Show THOSE DIVIDENDS I The dividends paid in NewYork in July mao our near contemporary across tho block very ilU I finds that the Interest on tho public debt was some 8000000 more than It was in 1806 I I forgots that 262000000 In bonds that Mr Cleveland and Mr Carlisle issued and gave the syndicate In New York I which floated tho bonds a commlsalon ot somewhere from 11000000 to HS 000000 when the people would have been glad to havo taken them I speaks of dividends as though they were stolen directly from the people and mentions the Standard Oil as one of the biggest tentacles of the octopus i Why didnt It mention the Silver King in the same connection Standard Oil coinqs out ot the ground It ia n mineral min-eral product Jt Is not protected by any tariff I it has any extraordinary grouts It Is duo to the manipulation of Immense wealth and probably a combination with the railroad companies com-panies of the country But it is n legitimate Industry as much so as mining in our hills and that It pays n big dividend does not take the money out of the people any more than Is the money taken out of the people when the Silver King people sell their lead and silver As for the bankers doing well when they do well It is f sign o ont of two things They arc either taking advantage of the distress of the country and charging large Interest because ot the risk In the loans or there is so much business that tho low interest gives them an immense profit Just now interest is lower than I ever wag In the United States before as low as it is in England as low as it is in prudent old Belgium lower than Il is in Berlin or Paris So our nelgh bores dissertation the burden of which Is to try to show that when dividends are paid the poor are oppressed is baby talk 1 is Just like the Silver King again I pays a dividend of 75000 n month but In order to do It I has to keep up a tremendous payroll for tho men who bring thc treasures of the deep chambers of the Silver King to the light and convert them Into a com merclal form which the world is glad to purchase |