OGLD-BUG threats.
WILL FORCE IMMEDIATE PAY
MENT OF MORTGAGES.
Sheriff Will He t'errhed Around on
tho Worm ('em-en of the Country,
Like Itlackhirds Wat-hlng h torn
Crop.
.The following bluster is an extract
from one of the broadsides being sent
out by the "sound currency" commit
tee, to be Used us supplement- to cuckoo
papers:
" "Three-fourths of the people who fa
vor free coinage without personal in
vestigation' have a sneaking idea that
they can pay their debt easier with a
debased currency than under the pres
ent toilsome, slow-going process. But
this is all a dream born of the lurid im
agination of your typical free-silver ad
vocate. The creditor who holds a mort
gage on the farmer's land is not ex
actly an idiot himself, and the mo
ment it becomes clear that free coin
age at the 16 to 1 ratio will be legalized
in this country thousands of mortgages
will be foreclosed by men who propose
to have their loans paid in good money.
The free silver dupe may argue, with
tears in his eyes, that the price of sil
ver will be immediately jerked up to
the desired point in the markets of the
world as soon as our mints are opened
to the metal. But the hard-hearted
creditor doesn't belong to that class of
reasoners, and he will turn the former
out, bag and baggage, then and there,
with the money in which the creditor
has confidence. Just before the dawn
of that happy silver day when the sil
ver lining of the clouds will be coined
into good government dollars sheriffs
will be perched around on the worm
fences in the country waiting for mort
gages to mature, like blackbirds watch
ing a corn crop."
Ye gods, what patriotism!
This is the kind of stuff with wbkv.
(he organized plunderers are trying to
frighten the "ignorant rabble."
It's all a game of "boo'."
The entire sheet sent out bj the com
mittee is composed of just such sinister
threats and ridiculous hog-wash as
this.
It is intended for foolsbut it won't
rub in. The people know that they
can more easily pay their debts when
money is plenty than when it is scarce.
Neither are the debtovs all idiots.
They know that a real estate mortgage
cannot be legally foreclosed until ma
turity, or until there is a default in the
payment of interest.
They know, too, that the capitalist
cannot force payment in gold, unless he
has made a special contract.
They also know that even after ma
turity of his mortgage, the laws of
most of the states give the debtor from
one to two years to redeem his land.
In the meantime the price of the land
will so far advance as to give the debt
or such an equity in the land as to en
able him to make a new loan at a low
er rate of interest, which is bound to
follow an increase of the currency.
Of course, the hard-hearted creditor
will do all he can to crush the people
and get hold of the lands, which are ad
vancing In price but the people them
selves are not feeling very tenderheart
ed toward the extortionists and con
tractionists, who, by the destruction of
half the money of the country, have
forced the people into debt.
If the creditor has no confidence in
the money of this government, the
sooner he gets out of the country the
better.
If he will not submit to the voice of
the majority of the American people,
be is a traitor, and should be hanged.
When "the dawn of that happy sil
ver day" comes the hogs wi'.l find that
the banks and railroads have been
kicked out of the governing business
and their bluff has no longer any ter
ror. The sheriffs, too, will be elected as
friends of the people, not as blood
hounds for plutocracy.
The people seek only justice in the
restoration of American money to the
standard under which the great debts
c-f the nation were incurred and the
fellows, who have conspired to contract
the volume of currency, deserve to lose
all they have gained by such contrac
tion. The spirit of 1770 and 1SC1 is being
' aroused in the people, and it is foolish
braggadocio for the cowardly bush
whackers of plutocracy to attempt
scaring the American people from their
purpose.
When a majority of the American
or,r,u. vntp together for free coin.ie-n nt
ymy'" "
silver, then they will also control the
munitions of war -and if the traitor
ous goldbugs rebel, they will be treated
with a dose of their own medicine.
The people are not to be mocked for
ever, and such threats as the above
only make the people more determined
to overthrow the tyranny ti.at dares
thus to threaten them.
Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord
and when the "capitalists" attempt to
overthrow the nation for revenge, they
will find that the Lord is on the side of
the people, and that the safest place
for bloodsuckers Is on the other Bide of
the Atlantic ocean.
A Word to ol !.
