People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-07-30

result the gold standard, measured Win
even exactness into the bone, flesh and
blood OF the labor!ng classes Of the United
States. II dear money Is good for lsborers,
then make II dearer and scarcer, TIL tners
ia none left to move the wheels OF COM
merce.
The Eject on Farmers
They say: Admitting lower prices,
farmers can buy everything as cheap as
they have to sell their property for, 80
who's hurt?
The answer is this: You sell your wheat
the farmers the merchants depend Oh for
trade, sell their wheat for 80 cents; 1t Is
true they can go and buy calico and cotton
goods and many other things proportion
ately as cheap as they sell their property.
Manufacturers are being broken up all
over the country by reason of these falling
prices: less labor is employed for the con-
sumption of those products as result Of
II: hut still, they can so and buy calico and
cotton goods, II is true, but, here Is what
they cannot do: They can't 60 and pay
their taxes with the same number Of
bushels Of wheat that they did in 1873; 1t
takes from two to three times as much OF
their wheat and other products. They
can't go and buy anything that Is being
held up by trust, or anything that is
working unnaturally against the condi-
lions that ars breaking down the fabric
OF the republic. They can't buy any Of
those.
Arbdckles trust on coffee will hold up
coffee. You get on Pullman car and you
pay.as much as you did in 1873. You pay as
much on street car. You pay as much
salary to the county, state and national
officials. and when say you pay as much.
mean you pay as much in dollars, you pay
twice as much in property-your property
and In many Instances you pay much more
than that.
So, that when you lower the money meas
ure Of the United States, you are asked to.
and must drag down this government, and
fit all OF its Industrial conditions to thaS
new measuer. You can't do 1t. you will ruin
the commerce Of the country. Trusts and
combinations are forming all over the
country to prevent falling prices, and thus
the unnatural struggle goes on.
How Debtors Are Affected.
Nor can you pay your debts. Take thu
debt which, few years ago, 1000 bushels
Of wheat, or about that, would have paid
1t now takes 1900 bushels OF wheat to pay
that debt. The load of a debtor is hard
enough to bear without increasing his bur-
den. When you make a debt you are
counting it in dollars; you are counting on
selling your property for dollars to pay il
with; the debt calls for dollars. You did
not count on falling prices, except by hon.
est means; nor on having that by which
you measure your property, rise in an evtr
increasing scale as it has done since 1873.
What has been the result? Men ran out
Of money and went In debt. They con-
tracted debts they never would have cons
tracted If it had not been for selling their
property at lower prices. From about
SIX billions of dollars, the people of this
country were in debt in 1873, it has grown
to about forty billions of dollars, and II
now is affecting millions of people Of this
country and the property with which they
are to pay II, declining in price all the
time. How are they going TO pay it, 1t
means Annually an interest OF over s, co.,
Co., 900.
The present financial system, based on
enhancing gold, has forced a majority OF
the people in debt and the machinery of tina
law made Ior the collection of debts is con-
flscating the property Of the people II is
transferring the property of the people
INTO the hands Of the few as effectually as
the feudal laws of Europe transferred all
the lands into the hands OF the few.
Disturbing Confidence.
They say We are agitators ard disturb
confidence. and are injuring business. Tha,
Is an argument that has been made by
every selfish despot in the world. Ostra-
cism, and an attempt to suppress free
speech by means Of ostracism should novsi
find sympathy in republican form Of gov
eminent. 1t is not republican: il is in
tended to drown the voice Of the people: II
IS not the argument OF honest men. An at
tempt 10 suppress free speech, Is treason
IN republic.
Increased Supply Of Gold.
They tell us that the increased production
OF gold is going to supply so much gold that
II will be cheap and wheat will 90 back to
$50 per bushel. The fact is that these
men who have deceived Us for % years,
lied to US In party platforms. used every
form Of deception, as II became necessary
TO meet unalswerable arguments and allay
the clsmcr Of the people. are now resorting
TO fslsifying the statistics. Those who
committed the crime of 1873 and who have
defended It since then by the weapons ons
would expect such men TO use. have now
graduated In the school of falsehood and
L. alp Ia 1xy nfer m MAJ
Bot let US follow them up and admit for
. moment that their statement Is true and
see where It leads US All the gold thoy
claim Rere Is In the world will 60 In the
space Of % feet each way. All the gold they
claim to have been produced In the hast
year. converted into one foot cubic blocks
would not furnish seats for one-tenth 81
this audience Measure a so piece, II you
can find one, and make this calculation
for yourself. Prof. Suesse, OF the Univer-
sity Of Vienna has published report, CIV
ing letters from the watch factories and
others using gold In the manufactures, and
he shows that the arts and sciences, In
Guiding dentistry and other uses, consume
the annual supply Of gold. with small ex.
ception which he thinks goes into tho wal
chests Of Europe He estimates that tina
annual production OF gold adds nothing 10
the stock Of gold for monetary purposes
The Silver Bullion Owners
They say the free-coinage Of silver is IN
the interest Of the silver bullion owners.
ASK them II this is true, in whose interests
is the free-coinage Of gold7 We now have
the free-coinage Of gold-have you heard
anyone say this was in the interest OF the
gold-bullion ownerse Money Is not local
Its use Is demanded by civilization. The
question to decide Is, out Of what do we
want 10 make our primary money? And
when that question is settled. II Is fixed ioi
the benefit Of ali cur citizens and without
reference to those who may dig II out OF
the ground. 1t Is fixed. or should be fixed.
tar the good Of civilization.
Independent Action
They say we cannot 60 II alone.
Do you want to 60 1t alone on gold any
longcr7 There Is nothing to fear by thu
remonetizatIon VI silver. When a great
government like the United States throws
its minis open 10 silver and says TO the
world: we have established bimetallism.
and anyone can bring y7lh grains Of silver
or % - grains Of gold 10 our nints and coin
frso AL 10.