People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1897 — The Same Old Cry. [ARTICLE]

The Same Old Cry.

There never was a wrong inflicted upon a people that those who were the recipients of the benefits that accrue as a result of the wrong, did not object to the agitation against the wrong. It was said that the anti-slavery agitation was detrimental to the business interests of the country. It was said the agitation against the old United States bank was a dangerous business. We are now met with the same old cry that the agitation of free coinage in particular and Populism in general are detrimental to the beet interests of the country. It is the same old cry of the same old class who eat their bread in the sweat of another’s face. —Moscow (Idaho) Times. Don’t let any one persuade you that the tariff is going to be the issue in 1898 and 1900. There is one issue, and that is the full and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the established ratio of 16 to 1. The advance agent of prosperity will soon acknowledge that his show has canceled all its engagements. Had Bryan been elected there would not now be an idle man in the United States.