Common Sense Boy Oratory

Another boy orator has appeared. His name is Clarênee D. Royse. He is a student at De Pauw nniversitv, in Indiana, and was a rival in one of the reeent contests for the championship of colleg oratory. Young Mr. Rovse made an addresi a few days ago at a meeting of business men in Greencastle. Ind. In the cours of nis address he said: Has gold appreciated? Measured in silver, yea. Measured In most commoditles, ya. Mcasured in labor, no. Wages are higher thaa in 1873. The complalnt that the dollar Is worth too much sinipïy means that the laboring man can buy too much of the oecessities and comforts of Ufe íor the wsges h recélves. If this be the eïil and the remedj required be the reduction of the purchisJng power of we, thea fre tlWer Ia th proper thing. This is as wise an answer a could be framed in reply to "Bot Orator" Bryan's argument agaicT dollar "increasinj in value." It ia brillianL and conclusive. The gold dollar has ipcreased in valne proportionate to silver ná to mapy other commodities. But . ti."i not increased in value proportionaiv to the wages of labor. The gold dollar paid to the working man as wass will buy more todaj o#. At the same time there has been an increase in wages at gold prices. The Indiana college boy orator concentrated in a dozen lines a wise and conclusive reply to all the wild f&llacies that the boy orator of the Platte scattered from car platforms from N'ebraska to New York and in a two hours' typewritten speech after he arriTed at New