The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-30
REPUTATION FROM DESTRUCTION.

REPUTATION FROM DESTRUCTION.
The Money-Power Killing the Goose that Laid
the Golden Eggs-In Renville County the
Farms Could not be Sold for Enough to Pay
the Mortgages-Coxey's Plan Approved-The
F.A. BLU.
Editor Representative.
One would suppose from the report
ed vote for Mckinley and the ado
about 1t raised by the g. o. P. papers
that the vote was an expression OF the
people against what they term dan
gerous issue, free coinage Of silver"
and many of them point that the rise
In the price of wheat and the starting
up of factories as results of restored
Confidence, it does not seem to their
purpose to direct any attention to
tie extreme low price of all other
farm products or to the fact that
most of the factories starting up so
soon after election we're shut down n
few months before election with the
express object of influencing the labor
vote by threats that they would not
be able to start up again if Bryan was
elected. How would those large or
ders be filled they so prominently
speak of that the factories are now
running overtime to fill. 1 see plain
ly condition upon us that will re-
Quire not only coinage OF silver but
much more radical financial innova-
ton to meet it. The condition Ihave
reference to IS our stupendous inter
est bearing debt that now have reach.
ed such proportions that all the sur
plus productive wealth of this marvel
ously rich country fails and has failed
for several years past to meet the in
terest; In fact the system through its
marvellous absorbing power has reach
ed the point of reputation; and the
so-called leaders Of the gold standard
policy by the their contraction policy.
are fastening this reputation condi-
ton more rapidly than it would &C.
quire if policy of increased circula-
tion were adopted. "a .."--
l feel positive the situation in this
county is about the same in all the
counties Of the state; and in all the
states OF the Union, conditions are
similar. II am correct in this then
this reputation by the interest-eat-
ing process is far more terrible than
people realize.
To illustrate I don't believe there
is one farm in ten in this county that
Will, II sold for cash today, bring near
the amount loaned upon it and the
necessary expense Of foreclosure!
Continue present low prices of
farm products, as they will be under
continuance of the gold-standard,
and this repudiating process brought
about by men who are dominated by
selfish greed and the extent of this
reputation will dawn upon the minds
of many who now think so little
about it that they are swayed in their
action at the polls
The most sensible and business-like
proposition that has yet been made to
my knowledge, to meet the coming
crisis, is "Coxev's non-interest- bearing
bond plan" This plan honestly car
ried out to the extent of increasing
this circulation without interest, to
the point where productive labor can
by increased prices meet the demands
of extOrtionate interest, and by econ
omy, some of the principal. In this
state we if possibly should formulate
some plan OF effective organization
that will by its educational features
prepare the farmers and laboring
classes to meet the coming crisis that
is close at hand. If my earnest effort
and experience for the past eight
years is of any value, in assisting in
perfecting the necessary organization
| will cheerfully and freely give it.
The day and condition is past when
we can expect necessary educational
results from the open Alliance where
nearly every business effort that has
been made has been ''peddled" at
once to the local merchant who has
been most bitter in his attacks upon
all forms of former organization. The
short-sightedness of those local mer-
chants is now. making show and
some Of them can now see that their
help to the big robber Of the farmer
has enabled the big robber to perfect
his system to the point that now
there is no profit left the farmer to
support the local merchant.
There are grave and radical changes
taking place rapidly, and unless we
soon get banded together so by united
influence secure some recognition in
these radical business changes we
will, to use slang phrase get badly
left"
The f. A. & l. U. is the only form
of organization now left us by which
we can quickly perfect strong Or
ganiZation with the .:'Aid" auxiliary
we have a positive guarantee that our
families will be provided for, when we
pass the great divide" at the least
possible cost to the insured l have
Investigated fraternal and regular
life insurance for the past six years,
the result of that inveStigat ion con-
vinces me that fraternal life insurance
is much cheaper and safer than regu-
lar life and find the Aid Association
as cheap and sure as the cheapest and
SureSt.
Now let every earnest man possible
attend the coming annual meet ting
and let all work the ensuing year as
they have never worked before
Let us leave no room for regret that
we failed to do for this cause of hui
manity what we might have done.
We have but little time to prepare
ourselves for the coming crisis. and
we will have less time for regrets.
-Hamlin V. Poore.
Bird Island, MINI.