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SUPPLEMENT TO THE HARRISON JOURNAL THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, JSW. FARMEiVS EGGBASKET Th? McKinW Law Chocked Im ports tion a 'id Gave a Hem Market. EFFECT OF THE WILSON WILL. V,J i' II. .V. It W. W'.IW. w v T ! n J7ir iii The Canadian Farmer Has Protection but the American Farmer Has None. There is ii.. rviiM.ii w li.v Canada. Mexi co, China. t iiiiy i.ili.r country should supply tin- I ni. '; ,Siai.- iili a single gl. Canada .!.' I tot buy single CKR from h-. and lin n- i )i" reason why we should bin IP III ll.T. Wll. ll we the Ann ricaii fan m-r I. In- Uiietit of art of his na'timl 11.;. i k . t. Thr imi'M'w "f '.'ii" art hie i ' show t.y :i few riucs the U-in tit which the Aiui i'i. an la tint r d.iiveil I'rmii the Me Kiniey lit v ; not merely localise Un law Miui. til imports fn.ui other countries, hut because under that law he received mi average 1" ""I"" a dozen for his VPs all 1 1n- year around. Cuter thp present Wilson-l iormau hill, he hardly averag. ."i iiiits a dozen: ami tin- iepc i iii.l better :i ll'.irtl to iy l." cents a dozen in lstfj. tliaii tli-y cau o cents a dozen in lx:i. Fro ni IN.'! in 1 mh i, (hire wan no tariff iiH.ri cck. 'l'hi' Canadian farmer i-ould wild his Bt' across the line frotn Maine to California. Mexico. China. France, tiormaiiy and oilier countries siippliisl US willl 1. ".." HI.K HI dozens of eggs, ail liuully. on the average. We paid every year to the foreign farmer on this small product alone, ill ," iiiiIh h dnzcu, $!. .lOO.Otai. This importation of over 1. ISHI.IKIO dozen M inonih or ."iO.otKi dozen a day felt, in the way of cottiotitioli. hy our farmers chiefly in the large cities. Farmers can get ihe l-st prices for eggs mid their products in the lanre cities; hut when New York, Philadelphia, Bos ton. Buffalo. Cleveland. Chicago, San Francisco and many other market tire supplied with eggs. hipied at cheap rates of transportation by water, how can the farmer expect to conicte who has to ship hii egg l.y rail' The follow ing xintemenr shows impor tations of eggs, hy t-oiinrric. the year be fore the McKinley tariff went into effect, for Ihe year ending Juno .'ill. JKW: Importations of eggs, by countries, Jalyl. 1, i Jun :wt. IVKI. i Im.wiih. Value. Aiwtri Ilnut-.t ry Hritfifiiii I'htmt I'imt;trk. , Kram- Hvrmauy KnirlHiu! , tPlliUKl .Nova Hicotia, HrtiBuwick i re's, 21 .Vet! Uii..:iioi it.l'.Mij T:t.:wii 4.104! 4.JO0I S,"2 .4ii 11, WW Wl 14,1 111 K!I7 Ml I Newi no; Frince KiJwrl IsIhihI 3.;:7,222i I Qihf. ( Fiitnrlo. Mau-j liniia 1 rvHorr. Hrhixb rolnmbia HiMlR KoitJS , Italy Japan, . .... , . . , i-xl.'.. Nt'lliHrtuinlM. . . . , 'uta. . Turkey in AtrUa . ,11.731. MM, l.MH.tun NT, 7l 2.II7S 117... 15.2m 12,iiv, var. HI l.-4 I JiL' -Z. ' jl5.1H8.8MH r.Ml(!UI7S The next tnUl nhowi the KiuU t wiiich AHKUIijA PiiKTHMK KXTKV Flt K(i;H. IhMteim. j Value. Apo.s(tttk. Maine,.., . ilnniror. Main1 Hath. .VI a inn r.ritt wihI 'iiarI'tttMi,; Buffalo Crtk. N. Y. .. VThicii(, ,, V,,,, 'humjhiln, . V roriiu CiiriMi, 'Win-..1 l.!i:tH.ii"l .".74o.'.it; !1.4ooi Hjy.i4 ; :u, iiooj 4.-!7,!Hi: 7:tr. J.'.7x:t 11.777! '-!' am Rn2.4o: 1.412.!W l.'KM.aWi 'J7II,!'."! trjiMKiti l,:i47 ln.un'i 4 54.814 104 2.S42 1.418 ir4 JfH 3'! ;4".l4 141.521 f'liyttlioKa. U.. , A Ictroit, Mlrb f Jem, . Y. , , . , Hunm. Midi Kpv Vt, Kin MHrblrhJKl. Maii. , w ,4iKifu. 'nn York. Y. . .. NUj;ari. X. V fH Kftrhir. X. Y.....! Oswpgo. X. Y. ami Xpw ftfM i rUtlHdlphin. I'h j INtrtiand hij! KHliiKMith.i i..v.r.' l.l-J.lilfll 2..TW l.'tx.Lil Miit? 1't.rtsnnmth. X. H. . IMovlflnncp, H. ...., ,. I'utfft Mound, WmmH. . . 8alni hi1 Beverly, AlflWK . . Kundnsky. O KM! ;. 07.'. 