The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-27

petition with other forms OF tboss-y.
And. sir because Of the bulkiness Of silver IN
proportion 70 It's value. the demand for sill
yer coin In actual business IL very limitsd
As "a matter Of fact there IL more silver coin IN
this country today than can be used rs coin
Experience has shown that the business OF the
country needs about six5 0OO. 90 In silver coin
OF al kinds. including minor coins But we al
ready have stock OF silver coin amounting TO
over toJU. OOOOO. 30 there IL absolutely no
trade demand for more silver coinage for some
time TO come.
Wages In Mexico.
Every one will admit that, 30 far as legisla-
tion can affect the matter. that system 10 best
under which those who earn their daily bread
by their daily toll receive the best returns for
their services.
The gentleman from Texas mr.. Baiieyl
who has just spoken. points to Mexico AS
..prosperous' in consequence Of having the
free coinage Of silver. He quotes from arti
Gle In q recent number of The North American
Review, written by the Mexican minister, Mr.
Romero. This distinguished r. resentative IL
naturally loyal 10 his own cou.try and desir
GUS OF making as strong statement az posi-
BILE as TO her prosperity. He claims that manu-
lecturers are making large profits. But what
does he find TO say about the wages Of work
ingmen In Mexicof Listen:
although our wages are low, there has
been In recent years marked tendency TO
their increase"
Their wages are Glow f" even in silver What
about increase i'm wagesY The most that he can
claim Is that there has been a tendency" in
that direction-no real increase worth men.
tio.ning specifically. wcrhingmen Will do well
The following statement appears in bulletin
No. 9. 1891. OF the bureau OF the American re-
publics.
lone OF the greatest evils referring 10 Mex
ico) at the present time Is the existence of a
scale OF wages which dcfics all power VI reduc.
ton. which rohs the lsborers OF al sense OF
dignity or feeling OF association with the rest
OF their fellow citizens. and having reduced
them TO condition of abject abasement dete'
or and the mea sure Of their ability. They are
content To regard themselves plant OF
machinery which moves by extraneous aids
only and has no power Of yolition. and no de-
And yet Mr.. Romero finds II impossible TO
claim more than that there has been "a ten
dency' to Improvement in wages.
We have before Us. Mr. Chairman. a special
message from the president asking US to make
an appropriation To pay certain railroads for
carrying certain people from the Mexi.
can limo To various parts of the United
States. What is the story behind this2 Sim.
ply this. sir Some of our workingmen.
having been told how fearfully they were
being abused under our system. and being AS.
sured that things were booming in Mexico.
became the victims Of their misplaced conf
dence in free silver orators and went TO Mex
leo. Then they learned the truth finally com
| Of our workingmen will allow themselves to
be made victims OF similar talesp
How About American workingmen?
And now let us see how the situation oi
workingmen in this country compared in ls9l
with that during the 30 called "bimetallic
times"
From the famous senate report on wholesale
prices, transportation and wages, before refer.
red to. take the facts for the following table
of wages In leading occupations every tenth
year for some time before the war. when we
metals. i" In comparison with wages in 1890. a
sixth Of century after We finally adopted our
present system of unlimited coinage Of gold
and limited coinage Of silver