The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-04-14
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us strike at the root of the weed. It is
safe to say that not single trust in
existence could live twelve months IL
we were to remove the two great causes
the two twin parents of trusts, name
ly, the gold standard and transportation
monopoly. No trusts except those that
are built up by railroad rebates and
special favors could exist six months
with an increase Of legal tender money
and with rising prices. Trusts thrive and
prosper with falling prices The Peoples
party is ready to face the old parties
with trusts as an issue in the campaign:
but at the same time the Peoples party
will force the two old sbarties to take
position for or against the two great
trusts that foster all other trusts, name
ly, the money trust and the transporta-
tion trust
THE WAY TO TEST THE SINCERITY
OF OLD PARTY POLITICIANS.
In the last campaign the railroad COR
porations went into politics with per-
nicious activity unparalleled They
were the most effective and active
agents and allies of the gold trust The
railroads ramify every section of our
country, and therefore were not only
in a position to intimidate their own
employees, but to intimidate the busi-
ness public. They used all the powers
which the powerful transportation mon
opoly possesses to frighten, scare, bull
dOze, and intimidate voters into sup
porting Mckinley and the gold stand
ard The gold standard could not have
triumphed without the active and pow
erful assistance of the railroads. There
fore, any man who is honest and sin
cere for free silver and financial reform
must take a position with the Peoples
party for transportation reform. No
man can make terms and stand in with
the railroad combination and monopo-
lies which are allied with the gold
standard against the people and claim
to be honestly with the people in their
fight against the gold standard. This
test will prove the sincerity or insin-
cerity of every old party politician who
claims to be for free silver and financial
reform. The same test will prove the
who claims to be against trusts. No
honest man who is intelligent can claim
to be opposed to trusts unless he OPP
poses transportatioh" monopoly in pri-
vate hands, and also opposes the gold
syndicate
The senate is still discussing the az
bitration treaty. 1t is very doubtful yet
what the fate of this treaty, which is
no less than an English trap, will be.
AS rule, the members of the senate
who stand up for the people on ecOno-
mic questions are solidly opposed to
the treaty, and hope to defeat it.
The senate will probably take up the
bankruptcy bill and discuss it while
the senate committee is considering the
tariff bill. A strong effort will be made
by the gold men to get through BANK
ruptcy bill containing an involuntary
feature SO as force man into bank
ruptcy and sacrifice his property, even
given time Those senators who stand
up for the people against monopoly
and the gold syndicate will oppose ID
fight to the bitter end any bankruptcy
bill containing an involuntary feature.
1t has been learned that some ennis
saries of the middle e-of-the-road COM
bine have been in Washington for sew
eral days during the past week, on the
quiet. They have not consulted with
Populist senators and congressman, but
it is rumored that they have been coll
sulting with certain Republicans. 1t is
also rumored that one of their schemes
is to start a so-called middle-Of-ihe-
road POpulist paper at the National
Capital, and it is understood that this
will be done if the Republicans will fur
nish the funds.
10 TO LIBRARY SCHEME
Former Governor Breaches an Iden
for Placing Economic Literature
in Every Ohio Precinct
CANTON, ILL.,, March pa circular
letter over the signature Of John p.
Altgeld was received by q prominent
Democrat in this city today in which
is advanced the proposition to establish
a small circulating library in each pre-
cinct over the state, to be known as
the Economic Circulating library, and
to be made up of 20 of the best known
books upon the financial question.
The statement is made that arrange
ments have been made by which
small library of this kind can be Sc
cured for 81 in each precinct.
The money for the proposed Econom-
ic Circulating library is to be raised
by 1O-cent subscriptions and forwarded
to J. w. Orr, banker, Champaign, ILL.,,
accompanied with the names Of the con-
tributors. The proposition is styled the
work of education, and the scheme con-
templates a thorough organization for
the dissemination of 16 to l literature.
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