Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1892 — The Origin of a Common Saying. [ARTICLE]

The Origin of a Common Saying.

“I acknowledge tho corn," originated in the halls of Congress in 1828, when Andrew Stewart declared- in a speech that Ohio, Indiana, and Kentuoky Bent their hay-stacks, oorn-flolds, and fodder to New York and Philadelphia for sale. One Wickcllffe of Kentucky called him to order, saying that those States did not send hay-staoks or oornflelds away for sale. “Well, what do you send?” inquired Stewart. “We send cattle, horses, mules, and hogs." “ Very well. What makes your oattle, horses, mules, and hogs? You feed SIOO worth of hay to a horse. You Just ruminate and get on top of your haystack and ride off to market. How is it with your cattle? You make them carry SSO worth of hay and grass to the Eastern market. How much corn does it take at 33 cents a bushel to fatten a hog?" “Why, thirty bushels.” “Then you put thirty bushels into the shape of a hog and make it walk off to the Eastern market." “Mr. Speaker," cried Wickcllffe, springing to his feet at this point, “I acknowledge the corn!"—Golden Days.