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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-05
THE GOLD PRODUCT,

The champions OF gold-monometa
which show considerable increase in
the worlds output Of that N etal.
They claim that nearly $3.50. 600
was mined In 1894, and an average of
$l46, 715, 2SO for the five years begin
ming with 1899. They claim that
when the figures for 1885 are in they
viii show a large advance upon this,
t their own figures are sufficient
vidence against their theory and
uheir policy. In the five years-lS56-
lS6O-the average annual addition to
the worlds stock of gold was $l34, ,OS3,-
900. Since then we have had an in
crease Of but $12,O0o,O00 a year to
meet the increased demand for money
caused by the worlds growth in popu-
lation. in trade and industry. What
other interest Of Importance has
achieved growth Of less than eignt
per cent in thirty five years? Put
that trifiing growth alongside the vast
expansion OF merchant shipping. of
iron making. or Of the manufactures
of textiles, and it is seen at once that
the gold supply has advanced like the
tortoise, while everything else has
gone ahead with the strides Of Her
cules.
Besides this. in 1S56-1s6O the mints
Of tie world were open to silver as
well as gold. and found the supDly Of
the latter, although but eight per
cent less than at present. insufficient
to meet its need for money. How
mucEgreatCr the present insufficiency
OF gold for present needs.-PnIladel-
pnia American.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-05
tional Bank managed by one of his

tional Bank managed by one of his
party gods. But soon the bank
s'busts'' and he finds to his sorrow
that his party god has stolen his mon
ey and left for South America, Aus
tralia or Africa and all that is left in
it's place is a few buck skin notes, not
worth the paper they are written on.
OF course he does not relish that
kind OF treatment and busters
around about in an indignant manner
until he reads in his party paper
which is published by a poverty
stricken hanger on of the grand old
party. who also poses as a Chrlstlan)
that the cashier didn't steal it all, he
simply lost it in an unfortunate
speculation! OF course he swallows
this sanctimonious lie, and when the
absconding cashier who stole his mon-
ey bobs up as a candidate for Congress
on his party ticket he votes for him
without a protest, and every now and
then you will hear this hOllOW-headed
patriot talking about some other per-
son being an ignorant man, an anar-
chiSt, or Il communist.
Ye gods isn't it enough to disgust
any man who thinks for himself to
face these conditions and know they
actually exist.
Verify. it is too true that ignorance,
bigotry and rascality go hand in hand;
and, as a result of that combination.
the ragged protcctionist, although a
scare-crow in his mortgaged corn field,
votes for 'protecJion" on every thing
but that which is produced by his
own labor. He will stand at the polls
shivering from the cold Minnesota
wind that Sits through his highly
protected shOddy clothing, waiting for
Il turn to cast his ballot in favor OF
cheap wheat, oats, barley, corn and
hogs, and dear money and the banker
who stole his deposits.
Thieves go to our Legislatures and
Congress as the peoples represen ta-
tives while millionaireS openly trade
their daughters virtue for the title
that is supposed to be acquired by
the purchase Of pro TEN husband
with few millions Of dollars which
they accumulated from the squeezing
process to which they have subjected
the prOtectionist patriot of the corn
field.
1t would appear to any thoughtful
man that only omnipOtent power can
save the greatest republic of all his
tory from the destruction to which
these conditions are hurrying it.
d. BUNKER.
Rose Creek, Mower county, MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-05
THE COMING REVOLUTION

DR.. Heron says: "a great idea is
now loading the worlds thought and lift
ing its hopes. Everywhere are the signs
of universal change. The race is in atti-
tude OF expectancy, Strengthened until its
new baptism is accomplished. We are in
the beginning of a revolution that will
strain all existing religious and political
institutions. and test the wisdom and hero
ism of the worlds purest and bravest souls
"a revolution that will regenerate society
with the judgments of infinite love. God
honors our generation by subjecting it to
the sorrow and trial of finding way 20
something like an equitable distribution Of
economic goods. a lnutualism of the re-
sponsibilities and benefits of civilization.
The idea of brotherhood, co-opera ton, uni
ty. is both destroying and recreating the
world. Men are beginning to see that the
welfare Of all is the responsibility Of EACH"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-05
A FEARFUL SHOWING
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO
ABOUT 1T?

