Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-05
ORGANIZED LABOR'S DEMANDS.
the Money of the Constitution Wanted.
Some Solid Facts for the Workingman.

and TOers through
distress prevailing s oqsaoq ,, the . Sogn try
siaton is ened-and occurring granes
e sS o be- en nS Ths Hs ns fruits their hard and
the time has come for united action on the Part oil
those who the wealth of the country. . - ~ , t,,
demands and tho eaa6. P 5 6 our 1
6on Of things in2Smn as the ae oaup the 1ons our beloved
republic the departure our @ and the arefor Of
the monCmec policy recommended BY Epaa money %n1
agricultural organizations have thought best at this particular
png precious since the foundation of this
on w ene e IN 0 h Interest a Producing
of largely the uuga
other LEGISLATION which
Wheat 6r 100 GOO pounds Of cotton barely suffice Before
bushels wheat or $50 GOO pounds cotton per year T H nave pad nf
pounds cotton And like proportion with all other fixed sal
Was such legislation just? Was necessarily follow
Generalization of the foodprodung sections OF the through
stocks that Of poor mar
bling the low prices purchase the narieS
that the striking down Of Gne-half the
@ % 81 on and m5nipu ate and that toers to money
for the purchase of their food supplies placed ga + @ % c
panic famine money at their supreme will? ~ .
m wou n De g s Ro not seem to yo the light Of the facts
our present me- % S of ne WIDESPREAD suffering and
ha1pe in the refrain from WAL wa street. dig
under the constitution as recommended by
of both gold and silver the silver dollar con-
were the standard for both gold and sill
ai the NUMBER pure dollar unaed viz
ms ratio Of Is -, -.
highest eo5 The S debt P o5S Sf 6s
was not payable gold obligations
psys in CON- the greater portion of principal
money refnng bonds in conot gold COIN but coin Of either
In 1859 the principal payable
bond that saw the United States declared
Pay in either gold or dn of of the R9 s " the option not Of the
0oGnGl1e u in p close Of the civil war it will be
in the interest," Of the bondhoideFs toll
But 1873 wines the browning blow Of all In
Relative Mint Assay Officers and Coinage the United states was sue
The bill pSTpoe omitted from
BY that candesne act peoples representa-
a silver was demOnezed and redemp
reduced from about seven billions to three and 0ne Dill
In 1873 of 1873 Congress passed what
sherman being Secretary treasury and Congress passed the BIZ over
1900 what known as the Shem passed substitute
1878 This law increased our volume money over
w. blond and sherman laws over $500 O or about 50 per CAPITA
all rejecting are agreed that the
RreSenF b would now be- our con ton the gold
present insufficient volume money were ha Dillon DOL
The Sherman adding millions the money Of the
cs through he Tr ever wi messed in behalf Of the producers
T or country vet the power
great compelled to submit to temporary defeat
10 S abo gold policy do
ing a0Gu fHp silver money
NIT And therefore earnestly recommend the adoption Oh
the following resolution:
the immediate return the money OF tho
the free and unlimited coinage
n full legal
the
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Grand Master Workman Knights Of Labor
Grand Secretary an of Labor