The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-27

me evening. speakI5g as follows. ~.
Sesra 10 ne al axiom ttas q rsonev s-p~-
sssss mat Is god FOR ycz ard rEae Is good
Tor tsae nation. that a sysssEssy aaa- IA rr-,a
for yoa and me - good fer rAe rns-wnan.
ire banker. TIE manufacture ard s.s~ rail-
roaf company. and the money that Il bad
Tor tsefsz L. bad for ux. K seems =, re
"a axiom thai orr interests are GRE ard
s1e same Iss this matter. zns I never
%odsd suspect that arr one woszsa rrv 70
soaszftc[ y. ser- s. NOT thai a certain
ssntaFnan who aSplres 20 De rrer.sexsx IA
s<ysafktrg around the country tAgxsa-
from railroad trains. try4ng 10 array ere
part % The people against another ~
preaching doctrine OF ciEzhlax .r..rHSsz
ssenEierasn. ne al stand or fail together
Ore class cannot BE- prosperous ts-sEesx .s.
osnsr class - prosperous. The rae--
chant cannot o. prosperous tsv,l.eH no "a "a
sssi goods, ard he cannot sell goods s4Y.1es,
Thoss VINO want MS gods are prosperous
enough 70 have money 70 buy she-,
wifi. The manufacturer eaE-s be rs-oe-
porous Unless he can sell 70 rsas3o1a
who car buy. and The more thev
Gao Dry the more prosperous he a.
TIE rstiroa- company cannot be prosper
Qua Unless IL can collect freight yr,ssr,sv
ard K ca8nat collect freight rr7orev fa-
hauling freight Unless the Teoc.e have
srs.1at for X 20 haul and Gnogey 20 paw
Tor hauling that freight The wage
Garner canDo- 5~ PROSPEROUS unless ia
empower Is prosperous arg has rnog,..y -,
pay his wages. Therefore. I say tnae a
money system that f. good for iafsorfng
men ~ good for railroads. banks. manu-
faeturerS. merchants ard every one Else
and money that Is good for them il good
for Us
Mr. Post quoted statistics 70 show tina.
silver had been greatly favored by Repus,-
Acan iegisla ton since -. in fact had been
favored prior to thar date. He also pro-
Gaced data, taken from the speech of Carl
scnurz. showing that wages have made a
sFnaaai and pronounced advance from 1870
70 isya. all OF which time the country hsx
b-een on gold basis Speaking further
he said IF free silver does not have the
effect of raising prices In viii not do ANY,
BODY any good. The Populizts say that
silver viii go UP and gold will come down
and they VIII meet somewhere. Prices
VIII not increase uniezs the dollar he
comes lower. II prices go up. and go I'M
ali at once, what effect will II have ur,on
railroad IaborerSg Wages rise sIovvty,
when they rise at all. They do not rise
IN proportion TO prices. II prices are
doubled. the purchasing power OF ;ha
wages VIII be cut IN two. The wages can
TOT DE doubled cy the companies unless
the freight rates are doubled too, and that
Is ont OF the question on account Of tha
lgislatlon which Is general throughout the.
country. The debts OF these corporations
must be paid In gclf, and as they would
receive silver for hauling freight they
would have 10 pay Il al half its face value
10 their creditors or buy gold a. TWO dol
lars for a dollar to pay those debts They
cannot increase their freight rates. and
unless they did they would have 10 re-
duce wages The telegraph companies are
In the same boat. Eight-tenths OF all cor