Hutchinson gazette., 1899-04-06
aerIOed, and ! LAInl lhe daya Of re.trIelld


ment added 10 any Wholesale or retail
store In excess Of hve specific depart
ments. ThiS would enable each and
every merchant throughout our entire
country to carry general stock II they
80 desire, free from any tax whatever
Then for the first department added place
u tax thereon, say OF $4,000 par annum,
the second $50 1000 per annum, and 80 on
When we conelder that these department
stores have already driven retail mer-
chants with a capital OF 1000 to $780,
600 into bankruptcy or forced them to
transfer their business and their capital
into smaller cities aud country towns and
they In turn by their presence and their
capital forcing the small country dealer
out Of business altogether, | ask you has
not the time arrived when the jobbels,
retail merchants, and all commercial Ia
Dor ought to join the laboring aud agri-
'ultur,l classes in bringing about this
much desired legislation,
There are two ways To arply and rem
der effective the remedy. First, let the
people In each Of the great national polit-
cal parties take IN active interest in their
primaries, electing aud sending the best
possible material as delegates 10 the con-
grpssional nominating convention, aud
create platform fair, Just, and equitable
To all cmsses Of tur entire citizenship,
then pledge their candidates for Congress
aud Senate to use their best efforts to
enact into law the principles promulgated
by their respective platform, In the
event it 10 not possible for the CONNER
cal, agricultural and laboring classes to
control the policy Of one Of these politi-
cal parties rs against the selfish and I'M
Just demands Of monopolles, and trusts,
then let us, as American citizens, arise
above the atmosphere OF party fealty and
partisan politics TO us intelligent, consci-
encious, independent voters actively sup
port the political orgNniz .tion that may
stand ready to administer our govern
ment IN all Of ts departments in the in
tprests Of the muses.. Another impor-
taut remedy that must not be overlooked
is that Of II larger circulating volume OF
our standard money, that measures OF
sets the price upon the products OF labor
1t is conceded by every student Of polti
cal economy to be well established fact
that the universal law Of supply and de-
mand governs the value of things
therefore insist that this law must entci
I the realm of huance and be applied X
money in the same way it is applied II
commodities for sale III our markets
Now then when you take into consid
Grafton tie great progress in civilization
not only IN our own country but through
out the world the wonderful Increase IN
productions OF ali agricultural and man
nm, 'urel products, aud the ever increas
inn volpu,. OF the worlds trade and com
merce and comp.. 20 these conditions with
the volume OF gold Ia Ca Hn'"t'on remem'
beling the fuct that this golu e. one se's
the price upon all these commodities '"
be b"ught and sold ani business to bt
transacted you can readily see in COM
parison that our gold money is entirely
inadequate to meet the demands Of trade,
consequently the purchasing power Il
the goli dollar Is too great to give labor
that enters into the cost of these articles
fair and reasonable profit above the cost
Of production, Hence In my opinion IL
is absolutely necessary that silver should
by legislation again become with gold Il
constitutional stan lard Of value. In dis
cussing the evils, and the remedy to be
applied, we find II number of our fellow
citizens who declare that the principle
cause OF these evils are not brought about
by monopolies aud trusts operating un-
der the system Of restricted competition.
but by the many wonderful inventions in
labor saving machinery that has rendered
unnecessary the continual employment
of the great majority of our citizenship
who are forced by deviue injunction "to
earn their living by the sweat of their
brow" Hence matters win continue to
grow worse instead Of better. In reply
to this | will say the people through
their chosen servants could enact and en-
force law redering days labor to four
hours If necessary instead of eight,
thereby increasing an hundred fold the
opportunity for the unemployed to secure
work This of course would also increase
as the same ratio, the cost OF the articles
grown manufactured and placed on our
markets for consumption but when we
consider this advance on all commodities
is direct benefit to the labor entering
therein, In increasing the earning power
and the purchasing power Of our nations
wealth producers, all classes OF society
must and will be benefited because there
will be less need Of endowed charitable