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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11

Northwest where the spring seeding
has been unprecedented. In nearly
every part of the country the weather
has been scasonable, and crops are in
prime condition. France has lowered
her tariff on wheat and -four, although
she still keeps it on the hog. Her
wheat crop is poor, and she will want
millions of bushels of American wheat.
Ditto England, Germany, Belgium, and
others. Germany seems disposed to
admit the American hog, and will
probably do away with her hog tariff
That will open first-class market for
American pork, which will of course be
very gratifying to the farmer-though
perhaps trife distasteful to the ''agri-
culturist." All things considered, the
outlook for fair return for the years
work is as good as could be expected.
Neither is there anything in prospect
to cause apprehension, not even the
capture of the Itata, which if it should
by any possibility occur, might breed
international embarrassmentst that were
better avoided.
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BORROWING MONEY ON LAND,

The constitution of Texas forbids the
owner of a homestead which may in
clude good sized farm, TO cucumber
the same with mortgage. To that
provision in the fundamental law is at
tributed the happy and fortunate Cir
cumstance that the land of Texas, I'M
like that of many other states, is free
from debt. Her farming communities
are not oppressed with millions piled
mountain high of mortgage indebted
ness resting on those Of several states
directly north of US. They are not COM
PEELED to pay annually or semi-annually
millions of interest to Eastern loan
companies. The constitution stands
between them and the suicidal folly
which they seem ever ready to commit,
and which the mass of farmers in other
states have committed, of enslaVing
themselves and theirs to Eastern CAPT.
tai. This provision of the constitution
has been the faithful theme for years of
applausive oratory. 1t has been lauded
as the sacred palladium that stands be-
tween the farmer and ruin. We have
heard it from the farmer, on the stump
and in the halls of justice. The last
session of the legislature refused by an
overwhelming vote to submit propo-
sition for new constitution mainly on
the ground that the homestead exemp-
ton law would be endangered. That
body preferred the old instrument with
that clause, to a new and far better one
without it. It declined to take any
chances, to incur any risks on that
point.
Now in the face OF such Q condition
OF things as that, of such a wise and
conservative sentiment crystalized in
law, it is urged as one of the reasons
why the farmers should rebel against
the Democratic party, which is re-
sponsible for the law, and support
third party, that he may get money
from tie government secured by mort.
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". Il.

There are lot of mossbacks in the
Democratic party of Texas to whom an
original idea is as great stranger as
is q glass of water. THE grand Demo
cratic partee" as it was thirty years ago
is their ideal of political perfection.
But ancient friends, 1891 is not 1881.
We have passed through good deal
since then, and learned a good deal
most OF us have, but some have not.
Since 1861 a number of young men
have come on the stage of action in
TeXas-young men who knew not
,Joseph''-to whom the wah' and ante
bellum politics live only in the dim
pages Of history. They are men of to-
day who live in the present and think
OF the future. They are sympathetic
with the people, alive to the needs of
the hour, and active in relief of the
oppressed. They are too busy to think,
even, OF the dead past.
Between the young men who breathe
the air of to-day, and the relics of an
ancient regime who inhale the musty
atmosphere of the sepulcher, there is
antagonism of action, Of thought, OF
principle, and of interest. The moss
backs hate what is new aud original.
The progressists despise what is de-
cayed and worn out. \ noeilist in
political economics is to the graveyard
politician what parvenue in society is
to the ''old families"
People live and hunger and suffer in
Texas, and they look to their leaders
to think and act in their behalf. They
ask for bread. VIII they be contented
when they are offered stones, or will
they still insist upon having bread?
This bread must be fresh from the
bakery, not stale and moldy with
years.
The leaders who deride the offerings
OF such as have ideas, but give nothing
themselves. are going to awake pretty
soon to sense of the fact that the
great hungry public would rather take
half loaf than to have no bread at all
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SILVER, AND THE NEED OF MORE
MONEY.