The earnings and substance of the
people are absorbed by the trusts,
combines and monoplies, as sponge
absorbs water.
The bank monopoly robs through
interest. The railroad corporations
rob by excessive charges, to pay big
salaries to horde of railroad preSi-
dents and other dignitaries-besides
the millions to pay themselves inter-
est and dividends on watered stock
and fraud ulent bonds.
The telegraph corporations rob the
people of millions by charging more
than three times as much as charged
in England and other countries own
ing and operating the lines.
The street railways rob the people
of millions to pay interest and divi-
dends on stocks and bonds. four-tifths
of which is wind and water. These
railways are capitalized at an average
of 1925, 900 to the mile, while the actu-
al cost does not exceed an average Of
$4,000 to the mile.
Express companies, side attach
ments. like the telegraphs, to the rail
roads, rob the people Of millions by
extortionate charges for the ir SER
vice.
The Standard oil monopoly robs the
people of millions for oils.
Then comes the steal trust, the
leather trust, sugar trust, and a whole
brood Of other trusts, corporations
and monopolies. each and all preying
upon the honest and defenSeleSS earn
ings of the people to the tune Of mil
lions of dollars annually.
The land monopoists get in their
work, and notsOnly absorb millions in
rents, but deprive more than one-half
of the people Of homes. their natural
Inheritance.
No wonder that in America there
are more than four thousand million
aires averaging three millions each.
Is it any wonder that less than one
per cent of the people own more than
all the res l., while it is estimated that
not less than three millions Of able
bodied men are tramps and pauperS.
or bordering on that condition-to say
nothing of the women and children
depending on them for food and cloth
ing and homes?
Mr.. Ingalls,, Republican Senator at
that time, proclaimed in his great
speech in the Senate, in 1891, that
more than a million of men were
seeking work and unable to procure
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-05
MORE FAILURES IN 1895 THAN
IN 1884,

We clip the following report of
Bradstreets commercial agency from
the daily papers: "According to
Bradstreet's the total number of fail
ures for 1895 is 1903. as contrasted
with IL, 72l in 1895, an increase % per
cent. The commercial death rate
during the year was % per cent as
compared with l.2l per cent in 1894
The percentage of assets to liabili-
ties in 1895 was 554 per cent as against
81 per cent in 1894 and Is per cent in
1S93.'
AS will bc seen the business failures
LOT last year exceeded those of 1894
Notwithstanding the Plutocratic
dallies proclaimed that we were upon
the eve OF great tidal wave" OF
prosperity. There can be no pros per-
lty until the present infamous rob.
olng and wealth destroying financial
and economic system is destroyed root
and branch,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-05

tobacco fractionally higher, but if we
had obtained for the quantity of all ten
commodities exported in 1895 the aver
age export prices for 1894, the value of
these exports would have been S552, 1885,
345 instead of $452, 1924; and, instead
of a falling off In exports of $67 ,292, ,745,
an increase of S42. 2.473,659 would have
been recorded. Because of the lower
prices ruling in 1895 than in 1894, we re-
ceived $99, 1861 ,404 less on our exports of
these ten commodities than we otherwise
would. In the face of an increase in the
quantity Of these ten articles Of agricul-
tural export of 8 1-3 per cent, the total
value decreased 11.2 per cent.
Exports of mineral and manufactured
products also disprove Mr.. Carlisle's as
sumption that the cause of falling off
in the value of exports is to be found in
diminished exports of. domestic produce.
The one cause is the ruinons fall in pri-
ces resulting from the appreciation Of
gold.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-05