'ottr. it is time for you to think!
n't be a dupe any longer!
n't be buncoed by old party hacks!
ip leaders of both of t'a old puilies
corrupt and wholly dishonest.
In God's nam'', don't be, a dog to wag
recognition to these political master!
Gel up out of your hypnotic sleep, und
(ret on a move for political Independ
ence. Read and think for yourselves, and
don't be bunnii-d by em h conMieneeies
.idlitbal sconn.lrt-U as niime to tell
yen -a h yi-ar I o you hhall vote.
If yc; M iW.-f i .T U. !'!.-'!-: u'
poverty and slavery that the old pnrtles
have loaded upon you, liberate your
ideas and give your reason rope.
You cannot afford to be led to the
slaughter like a sheep in the shambles.
If you have any nihilhood about you be
a man!
You cannot fail to know something
of the rascality that has been going on
at political headquarters. You know
conditions are wrong.
You must be aware that the condi
tions you struggle against are unnatu
ral, and due to the errors of govern
ment. Vote for men and measures that
will right these wrongs.
Read up and study the conditions,
and you will see a light shining around
and about you, and a new song wil!
come to your mouths. Voters of Texas
be men. be freemen! Don't be dupes
and slaves! Southern Mercury.
FREE SILVER IN MEXICO.
An Inti-llicent HiikIiickh Man Disprove
tlic (Mild llugft Misstatements.
The Memphis Appeal, of recent date,
contained the following:
Major Jules A. Randle, a resident o!
Monterey, Mexico, but a citizen of the
United States, has written an interest
ing and timely letter to J. W. Gaines,
Esq., of Nashville. Mr. Randle Is an
old-fashioned Democrat, a man of pro
nounced views and marked intelligence,
and thoroughly equipped to give a faith
ful, interesting, and instructive history
of the effect of fre- coinage of silver In
Mexico.
The letter is as follows:
J. W. Gaines, Esq., Nashville:
You desire to know the effect of free
coinage of silver in Mexico. I have
been doing business in Mexico since
1SC6, and since 1880 have lived in Mex
ico, consequently, have had a good op
portunity to know the country and its
conditions. I operated, bought and
sold property there from 1SG6 up to
date. I have known the eagle dollar of
: Mexico I mean the present silver dol
larwhen it sold in New York at $1.06
to $1.12 iu American gold, when a gold
dollar was worth $1.32 to $1.34 in green
backs. Then Mexico was not in a nour
ishing condition. A very few men con
trolled the finances and the country
was in constant revolution. The poor
and middle classes had but few rights
or privileges, and hence, naturally arose
dessentions. Today we have a liberal,
progressive government, paying its
debts, and its affairs managed for the
benefit of Mexico and her people, in
the past fifteen years we have built
thousands of miles of railroads, and
with but. few exceptions, none of them
have been in the hands of the receiver,
and no reason on God's earth for one of
these, save from a sharp financiering
standpoint often adopted by American
speculators. The Mexican government
has given large subsidies, and notwith
standing the Lombard and Wall street
brokers, who seem to run the great
American government, they have sig
nally failed to cripple and demoralize
Mexico.
Y'es, sir; we have free and unlimited
coinage of silver, and it buys every
thing we want in Mexico, without in
quiring what London and its sister
city, New York, are paying for silver.
Mexico is prosperous under free coin
age. We have no strikes, no corners
on money or any merchandise, no
trusts or syndicates controlling the
people or the government. The panic
of 1893 in the United States was un
known in Mexico except through Amer
ican visitors. Rents, wages, products
and landed interests have in no way
been affected by American panics, or
by the low price of silver. There is not
a vacant house in my city (Monterey),
nor have we had a business failure for
years. Monterey has 60,000 population.
I have lived in the city of Monterey,
state of Nueva de Leon, and since
1S80 we have doubled our population
and increased our business a thou
sandfold. High tariff in the United
States and the speculators in silver,
backed by the American government,
have made Monterey in particular
and Mexico, generally, the most pros
perous section of the North American
continent. The Windom ruling on
the lead ores that were flowing into the
United States and right afterward the
McKinley bill made Monterey ODe of
the grandest smelting towns on the
globe.
