Show 4 JOSEPHS CORNER IN CORN Secretary of or Agriculture Wilson re rec c th the fact that Joseph Jo eph ran the only o ly successful wheat corner in Sn history They Thoy called It com corn down in Egypt but bet the cereal did not resemble the maize matae raised in such f peat greet t quantities in this country and it i wa was also aho unlike the grain known as wheat today toda So one onename onename name is Ls as ond as the other so H far as u uthe the raa cereal l itself is concerned Speak i 1 Ig or ot Joseph Jo this particular seA sen of Jacob had many mAn ft epp hi In hithe Intile hithe the tile and of or Pharaoh one of which be he declined to embrace The corner n red hy by Joseph was as complete In hi ever every detail and the she man manner mannor nor ner In ia which the unfortunate people were l would have delighted the heart of a on and caused A Russell RUMen Sa Sac Sarc c to te we weep p tears of Joy ley je jeand iL and the tiN old oW Wall all street r was vas s snot not given to weeping at that We e are taU that re was WaR no bread in KU nil KUthe tho the land moo for the famine was very vel sore FO so that the and of Egypt and all the theland theland theland land of Canaan fainted by b reason of the famine Joseph JeseTh with an aD eye ee single to the tM success of his hi corner e all 1111 the money mone in II circulation in exchange e for corn orn and aad when the gold geld old and silver silvern became exhausted the starving Egyptians Egyptians vS n were compelled to part with their flocks and ami herds Finally every ever man wn 1 sold his hl field because be me Uio the famine pre oer oser them so the thC land I Pharaohs Pharaoh s S J appears a ave at e dr TI ZIP pl a aS I k In tn fro caH ah a 1 1311 ia a t f ti t cL i i S H t t nd 1 i PhaT Pari i levy 1 Vy a tariff on In all ail foodstuffs and thu thuS I S gathered the possessions pos Essl ns of tito mch more for tor theres nothing Hire like starvation to bring a man manto manto manto to Isle Ids knees kneas more especially when he lie has a wife and little ones dependent upon him But even evon if the son of Jacob had thought of imposing a tariff he be probably hoe have had nerve nere enough to claim that the foreigner pays the tax Even Een the benighted Egyptian Egyptians would haye haie known better Neither would he have hae tried to per persuade persuade suade suede them that the Ute common common good o 0 all was conserved by the payment o othe of the duties The corner was a strong arm amI proposition however and ac no acknowledged acknowledged as such suds Perhaps the rul rulers rulers ers of this country will be equally equall frank when hen the people are too weak to fight for their rights But to return to 10 the woes of the Egyptian They had seven years e nI of prosperity fat rat kino kine there thre th re were ere in abundance and the people along the banks of oC the Nile Nn ate drank and were merry mem without a thought or caro care for forthe forthe forthe the morrow Thon camo caine the t e panic panie am and the lean le n kin doe devoured the fat cIne and th the whole country was waa sore af afflicted C Joseph and iid Pharaoh knew the th crash was coming but instead of warning the tM Egyptians to husband their resources the latter were encouraged encouraged encouraged aged to spend freely freel for uder the thewl wise wl e and beneficent reign of this great ruler nod and his secretary of oC state hard hani hardtimes hardtimes times were wore not ot to be thought of The Egyptians scattered their money mone right and left voted the straight ticket and andall andall all aft their goods and chattels were taken from Crom them when the inevitable drouth came Whether the that Pharaoh hanged his chief bakr r before beCore the fam famIne famine ine ins began had ai ali y significance can cannot canoot cannot not oot be toM told at this late day |