The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-08-14

it were, their monetary system. which, 1
claim, originated for their money-making
purposes. and they are going to deceive
you If they can by such scoundrels as
that man Scudder, and by similar articles
IN newspapers and otherwise if they can.
Ill read from pseech made here in this
city by William G. Cornwall, president of
the New York State Bankers Associa-
ton, last winter. He was speaking to
bankers: If in 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1873
the bankers and sound-money men had
been organized as they are organized
now, and had spoken out as they are
speaking out now, had started on a cam
paign. as they are starting out now, the
greenback would long ago have been
wiped out, the silver lunacy, before 1t had
wrought incalculable damage, would have
been confined to the asylums, where it
belongs (Applause)
Mr.. Harvey-"We can reasonably sup
pose that If there is any virtue in the
statement that has been made that the
check system reinforced our money in cir
culation, Mr.. Horr would have closed
with me and would have discussed it.
Here we are trying to help the people dis
cuss this question with information, and
in its logical place begin discussing the
to our money, and Mr.. Horn runs from it
and tres to get at my flank, as it were.
Now why does he do that? Why doesn't
he join with me in discussing a PROPOSE
ton that we would all like to know the
truth about? (Applause) I will adopt
a compromise plan and will meet him in
part on his own tactics. AS to corn. See
statistical abstract page 2S4. For 1872 we
produced in the United States LOOP, 719 900
bushels a corn. we then had a popula-
ton of 4O,596,0O0. (See page 278.) In
1894 the United States produced 1872
0,052 bushels, with a population of g.
275,OO0. For 1872, 2412 bushels per capita
For 1894, Tx bushels per capita. Seven
bushels less per capita in 1894 than in
1872.
Take it another way. The number of
farm animals (corn-eating animals) in the
United States for the years 1872 and 1895
IS shown by the same statistical abstract.
pages 293 and 294, and by taking the
corn crop for these two years, as shown
on page 284, we find that there were ten
bushels of corn to each animal for the year
1872, and only seven and a half for each
anmila for 1894. so we see less per cap
tia per man and per animal in 1894.
There was an oversupply of corn produced
In 1872, affecting the market of 1873 with
a low price, and shortage of the crop
per man and per animal in 1894, making
scarcity in 1895 and raising the price
"This is not all. The demand for corn
has materially increased since 1873. 1t is
now used more extensively in breweries.
A new use has sprung up for it in glucose.
Candy and molasses and many other
things are made from it now that were
oot ,odn frov -,
for corn has increased and the supply has
decreased. In examining every item,
where for the moment it looks as if it had
not been falling in price to correspond
with the gold standard, you will find a
reason for it. The demand has increased
enormously for corn, and the supply is
less than it was in 1872. And yet while
the price now ought to be 80 or 80 cents
bushel, as it would be under bimetallic
system, it is only about As cents. ZAP
plause)
HARVEY SAYS HORR JUGGLES FIG
URES.
81 criticse Mr.. Horn for juggling figures.
I don't mean that; I don't want to cast
any aspersion on Mr.. Horr 1 want to
treat him as gentleman. But when he
found the figures I used did not suit him
it wasn't exactly fair for him to take
eight or ten years and average them and
fix it all up so nobody could tell whether
he was travelling north or south. (Ap-
plause)
''Now, Mr.. Horn comes here and tells
you that silver was demonetized because
gold is the best measure of values. When
crowded with the logic and common
sense that confronts him he makes an
assertion that he would like to see all
the nations, or enough of them, come
together to adopt the double standard,
right after having said that the nations
in 1873 when we did have both metals,
had demonetized it because gold was the
best measure of values. He is here to
advocate that principle"
AS TO MR.. HARVEY'S ESSAYS"
Mr.. Horny friend Harvey is very
much distressed because insist upon
discussing this question in logical man
ner. Uaughter.) It bothers him ter
ribly, but I don't blame him. The diff
fculty is he has got lot of essays that
somebody has prepared, or he has, and if
he isn't reading one of them he isn't hap
py. l don't happen to have that vol
luminous amount of stuff carefully writ
ten up for me by the various men who
believe as do, and 1 am trying to follow
this discussion in the order of the bust
ness propositions that it involves, and if
am at times out of that part of the sub
ject that Mr.. Harvey is on hope he will
take it quietly, because I say to you, in
his books he has never yet discussed any
subject in logical regular order. That
is, if he ever did, he did it in his sleep;
he never put it in any Of his books.
Il have one word more to say to my
friends here whom the chair seems to
have so much difficulty in keeping from
being boisterous. I don't want you to
cheer me. I notice that you become
perfectly delighted, almost overwhelm-
ed with Joy when Brother Harvey states
that somebody is scoundrel. The mo-
ment he sticks in an effort to prove that
the human family is corrupt from begin
ming to end, you seem to take comfort
from it Caughter), and you show you do.
and delight yourselves. daughter and
applause) Now, I am not constituted
that way. 1t gives me nothing but
grief to know that human being has
made mistake or erred in the duties of
life, and 1 don't want to get into frame
OF mind so that rejoice over the mean
ness of my fellow-men. prefer to take
comfort in cases of heroism; in cases of
devotion to principle; in cases of self
sacrifice, and will never stoop while
live to an attempt to get applause by
tickling the palates of people who never
enjoy life except they are where there
is some carrion that they can pick it.
(Applause) ] like the sweet things of
this life and the pure things of this world
and get no comfort from the low and cor
rupt things that are now and then dis
covered, as think in only few cases
of the human race. Now to the oats.
Uaughter)
HORR STICKS TO CROPS.
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