Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-02-27

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psoslased. bsl0Ee entering on
alss axts1ie prcrsr. however. We a.
salsa . essphessse thAt The CcualER
ilas nsSsr clailissd that thee are
kood time, but admits that the con-
Israty tesNtner trus. We do not,
a's~svef, ssstsrtain Ne same views
ID thsse editofs, ~ regard % the
sceu1e thereof ana the remedy. The
editor 01 We fIsi'l Iaik doubts our
ability y make those sugnentatiye
denominations 90 essentiai 70 z la'r'
,unbfased discussion q economic
topics We shall, therefore, en-
|desyor, @ much - possible, 70 use
socn authority o we know ne sane
ssons; namely. Tom Ayres. vice
sfrssidsns Lowe ana others q the
salns infantry ~ ideas.
The possession Of property u no
mcreankevidence Of true prosperity
|than Z shook 81 red hair II evidence
u = liberal Intellect says the arti-
az. Nov, Webster says that prop
eFsy Int, An estate, whether IN
lands, goods Or money" The alb
surdity 81 the Plain Talks article is,
therefore, apparent, without argu-
ment. But then Webster don't know
mauh, and besides, We hnve become
accustomed y take independent pa
pers ~ they mean and not as they
eay4 not hiding behind techn'caIi-
ties. W. shall, therefore, discuss
this . Ne think the gentleman
means. He illustrates his theory
~ esing through = painful mathe.
matfcal demonstration % prove that
= would % easier Tor Mr.. Maynard
70 pay ms taxes with 2 Iot 81 seven
dolisE hogs than with % many
thfee-doIlar ones; and further states
that the time may come when hogs
will bring but ono dollar per cwt.,
and also when the man who has
hogs will be poorer with them than
without them. We think all these
things possible, too, but even that
proves nothing. Union county farm
en- know enough to dispose Of their
hogS by killing them, a. a last re-
sort, when they are worth less than
nothing. The profit in h~og-raising
depends upon the price OF corn.
During the winter Of 1881, corn
brought one dollar per bushel for
many months; then ten-dollar hogs
we're less profitable than three fifty.
hogs are now with corn at 34c.
Whom both corn and hogs are low,
then II Is hard to raise money from
these branches Of farming. There
- money in r'.ising corn at 80 to 4Oe
per busf1sl, Tor we have tried It; but
there Il, but little money in hogs,
the way prices are in disharmony
this season. In fact, the whole ten
dency OF the article is TO prove thai
money is worth q great dead more
now than formerly aud At the pres
ent rate produce Will soon be worth
i'but little Or nothing. 10 prove tht
fallacy Of this statement and Of com
mon independent arguing we take
tho illustration given IN q speech
here BY Mr.. Lowe, recently, which,
was published IN the CouhIER OF the
9th inst, wherein he would have
put away l.OOO bushels OF wheat q
~ per bushel, and $1,000, to remain
untouched since 81, aud thereby
prove, that, because the Sl.OO(
would now buy 1000 bushels o.
wheat, and the wheat but $500, thai
the value Of money, AZ a purchasing
power. has increased fourfold since
then. If that proves what il wal
claimed to prove, the increase OF
decrease in price Of any staple arti
clio would be as conclusive an argu
ment. We have therefore turned
TO the Chicago market reports q,
published in the patent outside o
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