The herald., 1896-07-19
Ar.w.r N "rhs Wage Barner"

er In Wednesdays deThiu VI "ui1 =,
would talk to al few more wage earhers
perhaps he would learn more.
Let ua see IL silver would not neip tne
wagA Garner and everybody else little.
The first thing 1t would do would be
to set about 1000 idle men 10 WORK In
the mines, making an honest nving.
Those 100000 people have four more
nersons depending on them for their sup
port: that makes 100000 people helped
Those 10000 people would'b be wear
ing out clothes. tools. machinery and
eating food that some one else has 10
produce, which they pay for. BY that
means more than likely sets at least
100000 more families on a cash and pay
ing basis And at the same time those
100000 families are taken out of the
every days run of labor competition,
byy that way helping every branch of
industry in the United states, where
labor is involved.
And the money; let us see whatlit Will
do That money, the largest percentage
of II, will go into the laborer's hand, and
when he gets 1t 1t keeps going, paying
its way, doing good wherever 1t touch
es When, II we did not have 1t. the la
borer would be living on credit or doing
without, waiting for something to turn
up,ttherefore making stagnant all BRAN
chos of industry by his forced idleness; !;
or. In other words, there can be no cash
business done without money. And 1t
is q we'll known fact that there is not
near enough money with gold alone)
to carry on the amount Of business to
be done, or what people would like to
do. So that is the way the matter
stands; everybody Is, waiting for the
gold dollar to get around to them, and
1t don't come. So. give us more money
and II will come around oftener.
Let US see again when this country
was bonded. Before 1873 was 1t not paid
gold and silver the same for the bonds.
and are not the bonds drawn up to be
paid in United States currency? If
that Is the case. are not we doubling our
burden when we cut off one-half of our
money?
And again. you speak Of a 50-cent dol
lar "a United States silver dollar).
am willing to take all of them at as cents
on the dollar You won't trade? No,
I guess not. And it will be the same II
all the silver was coined. AS long as our
government recognizes them as dollar
they will always go as dollar. The
government sets the price of money. II
thA United States was to take piece of
leather and stamp 1t one dollar, and we
did not have so many hair-splitting and
multi-millionaires, it would go for one
dollar.
1t makes me tired to hear o6 this 30
cent dollar. 1t is proved fact, take It
all through the United States And for
every dollar of silver that has been
taken out 1t has cost more than one'
dollar to produce 1t. And should not
be surprised that Mr.. Sumwalt has not
handled many n dollar that has cost
thousand dollars or more to produce.
And again. the gold dollar. have
read of gold being taken out of the Grip
pie Creek mines that cost only 10 cents
on the dollar. I suppose if that 81. 80 la
borer was to get a few of those dollars
and found it bp would do !, ,;,,,-
self broke. No, sir! The government,
or governments only, can set the price
of money
The talk you give us about rich silver
kings, bankers and English syndicates
owning mines may be very true, but we
have got to have money to transact
business, and If they operate their mines
and the government coins the silver we
will surely get some of it. which we
nsy11kI, Tey II, S%pasqriation. %aqiat On tho mines were
And as for coming the silver of the
world, what would be the results? The
nations of the world (the gold nations)
would come with their silver and no one
would give them gold for it. consequent
ly they would have to get it coined.
When they got their bright silver dol
lars back they would not take it home
with them, consequently they would
buy some of our corn. wheat,
or cotton. which we cannot sell
for cost of production at present
Therefore, we would have their silver,
Just what we want and they would have
the produce. just what we want to get
rid of. And again, If we got all of the
silver in the world we would have only
66 cubic feet Our citizens, I think
could carry that around in their pockets.
The $3.50 wage Garner seems to be a
selfish sort of fellow. He says that
his wages will not be increased by silver
but VIII double his cost of living
Let us see. 1 havelstated before the
direct people 1t would take out of the
field of competition, which would help
make more room for him, and OF course
have tendency to make more wages
for him. And his cost of living is just
this: Every time he eats something
the farmer raises, at present hdi steal
Ing one-half Of 1t, for 1t is this one
legged money that keeps the farmer
selling stuff that cost one dollar to pro-
ducd for the sum of so cents.
Would it not be better to paw the
farmer his cost of production? And IL YOU
cannot live for So so a day no other man
ut your same trade can; therefore Won
are all going to demand better wages;
and as money would be plenty and ev-
eerybody making money you would not
be refused. When, on the other hand
under the gold standard, you may be
working for $3.50 a day at present, but
In five years from now II you are work.
ing for SLIPS or holding a Job at all Won
can have my old hat
You seem to make quite a bugaboo
abut being paid off ipsilver. You speak
OF the banks, the insurance companies
and so forth. What is the difference
what You are paid off In as long as YOU
can buy as much with one kind Of a dol
lar as another. IF you do not want to
handle the silver can you not use checks
Wn1ie you have spoke about 1t do YOU
not receive silver for work at present?
DO you make fuss about It? Wait un
t1l you have an excuse to kick before YOU
begin. ~"
coinage for me-" 'sYou want good
wages" plenty of work, "'sincreased
demand for labor" en.'t 'ta - -
what In the world will make this lust
as you want It If silver won't. Money in
circularion Is what we want, and silver
Will make It circulate
Besides the men set to work that T
nave before spoken of, let us see whefit
Will DO for the farmers.
Tne farmers constitute about ora-b,1e
or the people Of the United States Tbav
are all running behind at present or inst
holding their own. Put them on a ,e,,
Ing nasts, as you say II will gTve fhe,,,
twice as much for their produce. and vo,,
Will SEE them build new houses new
barns, rip up the old rotten fence h,,i,d
1t anew; make good roads out ~ d,,stS,
and chpcky ones; throw away the otJ
r1ckety tbuggy get a new one: the ala
Daling rope and baling wire. tied her.
ness VIII go over the board. They woI1id |
dress batter hire mora haJD vTx..N