That rilling and tariff caused a large
portion of the Mexican trade to go to
Europe and added millions of money to
the people who seem to manipulate
Washington. Our country and its
customs and habits seem to me to be
catering to England and adopting or
trying to ape English manners " and
customs. The wealth of the United
States is rapidly falling into the hands
of a favored few, and if this thing
goes on for 25 years more lords and
dukes will be as plentiful as they are
now in Europe.
I am an American and have retained
my citizenship and have always felt
proud to say that I am an American,
but now I see my country drifting into
such an aristocratic government con
trolled by trusts, and that money con
trolled largely by foreigners, that I
tremble for the future. The all gold
money proponed by Mr. Cleveland is
humbuggery. If all the gold and sil
ver of the world were put in circula
tion you would injure about one thou
sand men and benefit millions. Being
a Democrat I am for the great ma
jority. I am a lifelong D-inoer.;. but in the
next election, if we an't find good
DemocT.ii lo le-t'l vote for the
man who or parly which has the nere
to stand by tin; dollar of tur daddies
Very truly. '';' A. Randle.
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cupy op) fit' pf'!".!:"!" fin the silver
probl'ii New tt.e tsutstiin luw
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THE WORM OF THE
A represents ground rent.
B railroad franchises.
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C street car franchises
D telezraoh franchises
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HOW TO SAVE AND SPEND
MONEY.
A Thrifty Mcr
ihnnt. PHILADEL
phia, July 27.
The trouble among
the employees of
es-l'ostui aster
General Wana
vnaker over the
low wages and pet
ty tyranny of the
floor bosses is seri
ous. Since the
publication of the
employees' griev
ances and their
steps to organize
for self-protection,
detectives have
been employed in
W a n a m a k e r's
store to find out
the employees
who have joined
the union. The
new labor league,
which numbers
over one thousand,
threatens to go out
in a body if any
of their number u
discharged. The
league, which is
known as the Re
tail Employees'
Protective Asso
ciation, claim that
they are paid but
$4 a week, and are
subjected to petty
and unnecessary
fines for trivial
faults. The dele
gates from the dif
ferent lodges have
formed a mutual
protection agree
ment with the
Knight3 of Labor,
and at a meeting
of District Union
No. 1120, K. of L.,
a resolution was
passed pledging
moral and finan
cial support, to the
employees in their
efforts to obtain
more liberal wag
es and conditions
of labor.
It Is common
knowledge i n
Philadelphia that
the Wanamaker
employees below a
certain grade have
fewer privileges
and have to bear
And llln J'rodljfiil
Sou.
PARIS, July 21.
All Paris is talk
ing of the prodigal
extravagance of
Rodman Wana
maker, the young
sou of ex-I'ostma;i-ter-General
John
Wanamaker of
Philadelphia, who
spent $20,000 this
week on a single
dinner to twenty
two guests. Even
in this city of
sumptuous dining
it is doubtful
whether so much
money was ever
squandered on a
single feast. It
was sriven in the
Pavilion d'Arme
nonville, a famous
restaurant in the
Bois de Boulogne.
Twenty-two of the
finest equipages
called at the same
mument at the
residences of the
guests and
brought them to
the banquet hall.
The decorations
were marvelous.
Luminous foun
tains planted up
on great blocks of
ice kept the air
cool.
It was not one
dinner but twenty-two
independ
ent dinners, sep
arately served, one
to eacli guest.
Each guest had
before him a
whole leg of mut
ton, a whole sal
mon, truffled
fowl, a basket of
peaches, and a
double magnum
of champagne, be
sides bottles of
wine of sacred
vintage and fabu
lous cost. After
the banquet costly
jewelry wa8 dia-
tributed
guests,
w h o m
number
to the
among
were a
of young
titled
Paris
Frenchmen.
greater exactions
than employees of
any other dry
goods firm.
newspapers
speak of the ban
quet as magnifi
cent, but in bad
taste.
A Primary I,enn In Finani e.
A bright boy whose father is one of
fortune's favorites, ffls among the
o'her presents in his stocking on
Christmas nibrning a $10 national bank
note on the Third National Bank of
Chicago, HI. At the breakfast table
the boy begins to ask questions about
the bill:
"What is it good for?"