A very interesting article on ''Silver,
and the Need of More Money" appears
in the Forum for this month from the
pen of Senator Stewart OF Nevada The
article is devoid of figures and statis-
tics, and is mainly chain of reasoning
reinforced by historical citations, to
show that silver coin or free coinage of
silver is absolutely necessary to supple
ment gold as redemption coin. There
is not, he says, and never has been,
enough of either gold or silver for use
as money; nor has there ever been too
much of both combined. At present
the two combined are not enough to
supply the needs of business If there
were enough of gold, there would be no
use for silver. The most serious OBJ
lection to metallic money is the want of
sufficient supply. When the mines
of Australia and California poured out
their gold in greatest quantities, COM
MERGE revived and prosperity became
general. Whenever in the history OF
the world gold and silver mines have
been most productive, civilization has
made greatest progress, and commerce
has been most active.
The demonstration ofrsilver in 1873
reduced the supply Of metallic money
one half, and TO that extent violated
existing contracts and reduced values.
1t was the crime Of the Nineteenth
century. 1t compelled the payment
OF 500. 900, 00o.O in gold alone that
had been contracted for in gold or sill
yer. The debtor was forced to sell his
product at a discount OF 80 to so per
cent in order to buy gold to pay his
obligations. Other nations adopted
the same policy of degrading silver
until now every movement of gold is
viewed with alarm. The supply of
coin at the money centers OF Europe
and America is so scanty as to be
constant menace. and cause of fear and
distrust.
When the Earrings incurred gold OBJ
legations in South America heavier
than they could carry, they shook the
financial credit of the world. The
United States had no share in those
speculations, but having embarked with
the Europeans in the gold standard
craft. they had to endure the buffet
tings of the storm with them. Why.
it is asked, should the United States
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
MONEY AND CROPS.

Not all the gold in the country has
gone, or is likely TO go to Europe.
What has gone this spring is but a
trife to the stock on hand May l. Ac-
cording to the director of the mint the
supply OF gold in the country at that
date was $500, 900. OF this amount
S2SI, 900, 900 OF coin and gold bullion
were in the treasury.
Besides the gold on hand, there was
in the treasury at the same date $751;
100000 in silver coin and bullion, max
ing a total of the precious metals in the
treasury vaults OF s66s, 0C0, 900 as basis
for the business fabric of the country.
With such large stock on hand of
gold and silver, but little uneasiness is
felt on account of the millions of gold
sent TO help the Europeans out of a
tight place. Confidence is quite strong
in the return of the gold this fall when
Europe buys our wheat, corn and cat
tie. She will need an unusually large
amount of agricultural products because
OF her own poor crops; and the crop
prospects here were never better than
they are now throughout the entire
Mississippi valley and the West.
The acreage of wheat sown this year
is far ahead of any previous year. This
is especially true of Dekota and the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
COMBINE THE TWO DEMANDS.

What Is to be the leading issue IN
the ensuing presidential contest
finance or the tariff? Senator Carlisle,
Mr. Morrison and Mr.. Mckinley say it
will be the tariff. Congressman Cul-
berson intimates that the financial
question will fill the greater part of the
thoughts of men in that contest. The
Alliance and third party leaders take
the same view of it.
1t will be observed that the opinions
Of each OF these leaders and authorities
are colored by the atmosphere sur
rounding them. Carlisle, Morrison and
Mckinley are experts and specialists in
tariff figures, and their long study OF
that subject has made them think less
of the Importance of other reforms that
the people are clamoring for. The
Third party, while demanding tariff
reduction Dis being in the line of reform,
subordinate that and all other ques-
tions of public interest to the prime
consideration OF financial relief. The
members of that party lii we except
Senator Stanford) are poor in purse
and feel the grippe OF poverty. They
need money, and any plan that offers
to put more money in circulation is to
them of the first and greatest impor-
lance. So intensely are they devoted to
the one idea of more money that they
have lost sight OF the axiom that
money saved is money made
a high protective tariff makes every
thing costly. 1t would better ones
condition very little to have double the
amount of money in the country were
articles ard goods of every day con-
sumption to cost twice as much as
they should. But when these things
are doubled in cost, as by the McKin-
ley bill, without any increase in the
circulating medium, it is doubly a
hardship.
The tariff reformers say reduce the
tariff and give us cheap goods and let
us save money in the first cost. The
financial reformers say give US more
money to enable us to pay what we
owe.
Why should not these men get to-
gether and say give us lower tariff
and cheaper goods, and more money
as well? Tariff reform is good. FL
nancial reform is good. Either is too
good to be crowded out by the other.
The Democratic party should unite The
two demands and go before the people
on two great issues; tariff for reve-
nue. only and an increase in the circu-
lating medium to the point of making
it meet the business requirements OF
the country.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
THE STOCK OF GOLD AND CONFI-
DENCE.

