Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-15
A POWERFUL PLEA.
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al r,sk another guinea for the banker,
-, doea NOT "agree with the rest OF
~. gentlemen" st. John excepted.
pcbold the arrogance OF that fellow
,torean, lust before the last bond issue
he vent to Washington remember ne ana
his associates had made u6.Wp.0v on the
farmer issue). and when asked by an en-
,erprising newspaDer-man the OBJECT OF
80 y,sit said he was there Ito see what
10 could do 10 sustain the credit or the
government. Think OF a government OF
~ 40 go peoplo. collecting annually by
,,xation about SS50,po0co, In territory
,hree times larger than Great Britain
france. Germany. Austria, and Italy,
coublned-"the greatest continuous en-
ire saws Mr. Gladstone, ever estao-
ttsbca nv man" the richest nation on
tbc fnce OF the earth. having wealth.
exceeding by $l760DO00 that OF Grea'
britain. by far the richest nation OF 'he
Ola World. and he, Pierpont Morgan
generously Offering his services TO SUSTAIN
the credit Of such an empirel
.sWhy. man. he doth bcstride the harr""
world
Like Colossus. and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep aoVu'
To find ourselves dishonorable gIdNes'
/ am reminded OF a historical lhO .,r,1l -
familiar enough 10 you. no douD.. W.
George l., not native OF hhb'"''-' 49, -.
his Dutch wife was on one OCCASION p ~,
ING through the streets CT LONDON NC
80 booted by the people. The foreign
radv in broken English. said pacnically s
80 tho teering crowd: eve comes me-
Co. vour goods" yes" responued 'no
croya "and for our chattels' 100
THE DUMPING BUGABoo.
I'm, aeain the opponents Of free com
AGO say, do you propose 10 mar r
hnerica the dumping ground i0 To-,
on the silver In the "oilu'
NVeu. YES; II the worlo plo
,oses TO make US n present OF the "",i'p
mt II they act like other peopie, ~
MI demand something IN eNchdnsv a. a..
,heir silver. We have HuCu u
.i,,cte Of the farms. factories anu
IN tto,v II VIII gladden. the heart OF
lr-1.r,ture. of mining. and manuiactu' III
=. ,no,v we will be able TO eNchanse
80, orr abundant products, even loi
- metal so despised in wall street
a. CoriisIe's Chicago speech rs authoIl'y
g.. ~ statement that there is a ioi
-.etdotIe demonstration I'm favor OF 'he
- coinace of silver by certain Iarse
-,,,,,,focturing interests in the eastern
-,,rt Of this country" our golu~ous
f,tends certainly cannot discredl' tn.a
A..se,, n II he true then, no doup'
49,. r,onpfacturers see in free coinage
~ o,,ening Of new markets In which "
scu their goods. on better terms vi
mich better TO compete win loIeiS
,,sn,,facturers. Let wage-earners .an'
notice of all this. for II means 10 'h'"
more work and better wages, o.or,
president Andrews and the hon, hoo'a
n.
MI S,ate. refute this dumping a'Eu
mont. and show 1t TO De n'io ''A
boo. ,,,.,.o,, sneakjng
Dut. Mr.. Carlisle. at chicago speeS S =
49, cia,ned TO workingmen, and J.
''' ,ooted I'm a mighty chorus, shi
-, - a. Mexico with her 50-cent dollar
~ look al her. but look at her In com
.'.r'sor with these United States as
-, strength. wealth, ana resources
I,od,,,,ine, her desert land, Mexico odi
sc,rcelv boast the area or 1eN"s DIV
Tho following shows the commerce U
tbe two countries in 1874. ,r.o,
inc wv Imports Exports. Total.
.., { "a 2S7. 4Sg s 80. S5S9I oS,llo'il
T. Sgg. III. ESQ 654, $40 l'oi'''f',,
Resides. It is said, Mexico, IN the y yea,
,s4- coined in silver Sj,~oVv' OF aun
coual 10 20 per cent. OF her loIels" IA, -,
,nerce. II our government WeIJ ~ -
likewise It would com III .t1 si,ve
ss,o ooo Oo0 a sum equal 10 all the s"NS
49,. coined from the foundation OIL I'M
government. .ouoa 10 Mexico
m, ,rere indeed, to compare "Hyperlol
10 a Satyr'
THE CURRENCY INADEQUATE.
no show how utterly inadequate IN
currency OF the country rs, beg 10 ga
,.our attention 20 the drain upon II
,ooet The expenses Of the government
1redoral state. ana municipal taNauol''
THE whole volume OF the currency
nut by Circular No. l23, N.JOe' 65lV-'.
Our annual taxes are as iolO wv ,oo -
Federal ....... .........'.'''''''''S,, 90. ~
state taxes ..........,. .''...'''' W.
Atnnicinal taxes estimated. 15OoOVo
Total taxation .............'..So Voo'o'ie
Co mat nearly one half of all ;he cur
re,cv 81 the country is annually Heed
90 nav our taxes Who can contempiAl
such "A condition without shuddsrF
put we are still more appalled, Whe
we consider the well-kno"n conses'e
condition OF the country: Whlie me pc
capita In the whole country, as peloi
stated. is placed at S2ll0. yet IT Is by II
means equally distributed. 1t Is es'l
mated that Massachusetts and New >ot
have per capita of not less than ~
while the South has per capita not eN
ceeding s.. Now. take Virginia VII
her population Of a million and han
and we have only 100000 Of currency
while her taxation Of all sorts Is equal
about 100000 or two thirds of all IN
H.. ..tV 10 needed 10
the taxes OF the people. To suppose tina
"a people can be content with such a cor
dition is 10 Imagine a vain thing"
we are constantly asked how hi
trouble IS 10 be remedied. ! answer, "
are an agricultural people. and need sue
an expansion OF the currency as VIII a
low larger prices for the products OF N
farm. This demand Of the people Is m'
by the money-pOwer with their car
about the outrage of debasing the GU
rency and credit OF the government. IL
me tell YOU a homely story 10 illustrai
the reason for the deep interest OF n
money kings IN the currency of the go'
eminent. \ farmer-boy had his car
load Of hay overturned, and displayed
distress entirely out Of proportion TO II
seriousness OF the accident. When b.
stander suggested that the occurren'
did not amount 10 much after all. II
boy replied: Eyes: that Is so; but n
old man is under the hayi'
DEMAND OF THE SOUTH AND IVES
Third: Because 1t win free the con
nercial and agricultural interests of II
country from the dominion OF the none.
Cfabbers IN this country and Europe
The charge against the Democratic par
that their platform is Anarchistic. or
ginatlng. as u does I'm Wall street.
hurl bSck with defiance. while the DC
soncd darts OF calumny which Cochran. 1
attorney levels AT the civilization Of Il