Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-23
THE GRIEVANCES.
A LACK OF UNANlMiTY IN SOLV-
ING GREAT PROBLEMS.
More Money and the Alien Land Law.
The Two DO Not Go Rand in
Hand in TeXiIs-:iandwr
ing the Wall
Editor Gazette.

Editor Gazette.
1t IS confusing TO the average reader to
hear he causes assigned Tor the general de
preston now existing, ana equally as con
fUsing TO read the diversified remedies sug-
geStcJ. No two persons seem To agree
save on one point: That the circulating
medium should be increased The Farmers
Alliance troubles little about the cause, but
boldly urges the SUb-ucaSUry as the only
panacea. Mills and Wattcrson tDemocralSl
think relief rests only in a reduction of the
tariff. while Mckinley RepubLican) advo-
Gates a Yet higher tariff. Western and
Southern men want the free and unlimited
,ssinage OF silver. while Eastern Demo
EfTfats and Republicans urge that such an
act would ruin the country. Anarch-
ist and communist advocate Il kind
of general distribution of all wealth or for
the government TO issue direct 10 the peO-
pie about $50 per capita. They contend
that this is the best method of getting
money into immediate circulation among
the people. and that it Is an Improvement
on The old chestnut system of national
banks and more rational than the sub
treasury plan. They claim that every man
viii then have Il stake. and that in the
treeze-out game that Will follow they want
to see how jay Gould IS going 10 work his
tricks to get off again with the entire
pot"
Noisy theorists are stalking over the
country advocating sundry schemes to get
money into other peoples pockets. Some
want whisky put on the free list. while
others want Uncle Sam To loan them money
direct on their chickens. butter and eggs.
Now the great trouble seems to ne Il lack
of unanimity on this problem II is impos-
Slbie 10 get up fusion movement because
the Eastern shylock holding the purse,
strings and owning all transportation afG
wires. won't fuse. Indeed this j u per
picking question. It Is of no use to refer to
any other nation, ancient or modern. for
guidance. aS the last century knew no great
inventions. no railroads. no wires.nO steam
ships. Now the Liverpool cotton buyer
with his hourly cipher cablcgrams knows
more about the cotton crop of Texas than
all the farmers in the state The Wall
street broker knows daily every dollar ia
the Texas national banks. and the move
ment OF each carload of wheat. The
gigantic money power of the East. with its
improved facilities, regulates the price Of
all property and the fruits of all labor. 1t
has at its command d thoroughly equipped
army Of infOrmers all over the country
This moneyed and monOpoliStc power
is the product of the late war, OF
paternalism and Capitalization. ii
occupies the same relation TO
the American people that the patricians
did to the common people of Rome and the
aristocracy of England TO the other subjects
OF the kingdom. The patricians of Rome
claimed all The hostages and oppressed the
honest people with onerous taxation until
they were deprived of their homes. When
George the III. backed by the English arts
tocracy, refused the American colonies
representation. and imposed outrageous
taxes. the American people rose like a
young giant and threw of the yoke OF the
eion. There are analogous instances in his
tory aud TO them we might add the causes
which led to the French revolution. We
must remember that the people referred 20