Show I REDUCE PEOPLE TO PEONAGE I ITe The Te first ft step was wa to make me this t in debt which had hd been contracted in depreciated deprete paper pape pay payable payable I able in i coin coi This ws was ws accomplished and the te next ne step was wa to tote strike down silver siver which would woud make mke the pay payments pay payment payments ments ment all a in gold gol This Th was done by stealth under a law the te title tte of which gave no intimation of the real r pus pur purpose pu pose of the te measure me sure The Te natural result followed Property began beg to depreciate and debtors began to debtor beg go goto goto to tie the t e wall until now values mean meas measured wal ut mea used ue by the te appreciated gold have fallen 50 and d producers can ca no longer obtain any reward for their labor Other inevitable sinister re results r suits have hav followed Crime Ce h has in increased i increased creased in i the te same ratio Tato that pov poverty poverty erty er has h the te rural r districts barely remain remi stationary in i population while there ther is a rush Th to t the cities the ties which bind bid society and ad pro protect teed tec the manhood of men me and ad the womanhood of woman wom are ae being loosened and ad disintegrated anti and a there is i such apprehension and ad unrest in inthe inthe the te hearts hea of men that they tey are al almost a almost most upon the point of open violence The T establishing of it has reduced silver siver compared compard with wt gold 50 per percent perce percent cent ce t It has h reduced every ever other product of this country cout 50 per cent in value vue CaR Call Ca you that backing your you friends frend The Te gold standard up to date has ha cost c st this t country cout in property prop property values three times as much as erty er thee te a the te wa war of the te rebellion cost cos it What Wat object then ten can c there be in maintaining it if except that tat a n few of the te East my may take te what is i left lef of the te property of this country and ad reduce the masses of the people to absolute peonage peng Salt Sat lake Lae Tribute Tribune June Jue 15 15 1896 |