Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-16
THEY ARE OVERFED.
The WOrkingmen Have too Good
q Time Of 1t Right Now.

The Fort Wayne, Indiana, Jour-
nal publishes the appended extra
ordinary communication. 1t is 80
in its utter absence of
real Americanism and even of hui
manity that it would he considered
a forgery were it not for the char
acter of the man to whom it is ad-
dressed, and who authorizes it pub
LEGATION. Judge Bell is one Of the
ablest lawyers Of the state, and
was at one time q partner of the
ex-Upited States Attorney Cen
eral Miller.
Following is the letter which
the Journal vouches for:
No IL Wall Street.
New York, Aug. 10, 1896.
To Hon. II. G. Bell, TT. Wayne,
Indiana:
Dear Sir:-The committe of po-
litical education of Wall street.
this city, to which the undersigned
has the honor to belong, having de-
termined that each member should
write personally to at least one or
more prominent party leaders Of
the silver cause, your name has
been handed to me. You are de-
described as of a fair mind and
large influence in your state. !
therefore address you in the hope
that you may be persuaded from
your present course, for you are
leading the lower classes, the la
borers, artisans, mechanics and
agriculturists of your state into a
step which will cause them great
distress.
We who sc business it is to study
finances, and are therefore capable
of determining such questions,
know that there is at this time too
much money. Millions are now
ready in this city to be loaned on
call with good collateral such as
government gold bonds, where it
is really needed at remunerative
rates. Your methods are such as
to frighten all meney lenders (for
nothing is 30 easily scared as
money! No one can tell what
laws your candidate, if elected,
may suggest; while even now the
laws are all against our people
We are forced to loan money al
such rates as we can get. If We
cannot get 10 per cent we take 8
3 if we cannot get 8 we take 8, and
in peaceful times even lower, and
I it is difficult even then to keep Oul
: money at work. But what dc
. your workingmen say? If they
q cannot get a dollar a day they re
fuse to work, while they ought t.
t take rs cents or even 80 cents, ~
o that we may keep them at work
: You ought to teach them that s
r per day on a gold basis is enOy
nous pay in this country; no gol'
: country pays more than 30 cents
). for labor, while here living is tn
d cheapest of all countries, providin,
Q the lower classes will live as the,
D. should live. They are really ex
Q travagant; they buy meat four o
n five days in the week; they eve
If indulge often in pie, which is n
kind of food to be enjoyed by work
Is ing people and does them no good
n Rice is one of the most health
of and nourishing of foods, it is chea
NJ and can be raised in endless quar-
n titles, but wOrkmen avoid it q
p general food. They eat whea
Q; bread when rye is much NOR
r suitable. These ideas grow out {
q wrong education, which you, m
dear sir, are assisting, only to the
1t future disaster.
N Mr.. Hanna, if he wins the cleo
o, ton, (and all intelligent men {
10 the east hope and believe he will
g will certainly inaugurate q muc
l. better system for the lower classe
". He will try to take the none
III question and tariff out of polite
es which should have been done Ion
~ since. The law governing final
ID ces can be safely left with the nj
" tional banks, insurance and raj
es road corporations-who throue
III a standing committee with SON
q, we'll known and honorable final
ry cier such as Mr.. J. P. Morgan ,
ID Mr.. August Belmont as chairma
II. who could formulate and ha,
passed directly such laws {
ne money us would be safe and usefi
Ill for the whole people. All Law
~ governing the tariff could be ha
In died in the same way by a COZ
he mittee appointed by the gre
as manufacturing and industrial c
OF terprises, and with such honorab
IT. and charitable men as Mr.. Roc
Is Teller, or Mr.. Carnegie, as chat
ne man of such committee, the me
d. wise and useful tariff laws cou
We be speedily put in force, not bot
no ering those engaged in agricuitu
ng or other rural work, or excitil
n them by frequent elections as
now the case.
mt We have talked with Mr.. Han
"a AS to many things which are NJ
ne wrOnging the lower classes and ,
'es verting them from their lab,
So He thinks there is too MANY no