The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-30

From 1884 to 1893, ten years, 80 rail
way companies, representing 74,252
miles of line, or over 48 per cent of the
entire railway mileage, and represent
ing the prodigious aggregate OF 3d.
S49, 100000 of bonds and stocks, have
become insolyent and gone into the
possession Of the courts. All this has
occurred under gold standard and
prior to the present agitation for free
coinage Of silver.-Grant County Re-
view.
The next time a gold man tells you
that free coinage is on the wane just
retort by asking him if this be so why
is it that the gold men are hustling so
hard, not only in Minnesota but all
over this land. Why, they are even
getting scared in the state Of New
York. The more the voters inves IT,
gate this question the more they are
convinced that free coinage is right
Long Prairie Leader.
Nothing could better illustrate the
spirit of the money-changer than the
following paragraph clipped from an
editorial article in the Topeka, Kas.,
Capital, Of the 9th ult.: The prin-
cipal business of Kansas if it votes for
reputation in November, whether
free silver carries the country Or not,
is bound to be the prompt foreclosure
of mortgages: and for every debtor
who will be able to scrape up enough
So cent dollars to pay his debts, dozen
will loose their property"
The goldbugs insist on ignoring the
financial question, and pretend that it
is ali in the tariff. They tell us that
the tariff raises the article, as for in
stance on wool, and they tell you it
lowers it and then cite you to tin.
Now it seems very uncertain meas
ure, you can't tell how it will work,
until you try it. 10 sum all tariff ar
guments virtually end by saying dom
study the financial question.-Th
Other Side, Occur DAlene.
In every goldstandard paper that
comes to our table land there are
many of them) the columns are bur
dened with statements to convince
the farmers and laboring men that
the bondocracy and their bankers are
wonderfully oppressed On account of
the burdens that will be imposed upon
the workingmen If silver is remone-
tized. Now. don't you know that every
rascal who desires to swindle you pre-
tends to be your greatest friend? BE
ware of the stranger who bringeth
gifts with much flattery." He is gen.
orally a great liar and swindler.-W
SEGA Herald.
When you meet stranger and he
wants favor from you, pre- facing his
request by lengthy declaration
about his honesty you are naturally
seized with that feeling described by
Jhnius which impelled him to kee p his
hands in his pockets when a Scotch
man was near him. So when these
gold bugs talk loudly of an honest dol
lar we are driven to inquire what is an
honest dollar? Is that dollar honest
that represents one bushel Of wheat a
few years ago and now calls for two
bus shells? Is that an honest dollar that
100 Of them would have bought good
house few years ago and now 80 OF
them would buy lust as good house?
Advocate, Butte. Mont.
Those who oppose the free coinage
of silver on the ground that the silver
mine owners are to make such for
tunes out of it may not be aware of
the fact that an African gold mine
owner can get his gold mined for him
at two or three dollars an ounce, which
will make over $40 when coined. He
can bring this gold to the United
States and have it coined free. Why
not protest against coming gold free
when it can be produced so cheaply?