Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-15

closes the fact that in 1850 the relative
product OF silver to gold was as 36 to
l, and the value "a II to l. The rela.
tive product in 1873, when silver was
demonetized, of silver to gold as II to
!, and the value 1895 to one. It will
be seen from the foregoing that gold
had increased $50 per cent. over the
relative product of silver during that
315 years and the price had increased
over silver about four cents per ounce
The table further shows that the
product Of silver in 1891, as compared
with gold, vas in the ratio Of "a to ]
and that the value was as q to l. II
four years, however, the value has de.
creased, so that the ratio is 81 to ]
today.
SAYS THE PEOPLE WERE BETTER EN-.
PLOYED.
Mr.. Horr-I make this proposition
to Mr.. Harvey: Since this nation be,
gan the years from 1879 to 1892 found
our people better employed and at
better wages than in any same mum.
Der OF years since this government
was formed. (Applause.) 1 know
what | am talking about. Four mil.
lions OF men today out of employment
Faugh? Where did you get your
figures? Did that Inspired baby
give them to you? They must CORES.
pond with some Of the other matema.
tics that / shall get to in that book"
Mr.. Harvey-Mr. Horr said that
when England demonetized silver Ia
1916 and when the Paris conference
was held and when DR.. Linderman,
and, 40 the Tribune calls them, his
co-conspirators ct Washington, advo.
Gated 1t, mono Of them mentioned OF
thought OF the overproduction Of silver
as 9 reason for 1t. / quote him cor.
rectlv, l think, and the table that
have given you last so thoroughly dis.
poses OF that argument that / am not
surprised at Mr.. Horr for yielding that
position. It is one Of the remarked in.
stances wherein this debate is of great
value to the people of the United
States that we eliminate those disputed
points as we go along.
ut seems to worry MIR. Horr that l
have not backed down yet on any fact
or proposition stated in Coins Finan.
cial School, except in one instance,
and that exception is what makes the
worry the greater for him, because in
that once instance, where / said that
the silver coined prior to 1873 was
1O6,OOO,O0O the correction OF the error
shows that it is 100000. The only
error thus far that Mr.. Horr has
found in the book is an error against
us. (Applause.) Now as to the pros.
perity OF this country between q great
nation like this in year. It has
taken q short period to bring us to the
bitter cup OF disappointment and dis
tress.
wHIPSAwING OF POLITICAL PARTIES.
i know with each four years the
political parties have charged each
other with having destroyed the pros
perity Of the previous four years. TAP
plause and laughter.) In 1884 the
Democrats arraiRned you, the Repub-
licans, with being responsible for the
terribly hard times, and on that they
put in Mi. Cleveland. But in 1888 you
came back to the Democrats, and you
arraigned them for the terrible disas-
ter that spread from ocean to ocean.
Applause and laughter.) And the
poor workingman who vas out of en-
ployment and the people knowing that
something was wrong, but not know
ing what it was, believed what you
said Mr. Horr, and the Republican
orators, and they voted the Democrats
ont. Whyf Because Of the distress in
this country resulting from some uns
known cause, and Mr.. Harrison was
elected. But when 1892 came then
came the Democrats and accused you,
Mr.. Horr and the Republicans, OF ali
the sins that we're then piled upon the
people, and the people, again knowing
that something was wrong, but not
knowing what It was, believed that Mr..
Harrison and his party were response
BILE for it and voted them out.
snow, since 1892 q fCod Of calami-
ties have come. No. Don't you in
this debate refer to the prosperity OF
this country from 1873 to 1896.
sThe word tramp' was coined In
1874, and the United States census
shows that depression has been increas-
ing ct . dispr0portionate ratio. So
has the number Of penitentiary con-
victs, persons confined In all classes
Of prisons, insane asylums and Of
suicides.
~No, don't you refer to the prosper
ity that has built up millionaires and
multi.millionaires and strewn this
county with millions of tramps and
paupers and men that don't know how
they are going to provide for their
families nthe comingYear. (Applause.)
Mr.. H0rr-1 have never said that
the cheap price Of silver was not on ac-
count Of its overproduction: l have
never intimated anything Of the kind,
and in order that you may understand
me and have It last over "a hours / will
tell you now: Silver has become
cheap In this world just precisely the
same as wheat and iron and zinc and
lead and other articles have cheapened
just precisely the same reason. ZAP.
plause.) / want to state this PROPOSE
ton: All Of these articles have been
by the natural laws which