The Louisville, Ky, Free Republic
remarks that Lord Byron once de-
clared that if a worm should under
take to feed on the dead body of a pro-
curess that it would be poisoned and
killed. The same result would follow.
we have no doubt, if a worm were to
feed on the vile body Of one of those
who. knowing their duty to the coun-
try, liberty, humanity and free govern
ment that was purchased with the
blood of the fathers of the American
Republlc, who join in a conspiracy
with foreign influence to make a once
proud and free Republic a mere de-
pendency Of the British crown" If
the foregoing statements are true
there is likely to be an epidemic of
blood poisoning among the worms
Railway Times.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-05
WHAT TOM SAYS.
A TALK TO THE PEOPLE
RIGHT TO THE POINT.
Tom Watson, of Georgia says:

Official statistics show that the in
crease of wealth in this wonderfully.
elastic and productive country Is only
four per cent per annum.
If by leg gislation you guarantee to
the favored classes more than four
per cent, are you not thereby making
Jordan hard road to travel for the
unfavored masses?
The average mind you, is only four
per cent if some get more than that,
others must get less.
Who are the privileged classes that
get more than the average?
The Bankers, the Railroads, the
Manufacturers, the Corporations gen
erally-and the bondhOlders.
TO each Of these classes special op-
pOrtunities to make money are guar
anteed by law.
To the bankers it is guaranteed, for
the government has made currency so
scarce that the people are driven to
submit to usury at tue hands of lend
erS.
To the Railroads it is guaranteed,
for the government allows them to
exercise the power of taxation over
every other business dependent on
transportation.
To the Manufacturers it is guar
anteed, for the government gives
them a monopoly of the domestic
trade Of 70,O00,O0O people-excluding
competition by high protective
tariffs.
To the Corpora tions it is guaran-
teed, for license is granted them to
form the Trust and to destroy the
competition Of the individual capital
and enterprise.
To the bondholders it is guaranteed,
for the government relieves him from
all the risks and burdens Of business.
frees him from taxation, secures to
him a revenue from the taxes OF 9TH
ers. and grants him the prerogative of
creating and issuing money.
These favored classes thus get more
than an average of the annual in
crease of wealth.
The greater excess they get above
the average, the less you get below the
average.
perhaps 100000, 100000.
The favored classes we have men
toned own at least $4,000, ,000,O 900.
If these favored classes get more
than the average on their two-thirds
of all the wealth, it is necessarily
''tight papers" on the remaining one
third, isn't it?
If YOU belong to one of the favored d
classes you need not fret; things are
going your way. Just sit still, and
your money will grow by itself.
But ii you do not belong to one Of
the favored classes you had better
reef your sails and listen out for the
roar of the reefs. They are there,
ahead of you.
And remember this-there is't a
law on the books favoring the few at
the expense OF the many that you did
not put there.
You did it. You are the criminal
who murdered good government.
You were one OF the aSSaSSinS of
Justice and Liberty. You forged and
fastened your own chains. You are
the blind slave OF party spirit who
carved out marble palace for Van
derbilt and a mble-dOwn shanty for
yourself. You are the man who PRO
| tected'' Carnegie with Tariff laws till
he could dine with Queen while you
were weitering in your own blood,
| which a Pinkerton had shed.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-05
Don't blame any body but yourself:
Il IL 81

DOu o10AO dAy WY OuU yOulSCl1,
you did IL!
You did it when you voted the Re-
publican ticket, for all this class legis-
lation has been upheld by the Repub-
lican party.
You did it when you voted the
Democratic ticket. for all this class
legislation has the support of the
Democratic party.
Blame only yourself that your gov
ernment is no longer a Democratic
Republic.
Your votes revolutionized it, and
into its Republican body breathed the
soul Of a heartleSs Aristocracy!
Not splendid Aristocracy of Intel
lect, Of Character. OF Birth, or Of
Worth-but a sordid. sensual, besot-
ted iStocracy of Money.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-05

The Rings steal hundreds Of mill 4
ions annually from the People. One
tenth OF the plumber is used to con-
troll the daily press and buy up the
leaders of the two old parties, to
oarken intelligence and make the
voters poor, blind and incapable of
6e!f-defense. Strike before it is too
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-05
ORGANIZED!

