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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-13

tions, on the North for articles which he
could just as well raise himself He buys
his beef, his pork, large part OF mis- vege-z
tables-even his hay in thousands of in
stances-from region whore the value OF
diversified crops is better understood. No
wonder he is always poor.
1t would be difficult to crowd more
nonsense in the same space than there
is in this editorial.
Has not this man sense enough to
know that if the South stopped buying
it's "beef, pork, vegetables and hay"
from the North, the Northern farmer
would lose large part of his market,
and the depression which now at
flicts the South would be transferred to
the North?
Does he not know that each section
has advantages for raising certain crops,
and that only oharlatan would advise
Minnesota to stop raising spring wheat
and go to producing cotton, or persuade
the Georgian to give up cotton and raise
spring wheat? Such fools would make
the North Dakotan believe he is living
IN the banana OctI, anu duV4oc IAO
Floridian to build ice-houses and raise
white bears.
The statement about the amount of
currency in circulation is simply false
hood. There may be such an increase in
New York city, and there interest is 3
per cent per annum; but in Montana it
is Is per cent year, and in the cotton
fields it is 10 per cent for three months!
The trouble is that the price of cotton
| is fixed in the worlds markets, and it is
| the gold price, with the purchasing
power of the gold increased by the de-
monetization of silver and destruction
| of greenbacks.
| Whenever the famlnes cease in Russia
| and India wheat will 60 down to the
| gold price. The American farmer dwells
on the brink of an abyss. I'D.
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16 to 1. It means something more than
the parity of two metals and swapping
dollars. The question here is the same
as in Guatemala. SIN fact, the question
is the same in all Stations.
Shall the people. Through their gov
eminent, issue, 9Wn and control the
volume of their nt6nek in the interest of
all, or shall the b&nks issue and control
the money in the interest OF a few? We
are glad to note that the late Buffalo
conference grasped the full import Of
the money question. Our people later
may have the nerve to drive into Mexico
or into the sea 4 few Of our bankers.
that we, through our, government, may
enjoy the blessings of good. old-fash-
toned government greenbacks. Seven
days actual fighting for greenbacks
would be worth more than seven years
agitation for silver. e. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-13
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.

One OF the wealthy witnesses before the
industrial commission named Lockwood,
called Rockefeller and his pals some pretty
hard -"highwaymen, brigands etc"
Among other things. Mr.. Lockwood said:
IF you have got to be robbed 1t does not
matter much whether you are held up by
Dick Turpin with pistol, or by John
Rockefeller with a railroad; it is robbery
all the same
Now, if a socialist should say that, he
would be liable to arrest. But Mr.. Lock
wood is wealthy oil producer.
Mr.. Lockwood based his attacks upon the
railroads and the Standard company upon
testimony taken before the interstate COM
mission. where it was shown that the rail-
roads of Pennsylvania had paid the stand
ard people $11 100000 in rebates tn 16
months, in utter defiance of law.
Speaking of the remedy for the evil, Mr..
Lockwood said it was in public ownership
of the railroads, and it was not to be found
in the cOurts-the courts were too slow and
expensive. 1.-The railroads and the oil COM
pany can raZOO man up and down in the
courts for ten years." he said, until he is
ruined financially, and then go on with
their work. leaving their victim stranded.
AS a reward the combines elevate their
instruments to higher places politically.
1.-The railroad companies can control the
appointment of the attorney general and OF
justices of the supreme court, what do they
care for the law" the witness asked.
1.-THE only safe plan, said Mr.. Lockwood,
was to take the railroads out of the hands
of the corporations and place them under
control of the government so that every
man could go to market as cheaply as every
other man.
HE advocated the taking of the roads
under the right of eminent domain. paying
| the owners the actual value of their prop
i erty. THE Coming Nation.
Tins we 500 how huSineSS men and
capitalists are forced to advocate gov
| eminent ownership of the railroads.
| 1t must come. 1t is only question
| of time. l. D.
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POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Read Between the Lines.

