In order to present the question from another point of view I submit another table showing the number of grains of silver that are required in 1890 and the number which were required in 1873 to buy a bushel of wheat, a bushel of corn, &c., by which it will even more clearly appear that silver has not fallen in value in respect to commodities. _Comparative purchasing power of silver bullion, in grains nine-tenths fine, in 1873 and 1890, respectively._ ----------------------------+-----------+----------- | 1873. | 1890. Articles. | Legal | Commodity. | tender. | ----------------------------+-----------+----------- | _Grains | _Grains | silver._ | silver._ Wheat per bushel | 474.3 | 468 Corn do | 223.9 | 209.25 Cotton per pound | 77.55 | 61.42 Beef, mess per barrel | 8,662.5 | 7,560 Pork, mess do | 5,465.62 | 6,750 Lard per pound | 31.97 | 35.1 Butter do | 76.31 | 89.1 Cheese do | 47.44 | 59.4 Sugar, refined do | 42.07 | 39.82 Eggs per dozen | 96.52 | 76.68 ----------------------------+-----------+----------- From this table it will be seen that in 1873 it required 474 grains of standard silver, in the form of coined dollars, to buy one bushel of wheat; in 1890, only 468 grains of standard silver (and that merely in bullion form, or in other words, at its market value) are required to buy a bushel of wheat. This does not show that silver has fallen in value, in its relation to wheat, but, on the contrary, that it has risen in value. In 1873 it required 224 grains of silver to buy a bushel of corn; to-day only 209 grains of silver are required to buy the same quantity. These figures fail to prove that silver has fallen in value, in its relation to corn. On the contrary, again, it has risen. In 1873 a pound of cotton could not be had for less than 77-1/2 grains of silver; to-day the same pound of cotton can be bought for 61 grains of silver. Silver, therefore, has not fallen, but risen in value in its relation to cotton. In 1873 96 grains of silver were required to buy one dozen eggs; to-day only 76 grains of silver are required to buy the same quantity of eggs. Silver therefore has not fallen but risen in value, in its relation to eggs. These comparisons might be continued with the same results as to a great majority of the articles entering into general use.