Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-04
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
cassNaed from First Pcge.

outrun the Imagination In the
magnitude Of their undertakings.
We view with lpride aud satisfaction
this bright picture Of Cur countrT's
growth and prosperity, while OILY q
closer strutiny DEVELOPS q sombrs shsd-
ing. Upon more careful inspection We
fiud the wealth and luxury OF cur city has
mingled whit.
POVERTY AND wRKTCHRDNEss
and uuremunerative toll. A crowded
and constantly increasing urbsn pc pula.
ton suggests the Improvement CT the
rural Eections. Tie farmers son not
satisfsd with his fathers temperate
AID l.borious life Tins tte
eager chase for easily acquired wealth.
We discover taat the fortunes reelizsd by
our manufacturers ira no longer solely
the reward Of study industry and enlight-
ened foresight, tut that they result from
the discriminating favor Of the government
and are largely built upon undue exac.
tiors from t1s masses Of our people.
The gulf between employers snd the en-
ployed is constsnsls widening, and classes
are rapidly forming, one comprising the
very rich and powerful, while in smother
are found the toiling poor.
As we view the achievement Of eggre-
gated capital we discover the e1.ste1ce
OF trusts, combinations and monopolies.
While the cit'z II is struggling fer IN the
rear or is tfampled to desth beneath sn
iron heel, operations which should De
the carefully restrained creatures OF the
Law snd the servants of the people, are
fast
BECOMING THE PEOPLES MASTERS,
Still coDgrstulstiug ourselves upon the
wealth and prosperity Of our country end
com olacently contemplating every incl
dent Of change ingepareble from these
conditions, IL is our duty IS patriotic
citizens 10 luq hire ct the present stage Of
our prozressshew tae bond CT the gcy-
eminent made with the psople has been
kept tEd performed. Inesesd CT limi-
ting the tribute drawn from our citizeas
TO the necessities OF It's economical ad-
miuistrs!iol, the government persis's in
sxsctlTg from the substance Of the peo-
pie Il. HONS, which unappiied and useless,
lie dormant In its treasury. This "a
grant IL Justice and this breach Of faith
and obligation sIe added to by the dsnger
attending the diversion of the currency
of the country from the legitimate chan
nels of business.
Under the ssns laws by which these
results sre produced the government
permits many millions more TO be added
to the cost of living CT our people and to
be taken from cur Consumers, which IN
reasonably swell the profits Of Q small
but powerful minority. The people must
still be taxed fer the support CT the gov
eminent under the opera ion OF the tariff
hat 0t AN M knyrS . Huk Sho q
Of our citizens are
INoRDINATELY BCRDENED
beyond any useful public purpose
and for the benef. Of
favored fen. The government,
under pretsxt Of an exercise OF Its tax.
power enters grEtuituousy into partner.
ship with these fSyorites TO their xdvants
age and to the injury Of vast maj ority
of our people. This is not equality be-
fore the law. TIE existing situstion il
II 1rious to the health OF our entire ody
polite. It Stiles ps..ios love Of country
and substitutes In its place selfish
greed and grssping svarice. Devo.
ton to American citizenship for liz
sake ard for what 1t should accomplish SIS
O motive to our nations advancement and
the happiness Of ell cur people Is dis
plsced by the assumption that the govern
| ment instead Ct being the embodiment Of
equalityis but an fundamentally thr ough
which especial and individual advantages
are to be gained. The arrogance OF this
assumption Is unconcesled. II appears
in the sordid disregard OF sll but person
81 interests in the refusal to abate for the
| benefit OF others ere lots OF gelfiah advsn
tage, and in combinations to perpstuate
such advantages, through efforts TO con.
troll legislation and Improperly influence
THE SUFFRAGE oE THE PEOPLE.
The grievances CT those not included
within the circle Of those bene fciarie:
when fully realized will surely arouse
discomfort. Our isymers, long suffering
and patient, stTuggiing ia the race Of Life
with the hardest and most unremuuerst
ing toll, will not fail to see In spite oi
Misrepresentation snd misleading falls,
cies thkt thev sre obliged to accept such
proceeds for their products IS are fixed
in foreign msIkets where they compete
with the farmers OF the world; that theil
lands are declining in value, while theil
| debts increase, snd that without compen.
satipg favor they a-e forced BY the actor
CT the government TO pay for the bsnef
CT others such enhanced prices for the
things they need that the scsnty returns
OF their labor fail to furnish their supper
or leave 10 margin for accumulation
Our working men anchiseu from ell de.
lusions and no longer frightened By the
Ecfy that thsir wages are endangered by .
| jussIeyisIon OF our tariff laws, will res,
sorsbfysGemsnd Thorough such revision
steady employment, chesper means O
living in their homes, freedom for them
selves and their children from the doom
OF perpetual servitude and sn open door
TO THEIR ADVANCEMENT
kheyond the limits Of laboring class
\ Eshers OF our citizens whose comforts ant
4zxpendituIes are measured by moderate
Salaries and fixed incomes will insist upoy
the fsirness and business Of cheapeniI;
the cost CT the necesssries fo
themselves and their families
When TO the selhshness Of the beneficisrie!
of uni st discrimination under our lsws
there shall be added the disc ontent o.
those With sufer from such d!scrimlna.
ton, we will realize the fact that the ben.
eAsept purposes Of our government de-
pendent upon the patriotism and content
maHsf our people are endangered. Com
fn46a6sm is . hate full thing, and q mensct
to pesce and organized government, bu'
| the communism OF combined wealth aut
capital, the outgrowth of overveaning
cupidity sndiselHshuess which insiduous.