The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-06

of the people The fabulous wealth OF few is
cause for serious reflection, but how TO prevent
the great denominations is not yet discovered.
ECONOMY.
Economy is essential to prosperity and hap
piness. To save portion OF ones income Is a
duty. / like to see a man economical, but I
dislike TO hear q man growl over expenses of
home and then go down town and have good
time AT greater cost than the expenditure OF
his wife or children. IT is the duty OF every
man to provide for his family-dress his wife
and children well, but not extravagantly Sup
pose IL does take little sacrhce every wife
and mother makes sacrifices for husband and
children; IL is womans nature to find happiness
in helping those she loves. We men talk OF
what woman expends for personal adorn-
ment Why, II woman paid out for little com
| forts what we eXpend for cigars and tobacco,
what a loud talk we would make. The men Of
the United States pay out for smoking ana
chewing TOBACCO each year as much as for bread;
| Millions OF dollars are expended in smoke and
| chewing; millions burned and expectorated
away, ana the worst part OF II Is. all would be
better, financially and beautifully, IL tobacco
was not used. am an offender In this way and
| / know there is heap OF comfort in the prac-
ce Out qoes 1 cost 4n we NAVE ST co
| sumed 344 million pounds OF tobacco last year,
| and they paid government tax On the same OF
nearly 20 million dollars. Then look at the
| liquor bill There is distilled each year in this
| country 80 million gallons OF alcoholic liquors.
have been told there are 63 drinks to the gallon;
| that would make 1904 062, 1871 drinks produced
| in this country. 1t has been estimated that ~
million of gallons of distilled liquor are sold
| over the bar in this country each year. making
| 5000 600 900 glasses, for which 5000 100000 was
| paid over the bar. That's five million dollars,
| more than it costs TO run this government a
| year, this represents 100 glasses OF liquor for
| every man. woman and child Then there are
| the imported hquors-another tax expenditure.
| or beer drinking the prices are equally aston
ishing There were 1896 943 barrels, or IL, 1856
| 1859 200 glasses consumed, causing an expendi-
ture of S6l7 ,25s, 400, 10 cents for each inhab
| liant. Ii all took an equal share each person
| would swallow go glasses in the 1868 days OF a
| year. Liquors and beer paid ll6H million dol
| lars last year as taxes 10 the national govern
| ment. Now am not delivering temperance
| lecture, but when any man feels like finding
| fault when woman wants some article OF
| beauty for herself or children, let him think II
| he wastes money unnecessarily. 1t is woman s
1 nature 10 enjoy that which adorns and makes
| herself, home and children attractive. II is q
| good fault so TO speak, II kept within reason.
| 1t is a safe, indeed a necessary rule, to save
something every day-to live within your in
| come. This brings contentment, prosperity
| and happiness. IL is provision for the day
when you can labor no more-for the evening OF
well spent iife' uur u,y,,
| There are 4,767 179 farms In the United States
| and 5, 100 600 people find employment IN tllllng
! are supported by agriculture in this nation, the
| homestead farmer earns per cent OF the earn
kings of the country, and their farm and stock
| represent per cent OF the national wealth
| Amid all the troubles of the hour the soil re-
mains In its place, and the earth acknowledges
| all demands. 1t has been APPLY said that all
| produces all with which mankind are clothed
aud fed. In years OF good crops all the products
| OF the farm will aggregate the stupendous sum
| of four thousand millions OF dollars, The
| hands employed on the farms here number
$50 600, in Great Britain, 2400.000. in France,
| 6,9i0,0OO in Germany S,l2O0OO; in Austrla-Hun-
gary, l06S0,OO0; in Italy, 5,i0O0 900. have quot
ed the figures for the purpose OF recording what
| Mulhall, the English statistician says. He
makes this gratifying statement; "A farm
| hand in the United States raises as much grain
/ as three in England four in France, five in
| Germany, or six in Austria" He says that this
''ShoWs what an enormous waste OF labor &C.