THE FREE SILVER CONVENTION
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PUNISHMENT.

Night was falling on the valley between
the snow capped peaks. The angelus
bell rang from the tower of the old abbey.
Down the nave, dark and deserted, a
woman was praying, her face concealed by
the darkness and her black veil.
Every day at the same hour for Is years
had that lady been seen passing by, wrap
ped in her black cloak, her face covered
by her thick black veil For Is years her
mysterious presence in that faroff valley
had furnished n subject to the imagination
and gossip of the inhabitants. And yet,
little by little, before that impenCtrable
mystery imaginations had ceased to work
and tongues were now reduced TO silence
Accompanied by her husband, she had
arrived one evening, as already stated,
about Is years previous to the time we arc
describing. They had come alone, with
out servants, and with but little baggage.
They had alighted Mt the hotel, whore they
lived for several months, while tho house
they had bought on the outskirts of the
town was being repaired. 1t was pretty
cottage surrounded by full garden of
roses
From the day they had settled in that
modest abode they had led very quiet
life. They were known rs Signor and
Signora Nicolini, but on their silver plate
there was monogram bearing y crown.
What could be their motive for conceal
ing their name? How had they come to
that remote corner of the worldY Why did
they not wish to see any one, either rela-
tiyes or friendsP Why did they live alone,
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MADELON.

A wild, soiied daughter of the goddess town,
With more than womans beauty in her face,
Queen of the streets, she wore her beauty s
crown,
AS to the manner born, with quecnly grace
The wild, free grace of panther or of fawn.
She lived for living's sake, for love and joy,
In laughter and in singing from the dawn
Till eve and through the night till joys would
cloy
And leave the heart with quiverings strange
and flutterings
And blind, dull aching for some higher, bet
ter things.
Into her vision as n white winged dove
Or white rose falling from a easement down
Into the black, dank mire of the old town
A woman came, being fair as love
The love we dream of when for rest we pray
With SOFT deep eyes, where wondrous lights
would play,
Now grave, now gay, as tenderness might
move,
Or love or pity or the pain suppressed
OF some swift sorrow that the eyes confessed,
Although the lips ne'er hardened to reprove.
The wild, soilcd daughter of the goddess town
Like white bud breaking from its dark green
sheath,
Rose up to meet, rs flowers leap to breathe
The sunshine, this fair vision, and the sweet,
Warm atmosphere of purity that shed
glory round her and transformed the queen
OF the soiled streets till round her glorious head
The nimbus of true womanhood was seen.
Rev. j. a. OBJ. in Donahoe's.
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8 pages (65 columns), As col
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ed for the news, illustrations,
special articles and literary
matter. A model, high class
metropolitan Sunday paper,
equal in every respect to the
igh-priced Sunday papers.
1t is the largest consideration
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@Remember, this offer may
be shortly withnrawn.
The regular subscription price
Of the morning and Sunday Adver-
tiser for one year is $3.50. By
this offer you get it for virtually
SL25.
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A tirst-class metropolitan news
paper by mail every day for one
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ENVELOPE FLAPS.
Old Mays Said to Be Used to Make Them
Adhesive.

