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POINTS FOR THE PEOPLE. -Sects and creeds cut no figure in the battle for human rights. One Father McGlynn is worth more to humanity's cause than a regiment of Henry Ward Beechers. -Which would you prefer to have, a clearing house certificate or a green back issued by the government? Yet the latter has been branded by the national bankers as fiat money-Tacoma Sun. -If silver has no claim as a money metal because it is a product of the earth, gold loses its claim on the same ground. All the people ask is that the two metals shall be treated alike by our government.-Journal of Agriculture. -England had rather rule this country financially and commercially, by manipulating our legislation, than to conquer it by the arts of war. It serves her purpose as well, and is more healthful and less expensive.-Journal of Agriculture. -The present panic was deliberately planned and executed to bluff congress into the demonetization of silver, the purpose being to enhance the value of the securities held by the panic makers, by making them payable in gold val ues.-Journal of Agriculture. -Franklin was without doubt the all round wisest man this continenti ever produced, and he declared at that early day in favor of paper money, pure legal tenders, after a trial of the principle in the colony of Pennsylvanie from 1722 to 1762-National Watch man. 'Whatever a government agrees to receive in payment of the public dues, as a medium of circulation, is money, no matter what its form may be; treasury notes, drafts, etc. Such bills or paper, issued under authority of the United States, are money. ."-Henry Clay in the Senate, 1887. -The populist cause is sure to triumph. There is a moral wave sweeping over the country and by that wave one or both of the old parties will be lashed to pieces. The new issues are coming to the front and they will never down till they are settled and settled right.-Alliance Independent -In 1892 the production of silver was 58,000,000 ounces, of which the government bought 54,129,727 ounces, putting into circulation therefor $47,394,291 in treasury notes. Free coinage of the American product would have put into circulation $19,595,609 more money, after deducting silver used in the arts. This is $88,974,927 less than the gold lost by export during the year. -When we get a postal note or P. O. money order we know to an absolute certainty that it is as good as the cash itself, but when .we get a bank draft we look to see what bank drew the draft and upon what bank it was drawn and then look at the list of fallures. The Nebraska people's party boys were right when they took the lead for government banks.-Missouri World. -Since January 1 nearly two hun dred national banks have closed their doors, against less than fifty during the same period last year. Of the fall. ures this year five have been United States depositories, as follows: The First national bank, of Little Rook, Ark.: the Gate City national bank, of Atlanta, Ga.; the People's national bank, of Denver, Col.: the German national bank, of Denver, Col., and the Kentucky national bank, of Louisville. -Chicago has a new illustrated weekly devoted to the free coinage of silver. Its energies had better be expended in explaining the money function and the uselessness and waste of all the labor in digging and dying for some yellow and white minerals. The same labor expended in creating food, clothing, shelter, instruction and amusement would happify untold millions. The people can create all the money they want and print it on paper that didn't have to be mined at such lbor.-Coming Nation. -The industrial millions demand justice. Through special privileges and class legislation they have been defrauded. Throughallowing politicians and interested newspapers to do their thinking, they have permitted themselves to be well nigh enslaved. Their hope now lies in independent thinking. and in political unity of action. The first thing to be done is to abolish all class legislation, and to demand the government ownership of natural "monopolies,' as well as an expansion of the volume of currency, which will tend to relieve congested business conditions, and enable the slaves of the gold barons at least to live after paying their interest.-B. O. Flower. d -Superintendent-"You want a job driving one of our street sprinklers, eh? Ever had any experience?" Applicant-"No, but-" 'But what?" "Everybody tells me I'm so blind I can't see a street crossing ten feet away and-" "That'll do. Come 'round in the morning and take out the biggest sprinkler we own." - Buffalo Courier -Five-year-old Frances had been spending an afternoon with a little friend. When she returned home she found another little friend there who hadcometovisither "Etheldoesn'tlove you," said Frances to the second little to one the calling girl, referring upon. 'Why the not?" she asked had been visitor, somewhat surprised. "Tause she doesn't know you,' explained
