Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-01

puh Wv enhhbs We uau 10 hliV -|-
exceeded the increase Of whsi ,f
TO sal. House-furdisliing eoo',' a.1
ed GIG per cent, food gas :. tt
drugs and medicines T0.3 M w ftt
ais aud instruments of laIof -cai
cent, fuel and lighting S01 .t'3
NUMBERING and building maie,lI' <o.
per cent, and clothing leo. Z va
But many of the articles be- TX ~
far exceeded these. Let me = Az
some Of them. N''a*
He had to pay in 1864, uuae, ~
ciAted standard. 20 per cent Z. x
pockstknives, 64.0 per cent
rope, US.S per cent more IA,
sugar. 40 per cent more for M .I
1o.4 per cent more for two.nlr 1 e
carpets. SI.I per cent more hr NJ
cassimeres, 50 per cent NOR. = n f
plank. l0l per cent more for ~.
lets, 100 per cent more for lla@
ITO per cent more for pine plant
1l4 per cent more for shiurle
per cent more for CASTLE soan 4
cent more for glass tuInblers. 10
cent more for pipe lead, 1906 ~
more for pig lead. 40 per cent r.
Turks Island salt, 145 per cerf 4
for window glass, 100 per cent d. ~
linseed OIL 1896 per cent mS't
stow coal, $50 per cent more fq ~
1865 per cent more for siiirtlns. r.
per cent more for scythes, la5. Il ~ =
more for quinine, 223 per cent Ell z, :,
calico, 240 per cent more for ~
219.3 per cent more for deniius u
per cent more for drillings, 4OlO =! = =
more for sheetiugs, U2O per CEN 2
for I'm Alul nos cone ,.....a Il =
tine, S1S per cent more for shsS,9
These prices show that, whl.,5
wage-earner got under depreciuts'' g g
rency an increase in wages Of 81 &
cent, he had TO pay for what he hc
all the way from OS to S5S ia, Z
increase. Well did Mr.. Webster Il, s
"a sound currency Is an essenti1' Z
indispensable security for the frs,u
industry and honest enterprise" tI7aes73
medium of exchange should he a.
stantial representative of propertJ--
liable to vibrate with opinions, ID
ject 10 be blown up or blown dss
the breath of specumt ton, but ma,
bic and secure by It's immediate N
to that which the whole word n
as of Il permanent value T.
"A disordered currency"
Says he
sis one of the worst of political
Ii undermincs the virtues nece%n
the support of the social system !,
courages propensities destfuctiye =
happiness. 1t wars against 10
frugality, and economy, and Il T.
the evil spirit of extravaganza aud
lation. OF all the contrivances fug T.,
ing the laboring classes of mankiMi 4
has been more effectual than that 1 (
deludes them with paper mong, y.
is the most cffectual of methods l. |.
tlize the rich mans field by tie (, ..
of the poor mans brow. Orllnac, Z.
amy, oppression, excessive taxatioa +.
bear lightly on the happiness VI t41 Z
munity compared with Il friudnlu'4t
rency and the robberies commitg 4.
DEPRECATED paper. Our own ~.
has recorded for our instructed -.
and more than enough, of the de1i3
ting tendency, the injustice, aud Z 4,
tolerablc oppression on the yifiaa.
well-disposed Of n degraded ~ -,
rency authorized by law or in Al.
ner countenanced by the goyernil- :
On the 18th of March, 1SiA y
Texas was preparing TO enter ue g
ba1hnAAA WHY ~ NANa1An' ~
ton--pcrhaps the last letter he efd 4.
to his lifelong friend-urging hin 7,
ert his influence to have an inter- =
placed in our constitution ngaiusi K
graded paper currency. In that leii11,
says n
But to protect your morals Gnln
the climax of your Prosperity, X
protect the labor of your count. 4
must provide in your constitutloa :,
positive provision that your leskle..
shall never establish a bank. o. Z
corporation whatever, with 4 pos5
issue paper; that no banks shall be :.
lished by the Legislature except 4
specie basis, cnd then only with lhs-
ers of receiving deposits and efen
There never was, nor never eosf
use for any other Kind, except for X
lators and gamblers in stocks, an
20 the utter ruin of the labor and y
of q country. a specie currenes /.
life aud action TO the producing ";
on which the prosperity of all Is X
| ed"
The constitution of that year d2ss
brace the Introduction, and its ven z
have been brought forward in eyeql
stituuOn of the state since. and
stands in the constitution OF ieh'
deprecated paper standard was y
that affected the country wheu =;
sou, Jackson and Webster aud
statesmen of their time denounced
injustice and wrong Of i disorderei
rency.
AT that time the money meals had.
so far separated as TO male re,'
possibility that one of them vspld 2
be M de the instrument with Wiley
perpetrate the train OF abuses, Bm =
when that fact cOnfronis Us u N4
| grade our standard below that q !.
commercial world and take snyg +
other metal for our local sianfaN 2
can and will with II brig iie I,
abuses that We're brought 10 iv'l
| years with paper. The hlsleE u
country and the facts there afea ~
make the l0bOrlng people eline w,
tenacity of the mariner TO the ~, -
of the shipwreck 10 u stable slai'1-s1ss' 4
value which prevents HIN fNp 3
cheated and dcfrauded by spN-
gamblers and stockholders. II
Mr.. President. ! have seen ~
which has been going The n3unAs
speeches of senators aud menlbci'
house which showed in parallel ~.
the fall ia the price Of silver ~ 4
and cotton and wheat. some 5ul I
nent senators have copied il. i W..
tie strange this table stoMsl Virt
principal farm products. II only r'
the decline In the price Of what l ".
sold. but NOT what they bonghs "
Il very One-sided table. PrcsS hlt
going down Oh all things, but -
cultural products than in other Y
and for reason which ] VIII 1N
This one-sidcd table reminds nt (
story | heard when a boy. a Ifg-
tor had discovered young s'lIi
was becoming vain and WORLDLY ~
aud 50 much had she become =
to the ways Of the world that snv
her rich suit of hair into Il Knot 4;
supposed to be charming TO me Y
This vanity vexed the pious s9u, z,
righteous man Of God and he WI
the erring sister and told her x n
incurrlng the divine displeasurc x Y
ing the top-knot, and told her y <
desist. She was IN strait w. Z
as was tho cross. she resolved "
If the Bible authority could DC VA
in condemnation Of her topknot X
so informed her minister. he ~
| d4ar Sisfar rnu f-nr0n To ClUIt" 4