New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-17
UDIS Vi HENS

We do nor nj this moment recall the pre-
else IDEA which the Boy Orator Of the Ilalte
said 10 one of his audiences the other
day he had learned from the hogs. 1t was Il
LITTLE obscure at the best and We doubt If any
body clearly understood it, But ii was 80 close
" related 10 common life. and cspcclaliy 10 'h'
common life Of the agriculturists, that 1t was
warmly applaudcd and many persons indulge"
in the delusion that there was something III II.
It may be said also that. obscure a. ii was. IL
was much more ineligible than most Of the
train-end remarks he has been throwing OH Ior
the last two months which have been deScFlped
in the Democratic newspapers as "elopuehl anu
convincing" Ii also gave satisfaction to Il Won
derng multitude, vino had no notion from WHAT
source he derived his ideas. but were glad 10
have their curiosity gratifed by the information
that he got some of them-3nd by no means the
least intelligible-frOm the logs
He has now gathered in another idea. from the
hens. Still agricultural. and still dropping occa-
sionally from the high horse Of his eloquence to
the comprehension of the common mind ana Inc
intellectual grasp of the agricultural masses. IT
was at Emlnence, Ky. where. during pause III
the journey. amid the harmOnie> OF local brass
band and a considerable downpolring Of the
elements. mingled with upcomng reflections
uDon the returns from Maine, the Il. y. OF the T.
addressed an enthusiastic audience. described in
the report a. several hundred people win
heavy percentage Of girls" IF any man in ms
community the Il. O., with prophetic
instinct that he was i'll poultry raising section
where the general notion OF morality compelled
the chickens in the interest Of their owners 10
roOst high-"if any man in this community would
"offer to buy all tho eggs produced at - cents
"a dozen, and was able TO make good the Offer
nobody would sell eggs for less. no matter what
1.-THE cost of production. whether ! cent or /"
cents a dozen" The audience with It's large
percentage Of girls rose up and broke loose with
enthusiasm at the suggestion. The egg specu-
lator who was TO make the proposition MADE no
demonstration. to be sure. but that was OF small
consequence; the truth held good And the y. o.
proceeded Immediately TO clinch the argument
of which this was only poultcrer 5 Illustration
by snyng: $50 with silver free coinage would
establish the market price Of silver at 81 %
land nobody would sell it for cent less.
This is probably the strongest argument for
tho free coinage of silver that has ever been
offered We freely concedc the fact. and that
Mr.. Bryan Is the inventor. Like the boy whose
father proudly said his son had invented sled
that would run uphill, we have no doubt that he
could truly say that after this invention che had
wood enough in his head to invent another. II
is quite possible that Mr.. Bryan may find some
BODY in Kentucky who will pay % cents dozen
for eggs that can be produced for anywhere
from ! to cents dozen. They do queer
things in Kentucky. Joe Blackburn can make
Kentucky people believe n whole lot of things
by his eloquent. though illogical. presentation OF
them But intelligent Kentucklans. after in
dulging in momcntary enthusiasm over tho man
who Is going TO pay - cents dozen for eggs
that can be produced for from TO > cents
dozen, will begin to look for the promised man
And after they have been storing mp their eggs
for a long time on that sort Of venture. the man
who made the proposition to them will be very
liable to get all the eggs somewhat ripened by
age-in the neck.
The b. O. is eloquent, and he creates momcn-
tary enthusiasm. but when he gets down to com
mon talk about common topics with common
men he somehow seems to make miss OF IT,
He gets his Ideas from hogs and hens. but he
forgets two agricultural maxims-to wit. that
"the still hog gets the swill,' and that mo hen
ever cackles over china egg"