Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-03
PRESIDENT HAYES AT THE
STATE FAIR.
His Talk to Wisconsin Farmers.

A clear and concise Statement Of the Financial Stsa
ton One third Of The National Debt paid--The In
terest on the euisting Debt greatly reduced Tara
ton and Expenditures din,iaished-The Paper Cur
Tency brought almost TO Tar-Fdo0ra5le Balance Of
Trade-TAe Country tbs Threshold Of better
Times--7He Presidents viea0s "Cteap Currency"
Fellow CITIZENS: | would like
in opening the few remarks have to
make this afternoon, if | felt that /
could safely do so, to undertake to
catalogue the varions advantages and
attractions possessed by Wisconsin
and the city of Madison Bnt we
have seen SO many and heard of so
many others we have not seen that
the catalogue would be unreasonably
long. / assure you, however, that all
who ar: travelling with me, if | may
Judge from the expressions | have
heard are all sufficiently impressed by
the very great advantages of your
great state and with the superior adj
vantages OF your beautiful capitol
city.
We know something of the benev-
client institutions of your state-so
honorable to its people We can see
this prosperous and growing universe.
ty, and the beginning of an observa-
tory there, as we are told, thanks to
the enlightened liberalty of citizen
Gen. Washburn, who has the good
fortune as well as the wisdom to see
that his public benefactions are pro.
perly distributed in his lifetime.
When l started upon this visit
to the Northwestern States, to
be present, as | knew I should be, at
several agricultural and some of the
mechanical fairs in this part of the
United States-organizatiops estab-
lished in the interest of the material
prosperity of the country-it occurred
to me that,it it were possible, / ought
to try TO say something that would
advance and promote the material
prosperity of the country, not expect
ing, not even hoping that much could
be done by any words OF mine but it
did occur to me that after five years
of business stagnation and depression
throughout the country, the time had
come when words of encouragement,
to give increased confidence to those
who already have confidence and a
greater hope to those Who already
are hopeful, would be fitting and pro-
per.
BURDENS LIFTED FROM THE PEOPLE.
Now, my friends, on this general
subject my occupations have naturally
led me to consider the conditions of
the Government, and of the burdens
which, by reason of the Government,
rest upon the capital, the business and
the labor of the country; and, il /
could demonstrate to the people of
these states that, Notwithstanding the
depression of the times, these burdens
have been made lighter and lighter
during these years since the close of
the war, it seems to me that it would
be doing useful thing; and there
fore invite you to attend for mo-
ment upon conrse of remarks which
/ pursued at ST. Paul and at Mime
apolis, and to which | shall add some
thing not said there, bearing upon the
general proposition that there has
been great Improvement and great
progress in lifting burdens from the
people in the last thirteen years, and
especially in the FIVE years since the
panic; and in doing this, my friends,
do not misunderstood mel am not
here even to refer to what has been
done in that way during the short
period of the administration which
was inaugurated in March 1871. Tho
most OF what has been done [ think of
in connection with such names as Mr..
Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the
Treasury in Johnson's time and Coy.