Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-05

third marty associates became so friendly
10 the laboring man. II is not so long ago
| that YOU were reported as denouncing the
Knights OF Labor because they had the bold
| ness 10 organize for their W protection.
The history of the Democratic party
shows that ii has always been the friend of
the laboring man, and you are the first man
claiming political or historical information
that has ever denied it, so far as | am
aware.
And reciprocally, l may add, the laboring
| men of this country have always voted the
! Democratic ticket.
n has ever been known as the poor mans
party.
What answer shall l make to a man who
does not know that the national Democratic
party has not been in power since the war,
and who hlames it with all the evils. real
and imaginary. of which he complainsl He
seems happy in his GenunciatiOn of the
/ parry to which he claims TO belong.
It's d dirty bird that befeuls its own
nest All our political national legislation
since 1861 has been enacted by the Republi-
can party over the vehement protest and
against the active opposition of the Demo-
cratic party, for at no time, l repeat. has
the Democratic party been in power. 1t
elected a president and house Of represen-
t~atives. but the senate was Republican: so
the senate was temporarily Democratic,
but the house and president was Republi-
Can.
You denounce us Democrats equally with
the Republicans, although we have never
been in power, and you boast that you will
not let US obtain power. Why! Simply
because you want it yourselves.
! feel sorry for men like you who are real
farmers when | see ADLER, shrewder, more
cunning men who never handled a plow,
wheedle and cajole them into the belief that
they are statesmen and that unless they
show their patriotism the country will 90
to Hades. i sample Of your comprehensive
grasp Of minc and your knowledge of poGt-
icgl economy Is seen in some of YOUR state
mcnts which / here repeat. You allege
.hal the one expended on the %jctties at
the mouth Of the Mississippi does not bene-
f. all the people" 1t wOuld seem 10 me
that the development Of Il highway on land
or water iHures 10 the benefit of the people
who's crops are tributary to 1t. and that
what benefits amy portion OF Cur common
country is beneficial TO all Of II.
The opening up of roads in Jackson
county where you live helps the farmers to
get their crops to the railroad, saves them
time in transportation. enables them to
make more money and increases the wealth
OF the county and CORES onding!y that of
the state and of the country. | thought
YOU were in favor OF cheaper traaSporta-
ton. Good roads and highways lower the
cost Of transportation and thereby benefit
the producer. You say soldiers on the
frontier Gou't protect every man in the M
ton. The mere statement of that PROPOSE
lion shows its aOsurdity."
You ask. Why give Galveston SG.O0O,UOO,
the mouth Of the Brazos nothing This
question has about Us much connection with
The point in issue as your letter has. but its
auimus IS apparent. | will answer 1t: Gal
weston asked for 81. 200, 600; the mouth of
Tie Brazos asked for nothing. \ like ami
inns prompted YOUR innuendo about the
Iehlbach amendment. | have met hat
charge before, and you must have been re-
duced to sore straits when You referred to
il. really believe that you don't know
what mat amendment was. It was really
calculated 10 make the law operative every
where. and men voted against the force
bill who would have voted for it with the
amendment in, LGhlbach himself being one
of hem, for he told Inc SO. But this does
not affect the question. / only mention it
III reply to yoGr low fling at me, whose let
ter contained not a single word at which
you could take personal offense.
You show Jour cloyen foot when You
speak of the tariff, and in doing SO you take
issue with the Ocala platform, for 1t III
out emphatically and unequivocally in favor
of tarih reform. whereas you denounce 1t.
You language is: Il have 10 respect for
this tariff business"
y man thai has a thimble full of financial
sense knows that if the government eXpen-
scs amount TO $500. 000. 900 per year, its rev.
enues must foot up the same sun. If this
money Is not raised by the tariff it must be
raised by direct taxation; reduce your ex-
pcMSeS first and hat Will render a tariff re-
ducjiOn possible.
What a financial Solomon Questions
which awe divided parties nearly 4 century
in this country and which have taxed the
brains of = Webster, Il Clay, a Calhoun and
numerous other statesmen, are decided in 4
few sentences by our jackson county hnan-
ever with Is much ease and celebrity as a
Iieidc.UcTgcr losses off his bumper.
81 o have no respect for this tariff
business" Why, l thought you were a
Democrat. Now | know you are not. You
are : disrrurtlcd, discontinued politician,
and You would gladly rise upon the ruins
Of the Democratic party.
But to YOUR disposition of this great ques-
ton which is the main issue between the
parties III Ohio, Iowa, New York and
Massachusetts.
You seem to think that the $500, 600, 600
of government expenses cannot be raised
unless the rate of duties is kept up. Your
great financial mind has overlooked the
fact, that the gross amount of revenues
may be much larger under 4 low rate than
under 4 high rate of duty. You have for
gotten. if you ever knew, hat a few years
before the war, because Of the increase of
revenue under a Democratic low tarin, il
became necessary 10 make the rate still
lower, the value of the imports having so
much increased.
A protective tariff is made with protec-
ton 10 the home manufacturer as the main
object and revenue, the Incidental object.
\ revenue tariff is framed to produce the
necessary revenue 1t the lowest rate posi-
be 10 accomplish that object. The former
IS intended TO retard importations; the
latter TO remove the barriers that restrict
trade. And this is logical. We remove
natural snagS and sand bars TO enable COM
merce 10 come 10 our wharveS; why not re-
move the artificial political saa"s and bars
that prevent Us from enjoying its benefits!
You assail my patriotism because | am
rot opposed to people borrowing money in
The markets where their securities will
command loans al the lowest possible rate.
A.r. President. have you not always pur-
sued this course when you needed money!
if You could not get it at Edna. did you not
try Victoria. or Houston, or Galveston, or
san AutoRio2 Do you not know that the
American companies from which our people
borrow, obtain the money they loan from
foreign companiesi | realize what patriotic
emotions inspire your soul, but l venture 10
say if you needed 5000 or Sl0.O00 for which
your home bankers charged you 10 per cent
and you could get the money from aliens at
6 per cent you would give your patriotism 4
vacation.
If by getting on the ears and going to
Victoria you can make money in buying
your goods, much as YOU love Edna aud
jackson county, l thinil you would bring
VNvr puPchaSes from Victoria patyiorir