Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-19
Gov. Hill. Mr.. Mayor and fellow citizens

| / receive with qualification the very cordial
| expressions which have fallen from the
| lips of his excellency. the governor
| of this great state, and Of his honor
| the mayor Of this great municipality
| 1t is very gratifying to me to be thus as
sured that as .au American citizen, as pub
lie officer. administering each different
| function in connection with the government
Of the nation, of the state and of the
municipality, we in common with
this great body Of citizens, whose
servants we are, we all have that common
love for the institutions and that common
respect for those who by appointed consti.
tutional methods have been chosen to ad
minister them. as on such occasions
as this entirely obliterate all differences
and bring US together in great and
enduring brotherhood of American citizens.
Cheers You have concentrated here
great wealth and great productive capacity
for increased wealth, great financial
institutions that reach out in their
influence and effects over the whole
land. The general government is charged
with certain great functions in which the
people have general interest. Among these
Is the duty of providing for our people
money with which its business transactions
are conducted. There has sometimes been in
some regions Of the great West the
thought that New York, being largely a
creditor state, was disposed to be 4 little
hard with debtor communities of great
wealth. but. my fellow citizens, these mar
row views ought not to prevail with them,
or with you.
The law Of commerce may be selfish
ness, but the law of craftsmanship should
l do not intend to enter upon any
subject that can excite division,
but l do believe that the general
government is solemnly charged with the
duty of seeing that money issued by it was
and is everywhere maintained at par. |
believe that speak that which is the come
mon thought of US, when I say that when
every dollar, whether paper or coin, issued
or stamped by the general government
should always and everywhere be
as good as any other dollar.
Applause. am sure that
we would all shun that condition Of things
into which many people of the past have
drifted, and of which we have had in one
of the great South American countries re-
cent example, the distressed and hopeless
condition into which all business enter
prises fall when the nation issues irredeem-
able, depreciated money. The neces-
tiles OF great war can expose
that. / am one of those that believe
that these men from your shops, these
farmers remote from money centers, have
the largest interest of all in the world in
every day in the year, and only such. Ap-
plause. If by any chance we should fall
into the condition where one dollar is
not so good as another, l venture
the assertion that the poorer dollar will do
its first errand in paying some laborer for
his work Therefore in the conduct of our
public officers, [ feel pledged for one, that
all influences of the government should be
or the side of giving the people only good
money and Just as much of that kind as we
can get. Applause
Now, my fellow citizens, we
have this year the most abundant, yes eX-
traordinary, grain crop. All of the great
staples have been yielded in larger meas
ures than ever before. a leading
the product OF our farmers would
be worth at least $1,000, 100000 more
this year than ever before, and it happens
that Just as this great surplus is in our
barns, we find scarcity in all the countries
of Europe. Russia has recently prohibited
the export of rye, because she needs her
crop TO feed her own people. The demands
in France and in England and Ger
many will absorb every bushel of the
great surplus we shall have after
our people are fed, and whatever
there may have been in the
past, l believe this year will spread smile
of gladness over the entire country. APP
plauSe. This IS our opportunity, and
| cannot see how it shall be
possible but that these exports of
grain now reackiee the limit Of
the capacity of our railroads and
of our ships shall soon bring back to US
the lost gold that we sent to Europe, and
more that we did not lose. Applause.
was told by an officer of the West Shore
road to-day that the road was |
100000 bushels every day into New |
Y ork, and that it is scarcely stopped an hour |
in the elevator, but was run Immediately |
into the bottom of the steam vessel |
hat was to- carry it abroad. This |
is only an illustration of what |
is going on. As a result of it our people |
must certainly be greatly enriched where |
there has been complaint; where there has |
been poverty there must come this year !
plenty; for gardens have loaded the table; |
cannot bear the burden that hangs |
upon their reddening limbs, and granerieS |
are not equal 10 the product Of ,
our fields. We ought, then, this day to be |
a happy people. We ought to be grateful |
for these conditions, and careful every
where to add to them the virtues of |
patience, frugality. love of order and. to
,rown all, great patriotism and devotion
10 the constitution and law, always our
rule of conduct as citizens. (Applause)
My fellow-citiZens, it is very difficult to |
speak in this heavy atmosphere. / beg. |
you for your friendly demonstration, and |
The party boarded the special traiDssf
lington, Vt.