The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10
PRODIGIOUS FABRICATIONS.

We have received the following let
ter:
HON. IGNATIUs DONNELLY:
Dear Sir:-The clipping enclosed is
from the News Tribune OF Duluth to-
day and in case you have not seen it
elsewhere, call your attention to 1T
SO that you may get whack at this
the latest of the infamous lies
promulgated by the gold-bug gang
The hydra headed monster of
romance was pet rabbit alongside OF
them. Go for them hip and thigh.
Truth is bound to triumph in the
long run. We are getting ready for
the convention here on June 25th, and
the Populists here are looking for
ward to have you join with US on that
date: Yours, w. D. GORDON,
Secretary Peoples Party Co. Com.
This is the clipping referred to.
St. Paul, May 2l.-One of the lead
ing bankers of the city said today
that company of wealthy French
men intended to establish headquar-
tiers in St. Paul for the loaning OF an
immense amount Of money to the
farmers of Minnesota and the Da-
kotas after the assurance had been
given that the financial system of this
country was to continue on sound
basis. He continues:
This company Is prepared to loan
millions Of dollars to farmers at rea-
sonably low rates of interest, but it
is waiting to make sure that if it
sends gold here it will receive gold in
return. II the Republican party de-
clares for sound money, as it surely
Wi hn 0n rn1 hn
lished here in St. Paul, and all this
money will be distributed from here.
1t is easy to understand the benefit
such company would be. 1t means
that the farmers would be provided
with money to pay their debts, the
country merchants would be paid by
the farmers, they in turn would pay
the wholesalers. and everything would
loosen up all the way around. The
trouble now is that no one cares to ad-
vance money on land values lest loss
in the event OF going to silver
basis follow"
We are obliged to our friend for
calling our attention to this last
"whopper' of the Gold bugs.
The mountain of gold that was dis.
covered in Australia, a year ago, got
up one morning, picked up its skirts
and walked off, and has never been
seen or heard Of since. It is proba bly,
in the moon by this time, riding a
bicycle. The sands Of the Pacific
coast, which for a distance of 5000
miles, were plumb full of gold, ready
to be reduced by the industry and art
CT man, took dive and disappeared
in the depths of the ocean, leaving
nothing but pebbles and claln-shells
behind them. The report we publish
ed, two or three weeks ago, from a
Washington correspondent of press
bureau, of the vast areas in Alaska
covered knee-deep in gold, waiting to
be picked up, was exploded before the
robust liar got back to Washington
And now we have this last triumph of
human mendacity.
But it will be observed that all
these fabrications have not interrupt
ed the steady flow of mortgage FORE
closures, and the transfer of the real
estate Of our country from an honest
yeomanry to dishones: plutocracy.
But is it the great end and aim of
the American people to borrow money
from Englishmen or Frenchmen:
Would it not be better to give US a
chance for prosperity. so that we
could turn the fertile earth into vas t
crops, instead of covering it with
mortgages? We showed not long since,
in this paper that the crops of the
United States amounted in two years
to more than all the gold and silver
and paper money of the whole world.
Give us chance, under just laws, and
the people will soon be able to pay
their debts, and kick johnny Bull and
Johnny Crapeau. with their money
bags, out Of the country. Think Of
this mighty, free people, the greatest
and most enterprising and indus
trious in the whole world, standing
like pauper, cap in hand. before poor
tyrant-ridden Europe, where the bulk
Of the people have not square meal
the year round, begging them to give
us credit and lend us little money.
1t is shameful! l. D.
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