People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1896 — ENGLISHMAN TO AMERICANS. [ARTICLE]

ENGLISHMAN TO AMERICANS.

Pmaldent Ivca Itsuea a Coercion Manifesto to “o’* Railroad Employee. Creston (Iowa) Evening Advertiser, Sept 11, 1896: The following is an exact copy of a circular sent by the B. C. R. & N. Railway company toevery one of its employes in Iowa: BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY. Office of the President. To the Employes of the C., B. & Q. R’y.: Is not this money good enough for you? Why should any man, especially a railroad man, want money wmen wm purchase but half as much as this? The amount paid to you in 1895 was $1,617,119.39. One million, six hundred and seventeen thousand, one hundred and nineteen dollars and thirtynine cents. If the doctrines of the Silver Party are true, THE PRODUCTS OF THE FARM ARE TO BRING A HIGHER PRICE. DO YOU WISH TO VOTE TO INCREASE THE PRICE OF THE SACK OF FLOUR, OR THE MEAT YOU BUY? If this doctrine is true, all articles bought from Foreign countries will be doubled in price. Such ae Coffee, Tea and Sugar. Do you wish to pay more? The Rate of Freight and for Passengers on the Railways are fixed by law, and cannot be raised. The Railway Company must pay you in the money it receives, and cannot PAY YOU more than now, for the reason that IT will RECEIVE no more than

now, notwithstanding the fact' that it will be only half as good. If Mr. Bryan,, is our next President the money of the country will be Silver, or Silver Notes on a Silver This Railway Company has to pa / the interest on its Bonds in Gold, SBII,OOO, and it has to pay a Premium to get it, and thereby the interest account is increased, there will be no way to meet it except by reducing expenses, and while the pay may not be reduced, THE NUMBER OF MEN EMPLOYED MUST BE REDUCED. DO YOU "WISH TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF ITS BEING YOU? Yours truly, J. V. IVES. President Ives raises the issue squarely between the railroads and the •farmers. The railroad corporations through their stock jobbing departments, have contracted large debts and made those debts payable in gold. Railroad charges being largely fixed by law, the managers of these corporations are supporting the scarce money policy, well knowing that scarce money means dear money, and that dear money means cheap prices for farm products. President Ives opposes freesilver coinage because he does not vzant the price of flour and meats increased. Those who advocate the election of Mr. Bryan say that, while free coinage will raise the price of flour and meat, it will also advance the price of every other product of labor and benefit every laborer in the land. Free silver coinage will stimulate business of all kinds, including the railroad business, and more business will necessitate the employment of more men, and the increased demand for men will bring with it an increase in wages. Which policy is best for the country? Which statfement is the more reasonable? P. S.—IVES IS AN ENGLISHMAN IMPORTED TO DO THE WORK OF THE ENGLISH OWNERS OF THE Q. ROAD. WHEN* YOU GO TO THE POLLS VOTE TO CRUSH HIM.

Gave Half His Windows to a Neighbor. The most benevolent man reported this year lives in Whltneyvllle, Me. His house having windows and blinds, he concluded that duty called him to divide windows with a man whose house had neither. Upon the strength of this conclusion he gave away every alternate window, boarded up the apertures thus made, and closed the blinds to keep the generous act from the knowledge of his neighbors.—Machias (Me.) Republican.