Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-05-05
REPUBLICAN" INGALLS,.

Ex-senator Ingalls, in an inter-
view with Il reporter of the New
York Mail and Express gives
some plain truths. He is still a
''Republican," but the tone of
his remarks would seem to indi-
cate that he is becoming consid-
cradle of a Populist. The follow
ing is an extract from the inter-
view:
Have you observed any indi-
cations of better times among
the people?' | asked.
II ann inclined to the belief
that times are as hard today
as at any period since the de-
cline began said the Kansas
senator. ''There has never been
q season in Kansas when farm
products were SO low, land so
little sought after, and the sales
and exchanges of trades so few.
Rents have declined, incomes
have diminished, and wages re-
main unsatisfactory and made
quate to the masses. Every
thing, in fact, has shrunk except
debts, and taxes. They alone
have tendency to higher fig
cures. Nobody is thriving now
except dealers in money-the
syndicates and men who deal in
securities and other evidences
of debt. Nor do I perceive
ahead of us any well-detned or
radical change for the better. -
''Fo what do you contribute
this condition Of affairs?'
Il am frank to say that l do
not know. IF confined to this
country alone it might be sus-
ceptible of explanation on poll
tical basis, but an epoch of de-
preston, despondency and fail
ing industries appears to pre-
vail at all parts of the civilized
world.
England, France, Germany
and Spain are suffering from the
same general paralysis. While
| do not claim to know anything
about the cause of it, [ suspect
that tits intimately, though my
seriously connected with the f.
nancial system that has been de-
veloped in the past twenty years.
The contraction of the circulate
ing medium of all the great ma
tons by the destruction of the
money functions of silver is, to
my mind, the chief cause. I CAN
see no other explanation of it,.
though [ do not offer that as a So
luton. We are told time after
time in the Eastthat any one hold
ing those views is either a mad
man, a knave or d fool. Not
wishing to be put in any of these
classes, L simply offer the sug-
gestion as a possible cause, and
leave it to others to determine
another one. It is a curious fact,
though, that with increasing
demands for food and clothing,
all products of the farm and field
have diminished in value, and
that with the exhaustion of the.
public domain farming lands
should become more and more
unsalab le-in: short, that with.
idle. capital cons tamil y accumu-
lating in our finan cial centers all
business, and industrial enter.
prises shout anguish until we
have reached a condition which I.
believe has never existed before
since this governm ent was es.
|tablished. 4 believe there can be
no permanent return to- prosper-.
ity until there's some change III
our financial yste I'm BY which.
the circulating med dunn vii have
acorrespond ms, rate Of increase.
with the incr ements Of. our opu-.
1ation and the cons quent de-.
#mands of ind ustry commerce.
and ufacture .Ehey tell us.
we have. Or So s 5 per capita Of
culatingg ca Jun il il this conn
when, "a there ism & $40
Every bod y knows thai there iisno