Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-08
Silver and EGGS.

Mr.. Horr, in turn, said he spoke before,
not of the quantity OF silver In the country
In comparison with eggs. but of the amount
of output of silver. There was a consider
able difference in the staying qualities of
silver and eggs. The trouble, Mr.. Horn de-
clared, was that, with free silver coinage,
gold would leave the country and or busi-
ness would be on a basis different from
the rest Of the world.
He argued that there was enough gold In
the world for the transaction OF the legiti-
mate business, and the annual output of the
mines Of the world was large enough to
meet the increase Of the worlds business.
In proof of this he quoted the increasing
production of Africa, Russia, India, Aus
tralia and the United States and the open
Ing Of new and rich mines
Since 1850 the supply Of gold In the world
had increased from about 81. 900 .0O0. 900 to
over Sl2. 00O. 000, 900, with indications Of con-
tinued rapid Increase. New processes and
new mechanisms, he declared, were being de-
veloped rapidly to cheapiy furnish the gold
cure for Mr. Haryey's silver jim-jams.
Mr.. Harvey said that the more rapidly the
blood coursed through the body the more
blood was needed. So, with the higher
civilization, the more rapid the exchange or
commodities, the more money those ex-
changes required for their accomplishment.
MIR. Harvey said that anyone who had &C.
casion to look into the question OF reports
OF the output OF mines would not be
startled by Mr.. Horr's big figures. He then
quoted the statistics Of India under the
silver standard, showing a steady growth
till the balance of trade turned In her
| favor In 1873. He declared that to their
use of silver and our comparative disuse or
It which had given such an impetus to
India, Japan and Mexico.
| He declared he was In favor OF inde-
| pendent action by this country, because II
would right q great wrong; because its
| continuance would inspire worse; because
this nation should be independent OF Eu-
rope; because we should be free from
! tribute paying to Great Britain; because
our power Is sufficient to compel Europe to
| come to our standard, In order TO do busl-
| ness wirn us. international balances were
| settled by weight, anyhow. There was no
such thing as international money.
People Buying Bikes.
! Mr.. Horr, resuming said that there was
no such general lack OF prosperity in this
country as Mr.. Harvey had claimed. Mr..
| Horr said he spoke from the result of &C
tual contact with the people of the coun-
try. Since 1873 he had travelled over i've
hundred thousand miles, covering thirty-ons
states. It was a fact that no people on the
face of the earth had been as prosperous as
the people Of the United States since 1878.
| Why. during the last year these people
whom Mr.. Harvey said were on the verge
OF starvation had paid over 100000 for
500. 900 bicycles. These were not strictly
articles OF necessity. They were. be said.
used somewhat for business. but mostly for
recreation aud az artistic view Of the hu-
man form dIvIne. ar. tiorr then proce.ded
to argue In behalf of the single standard
for money. saying that stability was
It's chief marit. aud a stable measure could
not be maintained with two standards.
WHY. he asked. take the ratio Of sixteen
70 one. doubling. as claimed, the value of
iii property Why not 60 back to the