The drain of gold from New York to
Europe still continues. Already in the
last six months, more than $4,000, 00C
of gold has been carried away, deereas-
ing our store of that metal and con-
tracing the currency to that extent.
But even with that diminution there is
far larger volume of money in the
country now than there has been at
any time since the resumption of specie
payments, and after losing $4,000, 900
or more of gold, there is a greater stock
of the metal now on hand than there
was on the first of January, 1890. The
mint authorities estimate that there
is $500, 100000 more gold now in the
country than there was in 1878, and
the silver circulation is very rapidly
being added to. Eleven months ago.
as the treasury report OF July l, 1880,
showed, there was of gold and silver in
this country sl,076, 1874, 220, and the ad-
ditions by coinage since then far more
than balance the loss of gold by Euro
pean expectations.
Last year our minss of precious
metals produced SOB, $40, 900, one-third
of which was gold. This is an average
yield, and there is nothing to indicate
that it will not be kept up.
For the fiscal year ending June 30,
1890, the excess of our exports over i'm
ports was $6S,51S,0OO, this being the
balance in our favor. The growing
cotton and wheat crops, our chief ex-
ports, are so bountiful that we will
have more to send abroad than in 1890,
and the harvests in European countries
are so unpromising that foreign con-
s,lmers will require all our surplus at
good prices, largely adding to the vol
ume of our exports. Besides this, the
Mckinley bill has put an almost pro-
hibitory tariff on many foreign articles
formerly largely purchased for this
country, and the effect of this increased
tariff exaction will be to decrease the
imports of European goods.
If, with poor crops, we were able to
show balance of trade in our favor of
SOS, SIS, 900 in 1890, that balance should
be more than double this year, with the
favorable conditions of larger exports
and smaller imports. The gold that is
now flowing out of the country will soon
return to cover balances, and much
more with it.
There is money in the country
abundance of it-and when the crop ex-
ports turn the tide of gold to us there
will be much more. What the country
needs now is not only more money but
more confidence to use that money
which we have.
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right too.
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adhere to gold alone. simply because it
is the coin OF Europe. The pretense
that gold coin is needed to settle foreign
balances is absurd. Such balances are
settled by we'll established system of
exchange. When coin is transported,
whether it be gold, silver or paper, it
becomes commodity. In such cases
bankers reduce the foreign coin to that
of their own country, and SO pay it out.
A currency that would circulate
throughout the world must be made a
legal tender by every nation. In that
case no independent legislation by diff
ferent nations in the money questions
could be had, and stringency in one
nation would effect all others.
Since silver was demonetized the
prices of wheatand other farm products
have declined greatly and remain so.
England purchases the wheat of India
with cheap silver, which is the national
coin of the latter country. The Amer
lean who sells his farm products in
England for the same prices, must do
so for money that has to be discounted
80 per cent.
The people are getting tired OF the
reign OF the money kings. The rule OF
plutocracy is growing unbearable. A
reform is imperative, and should be in
augurated at once. Radical contraction
threatens to breed radical imitation.
Unless the money aristocracy relent
the latter will sweep them and theirs
to ruin.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11

