Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-18
A Conservative View.

Editor Gazette:
There are issues before the country of
great import to the welfare and prosperity
of the people. Many of our more fortunate
class of people enjoying the comforts and
luXuries of life do not realize the actual de-
pressed condition of the country. Our SYM
pathies and opinions in social life are formed
by conditions surrounding us. We may
judge harshly the motives and actions of
the people. not knowing the circumstances
and conditions that would force us to the
same conclusions. When we see the dis
crepancy in society, pinching want on every
hand and comfort and luxury on the other,
and these differences growing greater every
day, we are forced to investigate the causes
producing this state of affairs. 1t is az
mitted that these conditions will exist TO
some extent under more favorable circ4n-
stances. But that there are abuses forcing.
this general depression, no fair judgmeG3
will deny. In the country the over-worke&
economiZing housewife gathers her little
scrapings of produce, goes to the store,
which her husband frequently has not time
to do. sells it at half price on account of the
depressed condition of the country. buys Il
few pounds of coffee. without sugar, a bit
of medicine for the baby, not indulging in
new dresses for the children to appear as
they would like at church or Sunday
school. There are thousands of families
over the country who have not had dollar
for months to procure the neceSsarieS of
life, outside of home productions. You can
ride for days over these prairies and not see
a new house, barn or outhouse-property
of all kinds depreciating in value, times
growing harder, money scarcer. business
stagnation in our towns, merchants hard
pressed and failing. No wonder we hear
mutterings and discomfort on every side,
and that organizations for relief exist dis
cussing the situation and measures for the
relief of the country from the burdens of
taxation and a contracted volume of money
not sufficient TO supply the wants of trade
and create fair demand for our products
and labor and do the business of
the country. The how to re-
lieve these burdens, increase the
volume of money and get it into circulation
at the least expense to the people, are the
leading issues. The great misfortune is that
opinions on these issues by favored classes
are controlled by selfish interest and greed in
expressing the people. But this discussion
will go on. The underground swell of the
people will force these issues to the front.
And MISREPRESENTATION and abuse from any
source is a grave mistake. The time is
past for bullying and abuse without SenSi-
BILE argument. The people are getting
above partisan prejudice and looking to their
own interests. The great mass of the people
South are Democratic and will demand
TRUE btHlOCFdtlC pFlnClpltS enforced Iutty
are not in favor of any third party, but
men who will advocate relief and re-
form and pure Democratic principles, and
not resort to partisan bullyism, will be
elected to office. The eyes of the people
will be on our next congress and on the
prompt action of our congressman. and
record on leading questions will depend
their succession to Office. Our people
must be patient and not expect sudden re-
lief Money, brains and power
are strongly entrenched, but the people are
mightier. Our cause is just, and the three
principles of Democracy carried out, with
the $50 per capita, as recommended by Rea-
gan. Coke, Clark, and Gibbs, would give
business reaction and prosperity to the
country. The editor, farmer, merchant,
laborer and all professions would react
with a boom. The rate of interest reduced
would be made back in exchange to the
banker by the large increased business of
the country.
Give US money and the country will
blossom like the rose, give life, elasticity and
buoyancy on every hand; our towns will
boom. and railroads be burdened with
freight and passengers; our people have
money to buy the necessarieS, and even
luxuries; factories would be built to manu-
facture the increased consumption; our
cotton, corn and grain would bring a fair
price, and the hire of the laborer increased.
Expansion is life, but contraction is
death. A DEMOCRAT