, 1896-10-10
SILVER AID WAGES.

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Was and Always Will Be the Wage
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Silver Moncmetalltsm and teduced Pur-
.h..,r~ pov.r of w.rrs-Such Has Been
the experiences VIII" NePfe~'e" NV
In Chile, Japan and Mexico and with
I'm, D.nrert.t.d Currepcv-wouId Rob
wofkingnien ot nhAiions OF OoiIArs he
posited In ssvlpRs Banks and building
ma Ao 7" ="
Insurance Policies.
We reprint below in full Secretary Carlisle's
clear. forcible and unanswcrable speech to the
labor organizations of Chicago. at the Audito-
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currency anu nahci questiohs, "heh WIZ
then ana are sui hgi.atihs the minus u our
people IN ui pafts . .ne ~. Wien 'has
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powell 70 ussisna.e "a .nm" "nsn ~ IN.I
outies "ouiu psiMi' ~ Soni' heie'
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my suou iortuhe IL n.'ihs az ias' Jun al
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Aporins people ana 70 discuss IN 'h.ir pres
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TAM ecohoh'ic ques,,ohs 'ha' tah po's'niy eh.
gage inc a''en'ioh Oh "ase CARRIERS III 'h's or
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The Wage Earner's Interest In Good Money.
Whether the general business Of the people
shall DO transacted with good money or Lad
money, whether the wages OF labor shall be-
paid in a sound and stable currency. with full
purchasing power In the markets %h0rc they
are exchanged for the neccssafies Of life. or in
= Deprecated and fuctuating currency. hav.
ing no hxed value and therefore bearing no
permanent relation to the current prices of
commodities are questions which AFFECT the
comfort And happiness OF every LONE and tho
peace and prosperity OF every community.
While nl are deeply Interested in the settle
ment Of thtso questions 1t - Inior. unately the
Case that all Will not be equally a.,,ctrd by an
erroneous decision upon them. The wealthy
man, the man who has accumulated property
or boarded money, Is always exempt from
riany OF the most serious consequences OF a
financial or Industrial disturbance. He has
both means and credit. and, while he may DO
snbjectcd to much loss and Inconvenience,
neither he nor his family will be pinchcd by
hunger or compelled to go Without raiment or
shelter.
1t is the poor man and the man OF moderate
neans-the man who has not been fortunate
enough to accumulate property or money. but
who depends upon his wages or upon the prod
uGts of his own labor for the means of sup
porting himself and his family-that always
feels tho first and most disastrous effects OF u
business or Industrial depression. no matter
whether 1t results from q deprecated md fluc-
tuating currency or from other causes. Such
n man has nothing to dispose OF but his labor
and nothing with which to support himself or
his family but his wages or the proceeds of
his own labor, ind any policy that even tenn
porarily suspends or obstructs the industrial
progress of tho country by diminishing the
demand for the products OF labor, or by i'm.
pairing the capacity or disposition Of capital
to employ labor, must be injurious to his in
tefests and intiict more or less suffering upon
all who arc dependent upon him. Labor can.
noa be boarded: the idle day Is gone forever:
lost wages arc never reimbursed, and there
fore steady employment and good pay in good
money arc essential to the comfort and happi-
ness OF the American labor-r and his wife and
children, and he will be unfaithful to himself
and to them II he does not insist upon the
adoption and maintenance Of such n policy as
will most certainly preserve the value and sta
bility Of all our currency md promote the
regular and profitable conduct Of ail our in
dustrial enterprises. He cannot prosper when
the country is in DISTRESS when It's Industries
are prostrated, It mmer paralyzed' It's
credit broken down or ITS social order dis
turhed, nor can he prosper when the huctua-
tiors OF the currency are such that he cannot
certainty know the vaiue Oh the dollar IN
which MS wages are paid OF estimate IN az
vanse the cost OF tho necessarics OF life.
whether We shall or shall not have q long
period OF financial, commefciai ana ihdustriai
disturbance In this country, ana whether H.
Dor shall DO deprived OF permanent employ
merit or DC partially empioyen ana ihade
qu,tely paid are auestiohs directly ana neces.
sartly involved In the demand now seriously
mace by manJ u our ieiiow citizcns that the
on.teo States Witnout the o'opelu'ion oL any
othAr government IN the WORLD anu IN oppo-
sittcn 70 the eHtablisned pohcy OF every
othtS great civ1nzed ana commercial nation,
sh0i authorize the Tree ana uniimited coinsge
OF mn legal tender silver az the rate OF ~ 70 l.
EotWtthstanding the true maiket ratio pe'
twe~u the two metals IL about VI TO l. OF, in
othfr words, thai tne united states alone snnt
declare by law that 10 ounces OF silver are
squel In value to ounce OF gold' when IL l,
an fndisputable fact everywhere recognized
that in all the markets Of the world. in silver
staDdard countries - well as in gold standard
RnnsttF{pa. Ia 0uncal of silver are worth OnlY