The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-29
OH TIE LIARS!
TIE PHENOMENAL. COLI


OH The LIARS!
TIE PHENOMENAL. COLOSSAL LIARS!
ST. Paul Globe, Dem. ut is not
denied or dcnlable that che free coin
age OF silver would put into exclusive
circulation dollar That would pass
MY at 50 cents in the markets OF the
world. The contention is that this
over valuation Of current coin would
produce consequent rise OF prices.
suppose that to be true. Then con-
slider how disastrous the effect upon
the cause Of labor. Upon this, The
central issue, Mr.. Carlisle is clear and
emphatic.
"'Aiter struggling for more than
quarter OF a century, through labor
organizations and otherwise, to secure
a rate Of wages which would make the
proceeds Of days labor equal to the
cost Of days subsistence for the
working man and his family, you are
asked. by the advocates OF free coin
age, to join them in destroying one
half the purchasing power of the
money 10 which you are paid; and i'm
pcsc upon yourself the task OF doub-
ling the nominal amount OF your
wages hereafter. That is to struggle
u
perhaps longer, TO raise your wages, in
| Il deprecated currency. to a point
which will enable you to purchase
with them as much OF the neceSSarieS
Of life as you can purchase now. And
il, after years Of contention, privita-
tion and industrial disorder, you
should at last succeed in so adjusting
wages that they would procure, at the
higher prlceS OF commodities, what
they Will procure now at the existing
prices, What would you have gained by
the change from the Old to the new
| cOnditions?'
Let us consider this:
/. ut is not denied or deniable that
the free coinage of silver would put
into exclusive circulation dollar
that would pass only at 50 cents in the
| markets of the world"
Well, who is there that wants to cir
culate the dollars he receives in 1.-THE
markets of the auorld!' Does the me-
chanic when he is paid silver dollar
for his work take the next steamer TO
England to trade it off in the London
market? No; he swaps it for bread or
| meat or clothes or tools in the mar
kets of the United states; and there
it is readily accepted for one hundred
cents. What has the farmer got to
| do with the markets Of the aUorld? He
yves the whole price OF his crop in the
village of Skinnemwell or Squeezeem,
| near which he lives, and he has iIard
| ly sold his produce until half dozen
| merchants and consJableS are after
| him to make him stand and deliver.
| Fancy the farmer, beleagured by tn is
crowd of rapacious harpies, pulling
the Globe out of his pocket and
reading the above passage. Gentle
men," says he, Il have got my pockets
full of silver dollars. but l am too
honest a man to offer to pay my debts
in such discredited SO cent coins.
Why, they aoon't go in Europe!H"
''The devil take Europe" replies the
Sheriff, they will 60 here. We
didn't sell our goods in Europe, but in
Skinnemwell; and those silver dollars
are worth loo cents here; and we will
be deucedly glad to get them. Come.
shell out!'
'Then why" replies the old-party
agriculturist, Ibid the Globe publish
such stuff"
cit was meant" said a bystander,
"for the cons umption of the sick kit
tens of the two old parties, who hayn't
yet got their eyes OPEN"
Precisely. A Republican stump
speaker made speech down in Kan
| SaS.
| "Gentlemen," said he, II under
stand that this audience is made up
very largely Of Populists. l want to
ask you one questjon:-what were you
before you became Populists?"
A raw-boned old farmer on a back
seat replied:
I'D fools.'
The audience roared for ten min
utes, and young Mr.. Tendollar- plati-
tudeS gave it up in despair.
Why don't the Globe urge the post
master at St. Paul not to take U. S.
postage stamps because 'they are not
good in Yurrup?" Why don't we have
an international conference to settle
what kind Of postage stamps our gov
ernment shall issue? Why don't we
arrange our Tariff schedules by con-
ference with John Bull? Why do
these seventy millions Of people dare
to say their souls are their own unless
they first have the approval Of Vic
toria Rex and the Emperor Billy?
g 1.-THE contention is that this
generalization OF current coin would
produce consequent rise in prices.
Suppose that to DC true. Then con-
slider how disastrous the effect upon
Jhe cause>Of labor"
The St. Paul Globe has, we suppose,
thousands OF farmers on its Subscrip D.
tion lists, who are selling their wheat
for 81 cents, their oats for II TO ID,
their barley for Is to 20, their potatoes
for u To II cents a busllel; and it says
to them, 1t is probable the adoption
Of Iopulist doctrines would increase
these prices and enable you to pay
your debts, and save your homes.
But" continues the Globe, ''you must
not accept this relief; you must con-
tinue to vote for the two old Siamesc
twins,
Two souls with but single thought
Two pumpkin heads III one
because the effect Of increasing prices
| would be hard on the labOrinp menu