II have just returned from northern Min
nesota," said E. r. Lynch, to Times
porter yesterday, land everyone up there
is talking Collins for governor. 1t was
a surprise, l can assure you, to find the
old line Populists of Ottertail county open
in their expressions of friendliness to Col
Inns. Those of them who have been dis
appointed in patronage at the hands of Gov.
Lind are doing any amount of missionary
work for Collins and to my mind it will
be impossible to head it off. Among Re-
pubicans also l found strong Collins
feeling. If Collins is nominated there
are great many Populists in the north
ern part of the state who will vote for
him.
ION the other hand l found great
many expressions of loyalty to Lind. This
is particularly true in the agricultural
districts. 1t is generally conceded that
he has made a good executive and his
action in regard to the gross earnings tax
law has won him many friends. He will
undoubtedly be the candidate of the COM
bined forces next year and from the pres
outlook Collins will secure the Republican
good one and the state would be sure of
a good man at the head of it's affairs as
Lind and Collins, to my mind, have both
made good public officials.
Mr.. Lynch is Popuist of the most pro-
nounced stripe, and one of the strong
supporters OI GOV. LlHu III So.-MllHe-
apolis Times.
Which means that Lynch offers Gov.
Lind a choice between the club and the
olive branch He says: Give me an Of
fice or down comes your shanty."
But Lynch controls only one vote-,his
own. And he is not cock-sure of that;
if anybody else wants very badly to
own it, n.l,y.
And here is another piece Of gossip
from the same paper:
Said another Pppulist. yesterday: "There
are going to be some radical changes in
the sentiment of many of the POpuists of
the state when affairs political get warm
next year. Gov. Linl's appointment of
Rosing and Corser, and the turning down
of F. B. Clark. the Populist candidate
for labor commissioner, have created a
strong feeling against the present execu
tive. In the appointments made the
strength of the Populist party was not
taken into consideration: the fact it was
great factor in the nomination and cleo
ton OF Gov. Lind apparently over
looked. Clark is undoubtedly very sore,
although he is saying nothing> AS chair
man OF the state central committee of the
Populist party he will be expected to or
ganize the state for Lind next year. but
I don't believe he will do it. From all
over the state come words of condemna-
ton, and I will be very much surprised if,
when the POpulists meet in convention in
1900, there will not be strong opposition
to the denomination Of Lind. Clark. l am
sure, will not lend his aid, but on the
other hand. will quietly encourage the
Lind opposition wherever opportunity
arises
Now all this is very unreasonable
Lind cannot appoint every one to an
office who wanted one. There were more
pegs than holes to put them in.
Abraham Lincoln, after being dread
fully pestered for year or two by the
office-seekers, got the smallpox. open
the doors" said old Abe, "let 'em all in.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-13
PROSPERITY FOUND.

Last week, in this city, five good two
story houses, together with two full
large lots, located on Sixth street, be-
tween Twenty-fourth and 1wenty-fi fifth
avenues northeast, sold for $3.50. The
houses were built six or eight years ago
at cost of about 81, 900 each, were con-
venlently located for renting to en-
ployes in the 500 shops, and are only
four blocks off the Second street car
line. The buyer was a syndicate, who
think they have found prosperity. The
seller hasn't yet expressed an opinion.
E. A. T.
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AN ABSURD ARGUMENT.
The Pioneer Press of the Sd inst. ha

