Omaha daily bee., 1890-10-11
THE OMAHA DAILY BEErsATURDAY, OCTOBER Ii, 1890.

DonuS III gOlu very we'll, suppose lne gov.
ernment had not done so suppose II had
been In the condition of the Argentine Re
public; suppose 1t had been In the condition
of Turkey suppose il had been in the condi-
ton OF Russia today, with It's currency de.
prcciated and it's credit broken dowul What
sort Of prosperity would we havei Was
it not the very best kind Of iinanclering
to assure the creditors Of the United States
that the government would redeem those
pledges in the only money that passes current
as such all over the world. II is not true that
the sodierwas paid of 81 for Sl6 in the be.
ginning of the war, in 1851, gold was only
very slightly above par and prices wcro not
very hgh. just before starting for Hebron
yesterday found in an old bible two $40 con-
federate bills anda an old letter which | had
Herald. ON the back of it there happened 90
be the market quotations Of Cleveland, for
October 20, 1873. | notice wheat sl.27
per bushel; corn, 9Oc; rye, sl5O; but
ter was quoted at 22c cheese, l2c; eggs, lac
and SIS; lard, Sll and green apples. S2 and
$3.50 barrel; petroleum was of course still
very high in those days, 81 cents, and so on.
What does that showi 1t shows that in 1853,
while we were in the midst of war, prices
were still low that the soldier when he sent
his money homc-for he was boarded and
clothed by the governmcnt-thath his family
bought Their things pretty nearly as cheap
then as now
When the initiation was at its height In 1866
the soldier did not hold on lit that long, his
family had got through withit.
All the talk about the ro bbery OF the soldier
or the producer by the retirement Of the
grcenback and issue of bonds is the shcercst
rot. The largest amount of grcenbaCks that
was ever out at one time was SiJO, 900, 600.
To-day there are still S350,OOO, 100 of green
backs in circulation and in the treasury. So
we have retired just S0IOOOOOO of fgreenbacks
and in theirplaCe have added Ov erS SiOOOOO, 900
= ,0,t IL,
and silver certificates TO our stock money
The tatist ClamOr about our natio nal bank
currency is equally absurd. The national
banks had over three hundred and fifty mil
hons of currcn Cy at one time, now they have
less than half that amount out and they are
surrendering il at the rate of S2,OOO00O a
month. Still there is no contraction of the
circulating medium. For every 81, ,OOO,OO0 of
national bank currency surrendered and can.
celled the treasury is issuing 50 ,OOO 900 of sill
yer certificates which are secured by bullion
in the treasury vaults.
| want TO say to the farmers because the
farmers have been told tn at under the admin
istration of the republicans everything that
they sell has been made cheap andeverything
that they buy made dear don't think any
party could control the price of wheat in
Liverpool or the price of cotton or any class
of commodity that was exported. Iquote
from n party in Fort Dodge Ia, who
made computation to show the diff
ference in prices in the last ten years;
self-binders that sold in 1880 for 1918 are now
selling for $3.50; corn planters in 1880 sold for
$50, now they sell for $40; riding cultivators
in 1850 were So now they are $25 spring
wagons, two-seaed, $3.50 in 1850, $Tj now;
nails, per keg, S6 in 1850, 50 now; milk-pans
S2.2j per dozen in 1880, 81 per dozen now;
barb-wire ten cents pound in 1850, now 1t is
four cents pound, notwithstaud ding the barb
wire trust, which ought to be rooted out
There is no question about that. The demo
cratic party said that, but they We're in power
four years and didn't do it, 1t Is "a question
simply of local legislation.
Now / want to ask in all sin certy what is
proposed to be done by our friends on the
peoples ticket. We were told in the ii rst
place that it was not party, but your chair
man here has furnished me with a letter that
would Indicate that they are party He
had been an organizer of the farmers alliance
up to Very recent period He was true
and trusted man in the alliance and did his
work | presume faithfully, as members of
the alliance III this section viii certify. He
has seen fit to remain republican instead Of
connecting himself with this "spontaneous
movement" and what is the result! He gets
his walking papers from the secretary of the
state farmers alliance with the information
that his services as organizer would be dis
pensed with because he had gone into polit-
ical organization, because he remains identi-
fed with the republican party. What a
piece of arrogance, what insolence.
Noman who has joined the alliance has
taken an Obligation of allegiance TO a new
party, or any other party when he went into
it, and he does not need to go to Autocrat
Burrows to geta permit to step into the re-
pu blican party or any other party, but it only
shows with what intolerance and narrow
minded spirit the organization that calls itself
the peoples party is being handled. What
do they propose! a glance at Their
platform or declaration of principles will
suffice. They declare that every man
on the fOotStOol of the earth is entitled
to some land, and they are in favor of giving
every man, and L suppose every woman as
well, some land from which he or she can
draw suAGnance But L want to know how
many members of the new party, or how
many candidates on its ticket, are ready to
give one single acre of their farms to any one
else. / want to know what sort Of princ piles
they are cnun ciating to farmers. Nearly all
farmers ! know would H. lse to get more land,
but don't know any faS'mer who is willing
to give any land away. Yet, thousands of
farmers have subscribed to this new princi-
pie taken fromthe gospel of peace of Saint
Bellamy, who proposes TO let the
govern nment own all lands and feed
all the people of the United States out of
one common trough and have them all sup
piled through pipes, very much as the pc
trolcum is pumped direct from the oil wells
to Philadelphia and the seaboard. Laughter
and applause.
This is the new wrinkle and the first step
is for Uncle sam to take possession of all the
land. The farmers in n Nebraska say amen to
that! I have no doubt there are about %, 600
homeless wage workers in the state ready to
take some of Your land if you Offer it in good
faith; they will agree TO ultivate it or get
some one to do it for them.
There are some propositions in the
alliance platform with which we all
agree. For myself | think | have
been-if do say it mysclf-a mere persistent
and uncomprising agltatOr of anti monopoly
principles in this state than any alliance man
from President Powers down to Mr., Bur
rows. l have advocated regulation in season
and out of season. but in 1882, when the alli-
anGe put state ticket in the field just as they
hayoin $780, | cnteredmy most solemn protest
against going for relief outside of the present
parties or creating new party, because |
believed then as | do now that the Surest way
to achieve results, and bring about reforms
and do away with the abuses that the people
of Nebraska have suffered from, is through
the existing parties; that if the republican
party had failed to do its duty, there was an
easy way to remedy it. If the democratic
party has put up men who were better
qualified and more trustworthy, vote for
them and vote down the bad men,
One of the principles | have advocated in
all local elections in this state has been-an
honest democrat is preferable to n dishonest
republican. l have preached that doctrine
and shall preach it now, but L also want that
doctrine TO be applied the other way. |
| want AN hon n q rnpuhlipnn n bp mr. fprra1 IN