4.14i T"Jll lM.:m; 7.74 2.25H.I"0; :t.:ttM! 10.21."i) l.ZV.' i San Fmncfwo, ('ni 6.4U.i 1.12 377.4fi7 Supprinr. Mich Vrnnnnt Walditlxtronph. M. YVHlmnetrf. Or 4W trfrtu 211 -I- Total. . HS.mH.WM 2.418.!7 It would evidently Ih imposxililc for farniern fifty mile in the interior of any of the Htiitex liorderinn on the tireat Lukex. to eotiiiete with eicgs Hhiiiped by water from Canada. The McKinley tariff iinnosed a duty of si cent a dosseu on einr. This law went into effect October 1, 18JH. Dtir- ing the year endinc June 30, 18!t0, we imnotied nearly JallMlldl dozen Pint 1' than i the year previoua, when there was no proteHion. The importation of eirirs steadily decreaxed until the repeal of the McKinley law in 1HSH, m that instead of nearly lti.lWNMUM) dozen ew heina tiroueht into thin country, an here tofore, in 1H-1 we ira iorteil H.nno.flDO doen; 4,MK).in in l1-fr.; :i.(MltMl in lt2H: 1.730.) in 1WI3-4. By nearly f'J.0H0.(Kin had Ix-en taken from the foreign abipper. which now went into tbe pocket of tbe American farmer. The following table ahowa the import a tiona of ea ainee 188H: Annual Importatioua of foreign egga, 1883- taw. Year ending June 30. j ftoaenn. Value. a 1HKI , 1.27.Oiln2.iW7,fln4 a 1WM l,4iT.H 2.77.3f: a lNo I18,lii.4.'ii 2.47H.6TS a IWW W.(tt.Ml 2,173.454 a 1W7 ....ia.KW.ffi4 1.WW.3W a tm 1&.A42.WI1 2.312.47 a taw is.ia.ai 2.418.1W bllWO ....1.VIIH2.7HM 274.0li biwi amiual l.iw..rf h 1W2 4. 1 xa. mi B22.24 blW3 :i.-'!.".Ht2! .TI2.HIJ lilHW... I,7!i?,4i IHM..V41 I HUT, 2.70fMtlj .'!24.ISf a I'mler Free Trade. b Prottcte4. October . tftWI. at i centa pet TartiT. rt tk Met 7 Mr of the McKinley CJ tmt ftol? bought tier, from 4a. asf fnim China fr the Chi- ra. W bluffer ane whatever from Wtiflgj couetrlaa. before. Even at ewti doaen the tariff would not be af loo kick. It aitnply made a differ -4 to (ke countries a-rna tbe Ocean, of i e la CtMMbv t ft M lUwiiitv What does all this talk about sixteen to one mean? It means that free coinage of silver will ruin business and close the If the MiKinley law had heu Jet alone. th- American farmer In lSICert would be anpplyiiig nearly 'very egir in the American market. Th farmprst wife would have felt eneouraped to in crease her slock of poultry, on which ulie deiH-ndi-d for pin money to chuhe herself and her children. When the McKinley law was repealed and the tar iff on vggn redmwl from 5 cents to 3 cents a dozen, importation inrieased I.IMi.miO dozen in one year, at an in creased price of I2."j.0fl0. I'nlesk the American fanner can ee it to be hl In terest to vote for McKinley and the restoration of a proper duty oti egga. the Canadian and other foreign farmers will soon again ship us 16.(fll.'ils'l dozen a year and the price of domestic pggs will continue to decline, as they have done for the lat two years. (JneotioB. Why Should HemueraU legis late In favor of the Canadian as against (lie American I'trmtr? The American farmer could not sell egg in I a nana, even 11 tney nao no tariff on American eggs. 1 bete are only a few large cities there, and they are near to the Canadian cheap fartn. The half-a-dozen small markets in Cunaila have a total population only one-quarter as large as that of the city of New York. A few election districts in the city of New York, or in Philadelphia, or in Chicago, afford a better market for American eggs than the whole of Can ada. Yet Canada imposes a duty of 5 cents a dozen on onr egg", while we im pose a duty of only .1 centa a dozen on lier eggs. The f'niutilians have protection, but under the Wilsuu bill we have nut. A Pointer fop Farmers. I remenilier one instance that bears particularly upon this question that came to me today as I sat here, and that was this: My father came from the New England states upon tbia prairie in 1H.'t". lie told roe this instance once: That after sowing a crop of wheat by hand, cutting it with the cradle, binding it with the rake, and threshing it with the ball upon the floor, he put it upon a wagon and drove it to this city of Milwaukee, pitietv-six miles away, and sold it here for 16 tents a htishpl. This was in the '.Us., and silver then was J1.30 an ounce. N'ow tell the silver men to explain to yon how it was that in the early "50s wheat was 4(1 cent a bushel, and siiver $1..T0 an ounce, if the price of silver always carries with it the price of wheat. And when he hems and haws, say to him: "It is not only confined to wheat, but that olher commodity you yoke no with silver, cotton: and tell bim that for the four rears ending iff 1S45 cotton in the city o'f New York averaged only 7 cents a pound: and that for the four years ending in 1MJH the same class averaged H cents a ponrd. Tell him to ezplnin that to yon. That was when we had free coinage and silver was then $1.30 an ounce. He cannot eiplain it. That one illustration, my friends, utterly de al rovs the whole silver heresy. Con gressman Fowler of New Jersey. What Htewort Thought In 1IM4. Senator Stewart of Nevada marie a p.ch in Congress lebruary 11, IM, in which he said: j.ei everybody know what a dollar is worth The farmers will then know how to measure the difference in price be tween his wheat in Illinois and the wheat In Liverpool. The wheat will lie meas ured by the same standard -gold-in Illinois as it is in Liverpool and any man pan figure it np. But now it is a rnye erv the whole anbject of finance is a oiv'sierT, and what do we sec erery day? Wp see those who derole their attention to it making large fortune out of this mystery. ... , , ., . . ,et iia do a all the people of the world have been doing from Ihe beginning measure otir values- by fold, adopt the standard that air can understand, and get rid of thia mystery. Mr. Ixigan What does the senator Mr. Hlewart I want the standard gold, and no paper money not redeemed in gold, no paper money the value of which is not aaceiiained. no paper money that will orgafiixe a gold board to speculate with It. Who pays for thin gold board? Who nay these immense fortunes? How is it that million and millions ran be rolled on annually there? Did anybody ever calculate who aid for it? It cornea out of the producer. How do the men eiiat'f By the latitude which yonr depreciated currency glvea to apecn iattnn and nothing elae. Persons who are speculating in your depreciated enrrener are making the money, and they will continue to nuke it no long aa yot) have a depreciated cur rency. If the farawra would get rich thy have got to becom akllW is tbia Hurt ant ing eurrentT ' corners and ajaa (palate the arket. and if fhey do that iL aaMot fawa. tCoagraioional Boc Payment of Debta in Debased Cur rency Meana Practically Repudiation. A NEBRASKA FARMER ANSWERED Fallacy of What ! Considered the Strongest Free Trade Argument Tbe following letter is one of many that are daily received by the Times Ilerald. Il is supposed to contain tbe strongeHt free silver argument that can be addressed to tbe farmer, and it is nised by Ihe free silver orators with im metiHp assurance of its suit-ess: , Lincoln, .Neb.. Ang. 3. To tbe Editor: My land la encumbered by a mortgage V $liS. payable In lawfnl money Nuvembet I, 1MT7. I most pay this debt with thl products at air farm. I nner ordinarf rtt-ctiuiKun.-es I will be able to raise lunO biialirls of wheat neat year. If there Is u change lri our Annuls I system, this li.-!l at r0 rents per tiuxtiel. will pay half 'itT debt. When tbe value of a siiver il"ijiir Is reduced lo ,'0 cents by free euiuaife a bnsbel of wheat, wit limit any change In Its value, will be worth a TUt-c-ot dollar. With free calaag of silver 1 shall, there fore, be able to pay the entire debt with tbe 1000 boahela of wheat. The burden of paying a debt of tlOOO has doubled since I borrowed the money. I have obeyed the laws of my country under the gold standard and shall obey them nnder a silver standard. The opponents of free coinage of silver are appealing to tbe laborers. Ihe creditors and policy holders lo protect their own per sonal Interests If I should fall