The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-10-16


Mexico during the war are telling
against him. lie is frantic, and losing
ground every day. There is strong hope
OF carrying the Legislature and of elect
ing Republican United States Senator
to succeed Farley"
In DISCUSSING the prospects OF Tree
trade in America, the London Times
says: "The United States do not APP
proach the question from the same point
of view MS ourselves. The object Of
their statesmen Is not to secure the
largest amount of wealth for the coun-
try generally, but to keep up, by what
ever means, the standard Of comfort
among the laboring classes IT the
laboring classes are not the wealth OF
the country, nothing else Is, and their
comfort is of far more importance than
the mere accumulation of wealth. Mr..
Blaine's letter Of acceptance on this sub
ect expresses this ringing sentence
"wages are unjustly reduced when an
Industrious man is not able by his earn
ings to live in comfort, educate his chill
dren and lay by sufficient amount for
the heoess''ieS ., "ee' i"'e 70 49,,
the very best platform ever uttered, and
lnboring men and all others can find 1t
soIid enough 10 s'ahu up. IL 10 'he po''
Icy of the Republican party, and will be
ehuorseo NJ 'he poils III No'e"''ei
pordinp tbe candidates meeting before
tho Tnrner holl convention. Ms related
nv an EXPRESS reporter. don't seem to be
dan,ed In any norticular. That gentle
man wbile no doubt unite truthful. WINS
worry indlscreet. and his statement was
hat at n mating of candidates before
tho convention was held. certain candi-
dotes. who were afterwards nominated,
pledged themselves 10 give @'VV e"on'
anu one geh''eina,'' " 'n"' o",". n,oa
ing, salu ne coUiu MOI ""oiu D"' "'VV'
ana as ne was NOT non'ina'eu' " "O '"o
look as II Tue regui"r price was T'"'
ii"u 'i'ese men III pee'' 'o'''','a'o' " ="
conIesseuly i"'r co"'e"''o. """o", Guy
",re-puiing' anu 'ne, p'e one '"e" gu.
serves 10 give @'V Vi sioVC' Nv NV
wouiu nave p"iu "n! ",'e"''o" w "'
p"' Ut O""'"' 'o'oi' '"' w" :
was he'u, suon "o''o'' '.o"' "o' o' p"
ulsres"ru VI ''c Peopie' ou, Pio'"'"e""'
u'sPi"Ss '"e i"o' y, Nv" '"''V nv -,
'ons were oio"s"' "D'u'' ie
""',ns '"e u'"''ei ~ '"ei Wv" 49," .,''
eouiu US Mei, pun '"o V''Ves w w -" y
n's"e', u''uei' ""u ."oi'"! Ut
''oNe' iui'y 10 '"''', ~, ~ we P nn'o
Us 'he one '"ey u'u "o'"'""'e' "'
movement ior reior'', mas ove' wen ,on
ihehceu III 'ne Ieop'e ,'oNe'' ""o 'no
r'ns WIN NV" '""' ""'e wv ','''o"'
may De coh'rolieu' 'n"' tue Peop'e "io
really the masters
"rur growth In the Northern States
since tbe polley of protection was
adopted In 1861 has been something
wonderful saws the Cincinnati Times
Star. "A glance at the statistics of de-
velopment affords convincing evidence
of the wisdom of A protective tariff sys.
fem. The total population has in.
creosed from 3o coo 600 to nearly "a 600.
GOO. the ronulation Of manufncturinp
cities has increased from 1000 COO TO 70.
COO 1000. our iron produet ia seven time,
greater than If was % years ago; iror
making establishments have almost
doubled in number and more thar
doubled in conacitv. the production O.
steel has grown from 5000. 600 tons II
1870 to $. 600 600 tons. and of Besseme,
steel from 10, 4O3 tons ten wears ago t,
os5 oos tons. tbe number Of lucrative,
in the steel industry increased durins
that period from II 600 TO llO. 600. othe
metal working ministries emplov nov
six times the number of hands employe,
in 1850. and turn out finished goods o
four times the value of their product il
that wear: two decades ago we import
ed 227 ,O0O. 900 wards of cotton fabrics
while we now import but %. COO. 90
yarus, ana export ABOUT l'o'
o"'ooo yards year; 'he popuia
''on hhuihg employment III wooie'
mus mas 'reDieu III ~ years. ana III
prouuct Oh the mills mas more ina
sreo'eu .ne Wool cup nus increase'
iron' oo'oVV'oVV pouhus 10 zio'ooo'oo
pounus mere are now S''ooo operative