St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-19

| worked, to use the parlance of the day.
| by jOurneymen farmers, who have, for
| political purposes, farmed the farmers.
| Applause. These organizations, as a
rule, have attended to every other thing
except agriculture. Applause. They
banks ought to be organized. ana how
railroads ought to be managed; they
have gone so far as to prescribe new
methods of coinage for the general gov
eminent. Laughter.
The many fallacieS which have been
evolved for the allurement of the farm
er, for his best interests, are very catch
ing. There is nothing in this world SO
attractive to humanity as the possibility
of making something out of nothing.
The teaching of many of the journey
men farmers who have organized Socie-
ties throughout the country has been TO
the effect that The money of country
is simply legal fiction. They forget
that so tar in all his civilized career
man has never been able to make
medium of exchange or measure of
value out OF something which had no
commodity value before it became mon
eY. Applause. We have arrived at
period now i'll finance which
takes one back to the investigations
OF the alchemistS and SOrcererS of the
Dark Ages. You all remember of read
Ing of those Welru incantatiOnS in cav
erns and secret places by the alchemists
OF olden times, when they attempted to
find the philosophers stone. or to ere
ate value out of thin air. But the
alchemist and the sorcerer and the as
tologlSt long since passed away, and it
has been left for the modern advocates
OF many fallacieS to evoke by the magic
OF their waldS, from the vacuouS viScera
OF n0thlngneSS, vast vOlumes-(the con-
cluSlOn OF the sentence was inaudiDle,
owing to the loud applause.)
That which our people need first and
foremost. more than any other one
thing. Is an honest. withdrawing meas
ure of values. Applause. If gold is
the best money i'll the world, then the
United States wants gold. We want,
we desire, and we must have a per
manent standard of debt settlements, a
permanent and withdrawing measure
of values applause and medium OF eX-
change. And it seems to me that this
great congress of all the nations of the
earth gathered together here will fur
nlSh an obJect lesson TO all of our peo-
pie III poiltIcal economy. 1t illustrates
fully the fact that the commerce of this
world is products for products, goods
for goods. and that money only settles
unadjusted balances. 1t illustrates fur
thei the great truth evolved by Prof.
Perry, of Williams college, when he has
said that market for products is prod
uctS in market. Here are gathered the
products of all climes and all people,
and L believe are all seeking exchanges
here III this worlds mart. This lesson
OF this Dream City will be transmitted
to the remOteSt generation of man. and
from it there shall be solved new ambi-
TONS and new aspirations to all the citi-
ZenS OF the United States and to all of
the whole WOrld,and no greater thought
has been evolved so far than the one
expressed i'll this petition which is be-
ing signed here SO numerously today,
and upon each day, in favor of no more
wars between the civilized nations of
the earth Applause and establishing
an international Judiciary system by
Which all the differences of all the peO-
pies OF the civilized globe shall be set
ten by Judgment and reason, rather
than by mere brute force and war.
Patrick Walsh, the commissioner.at-
large from Georgia, was selected by
President Palmer TO respond to Secre-
tary MortonS remarks. He made
brief speech Of welcome Oh behalf of
the national commission
MI Walsh, responding to Secretary
Morton'S address, said in behalf of the
commission:
Every member of the commission will
recognize these two distinguished gen
tlemen Teferring to President Palmer
and Secretary Norton representing the
TWO great parties OF the country. as
worthy representatives of the horny
handed sons of toll; they both look very
mnpn like nrImltiVn fa To,
and L have no doubt that thev
make their living by following the
pillow. They look like it. We recognize
that agriculture, being the first and
fundamental industry of this great
country, should at all times re-
celye the fostering care of this
great government, and | am sure
that the farming interest could
have no ADLER, no wOrthier representa-.
tive to take III special charge their in
terests than Secretary Morton. lap
plause. l am afraid, however, that our
distinguished colleague from Nevada
(Halnes) will not indorSe his financial
sentiments. l, MI. President, happen
10 be from section of the country
which is growing in great promise.
There is very familiar saying that is
attributed to Horace Greeley, and |
presume he is entitled to the credit of
1t. lie said to the young men Of the
East who were looking for d future 10
20 West and to grow up with the coun-
try, and evidently great many of the
young men of the East and of other
countries took his advice and grew no
with this great Western country. The
West has been fruitful of wonderful re-
SUITS 10 the entire country, espe-
cially to the Eastern states, and to
fhp MInHlp StafDc t.f ba
of Europe. But, Mr.. President and Mr..
Secretary, what the West was to the
Eastern states and to the Middle states
the South is destined in the very near
future 10 become; to become the land of
promise to the Whole nation. 1t is rich.
Mr.. President, in all of the resources of
mining, rich in timber, rich III agricult-
ural product, rich in water power, rich
III every resource and every essential
to build up with diversified industries
the most prosperous section of this
country. And what pleasure, what a
qualification it must be, Mr.. President.
to find this great country engaged in
this GROWING enterprise. In all the tide
OF time no such spectacle has ever been
presented to the nations of the earth as
Is witnessed here today in this great
city. The men OF Chicago who under
took this grand enterprise builded
wiser than they knew. Whilst l, sir.
would not undertake to discount the
achievements of the future, vet in all
the past, Rome with all her glories,
Greece with all her culture, yea, the
whole world has never had anything so
great in conception, so magnificent in
achievement, as we witness here TODAY
on the shores Of Lake Michigan. TAp-
plause.l Genius and skill and science
have all combined to this grand
consummation, the like of which the
world has never seen. 1t was the proud
boast of a Roman to say: IL am a
Roman" 1t is the proud boast to-
day of all Americans, from the East and
from the West, from the North and
claim 10 the God who made them, II am
an American" [Applause.]
Mr.. President, this grand work Will
not be lost upon those who have par
ticipated in it; it will not be lost upon
those who nave visited it and examined
its workings. 1t will be an inspiration