to look out for my own interests who will do so for me? I there any reason why I should not ote f.r ihe free and unlimited coinage of silver! Very respectfully, J. W. Bingrr. The answer is not far to seek. When thin farmer borrowed the money it was the equivalent of $1000 in gold. It was the same as if he had received it all in gold $20 piece. He could have had it that way if he so desired. Per Ii8s he did. for many such loans have been made. When he expended it he got $1000 in gold equivalent. He probably improved his farm to that extent or bought stock or machinery. In w hatever way hp need it, unless he burned it up or squandered it. be got value received. The borrowing and fending was a busi ness transaction and tbe borrower used the money to promote hi business in terests. At no timp since that mortgage was executed, for few mortgage run over live years without renewal, would a thousand bushels of wheat have paid it. Sitppoae we had borrowed the money from a neighboring farmer more pros perous than be. Inst neighbor would probably have to carry something like two thousand bushels of wheat to town, sell it for a thousand dollar, get the money and hand it over to hi friend. There have been in ' the past thousands of such transac tions. In fart, in every farming community there are a few farmers, more thrifty and of better business qual ifications than the other, w-ho atwaya have money to lend out of their saving. They get the money from the product of their farms, but they are not loaning those products. They are loaning the money, and aince 1870 it ha been gold or its equivalent. Why should they not have the same kind of money in re payment? Is it any wonder that tbe advocate of unlimited free coinage are charged with dishonesty and that silver ia called dis honest money, when by the passage of a law a thousand SO-vent dollar will lie sufficient to discharge a debt of a thou sand 100-cent dollar? Huch a law amount to the repudiation of one-half the debt obligation of all the debtor in the United Btateo. When Mr. Blotter In the above letter aays. "Tbe burden of paying a debt of $10110 ha doubled aince 1 borrowed the money," be must remenilier. if be is slat Ing w'bat ia true, that the "burden" i not atone upon him. but upon erery other bnaiaesa man wbo ha borrowed money. Merchanta aod mannfactnrera feel the majir atreaa of the hard time a the farmer do. It ia oot-becanae they bor rowed ffoM and have to repay gold that tbe harden ia greater, but that their earning and aaarta hare not turned out aa they hoped and expected. Competi tion nd lyverprod action have affected the whole worM. but repudiation la not the proper cure for It. Ho Is the beat policy aa a policy pjoniy, wtttowt tvfamea te ru mi sm'r-4x MtfMt m m (or workshops so that when there is a viduals. A mau who has repudiated his debts is never trusted again and is re garded with contempt by all hi neigh bor. And so ia a nation. A free-coinage law ia repudiation, and that it ia understood in that sense is in dicated by auch letters as the above. Por if under free coinage the ilver dol lar is to appreciate to tbe value of a gold dollar bow will the farmer get more of them for his thousand bushels of wheat? How can he pay hi debt any easier than he can now? No, it is repudiation the silver men want, and repudiation is dishonor. Chi cago Times-Herald. VALUES DECREASED. rrlcea of Live atork t'nder Kepnbllran and IenMrntle Ruin. When we resumed specie pay ment In 18714 our domestle animal, horses, mules, rat tle, sheep and swine were valued at f 1.445. 