The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-02

hearts and they hoped the faint notes
would swell into loud, continuous song
They could see the smoke of factory
chimneys augur into the endless blue In
great black columns. They could see
thousands OF men, women and children
fill the streets at the whistles call. They
could see new clothes on wife and chill
dren; smiles where there was tears;
songs where there was weeping; plenty
where there was hunger; and. with the
one song on their lips, open the doors
OF our factories" they marched to the
polls and declared for Mckinley and
PROTECTION" lever that opened the
doors Of the factories! The printers
ink of McKinley's inaugural speech was
not dry when banks in all parts of this
country closed their doors.
At Wilmerding, Pa, his portrait was
taken from it's hanging in the Westing
house Air Brake Co.'S institution and
trampled under foot together with other
relics of the last campaign. In all parts
Of this country business houses failed,
factories suspended Indefinitely and
wages decreased. The march of this Pc
and reached a dangerous stage. All the
cotton mills, throughout the New Eng
land states, have adopted plan which
can only be regarded as a temporary re-
lief and Difference Of the crash which
is inevitable. The strain will become
too hard, sooner or later. The Boston
Commercial Bulletin says:
1T is not yet too late, in the face OF
the grave evils that threaten the coun-
try, to call together the cotton manu-
facturers of New England and agree to
run on short time till the GLUT is re-
moved, etc." "The glut!" Cleveland
called it lover production" and the Re
publican press Kissed and pointed to his
tariff policy. The reform forces divided
the money by the population and dis
covered only $2.51 of gold per capita, and
in the complete control Of Wall street.
They claimed, as did Garfield, who
ever controls the volume Of money Of
any country Is absolute master Of all
Industry and commerce." and both the
old parties cried. ANARCHY"
They pointed to the fact that thous-
ands were in rags, in abject want, hun
cry, starved-the old parties cried
calamity howIers." When the reform
forces said that money facilitates trade,
fetches us the things we want. is the
cart of commerce without which the
products Of the world could not be
moved-the old parties cried "sophis-
tries" "vagaries."
We see today productions Of all kinds
piled up in warehouses, factories and
stores. We see, also, If reports be true,
millions of people suffering for the COM
mon necessaris of life On the one hand
the markets are ''glutted" with provis-
ions, on the other people are shelterless,
naked and hungry The labor market
is 'glutted," and the markets for that
which labor has produced are also
"glutted two gluts-face to face.
Hungry and destitute labor says to that
which 1t has produced, want you; pro-
duction says, you created me. but you
can't have me. Surely these conditions
must bring tears Of compassion to the
eyes Of Chimpanzee when he views
the miseries Of his gold civilized"
brothers! But let us have hope; for the
doors of industry may yet be opened?
Mckinley is in the door-opening busi-
ness. having pardoned about a dozen
bank thieves and embezzlers Of the peo-
pies money on account of their polite
al influence" and the material aid they
gave to the last campaign in ''maintain-
ing the nations honor"
About 3.4O0 years ago Moses ordered
general walk-out from under the
tyranny of Boss Pharoh: how much,
since then. has the industrial world ad-
vanced? PAUL GLAUCKE.