The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-09-19
DR.. CLBARY USED 'EM. Up
1t Was in a Debate on Silver in
Dubuque That the Thing
Happened.
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He Was a Stranger but 1t Is
Known Now They Did Not
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Wondering Where They
Were At.
There was an enthusiastic meeting In
Dubuque recently to discuss the currency
question: joint debate-which was ar
ranged by the Republicans and on. the side
of the latter were some Of the city's ablest
lawyers to meet one man and such inexpe-
rienced persons as he could persuade to
take the platform. "It looked an easy
thing says the Dubuque Telegraph, "and
their friends were on hand to see them put
the silverites TO rout.''
s.They had reckoned without their host.
The silver men had a surprise in store.
Some days before they asked DR.. II. H.
Cleary of Galena to appear on this oc-
casion as the champion OF their cause.
He replied that he had business in Chicago
but would be here if possible. They were
expecting him on the 7:40 train from the
east last night and had a man at the depot
to receive him. Great was their delight
when telephone message was received at
500. o'clock announcing that DR.. Cleary
would reach the pagoda on the next mo-
tor"
The account given in the paper quoted is
too long to be reproduced here. 1t can be
said, however, that the gold men used the
same stale arguments with which we are
all familiar.
The account continues: ''While Mr..
Graham (the speaker chosen on the silver
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Mr. Wm Quigley entered the hall and took
a seat in the front row. On the conclusion
of Mr.. Hurd's S address he removed his over
coat and was assisted to the stage and
Chairman Bott announced that Mr.. Hurd
would be answered by DR.. M. H. Cleary of
Galena. This announcement brought a
cheer from the silver men to whom DR..
Cleary was known by reputation. DR..
Cleary is quite six feet in height a. man OF
robust voice and figure and striking pres
ence. After some Introductory remarks
concerning the circumstances responsible
for his appearance in the debate, he said
Mr.. Hurd was NO doubt honest 'but he
gave you no reason why we should have
nonometallism, bimetallism or no metal
ljsm at all" He said nothing about the
principals Of monetary science, DR.. Cleary
continued. He says you can't measure
money because money is the measure OF all
things A greater absurdity never issued
from the lips of man. Money is measured
by commodities and commodities are
measured by money. AS we exchange
money for commodities we but barter.
Money and yardsticks are two entirely diff
ferent things. Money is a medium of ex-
change not an equity. The yardstick is
not relation. It is fixed thing, while
money changes every time prices change.
The gold standard, is, as Mr.. Bartine put
it, yardstick that streches as prices go
downward and there is no limit to its
stretching. 1t is hardly necessary to
show that the purchasing power of money
is daily increasing. This merely means
that prices are falling. There are just two
traders in the market. One has money.
The other has commodities. Price Is the
relation between money and commodities.
It is immaterial at what price you buy cal
leo. whether it be at the so cents Mr.. Hurd
paid in war days or the cents he pays to-
day so long as business is adjusted to that
basis so long as it is the basis on which you
bought your farm. But if, the price is
made on dollar basis it Is difficult to
shift to the cent bass. We are shifting
from s10O per bushel to one cent per
b1ishel and in doing it we. are crushing out
the farmer and crushing out civilization IT
self.
Mr. Hurd says he is wage-earner and
shares the rise or fall of the laborer's
wages. That is not true. Judge from his
appearance that he is a professional man.
If this be true his compensation depends
not on the law of supply and demand but
on his reputation in his profession. It Is
this which determines his fee and perhaps
he has not felt the pinch which has brought
want into the homes of so many in every
community. We need not tell the farmer
cd merchant of falling prices. He knows
the tale too we'll.
Mr.. Hurd says we want an honest dol
lar. Did dollar ever steal chickenso
What does it mean--this term honest dol
lar? 1t means dollar that does justice be-
tween man and man, dollar that neither
increases nor decreases. Remember, you
who toll, that the commodity is your ere
alton and that when you destroy it's price
you destroy the price CT your own man.
hood. Remember the commodity can not
shrink in value and wages will remain
high. When prices fall your manhood
fallsin the same scale and the rich man can
purchase more of both with his gradually
approaching dollar. The value of money
depends on the value of gold. Mr.. Hurd
tells what invention has done to cheaper
the price Of other articles. Why did he
not tell you that within the time named
science and art have done more to cheaper.
the cost of producing gold than they have
accomplished towards production in any
other line, that they have made it possible
to mine at a profit ore worth only 81 per
ton and yet nothing else has SO increased as
has the value Of gold. The product Of the.
mines has about doubled the last few years
.and.yet gold increases IN purchasing power.
THE production Of silver within the same.
time has increased only slightly more than
one third and yet It falls. The rich men
have reaped the cream Of these two opera
items so contrary to the national laws while
Oh the other hand the nation Is filed with
trarnps whose solemn sdirge never lies from.
earl ymorn TIL set Of sun ;E5ss.. s.s u
. s1At every period zdur4ng Mr.. }Cleary' re
Emarks the mai GRITTY of the aud ienee re-
sponded with loud cheers and when he con-3
cluded he was given q perfect ovation.
0 Other goldite speaker followed and the.
account continues: hen Cleary
arose to reply here was app.allse but