The rustler., 1891-08-28
THE PRESIDENT AT ALsANY.

IfIm and SP-sk. - the reopls-ns Nie~s
a. the asnsy oa..tian-
ALuAxH. y. T.. Aug 20 The presi-
dcui left Caps May yesterday morning
on a special train for this city. The
West shore private car No %. In which
the president Il travelling. i . palace
ou wheels and has been specially ar
ranged Tor his comfort and convenience
on this trip
A. Selkirk the Albany citizens com.
mittee met the president who reached
Albany shortly before o'clock. A
presidential salute greeted the party.
They we're driven to the city hall
-quare, where thousands waited about
rtbe platform on which were Mayor
Manning. Gov. Hin and the state
.iiicers The president received an
ovation n he approached the front Of
the platform. Mayor Manning then
welcomed the president on behalf of
the city. after which Gov. Hill well
eomed the president on behalf Of the
state MIR Harrison replied at some
length lie first returned sincerest
thanks for the greetings and oontin-
ued: The general government Is
charged with certain great fune-
tins in which the people have
n general interest Among these Is
the duty Of providing for our people
the money with which its business
transaction are conducted. There has
sometimes been In some regions OF the
great west n thought that New York.
being largely creditor state, was dis.
posed 10 be little hard with the debtor
communities Of the great west; but, my
fellow citizens, narrow views ought not
"a prevail with them or with you and
will not ia the light OF friendly dis
cussion- The law Of commerce may
be selfshncss, but the law OF states
manship should bc broader and more
liberal Applause. ! do not intend
60 enter upon any subject that can
excite division, but | do believe that
the general government is solemnly
charged with the duty OF seeing
that the money issued by IL was and is
everywhere maintained at par.
81 believe that speak that which Is
common thought of us all when ! say
hat when every dollar, whether paper
r coin, issued or stamped by the gen
era government should always and
everywhere be as good n any other
dollar. Applause am sure that we
would all shun that condition OF things
into which many people Of the past
have driftcd and of which we have had
in one Of the great South American
countries a recent example, the dis
trcsscd and hopeless condition into
which all business enterprises fall when
a nation issues an irredeemable or de-
preciated money The necessities of "a
great war can excuse that ] am one
OF those that believe that these men
from your shops. these farmers remote
from money centers, have the largest
interest Of all in the world in having
a dollar that is worth one hundred
cents every day in the year. and only
-such. Applause. II by any chance
we fal. into condition that one dollar
Is net so good as another, venture the
assertion that that poorer dollar will
do Il, FIRST errand in paying some poor
iaborrr for his work. Therefore, in
the conduct Of our public affairs, feel
pledged for one that all the influences
OF the government should be on the
side 4 giving the people only good
moncv and just as much of that kind
as We can get Applause.
-, my fellow citizens, we have
-. 3 ar most abundant-yes, extra
ordinary grain crop All of the great
stapcs, which our people have been
Welded to the farmer in larger meas
are than ever before. A leading agri-
cultural paper estimated that the prod
uCt of our farms will be worth one bill
lion dollars more this year than even
before, and II happens that just with
this great surplus in our barns we find
a scarcity in all the countries Of Europe.
Russia has recently prohibited the ex.
port of rye because she needs her
crop to feed her own people. The
demands in France and In En-.
gland and Germany will absorb ev.
cry bushel OF the great surplus we shall
have after our people are fed and
whatever complaints there may have
been in the past, believe this year
will spread smile of gladness over
the entire country. Applause. This
is our opportunity and ! can not see
how it shall be possible but that these
exports Of grain, now reaching the
limit of the capacity of our railroads
and Of our ships, shall soon bring back
10 MS the lost gold we sent to Europe,
aud more that we did not lose. Ap.
plause. | was told by an officer of
the West Shore road that that road
alone was carrying lO0, 900 bushels OF
wheat every day into New York and
that it scarcely stopped an hour in the
elevator but was run Immediately
into the bottom OF n steam vessel