"That is money, my son. It will buy
anything you want"
"But what makes it any better than
any other piece of paper?"
"Because the government says it is
good. You can see the signatures of
the register of the treasury and the
treasurer of the United Staios on it."
"What did they sign it for?"
"To know that the government Hands
good for It and will see that the prom
ise on its face is kept."
"What promise?"
"The promise of the bank to pay ten
dollars."
"Is that what it is?"
"Yes. It is a promise to pay mouey,
and not money its-)f, strictly speak
ing." "Then the bank s mis out Ihse
ororatses to pay mom '.'"
"That is it exa tly."
"What makes pi-opl t.ike thin?"
"Oh, everybody is glad enough to get
them, because they t in iuy anything
they want with them, und the govern
ment's guarantee m.-ikes It cure that no
one will lose anything on them."
"That mut be a Lice tii'rg for the
bankers. If I t-ho.ild ft me prom-
" w.j w,ui y l. '! pr ctd with
? ft;. -t xwy
(filii idilii
MODERN MONOPOLY MISERY
F interest on private and public bonds.K
extravagant appropriations by con-L
prPn, M
Kress.
H unnecessary state, county and cityN
expenditures. O
.
J protected manufacturers.
green and black and red Ink would
people take them for money?"
"No, indeed. Whatever put such an
idea into your head? Banks couldn't
do it if it wasn't for the law."
"Well, why does tho law let some
folks' promises to pay go for money
and not others?"
"Because the folks who make these
promises to pay are rich and have lots
of money of their own."
"Oh, then, it is on the principle that
'to him that hath shall be given.' "
"No, not that, but they use their
money to buy government bonds and
then put the bonds into the hands of
the secretary of the treasury and he
gives them the notes."
"Oh, they trade off the bonds for
notes and the government gets out of
paying out any more interest on the
bonds it takes in."
"Not so fast, you young financier.
The government only holds the bonds
to make sure that the bills will be paid.
It keeps on paying interest on them
just the same as if the bankers held
them."
"Well, I suppose that is fair. The
banker gets interest on the government
bonds but he has to pay interest to the
people who take these notes of his for
what they have to sell."
"Wrong again; you seem bound to
get the cart before the horse. The
people who get these notes from tho
banker pay him interest for the use of
them."
"What! Pay him interest because
they take the promises to pay?"
"That is exactly what they do. The
promises to pay circulate as money and
they pay interest for the use of the
money."
"It seem& to me that is getting the
cart before the horse. When you make
a note in a promise to pay money don't
you have to pay interest on it to get
anyone to take it and let you have any
thing for it?"
"Yes, but in the case of the banks It
is different."
"You bet! I should say it was differ
ent. The banks draw interest on their
notes and you pay interest on yours."
"You are getting it straight now."
"But isn't a bank note a debt just
the same as your note? Don't it show
that the bank owes so many dollars to
tc man who has it
"Come right down to the point of the
matter, I guess that is about the size
of It."
"Then as you pay interest on what
you owe, the more you owe the poorer
you are, but with a bank it is different.
They get interest on what they owe
and the more they owe the more money
they make."
"I suppose that is true, too."
"Pa, when I grow up I ain't going to
sell groceries like you. I am going to
be a banker."
Show Thin To Your MiulHtrr.
Bearing in mind that what is meant
by usury in the Bible is the taking of
increase for the loan of money, read the
following texts and ask your pastor to
preach on the Bible doctrine of usury:
If thou lend money to any of my peo
ple that is poor by thee, thou shall nnt
be to him a usurer, neither shalt thou
lay upon him usury. Exodus xxii:
23-2G.
And if thy brother be waxen poor,
and fallen In decay with thee, then tnou
Shalt relieve him; yea, though he be a
stranger or a sojourner, that he may
live with thee. Take thou no usury of
him, or increase; but fear thy God; that
thy brother may live with Uiee. Thou
shalt not give him thy money upon
ucury, or lend him thy victuals for in
crease. Leviticus xxv: 3"t-.7.
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to
thy brother; usury of money, usury of
victuals, usury of anything that Is
lent upon usury Deuteronomy xxiii:
19.