The Pioneer Press of the Sd inst. had
this to say:
One is almost forced to the conclusion
as he reads the outgivings of various sill
verites oracles, that they stopped reading
the news at the close of Bryans unsuccess-
ful campaign for the presidency, and have
barred their ears to all other sources Of
information. Here is L. w. Youmans, of
South Carolina, who comes before the in
dustrial commission at Washington with
the information that 1.-The agricultural in
terests of the South are greatly depressed; -
citing as the cause thereof three alleged
facts which were the staple of Organic ora
tory in 1896, viz: that silver has not been
recognized as a money metal" ''there has
not been an increase in the volume of
money to correspond with the increase of
population and there has been a general
depreciation of values"
The truth regarding the points thus
gTavely raised, to the manifest waste of
the valuable time of the industrial com
mission, is found in these circumstances:
Silver, as money metal has all the
recognition that gold ever had. Mr. You
mans can buy the Pioneer Press building
with just the same number of silver dollars
that would pay for it in gold. The volume
Of the currency in the middle of 1896 was
e21-10 per capita. 1t has steadily increased
until it is now more than SIG. The market
prices OF all farm prOductS-even including
cOttOn-has gone up since the beginning of
the present year. Probably Mr. Youmans
did not intend to regale the commission
With self-evident falsehoods More charit-
ably let us suppose him afflicted with a
mental disorder like that of the woman in
. story; who. to every remark of whatever
nature, always responded; Eyes, it's fine
day, thank you; and I want pancakes for
SKIPPER" He was primed in 1896 with the
idea that, everything had gone wrong, and
that only the free coinage of silver at 16
10 could set it right; and he has gone on
repeating that formula ever since.
The real cause of the agricultural de-
Dression in the South will be apparent to
my person who has access to the more
Intelligent Southern newspapers. such as
AaiIy reach the Pioneer Press. That cause
= the exclusive devotion Of larger and
1n1xer areas to cotton raising; the average
1aanter still dependins. In too many Sec
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-13
UNExPECTED El-STON.

The chairman of our national COM
mittee, Hon. Milton Park, of Texas, has
fused with 10 A. Parker, of Kentucky.
Hereafter they will both fight under
one banner; both think alike, and the
thoughts of both will appear editorially
in the columns of the Mercury, pub
lished at Dallas, Tex.
The Free Republic consolidates with
the Mercury, and, as usual in fusion
dicker, loses it's identity.
We understand, however, that the
dicker means honorable cooperation"
and that no principles will be sacrificed,
and that both Mr.. Park and Mr.. Parker
will stand firmly and squarely on the
mistaken platform of true Populism.
Success to the able two-horse team.
E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-13
THIS IS TOUGH.
Guatemala ON the Verge of Another
Revolution.

