Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13

one-half years Of democratic tariff for
revenue only" times) and that this small
fall was because of improved harvesting
and threshing machinery and the com
petition OF Russia, India, Argentine. and
other wheat countries; the first "
having increased their export from
twenty millions in 1873 to more than
Ave hundred sixty-four millions bushels
in 1894. The secO"d part Of the state
,nent, viz: That wages had fallen was
proven untrue by Mr.. Collins who
showed that wages Increased from 1873
u 1893, and Mr.. Walker testified to the
same thing. 1t vas not brought out in
| the debate, but labor statistics prove,
that a day 5 labor in 1890 would buy y
per cent more Of the comforts and lux.
urjes than in 1860. These facts should
convince thinking. reasoning men that
the 'Crime OF 49, worked To the ad-
vantage Of all till 1893.
Mr.. Ayers brought out democratic
| applause ny rehears,ng the story. long
| since exploded and now believed by no
| we'll informed man, that the silver dol
lar was dropned from The law by fraud
or stealth. The standard silver dollar
WAS never in the bill nf u. and there is
no Indication any " here. except in the
minds of poorly informed or ~purposely
lmrverse men. thai any wrong ~a- in
tended. Reader. II you wish to know
the truth about the bill Of 1863. read j.
L. McClcary's SPEECH delivered in The
house OF representatives Feb. y. 1896,
pages q TO "a and you will find the full
history with reference to the Congress
ional Record to prove his statements.
Ln,k up the record. You cannot afford
10 he thought ignorant on so important
II subject when so many have learned
The truth.
Mr.. Kelsy followed Mr.. Ayers and
showed that farm produce was higher
ten years after 1873 than it was ten
years before 1873. He proved for the
years 1880 to 1892 tall the time un Ter 3
gold standard) prices were good and
constantly improving but that they
went down with q crash when we
changed from a protective tariff u a
free trade tariff and when we also
threatened to go to a silver basis thus
degrading our money and changing our
tandard OF values.
Mr.. X. is not so rapid a talker, but
he Is fair and logical in his discussions.
Mr.. walker occupied the next twenty
itluU II VC'I'iS 10 I1 VatOSS WI
good until lately, but that now every.
thing is going to the dogs. Our pop
friends did not like to hear him say
that, for their doctrine hangs upon
proving tina, everything has been going
TO THE wrong since 1873, but Mr..
Walker was right in stating that our
hest times were after 1873 and before
1893.
Mr.. Collins took the next twenty
minutes, and brought statistics, that
we're accepted by his opponents, to
prove that during the eighty years OF
unlimited coinage we never had rs
much money per capita rs we have
now; that our gold is more per capita
now than at any time under unlimited
coinage, and that our silver is more
also. He said our prices have been Gu,
in two since 1893, but u volume 81
money. and of primary money have re
manned abOun the same. He said the
prices in Mexico are about the same as
in the United States, though we have
about four times ~ much money pei