty-four billions OF
dollars will own our government, our homes
and the very proudest thought OF all, the
heritage left us by Washington, our American
| liberties. Shall We, the people, while We
| have the power in our hands, through the
Australian ballot box, shall we vote To make
money scarcer, wages lower by voting for n
single gold standardy Or shall we vote for
free silver, low interest and good wages.
Shall we continue TO send the gold bug
millonaires 10 our United States senate a.
make laws for laboring men, or shall we stand
| shoulder To shoulder and vote Tor men thu
will represent our interests.
The national and state elections are close
at hand and we will do we'll TO take the
advice Of Detroit's worthy mayor, Hazen 5
Pingree, 10 attend to caucuses and see that
the right kind OF delegates are elected TO al
tend our state and county conventions. After
passing through the hard times of the past
year / believe IL To be the duty OF the board OF
estimates to cut down our small estimates.
SO it will be possible with strict economy "a
reduce our city tax to q of one per cent.
Reduce the taxes all we can until the people
Of our city have had time to recover from
the hard times Of the past year. Ii can he
done and the people must insist on its being
done. IL am elected i shall insist on the
estimates being cut. The board OF superyls-
ors of Ionia county have raised our valuation
and the only way TO escape higher taxation II
10 reduce our city tax. | am in favor and be
heve in paying good wages 10 labor. lbeliev,
IL 10 be the duty of our business men 20 en-
ploy people that live IN our city and in Sc "a
ing new Industries. look for those that vii
pay good wages. believe il TO be for I'll,
best interests of our city that our factoriti
should employ people that make Belding thei
home. United we stand, divided We fall witt
unity between our laboring men and bushes
men. There is no reason why We should no
be happy, prosperous people and have ,
city to bee proud Of. Fellow citizens, thanl
you for the nomination and II ! am elected
shall work for your interests.
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