Guatemala ON the Verge of Another
Revolution.
SAN FRANCISCO, July s-Prominent cit
liens of Central America living here claim
to have received dispatches Indicating that
Guatemala is on the verge of another seri-
Gus revolution. President Caberas' at
tempt to force $6,OOOOOO of paper money
into circulation is the alleged cause of
the whole difficulty 1t is reported that
DR.. Jose Lloron, the leader of the Con-
servative party; Juan Francisco Ponciano,
president of the Occidental bank, of Guate-
mala, and Jose E. Sanchese, a capitalist
of the Guatemalan capital who have taken
an active part in the present affairs were
threatened with Imprisonment and death
and sought refuge in the Mexican legation.
The Mexican minister is said to have at
forded them the protection of the lega-
ton pending an inquiry into the principal
offenses with which they are charged. De-
villa, president of the Columbia bank. of
Guatemala. is reported to have fed from
the country in fear Of his life The ad-
vices also announce the shooting of Con-
gresham Rosendo Santa Cruz, at Tache,
Chato, in the department of Equipula-
Pioneer Press.
In Guatemala, it seems actual war
is being waged by the bankers against
government paper money, greenbacks.
The people of that little country
should be congratulated for having the
nerve to run the bankers out of the
republic.
Their example might with happiest
results be emulated by her sister repub-
lie of much greater pretensions.
The money question in this country
means something more than free silver.
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A THRILLING INCONSISTENCY.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press, July Z,
proceeds to show that the people of that
city are so overwhelmingly prosperous
that Uncle Sam cannot procure from
among them any volunteers to go to the
Philippines, and a hot and dirty grave
in the swamps.
1t says
A comparison between ST. Paul and Min
neapolis has been made for the first five
days of this month and it has been found
that while IL recruits have been secured in
Minneapolis, but two have been found in
st. Paul. These enlistments are under the
same conditions and the same management.
During June Minneapolis sent 40 men to
the 'front.' while St. Paul could muster but
49, Even Fargo sent out 20 men to be
enrolled in the regular service.
The reason that has been assigned for
this difference in the number of recruits
is that practically all Of the men in st.
Paul are employed at good wages, and
they do not desire to give up their jobs
to go into the army. The pay of private
soldier, SIS a month, is not so insignificant
when all the other perquisites he receives
are taken into considerations. His board
at $14 month, his clothing at IS and his
room rent at $3.50 would bring the total up
to $45. TO- Add the laundry bill to this and
you have salary of approximately $50.
The Pioneer Press forgets that the
population of Minneapolis is good deal
larger than that of st Paul, and that
fact may account for there being 40 en-
listments in Minneapolis and only 33
in st. Paul.
But did the St. Paul men refuse to
enlist because of the fact that everybody
was busy at big wages?
In the same issue of the same paper
we find the following item of news:
John jackson. a laborer living at 7O7
East Lawson street, died at his home at
II o'clock yesterday morning, it is said,
from an overdose of morphine. The cor
Oner decided that a post-mortem examina-
ton was unnecessary and the body was
given to Mccarthy & Donnely for burial.
JACKSON HAD NOT HAD STEADY
WORK RECENTLY AND 1T IS SAID
THAT HE HAD BECOME DESPONDENT.
For a week, it is said, he had been irregular
and Wednesday night did not come home.
When he got home yesterday morning Mrs
Jackson left the room for a few minutes
and when she returned Jackson told her that
he would soon die. doctor was called
but he could do nothing. He says death
was caused by 10 grains of morphine which
jackson is Sald 10 nave bought before ne
went home.
Jackson was a native of Sweden, sc years
old. He leaves a widow and three children
Very singular that this poor man
could not get work in city enjoying
such abundant prosperity.
Very singular, too, that he would
rather chance the hot place the churches
tell us about than the hot place the
newspapers describe!
Dreadful, too, that an American citi-
zen should be driven to the awful alter
native of hill or Manila, and should
prefer the former, where no American
flag flies.
Evidently the Philippine war is not
popular with those who do the fighting,
though very popular with the men who
stay at home. Id.
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landigham; that we shall have no choice
between the Democratic party and the
Republican party.
But we will not be driven to that
dreadful alternative We will throw our
traitors overheard, and proceed to re-
vive the spirit of 1892 and 1894. The
Peoples party shall live, and neither
Democracy nor Republicanism. neither
the D. o. p. nor the G. O. p. shall
stamp it out. I. D.
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SHAKE, BROTHERS. SHAKE.

SHAKE, BROTHERS, SHAKE.
A call has been issued for mammoth
neapOlis.
The call specifies that the object Of
the meeting is to consider the relation
OF trusts to jobs.
Shake, brothers, shake. You are get
ting your eyes opened You will soon
be ready for more substantial nourish-
ment than the gold standard. Let us
have hope. We can feel for you, though
we can't reach you E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-13

Thank God, have got something now
I can give to everybody"
Only III some sucn way could Lind
have satisfied the innumerable host Of
Office-seeking Democrats, free silver Re-
publicans and fusion Populists.
These men claimed that they wanted
to combine for the sacred cause of Re
form-Wfth big R-but the moment
Lind refused to empty the scrap basket
into their coat-tail pockets, they discov-
cred he was very bad man!
But it is none Of our fight or funeral:
and we simply look on and laugh
/ ID.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-13

sentative from time to time has pub
lished very tiattering testimonials con-
corning this cure from c. II. Hopkins
tlemen. Elsewhere in this issue it will
be noted that in future the remedy will
be obtained only by addressing. Dead
Shot Remedy Co., Boston Block, Min
neapOlis.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-13