42:t.Oii2 During the ensuing six years, nut II the election of Mr. " Cleveland In )K4. the values Increased to 2.47.8.trJ4 A gala during six year of Republican rule of I1.022.44.ri.8it2 flutiug Ihe ensitlug four yesrs mull the election of Mr. Harrison lu )SJW. values de creased from 2 4U7XW.IK.M J To 2,i!MH.'l.4IM I A loss during four yeara of Ueaaocratle rule or SS.825.iVM Daring the enaulog foar year. until tbe second elect Ion of Mr. Cleveland lu lJ, valnes again Increased fn.ni 2.40!MM.1,4m To 2,il.7.V.IIMH A gain during four year of KcMiildlcau rule of S2.712.2W) Imrlug the last two years, under the second adminis tration of Mr. Cleveland, and under pre posed and accom plished free trade aud sweep ing tariff reductions, vslnes again decreased from tlMPHl. 2.4Ki,.Vi.lis.l To the comparatively Insigni ficant toial of I.M9.44fl.3W Showing the enormous loss In fwo years of Itemocrallc rule of 64,'iO,.175 Cheap Oollara. F.veryihing is cheap or dear according to w hat we nave to pay for it. Siuar is cheap at 5 cent a pound, but would lie dear at 10 cent. A cheap dollar, therefore, is one thnt tbe merchant bnya with les goods than he would have to give for a dearer dol lar. If a merchant now gives twenty pounds of sugar for a dollar, and tbe dol lar which he get is a 24-ecnt dollar; and if the iiflO-cent dollar is a dishonest dollar and ought to be replaced by a 100 cent dollar, worth only half as inn -li; in that caw, the merchant will give inly half a much sugar for the chcajicr dol lar as he now gives for the disM.inest 2tt-cent dollar. That is clear, ia It not? Thia ia precisely what "cheap money" mean. Is this what the farmer and tbe work in gins n really want? Apply thia illustration to labor, if you please. The workingman buys dollars with labor. Doe he want a cheap dol lar, for which the merchant will give only ten pounds of sugar? Or doc he want a 'JflO-cent dollar, for which the merchant will give twenty pounds of sugar? Cheap dollars would cut bis wagea in half. He surely does not want that. "Oh, no," aayg the workingman, "that is not what I want; but, if dollar were 'heap. I would get twice as many of them for a day's work." Would you, indeed? Not on yonr life. Free and unlimited coinage of silver, at the ratio of 10 to 1. is simply a scheme to reduce yonr wages without your know ing it or having an excuse for striking. What good would It do yon to get twice a many dollar for a day' work If $2 would buy no more sugar, and no more of anything else, than $1 will now buy? Besides, if price go up, under free coinage, a they will we admit that doea not the workingman know that the first thing to go up will be renta, the next thing will lie food and clothing, and tbe last thing will he labor? Under free coinage. Instead of being better off. the workingman would be worse off than he i now. Think thia over, aud ee what it all mean to you and to your little family. Hpringtield (III.) Journal. A (Juration for Farmer. If the volume of silver money control price, a the free coiner would have tia believe that it doea, ao that tbe more silver coin there I in circulation, Ihe higher is tbe price of wheat, and the lea silver coin there I In circulation, the lower the price of wheat; then will antae fanner, who believe in tbe free coinage of ailrer at li to 1, gnawer the question: How did tt happen that wheat was lower in prk In lKH than ever before, while the amount of coined otlrer in tbe Job for one man there will be sixteen men out of work applying for it. IJ Arithmatic for Wheat Growcra Which Neglects Tai and In terest Considerations. A FREE SILVER MATHEMATICIAN. Silver Accountants Concede Double Expense in Mexico and As sume Equal Profits. Warren, Minn., Aug. ti. To the Kil.'or: I enclose comparative slips circulated by an advocate of free silver, which subject I would like your opinion on. It. of course, is intended to catch the firmer who raise wheal, and deductions of this kind have had their infliiem in (his ilia trict, which ia largely wheat KrowiiiiJ. I would like the going wage in Mexico and tin- rates of interest in -omiiricK on silver basis a compared with the gold standard countries. L. La ml tern. m. The first slip professes to show .he net profit to a fanner of raising talOO huaiiel of wheat ia tbe I'liited Slates: ,Vsl bushels, at 50 cent per bushel. . .r.'