The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-08-21

| do the same work that more than $4,000
used to do. Hence Mr.. Harvey's conten-
ton that the quantity of the standard
money alone determines its value Is in
correct. This increased power of gold
which enables 81 to do the work that $50
or more used to do dimin.shes the actual
demand for the metal itself, and hence
prevents the burden he talks so much
about being anything in proportion t0'the
amount OF business done in the world.
| Ninety-6ve per cent of the entire business
in this country is done without the ex-
change of dollar of currency ;~but it is
all done on gold basis, with gold meas
| ure for value. While the gold is the meas
ure OF values, the business is done by US
| ing all kinds Of credit as substitute for
| the money itself. It would be correct to
say that, all other things being equal, the
| quantity OF water in running stream
would measure it's value as power to be
used to aid man in the production of COM
modfies. Yet the same quantity of water
turning an old-fashimed understood wheel
will not compare in its benefits with the
power obtained from the same quantity
of water when mills are located along the
bank of the stream at successive falls,
and the same water is used over and over
| again, with turbine wheels which take the
place of the undershot and thus increase
the power in every mill, obtained from
using the same water.
| HARVEY MAKES A COMPARISON.
Mr.. Harvey-"Mr. Horn compares our
money to stream of water and to the
utilization of that water in the manner in
which he illustrated it. I want to make
another comparison to put alongside Mr..
! Horr's illustration: Money is stream.
Suppose that along that stream manufac-
tories had been erected, and all have ad-
justed themselves to the quantity Of water
that life-g.ving fluid that is flowing by
them, and suddenly one-half Of that water
| Ia taken out Of the stream, what IS the eff
feet? (Applause) That is the proper il
| lustration to quote in this discussion in
the demonstration of silver. (Applause.)
Let me draw another illustration from the
gentleman's figure: Suppose we were by
laws to give rights to men living along the
banks Of that stream of water to store it
away, draw it out and put it in great res
ervoirs, and rent it to the manufactures
and the business houses along that stream
| that had adjusted themselves to the use of
1t, requiring them to pay toll for the use
| of that water-then you would have our
present banking system. (Applause)
II desire to make part of the record in
| this debate table in vol. Ill, American
Statistical association publications, page
S59; it gives the number of homicides in
| the whole United States in the decade
| from 1882 to 1891, as compiled by the
| Chicago Tribune, and receiving the in
dorsement of this statistical association
publications:
Yrs. Murders Yrs. Murders Yrs. Murders
| 1882. Il ,467 1886. H. 99 1889. 1867
| 1888. i, 697 1887. 1885 1890. a, 290
1884. ,465 1885,. .2,184 1891. 1906
1885. Il 1903
"This table of Mr.. Cooks cannot be ex-
planned by an increase of immigration;
nor the increase in crimes, insanity and
suicides be attributed to immigration, as
will be seen by the following table.
II now introduce table showing the
| number of Immigrants coming to this
country the same number of years as part
of this debate:
Yrs. Immi- Yrs. Immi- Yrs. Immi-
1882. .7ss, 9s2 1887. .4so, 1oe 1879. $50, 31s
| 1883. .603, 1922 1888. SAC, 1889 1892. .623, O84
1884. $685. 1889. .444, 427 1898. 500, 1927
1885. 1895, 346 1890. ASS, 1902 1894. .314, 467
1886. 1884, 1903
| MORE FIGURES AS TO CRIME.
81 wrote a letter the other day to the
/
official information showing the number
of criminals, the insaneS and suicides for
| 1880 and 1890, as shown by the census.
now read you the reply and will pass
the letter to Mr.. Horn:
| Department of the Interior, Census
Division, Washington, July 6.-Dear
Sir: Referring to yours Of recent date,
asking to be furnished various informa-
ton from this Office, beg to say that the
census is not in possession of data later
than those obtained at the CENSUS of
$780, Below will be found a. statement
of the items desired for the years 1880
and 1890. You will find in the leading
public libraries reports for earlier CEN
suses, from which it will be more salts
| factory for you to make such extracts as
you may see fit:
No. inmates in penitentiaries, 1880. 81, 538
No. inmates in penitentiaries, 1890. As, 233
Prisoners in county jails, 1880. IL 691
Prisoners in county jails, 1890. -. Is, 538
No. of insane in institutions, 1880. Al, III
No. of insane in institutions, 1890. IA O2S
No. of suicides reported, 1880. 2,511
No. of suicides reported, 1890. $50. 1892
These figurs, as you understand, are
simply the number of convicts in peni-
| tentiaries and do not include the pris-
/ OuCIo lOullO III val iOuo OCuO1 PldCC0, duu
! for the insane the figures are those in
| institutions, not the total number re-
ported insane June 1, 1890. Yours re-
spectfully, GEORGE s. DONNELL,
| "'Chief of Division.
"'Mr. w. H. Harvey, 1874 Monroe
street, Chicago, ILL.,
| 1.-THE Chicago Tribune of June 80, 1895,
speaking of the increased suicides, says
editorially: The lamentable occurrence
| suggests look at the statistics of sui
| eide and a question as to the cause of it's
greater frequency now as compared with
a few years ago. The following totals
| for the United States are of startling in
| terest in this connection:
Year. Suicides.
| 1889 z, ZI4
| 1871 ,O4U
1891 .............. 1851
| 1892 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1850
| 1893 .................... 4,436
1894 .................... ..4912
"And the number reported during the
| first six months of this year, lacking two
days, 1855, or considerably more than
| so per cent of the number for the whole
of 1894, while the average for July and
August is always greater than for other
months, so that 1895 may be expected to
| far surpass 1894 In the number of sui
/ cideS. There is thus an almost steady