Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-09-12

Renown.
, 'sThis is not all. The demand for
corn has materially increased since
1879. It Is now used more extensively
in breweries. A new use has sprung
up for it in glucoss. Candy and mo-
lasses and many other things are made
from it now that were not made from
it In 1873. The demand for corn has
increased and the supply has decreased.
In examining every item, where for
the moment It looks as II it had not
been falling in price to correspond
with the gold standard, you will find a
reason for it. The demand has In
creased enormously for corn, and the
supply is less than It was in 1872. And
yet while the price now ought to be 80
Tor 80 cents q bushel, - 1t would be
under q bimetallic system, it is only
about As cents. (Applause.)
HARVEY sAYs HoRR JUaaLEs FIGURES.
II criticise MI. Horr for Juggling
figures. l don't mean that; I don't
want to cast any aspersion on Mr..
HoYr. / want to treat him as q gentle
man. But when he found the figures
l uaed did not suit him 1t. wasn't ex-
actly 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. Zap
plause.)
snow, Mr.. Horr 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 1879, when we
did have both metals, had demonetized
IT because gold was the best measure
Of values. He is here to advocate that
principal"
AS TO MIR. HARvEY'S ESSAYS"
Mr.. Horny friend Harvey is very
much distressed because / insist upon
discussing this question In q logical
manner. Laughter.) It bothers him
terribly, but I don't blame him. The
difficulty is he has got q lot Of essays
that sombody has prepared, or he has,
and II he isn't reading one Of them
he isn't happy. I don't happen to
have that volnminous amount of
stuff carefully written up for me by
the various men who believe as /
do, and / am trying to follow this dis
cussi0n In the order Of the business
propositions that it involves, and If I
am 1t times ont Of that part ofthe SUBJ
ject that Mr. Harvey is on / hope he
will take it quietly, because / say to
you, In his books he has never yet dis
cussed any subject in q logical regu-
lar order. That is, If he ever did, be
did 1t in his sleep; he never put it in
any Of his books.
II have one word more to say to my
friends here whom the chair seems to
have SO much difficulty in keeping
from being bolsterous. I don't want
You to cheer me. I notice that you be
come perfectly delighted, almost over
whelmed with joy when Brother Har-
Evey states that somebody is q scoun-
drel. The moment he sticks in an ef-
fort to prove that the human family
Is corrupt from beginning to end, you
teri, and you show you do, and delight
yourselves. daughter and applause
Now / am not constituted that way.
It gives me nothing but grief to know
that . human being has made q mis-
take or erred in the duties Of life, and
i don't want to get into . frame of
mind SO that ! rejoice over the mean
ness Of my fell0w-men. / prefer to
take comfort in cases of heroism; in
cases Of devotion to principal; in case
OF self sacrifice, and / will never stop
while / live to an attempt to get ap-
plause By tickling the palates Of peo-
pie who never enjoy life except they
are where there Is some carri0n that
they can pick 1t. (Applause.l ! like
the sweet things Of this life and the
pure things Of this world and get no
comfort from the low and corrupt
things that are now and then dis
covered, as / think In only q few cases
OF the human race. Now to the oats.
Naughter.)
HORR STICKS TO CROPS.
"In 1865 to 1879 the nation raised
each year an average cropo OF 81, 7s7, 76O
bushels; they were worth during those
Ave years 3563,506,5O4, or 34L cents q
bushel in currency or 1913 cents in
gold. In 1880 to 1895 the average an
nual oat crop was 644,788,355 bushels,
with q total value for those I've years
Of 81, ,2O7, 376, or N.4 q bushel In gold.
Here is q grain in the average value of
&c cents 9 bushel. The corresponding
gain on the farms OF New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania is 5 cents q
bushel. In the twelve central western
states the advance was SO cents q
bushel. These figures that the great
est creals have not been decreased in
price by the legislation Of 1879. Silver
has been constantly going down; corn
and oats are higher in gold value than
they wer in I've years previous to 1879.
I know these figures are rather annoy
ing to Brother Harvey, and for fear Of
ill results IL / continue to refer to this
class OF statistics, Of which there is no
limit, / will now refer to wheat. Here
are figures that will please my friend.
I find the average annual price Of
wheat from 1875-1879 to.have beenk99.8
cents a bushel In gold. Here Is q
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