.SOu Kxpcosca Il.ooo Freight "' Interest -. 2"" Taies 4U 2.UW Assumed net profit to American farmer STiKI The second slip makes n similar state ment of the assumed profits of vnising ,'saai bushel of wheat in Mexico: ,'sssi bushels, at II. J2 per bushel i.'..fiti Kxppitsc 2."oo freight sou Interest 200 Taxes 40 3.O40 Assumed net prod! to .Meilran farmer .'... VKI Iteduced to gold I.2H1 A this assumed profit would Is- ill ilvcr and the wheat would have to be sold npon the gold standard, this skillful accountant reduces this to gold, making the net profit to the Mexican farmer $1'J0. But lo prodii'-c this result this accommodating accountant, while con ceding Ihal the cxs-nw of raising the wheat would be twice nx ninny silver dollar as in ihe I'nited States, as sume that the profit on it would lie the same number of silver dollars as in tbe I'nited States. As a matter of fact the freight rates in Mexico nre higher ex pressed in the gold standard than in the I'nited State, but assuming that they are the same, the American railroad com Ni nice, a soon as they cross thp border, require twice as many Mexican dollars (o pay a given freight rate as they re quire of American dollar on American territory, so that the freight rate in Mex ico would be $1000 instead ol SMHI, as our free silver accountant states it. Moreover, interest rates are higher in Mexico than in the I'nited States, if paid in Mexican silver dollars, and more over the interest would have lo lie paid on Iwiee the number of silver dollars lior rowed by the American farmer, so that even supjiosing the rates of interest to be the same, the amount of interest would lie double, raising it from $200 to $400. Moreover, the equivalent of $40 taxes jiaiil by the American farmer would tic $X0 ill Mexican dollars, so that the account of the Mexican farmer, thus rorrciied, would stand as follows: Vsm bushel at ft. 12 per bushel $.-,,ti Kxpense 2.'i Freight l.msi Interest 4U Taxes ! 4.IIN1 11,520 Reducing this to gold, aa in the original statement, the uet nrofit of the Mexican farmer would In- $itlO. exactly what that of the American farmer would lie. This ia a fair picimen of the illusory and deceptive atatementa put forth by free liver men to deceive American farmer. ' Bryan a (irrrnbacker. Mr. Bryan i not so much sllverlte aa be ia a grceuhackcr. He aald, on the floor of the House of Representative in Waahington, June .1. 1WM: "The iaane of money by the govern ment directly to the people give ti a safer currency (than national bank blllsi and saves to the people a a whole the profit ariaing from it inane. When a hank issue money, you must pay the market rate of interest to get it; but when the government isue money, tbe jieople save the interest, if the money I afterward called in; and they save the principal alao. If tbt money ia kept in clr enJltkm.'' lb arHTtt tbt ffWpttMCkl "CIS bn escd to pay the cxhiic of the govern ment." The tariff on some of tile iiik-cs-sario of life might Is- redui-ed. and the deficit made up by an Issue of money." Or. if this is not deemed ndvianlde. "gov ernment paper can Is- issued to pay for siieoial improvements; bnrlsirs inn lie deepened Hint rivers improved ill this way." He introduced n bill to issue ST'i.OOO.ooo of I'nited Slates trenimry notes, with which to inaugurate the con struction of the Nicaragua canal. He further suggested that "we can use any available coin on hand to take up ma tured bonds and replace the coin ao used with paper money. ' He introduced an other bill providing in this way for the payment of the $2.,0oo.ooo outstanding '1 per cent, bonds. He did not stop even at that point, but gravely prosed that "government pftis-r should be issued in the place of list inns I bank notes, as they are retired." His theory of the ultimate redemption of government