Old Mays Said to BE Used to Make Them
Adhesive.
Envelope lickers will do well to pause
and ponder on the fact that man has
died in consequence of indulging in the
popular but disgusting trick of moisten-
ing the adhesive envelope with the tongUns.
Some will say, Chow can gum arabic
poison any person." Gum arabicp Are
they so innocent as to believe that this mr.
ticle raised to prohibitive price by the
Egyptian war and subsequent closure Of
the Sudan, is Used on their envelopesP DO
they see that ancient nag hobbling down
the street, There is the parent of their
gum arabic, and in a few weeks time
when that dccrepit animal has made lfis
bow to the knooker and yielded up Ms
hoofs to the glue boiler, perhaps they may
have lick at his remains on an envelope
they are dispatching to a friend or sweet
heart.
And should some faint of animal pOi-
son Turk amid that "gum" they may soon
require other and black bordered envelopes
to be licked for them when their mourn
ing cards are sent out. Perhaps no moro
unpleasant part of a visit to a stationers
shop is when, having folded the small pur-
chase in flimsy envelope, the tradesman
raises 1t to his lips, opens hippopotanuIs
mouth, protrudes tongue which looks Mt
least two sizes too large for its habitatiQn,
and then, with a smirk, hands the damp
delicacy to his customer. May he, of all
men, be warned by the premature depaV-
ture of fellow Ticker, and may all who
send literary missives to their friends rest
assured that the recipients Of these ervel-
Opes would feel better pleased If these GOV
erings had been closed without any en-
hibition of moist anatomy. -Oakland Esh-
Oes
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SHE ADMITTED HER cARELEssNEsS
Why . Well Dressed Old Charmer Had
No Gloves to Wear.

No Gloves to Wear.
She was old enough to know better, but
she bad brought all the devices of art to
her aid in the endeavor to hide the ravqges
of time. She was deliberately dressed, tst
hat being of that conspicuous shape which
was sure To- attract attention to her head,
with the result that the gray in her hair
was plainly visible while it could be no
ticed that she must have taken some time
to draw the darker strands to the front so
that the frizzes would not contain any of
the silver. In her ears were sparkling
gems, she spoke in voice loud enough-tO
be heard several seats away and the eneF-
getic gestures of her ungloved hands nj
lowed the gaslight to have full play on the
diamonds in the rings with which her fin
gers were generously enCircled.
With her was dapper old gentleman
about 45-her own age. His acting showed
that he was one of those precise old chaps
who are very careful of detail and who
consider untidiness as the greatest of BE-
setting sins.
From her conversation it could be
CLEANED that they had not been acquainted
very long and that she was very DESTROYS
of making a good impression on her COIN
panion. They were evidently going to the
theater, for she held a lorgnette in one
hand, while she talked of the various plays
she had seen and gave her opinion of He-
tors and actresses with an air intended to
carry conviction.
AS they arose from their seats in the
crowded Il" car the old gentleman pulled,
from his overcOat pocket a pair of gloves
which had evidently been worn but few
times.
MY! Myp exclaimed the gay old
charmer as she held up her hands. "YOu
have your gloves, haven't you, and that
reminds me, l spent 10 minutes looking
for pair before you came, and do you
know that although l must have at least
two dozen pairs of gloves 1 could not find
one pair and had to come away without
any. 1t is so eXasperating not to be able
to find things when you want them."
Her companion looked at her quizzically
for moment, as though it was on the tip
of his tongue to remind her that had she
followed the old saying, "Have u place for
everything and have everything in Its
place." she would not have been forced TO
make confession which she evidently did
not consider humiliating, and some of the
other men near by hid their smiles behind
their newspapers. New York Herald
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stroyed by the great earthquake, but aTter-
ward was rescued from obscurity and IT,
stored to its original beauty by the arts of
renaissance And the name of the artist
who painted it is written as master in f6t-
tiers of light.-Detroit Free Press.
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page. 1t is the foremost 1c
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and a heightened and whole
some home newspaper.
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria-
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
Ehen she bad Children. she gave them CastcrtA
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Molly-I think young Brownly Is work
ing on some air machine or other.
Polly-What makes you think SOP
Molly-Every time he calls on me he,
says he'd fly to the uttermost parts of tho
earth for mri-Ncw York Hcr,ld
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