The Eltweed Pomeroy gathering at
and went and vanished in thin air. 1t
consisted of lot of tive-minute speech
es and few commonplace resolutions.
1t was intended by Eltweed to blow
the Peoples party to smithereens; it
will be utterly forgotten in thirty days
This is the tenth attempt to destroy our
party, but, like Daniel Webster, it still
lives" I'D.
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with all men who are not traitors at
heart. and striving to destroy our party.
We cannot invite irrecOncilable enemies
into the citadel. II we do, we simply
increase their opportunities for evil.
Let our motto be: PEACE WITH
SAFETY. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-13
VERY BUSY.

Our senior editor, Mr. Donnelly, is
very busy nowadays, lecturing at Chau-
tauquas, all over the country, finishing
his book, reading proofs, etc. etc. The
readers of The Representative will
therefore have to make allowance for
his not writing as much editorial as he
would like to. July is the great Chan
tauqua month, and his book will be fin
ished in August, and then he will have
more time for the paper. E.. AT.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-13
LECTURE DATES.

Our editor-in-chief lectures at Spirit
Lake. Ia, on Wednesday, July II, ana
on the 18th at Waterloo. Ia. before
Chautauqua assemblies at both places.
and few days later goes to places in
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.
If the American people had sustained
the demand of the Peoples party. in
1892, for postal savings banks" these
5000 poor people would not be today in
distress
Col. Prince, who was president of the
bank up to the time of his death, few
years ago, was noble gentleman, and
the present president, Thomas A. Prem
dergast, is true man. But the bank
had to take st. Paul real estate to the
value of about 100000 for unpaid loans,
and the gold standard has scaled that
down One-half; hence the failure.
And here is another bank gone:
WASHINGTON, July S.-The doors of the
Citizens National Bank, OF Miles, Mich,
were closed today by Bank Examiner
Joseph w. Seder,' who was appointed tenn
porary receiver of the bank by the comp
troller of the currency. The cause of the
failure of the bank is poor loans which
have been made, to meet which the comp
troller levied an assessment on the capital
stock of the bank. The stockholders failed
to meet this assessment and the receiver
was appointed in consequence. The last
statement CT the Citizens Nationol Bank
showed ioGr- discounts amounting to
$169,509: 81 1900; capital, $50, 900.
The trut-- The finances of this
country are on The brink of Vesuvius,
liable to topple over any minute.
Id.
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cn
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scriptiOn money is by postomce money ~
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In changing the address to which paper
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STOPPING THE PAPER-The pubhsner
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scriber wishes the paper stopped return.
ing paper or refusing to take II from your
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The law is that every newspaper SUI
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In order to reduce complaints to the MN I'm
imum in future we desire to ask the loi-
lowing questions:
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Is your name correctly speileo on oui
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Does the date on the label OF your pa
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If not notify us and We WI / recti1y mat
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS.

A large number of readers have at
different times bought of J. B. Dukes.
this city. his somewhat celebrated
Dead Shot Catarrh Cure" The Repre-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-13

Health for ten cents. Cascarets make
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destroy microbes, cure headache, bill
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BANKS BUSTING.

A Million Dollar Failure In St. Paul
Another Failure i'm Michigan.
The Savings Bank of st. Paul, founded
by Gen. H. H. Sibley and Col. John S.
Prince, has been closed by State Bank
Examiner Pope, and receiver applied
for
The failure will fall with crushing eff
feet upon a great many poor people.
This tells the terrible story:
The savings deposits aggregating $685.
543.OS are divided among 5000 depositOrs,
and they are largely small accounts the
average being under $500.
TJARTTJTTE.S
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Evening Session-9:oO p. M.
Music
Recitation Selected
Miss Nina b. Weese, st. Clair
Lecture-"Nancy Hanks and the Nineteenth
Century" Hon. III. X. Pattengill Lansing