Monetary Compromise

This question over free silver is an issue that should be dealt with, I believe, with the utmost caution. By agreeing to the free coinage of silver, this country will be providing those from the lower and working classes with the opportunity to increase their economic status. At the same time however, we would also risk upsetting the already established economy that we have struggled so many years to stabilize. So I believe that neither of these solutions would be ultimately beneficial or successful for the country. Instead, I propose a compromise. The government should consider accepting a limited amount of silver to be coined, thus benefiting the hard working laborers, while simultaneously keeping the current economic system relatively intact.

Economic Inequality

As the founder of Tuskegee Institute and as a leader in the black community, I have counciled my fellow men to try and achieve equality in society through collaboration and understanding. By achieving economic independence and education, blacks can use their own skills to better their lives and futures. In response to the publication of the President's violent actions against the workers in Pullman, Illinois, I have to voice my opinions.
I appeal to the coorporations to consider the black labor force in this country. Instead of resorting to violence to put down the strikes, why not turn to another source of labor instead? My fellow blacks are hard, honest workers, and as i state in my Atlanta Compromise Speech: "you can be sure in the future, as in the past, that you and your families will be surrounded by the most patient, faithful, law-abiding, and unresentful people that the world has seen." While providing factories and coorporations with the neccesary labor, black individuals will be able to achieve social and economic equality, which is a goal that should be strived for by all.