The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-12-01

life then or now declared the child of
stealth.
The demand would be the same. were
there not a single ounce of silver product
i'm America. 1t was the need of a cir
culating medium. Take for instance,
the wheat crop. The decline in the price
per bushel had been from $1.09 to about
so cents or net loss to the farmer of
$3.50, 900 per year. Or taking the
acreage value of wheat, corn, oats,
hay and cotton, the decline since the
decentralization of silver had been from
$1565 to $8.15, or As per cent. Taking the
blmetallic prices Of 1873 as a basis,
the gain by the restoration of silver
to agriculture would be 81 500 900, 900
annually. This, in the face of the fact
that the decline of silver made a net
loss Of $32, 000,0 900 annually to the miner
proved that the issue was not local TO
mining interests. Indeed, the decline in
prices was not the decline of value, but
appreciation of the purchasing power
and what more could be said in favor of
the increase of a medium of exchange,
! especially when we see countless thou
sands suffering from the existing state
of affairs. Take for instance the farm
er's mortgage. Let it have been made
when wheat was at $1.09, then 100 bush
els would have paid S109 of the debt
Now it requires 24O approximately.
The need of the hour is the awakening
Of such interest in the question in the
east as will cause inquiry and investi-
| cation and independence of thought.
The ideas studiously circulated in the
east that this is a western matter and
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are principally interested is utterly de-
ceptive. The farmer of New York or
Ohio is interested precisely as is his
brother in Iowa or Kansas. The cry of
! the suffering goes up to heaven The
most despairing and most touching of
these prayers are never heard on earth,
for they come from those who suffer in
silence. There is no reason for sur
fering and want. Its causes are purely
artificial. BY the selfshness of man,
Gods gifts turn to ashes in our hauds.
The food is taken from the mouths of
the weak and defenseless. God grant us
all the will and wisdom to see the cause
of these things and having found them
to apply a remedy.
At the conclusion of Governor Prince 5
remarks and the hearty applause fol-
lowing, the congress took the usual
evening recess.
EVENING SESSION.
Upon re-assembling the discussion
upon the reconciliation of silver was
resumed by Colonel George E. Leighton
of Salt Lake. He declared his belief
that the existing depression was pri-
marily due to the pushing of production
to extreme limits without due regard
of the facility of distribution and ca
pacity to consume. He belonged, he
said, to those who believed in free coin
age of silver at 16 to l. 1t would be a
certain aggravation Of existing ills to
advocate the use of artificial props to
advance the interests of anything.
Congressman Bryan was the next
speaker He proceeded to quote James
G.. Blaine, as declaring that the de-
monetiZation of silver was a crime
against the people. The men who
preached a gold standard turned back
to the history of 5000 years ago.
Coming to the question of banks OF
issue, he denounced them as unsafe and
unreliable from the very innate selfish
ness of the men. There were three prop
ositions to be met: The question OF
ratio; limited or unlimited coinage Of
silver; the coinage of silver alone OF
with the aid of foreign nations. To
these propositions he had but this ans
wer: 16 to /; unlimited coinage, and
by the United States, without the aid
Of any nation on earth"
BIMETALLIC LEAGUE.
ST. Louis, Nov. 25.-An informal con
ference of the Bi-metallic League called
by President A. j. Warner, met this
morning. 1t is to continue two days
and it's object, as stated by Genera
Warner, is to outline a policy for the
silver factions of the two great parties
and the silver policy for the people:
party for the next two years.
General Warner, in a speech, an
nounced that the conference would
place before the friends of silver {
plan to pursue to obtain free coinage
and unite the silver men of every party
Speeches were made along the same
line by Governor Waite. w. ]. Bryan
Richard Bland, ]. c.. Sibley of Pennsyl
vania and others. A committee com
posed of the following members was APP
pointed to devise the plan of action
A. J. Warner of Ohio, ]. c. Sibley o.
Pennsylvania, Mr.. Thompson of Cali
fornia, Henry W. Miller of Chicago anC
9. c. Cole of Des Moines. The com
mittee will report tomorrow.
BIG FIRE IN KANSAS CITY.