And there was a great cry of the peo
ple and of their wives against their
brethren the Jews. For there were that
said: We, our sons and our daughters
are many; therefore we take corn for
them that we may eat nd live. Some
also there were that Mid. we have tuort
gagfd our land, vineyard" and houses,
ths't we might buy corn because of the
ilenrt'.i. There were alo that said, we
have borrowed money for the king's
tribute, and that upon our lands and
vineyards. Yet now our tb sh is as the
f1c:;a of our brethren, our children is
their children; and Jo, we bring into
bondage our mmn and our daughters to
be serv&nts. snd Xjiiw of our daughters
are brought Into bondage already;
neither in it In cur pewtr to redm
DISTILLERY.
pensions.
parasites
superstition.
'
alms.
capital's profit after the clippings.
P wages.
them; for other men have our lands and
vineyards. And I was very angry when
I learned their cry and these words.
Then I consulted with myself and re
buked the rulers and the nobles und
said unto them, Ye exact usury, every
one of his brother. And I set a great
assembly against them. And I said
unto them, we after our ability have
redeemed our brethren l).1ews, wnlcn
were sold unto the hfafhen and will ye
Fell even your brethren? or shall they
be sold unto us? Then held they their
peace and found nothing to answer.
And I said, It is not good that ye do;
ought ye not to walk in the fear of our
God, because of the reproach of the
heathen, our enemies? I likewise, and
my brethren and my servants, might
exact of their money and corn. I pray
you let us leave of this usury. Restore,
I pray you, to them, even this day, their
land, their vineyards, their olive groves
and their houses, also the
hundredth part of the money (this
looks as if the usury was only
one per cent interest) and of
the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye
exact of them. Then they said, We will
restore them. , . . And the people did
according to their promise. Nehemialj
v: 1-13.
t;-t Together.
There Is nothing which plutocracy
so much fears as intelligent organiza
tion of the farmers for political ef
fort. The individual is easily overwhelmed
by an organized power and it is by a
practical appliance of this fact that cor
porations are domineering every legal
authority in the land.
It is through ignorance of this fact,
that unorganized farmers are being one
by one turned out of their homes.
Old party speakers are never found
advocating organization among the
farmers, yet they are never found con
demnlng the organization of bankers
and speculators.
This Is illustrated very forcibly by
the attitude of Secretary Morton of Ne
braska, as presented on two different
occasions.
From his speech in this city, Oct. 16,
1893, we clip the following advice to
the farmers:
"Less legislation and more learn
ing, less gregariousness and more indl
viduallty, less dependence upon asso
elation with the alliances and the gran
gers, and more self-reliant independ
ence, based upon acquired facts, Is a fair
statement of the interests of the farm
er."
This same Secretary Morton in refer
ring to the communication of J. R.
Buchanan, writes John DeWitt Warner
as follows:
"My object In sending you this letter
of Mr. Buchanan Is to give you a thor
ough business man's view of the situa
tion. The letter shows how fallacies
flourish among the farmers of the west
and south. The letter also points out
to you the necessity of Immediate co
herent and organized action in behalf
of sound money." This now la his ad
vice to the bankers.
Individual action for the farmer, but
"coherent organization" for the specu
lators. When Morton gives advice concern
ing organized effort, it is all owing to
who will be benefited what that advice
will be.
Organization among the farmers nev
er fails to secure the downfall of such
fellows as this Secretary Morton.
It is through the organized strength
of corporations that he holds position
and power.
Every association of the farmers has
led toward Industrial liberty and this
fact should not be overlooked.
The watchword must be "organize
and educate."
There Is no good reason why farmers
should permit themselves to be forever
the prey of designing politicians.
While they continue to "go it alone"
they will remain the easy victims of
organized speculators.
This is a question of vast import and
one that cannot long be Ignored.
The farmers must get together or be
one by one crushed down by organized
greed.
Bankers and speculators never fail to
vote together when their interests are
at stake.
There is but one hope and that is "get
together."-Chicago Express.
The Kentucky Democrats are not say
ing much about their platform. Only
one actr in the Mate publHhes It.
THE lililTE ACT.
COLD BRUTES NOW ABUSINO
R. G. HORR.
I). . He Wan I'nable to Meet Trnth
with Truth They Main Him tor
Not Falsify lni What One l'aper
Kay.
