People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-08-20

here as England has fixed it in
Ireland?"
ny ValedictOry to the Republican
Party.
Ninth Speciication.-ln that the
Republican party demOnetized silver
and put US on a gold basis, it sunk bill
lions Of dollars Of the peoples wealth,
and 10y its legislation has caused the
people of the United States to pay
billions to the fund holders, without
reQuittal.
Before commencing the argument
on this specification, | think | may
with prOpriety ask, Do financial sys-
TENS effect nations and individuals
thereof? Do good financial systems
make and cOnduce to good conditions
Of the people? Do bad financial sys.
tens make and cOnduce to bad condi-
lions of the people?
These questions must be answered
affirmatively.
And may | Lot ask my Republican
friends, with equal prOpriety, what
distinctive advantages have been de-
yelOped by reason of their action in
the matter? II the people havs
gained anything by il, please inform
them. They are ready to hear.
As our conditions have grown worse
since you demOnetized silver. it looks
like the cause for our present hard
times is traceable to that action since
it is admitted that financial systems
make and conduce to either better or
worse conditions, taking for granted
that you have not the gall to say that
our conditions ase as good now as at
the time of the action. Not only
this, bu5 this is the only logical con-
clusiOn.
Now, if we fail to find a natural
cause, then we can only look for the
cause in legislative action, these being
the only sources from which the cause
could originate.
In the arst place statistics show a
registration IN all our great marts of
nominal production, that the rain and
sunshine necessary to fair productions
have not been withheld and that the
frugality and industry Of the people
have not waned.
Statistics further show that pro.
dOctiOns 10 other parts Of the world
have not more than kept abreast Of
the increasing population.
Under this state Of facts our hard
times could not have come from
natural causes, therefore we turn and
look among legislative actions for the
cause,
Now, since we have searched in vain
for changes in our system effecting
vital interests, except the one-de-
monetization Of silver-therefore ii
follows as true that the demonetiza-
tiOn OF silver has made worse cOndi.
tions.
Under your financial systematic
one which you insist on maintaining
we have paid on our debt 10 priLci-
pal and interest four billion, six hun.
bred and seventy-two million and nine
hundred and fifty-fOur thousand dol
lars. We have reduced the principal
from 81, 1927, 1868, $50. 46 in 1866 to 81. l26-
SI9, 10000 November statement) 10
1888. This balance under the appre-
ciated dollar system Of your legisla.
tion now requires more human effort
to discharge it than the whole amount
did before we had paid cent On it.
You did this in the interest of the
fund holder. You appreciated the
mOneyed mans dollar more than 100
per cent. and refused to appreciate
the debt-payi1g pcwer Of the dollar,
thereby making il possible and prac-
tical for the man OF money to pur.
Chase more than double the products
OF labor with dollar than lie was do
leg before your legislation.
And at the same time you imposed
the hardship on the great mass of the
people OF expanding at least double
the amount OF sweating toll to procure
one OF these dollars and have made it
necessary for the man IN debt to work
two months to get the money with
which to pay debt that one months
work would have paid before your de-
monetization Of silver; and this does