Willmar tribune., 1896-02-11

tunity to think over it and give
the answer at his leisure.
Mr.. Hill. It does not require
very much time, but I hardly
think I will ind ulge myself now
to answer the. question
Mr.. Butler. Then | will pro oceed
to say what I think the Senator
would and should do as my trust
ed friend. The fact that the Sen
ator from Ohio 5. Z. = ].
Mr.. Hill. The Senator can In
swer it himself if he wants to.
I have no objection to that.
Mr.. Butler. I did not catch the
Senator's remark. -..s=S j
% Mr.. Hill. / say the Senator can
proceed to answer it himself if
he desires. -. sj }> :.*S r
Mr.. Butler The Senator from
New York will have full oppaf-
tunity to correct my statement
as to how he would act if I do not
state it correctly. | will state
what it would be his duty to do,
and leave it for him to say
whether or not he would do his
duty.
No doubt the Senator from
Ohio would demand payment in
wheat, but you would. not for a
moment consider his demand.
You would call his attention to
the letter of the contract and
insist on paying him according to
the contract. in the manner most
advantageous to me. Especially
would you do this if you had lear
ned that the Senator from Ohio
had cornered all of the wheat in
the country, and besides had
nearly every other farmer in the
country in debt to him on the
same kind Of notes and was try
ing to force payment from them
all in wheat, when there was no
wheat to be had except you pur-
chased it from him and at a price
double what it was when the debt
was made.
I say that if you had given up
the option which I had in my
contract and had mortgaged. my
farm to buy wheat at an enor-
mously increased price, every
body would say that you we're
either a fit subject for the lunatic
asylum or that yonahd been i'm
properly Influenced by pecun-
iary consideration or otherwise by
the Senator from Ohio, In short,
your conduct would be Infamous.
It is true that the Senator from
Ohio might treaten that he would
ruin my credit if you did not pay
my debt in wheat as he demand
ed, but you would promptly an
swer him that neither he nor
anyone else could ruin my credit
as long as l was able to pay my
debts according to the contract
and still have corn left in abund-
ance in my barns.
You would furthermore tell
him promptly that the surest
way Of running myeredit would be
by mortgaging my farm to buy
wheat at a 100 per cent advance
III price and thereby discrimi-
mating against the corn, the prop
erty which I had, and causing it
to fall in price. The difference
would be a man out of debt with
plenty Of means for support, Or
deeply in debt, paying twice as
much as the value received, and
with the property that he had left
deprecated in value on account
of the discrimination.
In case ! pursued such a short
signed and foolish policy ! would
find myself at the. end of next
year, when the mortgage on my
farm became due, forced to give
another mortgage to buy more
wheat at a Still further advanced
price to pay the debt. Thus,
year after year, though my fields
teemed with corn in abundance,
Fwould be forced to plaster fresh
mortgages upon mortgages on
my farm until the mortgages
amounted to more than the value
thereof: Where would my credit
be then? /. h.
Now, this is exactly what our