Judge — October 3, 1885 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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THE) JUDGE. show a Jadicial on BO ano serious ef- airs int ow will f unbounded reso yer of prosperity. land is che Sad. BORAT iigt: aitrorpederis chdugh men, Women and children, the most eflicient, producers in the world, are willing to work, and capital is desirous of activity: industries are depressed and labor and capital both. are ely unused. That the money is nt, insomuch f the West are bursting hes thousands... More 1 that food and all 0 cheap as now, ral t thor di crops are. abu neri with food, want pir than all, you will fir merchandise were never nor was there ever so ral complaint th people were not able to buy at the prices. This scems a riddk “Why should in- dustry be crippled, trade paralysed, capital fettered and labor rved in America to- day Your Jury will not fail to notice that the abnormal, cheapness of all. products is the most in stent feature of. the situation; especially when coupled with the refusal or inability of people to take them at prices that seem to be ruin wid often are ruinous especially to manufacturers. and) farmer This Court suggests that you direct your ut- ntion, therefore, to the causes for excessive eapness of products, and lack of purel x power.on the part of consumers. — If ar Jury should Jind that the same’ infly ces have produced both these phenomen contradictory conditions, you will have | at least a partial clue toa rene Your Jury is well enough i know that of ge name for dear of the y goods are valu ansferred; that af # so-called dollar, will buy twice as. many bushels of wheat or hours’ work as formerly, | it only means that the dollar has doubled in value. ‘The life power of the wheat, the productive power of the labor have not changed, and their intrinsic value is the same. The only influence that can make money déater ig scarcity A scarcity of money would account for people's inability to buy as, well as for goods’ being cheap. Your Jury will, find, by extending your inquest, that the same wiprecedented cheap- ness of, goods and under-consumption of formed to is only another | e money wilh whieh | ———— | therefore be likely to find that the cause of | these phenomena customs, duties, or | find that the only unive could account for money being high is the | steady reduction of the world’s sca toa gold creasing scar nd of thinks, is the only single fact that fits all nditions of trade and indus where: reduction to gold basis and scarcity of gold, constantly raising its val- ue, lowering the scale of prices and with- drawing products and gold alike farther and farther from the reach of consumers. \ th and It pro nd not peculiar to this coun d, following upward th y will not be so easy Jury to find a remedy for a dear gold bi as to detect the fact of its existence. this fact suggests that certain precautionary measures may be found by you to. prevent a of the difliculty. of trade is world-wide to its laws, You will al influence that fiscal system. f values in- ‘ourt gold. ‘This, the y here for your But Your Jury of | blic Opinion, to that end, should ‘find | inst the refusal of the U.S. government To know I'm to recognize silver coin and treasury notes 7 as moncy; you should enconrage the use, as legal tender, of other circulating mediums | My boyhood day than this scare geld; should f so far of the latter. Your Jury should enforce the registered T decree of the people, made through their congress, that silver and tre: equally with gold, are mor compel the administration and fing stitutions of the c lawfal usury trying to m gold standar: GoLpwin Switu revolution not named a hundred years ago. acontivent from Mme. Britannia by Miss Columbia, high-priced and depressing dd against the hoarding of other circulation by government or by banks — our opinion will affect the course untry to cease their un- of values, a mistake. ¢ ‘mith, found that out more than Was the ti sury notes, and should neial in- lative functions in the destructi single, Was the ting Whene'er the regards the American | cher Englishmen, But some one eh Tt was a Miss take of And then, t¢ Was the 8, MUTUAL ABSORPTION, THE SHINGLE. childlood’s pleasures, ther off from heaven when I was a callow be . recall with sad As it fell When [ had wished to roam the woodlands, for killies in the pool, | Or follow boyhood's tr My mother made me go to school And if T missed a word t (With book before him Ae cout nd all I then remembered spell!) As it fell, boys had robbed an orchard They all exeaped e I never kissed a pretty was sure to see; And if T hooked my brother's taffy ‘The little cuss was sure to tell— point the moral As it fell J.J, O'CONNELL. them pre’ Lover the world. ou will Pray do not detain us, our friend, the stork, Ifas sent us a telegram; Two dashing young ladies, intensely westhetic, Are coming to Framingham. And one is looking for pretty cat-tails To decorate her room; And the other is hunting for peacock feathers To make an wsthetic broom. comicbooks.com