obligations, as stated by himself, was that the larger the issue of treasury notes, the smaller will lie the "coin" reserve required with which to meet them. By "-oin" he ex plained that he meant txith gold and sil ver, wilfully ignoring the disparity in in trinsic value between the gold and silver dollar. And this la the tinniiclcr mid statea ic. mi for whom honest and sensible men sire asked to cast their votes, next Nn-tcniU-r: ' Bryan Known tw be I'nccrtatn. There is abundant proof that Mr. Bryan is nti iusim-ere .liticiau and an unsellable adviser of tbe ss,pe. He w,is a killer in 1Wt3 mid in thnt year, t' . he iimde a is-eli in w hich lie dc i.ired thai (he exchangeable value of a d.dlar dc'H'iidod on something besides a congressional edict. When Frank Irvine a running on 111.. I icniocratic tieke for judge of the Supreme court of Nebraska Mr. Bryan .i;ihii ted a Populist, in reply to a Id ler front Mr. Irvine, calling Mr. Bryan's attention to hi unexpected position, the iircKont candidate for President on, the i moi-ratic ticket rote a statement of his reasons for bolting which contained the following cool remarks aud aur-sni-es of personal and peculiar esteem for the I Icniocratic candidate: I regrel that our people chose for slsucliier so ilescrvliit: a irina. They ought to lime s.'lceieil some imp nf i he iniiiipi oii4 liciuoeials w lei are responsible for the fulling off of the tipiuoeralle oie. 1 bare spoken to yon thus frankly and confidentially, because I f.-cl that you deserve a belter fate ilniu Ihe one which I fear omit yon ihls fall. Muring the extraordinary cfiu ' of Congress of 1M!I3, call.il by President Cleveland. Mr. Bryan made a speech in which he declared thai: While the government can sy t hat a gtien weight of gold or silver shall consti tute a dullar and Invest thai dollar with legal tender qualities. Il cannot tlx Ihe purchasing power of ihe dol lar. That uit'si depend upon ihe la v of supply and demand. If the number nf dollar Increases more rapidly than Ihe need of dollars'- as It did after thr gold dlsenver les of Ifttnihe cichsngcahl value of each dollar will fall and pries rise. Thus it appears that Mr. Bryan knew what tbe exchangeable vu'iie of n dob lar depended on. His change of tuns, therefore, is not, becaum cmt Jiieii liatp changed, but iiecuttse he shifts Ins prin ciple with the varying jmlitlcsl breeze, and tait he ia willinc to do anything for office. In the spring of IWrj liryin declare! in a apeecli made by him on the tari question that the fall of price must lw attributed To the Inventive genius thai has multiplied a thousand times. In many Instants, the strength of a single arm ami enabled it to d todsv with one man whsl fifty tueii could not do Afi years ago. Thai Is what brought Ihe price down in this country and else where. At this time another change has come over Ihe spirit of hi while house dream. He and his fellow Populist ascrilie the fall in the price of commod ities 'o the fall in the price of silver. Mr. Bryan and his associati declare U.l ..,li ..imA ni ISlT't' ...1.1. .1. .1... ilia . m- ...... ... '-., sin. H i iK NeW'S has shown to have been no crime at all, ba pulled everything down with it. How u the people believe a mini who thu tultiHc himself and puts him self on both aide of vital question, while, at the same time, he prove un true to hi party associate? Buffalo News. The IrMiman and the Potato Bur. Mr, Tenner' atory at Madison of the Irishman who swallowed potato bus' and then a done of Paris gr.-en, in the hoi? f killing tbe bug, is very pat to the political situation. The American workingman w allowed free trade In 1H0X and now, to cure the miserv which he ha suffered ever ince, the Populist quack doctor I trying to Induce him to wallow a u unlimited doeo of free sliver. But If the workingman takes It, be will nod, whtu it J tw lata, tU( U cur li won than thy iltatf aa 1 i