THESE are getting 10 be perilous
days for orthodoxy. The faithful in
Missouri were thrown the other day
almost into spasms by the annual ad-
dress Of the Rev. DR.. Cane of ST. Louis
10 the students of the state university.
In his address, tho doctor virtually, it
seems, denied the inspiration of the
Scriptures and the divinity of Christ
What is TO become OF Us If ministers go
on rs Briggs, Heber Newton, Phillip
Brooks, McQucary, Cane and others are
doing? Sam Jones should turn himself
loose among the big preachers.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
STEWARDS MILLIONS.
Syndicate, it is Alleged, Formed for the
Purpose of 0uashing the Claims
of Irish Claimants.
Special to the Gazette.

special TO the Gazette
NEW YORK, June 6.-The most startling
disclosures ever made in relation to any
seemingly endless litigation over A. r.
Stewards millions are promised in rela-
ton to the suit brought by the Irish claim
ants to recover their alleged portion Of the
dead merchants fortune. 1t is an
nounced that a syndicate composed
Of men OF this city and Boston
has been formed for the purpose of quash-
ing the claims of the Irish claimants, and
that members Of the syndicate are brainy
and will bear all expenses of the litigation,
merely as speculation, hoping to be COM
pensated, should it be successful.
Further 1t was said this syn
dictate had been selling stock at the
rate of $500 for every $4,000 that may be
recovered by the claimants if the will is
broken. Ex-Judge Russell and Lawyer
Holmes, counsel for ex-Judge Hilton,
youch for the truth of the facts.
they will disclose in the United States cir
cult court gigantic conspiracy on the
part Of the syndicate to get part of Stew
arts millions.
Lawyer Secor OF the counsel for the
claimants declares that so far as he
knows there was no syndicate, and
said that this yarn was started for.
the sole purpose OF injuring the claimants
in the eyes Of the public in drawing them
from the real issue. Il never heard of syn
dictate being formed by the heirs. If there
ever has been such thing it
was before Gen. Butler or my
self became connected with the case
Gen Butler and myself court all the light
Judge Russell can throw on our conduct in
connection with this case"
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fEditor Gazette.
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SENATOR PUGu of Alabama is not a
Sawyelaud man. tie is against Grover
because niue-teHths Of the Alabamians
are for free coinage of silver and Gro
Yer is not He is against him for
Ignoring the infamous force bill as an
issue. This latter circumstance coupled
with an expression in his Buffalo speech
some little time ago in which he spoke
%, the time when the government was
assaulted by rebellious hands," proves
That Grover is not an ardent admirer
@, Dixie. Cannot the latter find d lover
more gallant:
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years ago.

y NEW country is usually scant in its
money supply because the people who
go 10 4 new country are not often rich,
Rich men congregate in the old and
established centers Of fashion and
luxury, where their wealth can make a
large show. People who are striving
to better their condition financially,
are pioneers. That is why the West
Is so greatly in need of money.
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SENATOR CoLQUITT of Georgia has
expressed the opinion that Cleveland
is not popular in the South. The
Texas delegation in congress, with
hardly an exception, will agree with
The Georgia senator. As Mr.. Cleve-
land is certainly not popular in his
own state Of New York, why should
the South or any other section fall
down and worship him as the coming
manc
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GIVE Us reciprocity with Mexico"
says an able Republican organ, land
We viii be in grand shape for making q
successful canvass next year" When
We lad reciprocity in argentiferouS
ores. the Republican party destroyed
it in order to put itself lin grand shape
for making L successful campaign two
yt,ars aua
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! SALE Of Texas cattle in 81. Louis
n 500 Is a reminder of 1882 About
Inc best sales then were made at 81,
we believe, which considerably above
Sj.65. bat not as much above it as 1866
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uncultivated. which the settler can get
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bushels OF wheat to the acre. Is it
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THE election figures show that last
November there were SOP, 40 Demo
Gratis at the polls, and Of all other par
ties-Republican, Prohibition, Alliance,
Land Takers. Socialists, all-only A.
8l4,74s That is pretty good backing for
the assertion that the real peoples
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IT is proposed to extend the time of
$4,000. 600 o. maturing bonds at an in
terest charge Of per cent. When the
war closed there were no government
bonds bearing rate OF interest below
6 per cent. and some of them drew 100
Der cent.