The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-13

come In for any part cf the spoiis in the
scramble. when the carren- OF 3 country
is DISTURBED II. then there s anybody IN
the wide world who should fight 10 the
last gasp for money OF true value. tn2f
does no. sse 70 him. and who should curse
ami spurn as his worst enemy the 6ema-
gsxue seeking 20 hegufis him with deceti-
sul currency tuggies. L Is the man who
earns MS living BIZ the sweat OF his brow.
Never was there q greater truth uttered
than By President Garfield when he said:
In the name Of every man who wants his
OWE, when he earns It. 1 demand that We
do no. make the wages OF me poor man 20
shr.vei in bis hands after he has earned
them. but that his money shall De made
better and better until the plow-holder's
money shall be az good as the bond
er's-untn our standard is one. and there
Is no longer one money for the rich and
another for the poor.
We believe We but voice the sentiments
OF railroad men generally when We say
that II silver De successful on November
next Il would mean 10 al railroad men re-
dhcea time and pay. for the reason that
railroad rates are fixed by law and they
cannot De raised. wesl. IL they cannot in
crease our earnings they surely cannot
increase our pay. When they prosper We
prosper. Their interest is ours. Lucky
may we cali ourselves IL we can hold job
at all Silver dollars may be as plentiful
as the sands OF the sea. but unless We have
a job whereby we can earn some OF them,
what does IL avail us2
We never believed anything so firmly as
this. should free silver prevail. there Is
hardly railroad in this country that viii
no; De prevented, either by law or by other
powerful influences. from raising its pas
senger fares or freight rates to meet the
depreciation OF the money they receive.
and O. per cent. OF this bonded Indebted
ness Is contracted TO be paid. principa. and
interest. in gold. Bankruptcy will stare
them IN the face, and even those of them
that may manage 10 escape IL viii hardly
be able to make good to their employees the
damage they suffer through the depression
OF their wages through the Decent silver
dollar. Besides. ii is the most dangerous
proposition presented 10 American railroad
employees. because brought forward In
such seductive manner. regardless OF truth.
and il fraught with results so disastrous
that. In the event OF it's success. they
would have no hope for the future beyond
bare and pitiful existence and rendered
more intolerable by the recoilections OF
their former condition under a sound
money system.
II would force all the railroads to accept
silver for all earnings and force them TO
pay blood money 10 the money changers
OF Wall street for gold TO pay interest on
their Indebtedness, which would bleed the
railroads Of millions annually. all Of which
they would be forced to make up IN the
reduction OF their operating expenses, and
this means less and less men and less and
less pay for those retained. Is this not so?
This is emphatically the railroad mans
battle. A.as for him If he should desert
his own cause
We cannot close this circular better than
by giving letter of a railroad man con-
tanning a note of warning 1t was writ
ten 10 A. +. Anderson, a passenger con-
ductor running between Billings and Glen
dive. Mont. by ]. r. Condit, former con-
ductor on the Yellowstone division of the
Northern Pacific. but who is now a con-
ductor running in and ou, OF Rascon. Mex
leo. The letter coming as Ii does from a
man who Is familiar with the condition OF
The laboring man In free silver Mexico.
must commend itself to the thoughtful
consideration or every railroad man who
reads IT. IL was a personal letter from
one friend to another. and therefore must
carry double weight. The letter is as
follows:
Rascon. Mexico, Aug %, 1886
"A. r.. Anderson, Esq. Giendive, Mont
Yer or the 18th inst. today and as have a
lew moments 10 spare | hasten TO answer
In the nrs' place. this money question is
TOO deep for me. and / cannot for an in
slant imagine what the outcome will he
" the United States comes out for free
coinage and unlimited coinage OF silver
No country has ever prospered under It,
put possibly America is powerful enough
10 STAND alone upon this question and ex-
perience us bad results. but doubt H. As
you may know. have always been a DEM
states In November Mckinley would get
my vote
Mexico with sts free silver Is lesson
enough for me. and l sincerely hope that
! VIII never live to see the American work
ingman vote himself down 10 the level OF
iaborer in Mexico. I sent to the Glen
aiye independent o. Montana last week a
table of wages OF Mexico. and IL alone
should convince any thinking man that
free silver is bad for them. IL will reduce
your wages as sure as the sun shines Ny
run is between Rascon and Tampsco. go
kiioneters or l2s miles. the same distance
as from Glendive 10 Forsythe. Montana.
For the round trip receive $40 and IL
IN AXE ten trips I receive 800 If am
then called 20 the states or auy other
country on earth. except South America,
exchange by money. the 800 and get
80. Whiie freight conductor running
from Glendive 70 Forsythe. same number
OF trips. gets so. and they consider in
Mexico that freigh. conductors on this
division are paid too much--best paid men
on the system.
Passenger conductors get $50 a month.
or w IN your country: engineers, IS a day.
amounting TO 50 In the states. A porter
house steak. baked potatoes and Whoa.
bread VIII cost YOU 81 Canadian club
WHISKY costs 80 cents drink I have a
pair OF American tan-colored shoes that
! paid Sil 80 for: Stet~on. Duniao Knox ar
in fact any STYLE Of hats are sI0 So Gus
take my advice and vote FOR Mckinney
AMI you owe IL 10 yourself TO DO ALI IN
Your power 70 influence your friends to
10 likewise. ] know their cry We must
have change. and II we do vote for Rrv-
an u CAM he worse than 1t Is now but
they don't know what they are talking
about The man who works for a living
and casts his vote for free silver. think
ing 30 better his condition. will live 10
bitterly repent IL Yours in P: r.
Believing that all these AMI other mis-
fortunes too many 10 mention in detail,
would follow In the wake OF free SILVER
and unlimited coinage. the voices of wives
mothers. sisters and children call anon ne
as fathers, brothers and husbands 70 do
all IN our yower to avert the threatened
and dreadful calamity lie. us by voices
now and votes on November say to Mr..
Bryan and his silver cohorts yo,, shs, No,
press down upon thearow OF labor. or anv
other brow. this cursed. anarchists ana
treason-steeped crown CT thorns. You
shall not crucify mankind IN me name ~
liberty at the command OF avariee ana
anarchy
This club meets IN the rooms ~ -ha Nc
k.nley and Hobart Club SnoksrA every
Thursday evening az ?. m We invite all
railroad employees Of every road 20 ,oin our
cub. attend our meetings and -,arrt,t,a.s
n and listen To the discussion OF the mon
~ question. which st this time ia ~ ths
utmost importance to the wage Garner
The Railway Mems Non-I-srtgssn so,trs
Money League OF Spokane.
F. VI. QTrNLAN. President.
A r BROOKS. Secretary.