| ours In Europe because farmers there are not
supplied with the same mechanical appliances
| as in the United States" The advance OF agri-
| cultural interests in this country have been
| such as to claim the admiration OF the world
| And yet for the past few years the farmers
| have had hard row to hoe. When they have
| had good crops the prices have been so low that
raising of grain has hardly paid, and often, after
| the hard work OF the year, he almost found
| bankruptcy. There have been years OF disaster
| insect have his progress. The farmer is link
| in an endless chain that knows little rest. He
| must sow and reap, year after, year and the out
| look of gloom continues as he sees his toll so
poorly rewarded. Where is the remedy! We
| trust il may be evolved and quickly. Let US
hope that agriculture in the future will be more
! Justly compensated. And now another trouble
| comes They are hit by electricity. The troll
| ley car and the bicycle are dispacing horses.
| 1t is estimated that 900 horses in the United
| States are displaced by electric cars How
| many are thrown out or use by the bicycle is
| unknown, but the number must be very large.
| The demand for oats and corn must in conse-
| quence be lessened We produce in this coun-
try 1000, 900 bushels OF corn and 660,0000 900
! bushels OF oats. Well, we must eat more corn
| and oat meal They are good foods and nourish-
| ing.
| i was glad II was my privilege, while in con.
| gress TO advocate the enactment OF laws pro-
| hiblting syhdicates of foreigners buying our
| lands There are now 20 million acres OF land
| owned by 81 companies of foreign capitalists.
| That is AN area equal to six states. 1 am glad
| ~ M IA here Ter w reserved
people-that no companies OF foreign wealthy
| individuals eau secure possession OF our soil.
Then the railroads own 100 000,00U acres of land.
| IL was always u pleasure to me To vote in con-
| gress 10 forfeit these railroad lands when the
| companies have not complied with the law, and
/ restore them to our Inhabitants. The lands OF
| the nation are the heritage of the masses. Let
| us multiply the owners of. the soil; reserve
the acres for ownership among our own citi-
| zens; in this is progress, contentment and hap
| piness for all our people.
| MONEY.
Now as am about to conclude want to say
| few words on the money question. l don {
| speak as u partisan. The money question
should be settled on business principles-it has
| no place in politics. For myself 1 am a good
| deal like the two tramps VINO were talking on
| the money question. Jake asked his fellow
| wanderer: mike vat kind OF monish you vas
| hike besJ?" Mike answered. BE CORA, ony
| kind" That's the way feel. Any kind OF
| money will do me- but want 1t good money.
The contention is for gold and silver. Fifteen
countries OF the world use gold and silver as we
| do. Seventeen countries employ silver as mon
| ey. The fifteen countries where gold is the
Staddard with the use OF silver as much as pos
! sible, have an import and export trade each
year OF - $50 600 OU0, while the IL countries on
| silver basis import and. export yearly S2067,
ASH 600. You Will see the trade of the Is so call
ed gold standard countries with the outside
| world is nearly 81 billion dollars greater each
| year than than that of the IL silver countries
| In the countries where gold is the standard OF
value and the value OF silver is kept at par by
| u gold basis, they have S2,O6l 500VOO III silver,
| while in the silver standard countries they have
not quite two billion in silver, and as II is not
| redeemed with gold, the dollar is worth only
| about 81 cents, its bullion value. The silver
| countries are Mexico, Central and South Ameri-
co, Japan China, India and the Straits. In the
world singularly as II may seem, there is about
| the same amount of gold used as money as there
is of silver, about six billions of each metal en-
| ployed as money. The countries that are called
| gold countries are rich and powerful while the
countries on a silver basis are poor and weak
| In the countries where silver is used alone wages
| are very low there labor IS cheap indeed. Civ.
| ilization is the highest where labor is best paid
| Here in the United States we use gold ana sill
| yer in about equal proportion-667 millions OF
gold and 6f9 millions OF silver The white metal
Is kept AT par because the government will re
| deem IL at its coin value, not at its actual com
mercial value. l notice that 1t is estimated
that the United States have on hand as much
silver as could be drawn by procession of OK
| teams "a miles long, each team occupying six
yards of length and carrying two tons The u
>. owns an eighth of all the silver in the world
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