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...question submitted by the University debating club to Yale for the debate to be held in Cambridge on March 23, is as follows: "Resolved, That the United States should permit the European Government to seize and hold permanently territory of the Debtor State not exceeding in value the amount of the award...
...Debtor," by John Garrison, is burdened with an excess of very ordinary word painting and lack of restraint, but has a certain maturity of style that saves it from being commonplace. Perhaps the most entertaining bit of prose in the number is "A Christmas on Black Pearl Island," by S. Greenfield. In a few words a very distinct and altogether original incident is brought out, set in a style, erisp and interesting...
...standard, he denied that they are an evil at all. He then devoted the rest of his speech to a careful analysis showing that this, the fundamental claim of the bimetallists is without foundation. Fall in prices has resulted merely from an immense but healthy growth in production. The debtor has not suffered, because there has been a constant rise in wages and money incomes. What would be the gain of bimetallism? None. Production would merely become feverish and speculative, and wages would only fall under a period of rising prices...
...only since the enormous increase of production after 1880, due to increased facilities, that price of commodities has gone down; (Schurz Chic. Speech, p. 6; Taussig. Silver Sit., p. 105). B. The change in the gold value of commodities is not unfair to the debtor. (1) Though he pays debts with more commodities, yet the labor equivalent is the same; (Taussig. Silver Sit., p. 109). (2) His money income is at least no less; (Taussig Silver...
...Populist movement is an expression of genuine grievances.- (a) Workingmen have genuine grievances against employers.- (b) Consumers have genuine grievances against trusts and corporations: e.g., Standard Oil trust.- (c) Farmers have genuine grievances against the railroads.- (d) Debtor class must suffer by the demonetizations of silver.- (e) All these different classes of grievances the Populist Party represents: Amer. Mag. of Civics...