The following from the Boston Her
ald shows the crafty trickery of the
hireling political liar:
'if the matter were more serious it
would be a subject for annoyance and
regret that in the debate going on be
tween Hon. Roswell Horr of Michigan
and W. H. Harvey of Illinois, the au
thor of "Coin's Financial School, the
sound money side of the argument
should be taken by one so little flttud
as the ex-congressman of Michigan for
the discussion of the financial ques
tion. As a humorous stump speaker
Mr. Horr has few" equals, but the cur
rency question is not a problem that
can be settled by a joke or a humorous
figure of speech. Mr. Harvey is a
plausible writer, a skillful dealer in
half truths, and so far as study of tha
subject is concerned, must be many
times the superior of his opponent in
range and variety of information. "1"
have a man put up in public debate
which is advertised all over the coun
try who, upon trial, Ehows that he can
not cope with his adversary, Is, with.
the unthinking at least, to cast discred
it upon the side which he is defend
ing." Oh, no! It was not a serious matter.
Strange, however, that the goldbugs
should have made such a hullabaloo
about how they were going to break
up "Coin's Financial School" and Ktop
the "silver craze" all nt one swoop.
Strange, too, that the goldbugs, hav
ing their choice of a champion, and be
ing themselves the challengers, should
have selected a "stump speaker" like
Horr.
Were they only Joking?
Did they think the "School" such a
farce that a jackass could bray it out of
existence?
If the goldbugs are not posted on the
currency question, as the Herald com
plains of Horr, then why do they set
themselves up to educate the American
people?
If their cause can't stand in debate?
why don't they just admit that they
have no cause?
Surely, with all the truth on their
side, as they claim, they ought to have
somebody with sense enough to prove
it.
Surely they are not all ignorant.
If they are, they should post up.
Maybe that after they learned some
thing about the currency question they
would be in favor of "free coinage, 18
to 1, without asking any other nation
in earth."
Most men want proof, and it is sur
prising that a man should be a goldbug
or anything else and not be able to tell
why.
Certainly it will cast discredit upon
the cause Mr. Horr advocates, with the
THINKING people, to know that he
was unable to cope with his adversary.
Mr. Horr was, before the debate, re
garded as the ablest defender of gold
ocracy and the result shows that he
had a weak cause. No doubt about his
eloquence and all that but the truth
was on the other side, and such being
the case, no man on earth could have
downed Harvey.
The Miiln Iiiflne.
Never since the war has there been
more discussion of the money question
than during the past three months.
The free coinage champions are the
most enthusiastic, active and aggres
sive, and representing the views of a
large majority of the people, naturally
their meetings are the largest, their
books are most widely read, and suc
cess seems already within their grasp.
But the gold standard fellows are ac
tive too. They are long-headed
schemers, and working hand in hand
with the leaders of the two old political
parties, they expect to divide the silver
vote 150 that the minority may rule.
It seems absurd, but the handful of
gold-bugs opposed to the people have
as the matter now stands a better show
of winning than have the silver 'men
backed by the sentiment of the masses
of the American people.
That is because sentiment won't elect
silver men. It requires silver votes, all
cast for the same set of candidates, to
;lect silver men. Democratic and Re
publican silver men will throw their
votes away trying to reform the two
gold-bug parties. The Populists are
solid for silver, and will not fuse wilu
either old party to help elect gold-bug
officials. So that as it now stands the
silver men are in three camps and the
gold-bugs are practically a unit, haviug
control of both old parties, and being
sure of getting their own candidates
elected, if they can only manage to
keep the silver men from bolting their
parties.
The gold-bugs assume all virtue, and
their cry of "sound money" Is only a
catch phrase by which they will try t
dodge the question.
There can be no doubt of the honest
intentions of the silver men, and no
doubt that they consider independent
bimetallism the best means of securing
"sound money" In sufficient quantity to
transact the business of the country.
The talk of international bimetallism
Is a farce, and the question must b
decided for America by Americans only
The silver .n have the beet of the i
argument and the majority of the peo
ple on their side. Now if they will only
vote together the thing Is settled, and
the howl of tho money brokers may go
on forever.
This "sound currency" cry tk.und
co'ilow to a hui.fcTy man out of a job?
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