The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-24
WHAT WACO OUGHT TO DO
"Hand Writing on the WALL"
SATrLE DoWN, Tenn,

August Is, 1898.
EDITOR DAILY News: Solomon
says 'the prudent man forseeth the
evil and hideth himself; the wicked
pass on and are punished" There
is a 'hand writing on the wall" in
every event which call the people,
in body or mind, together, or to
think and talk upon any one subject.
This is just as certain as at the
feast of Belshazzar The question
of interpretation is the question
which divides the people. This
"hand writing on the wall" is clearly
seen by all, but the meaning"
thereof seems to be interpreted IN
clans and squads Substituting
silver for "TkKEL,' one clan
reads; "SILvER, thou art weighed
in the balance and found wanting"
Another clan reads, SILVER, thou
art weighed in the balance and
found to be THE THING to save the
people" Another clan reads, "sIL-
vER, thou art weighed in the bal
ance and found better than gold"
and found to be the very thing we
have wanted so long to break up
the corrupt method Of the Demo
cratic and Republican parties.
Good We hope the last interpre-
tation will get it.
But how shall we, who desire to
learn a lesson of better citizenship
interpret "The hand writing on
the waltz
/. The hand points to the insta
bility of all personal securities and
investments. A short time a gov
eminent bond would get any
thing-was regarded by the rich as
better THAN MONEY. What can
you get with it today?
,. That man who was a banker or
had bank stock was above every
other man. People were wild about
bankers and bank stock. A good
liver near this place mortgaged his
home to get money to buy bank
stock, now has neither BANK STOCK
nor home. The bank bursted aud
his home was sold away from him.
Now of ALL THE MEN in the WHOLE
country, the banker and the bank
stock holders have suffered the
greatest losses and mental AGONY.
Many of them would have gladly
exchanged places with the $l.0O a
day laborer.
8. Wealth brings burdens, agony
and trouble commences with it's &C.
cumulations and sorrow and pain
far greater than the pleasures it can
bring There fore,
4. The less wealthy and even
laboring classes should look with
less envy and more pity upon the
ricn and make greater allowances
for the supposed free from care
banker.
). "The handwriting on the
wall" to my mind, plainly says,
''the surest and best investment in
this mundane material thing is
lands and FARMS" and to our minds
the next thing which will invite the
attention of men with money will
be our rural lands. VIZ hope it
may not become ''boom," but we
are sure that prices will be better.
NOW WHAT HAS WACO TO OFFER AND
SUGGEST ?
/. This handwriting on the wall
has produced thousands of discon.
tented people. Many of these are
thrifty, good citizens. Some with
plenty and some with small capital.
They are now and will be seeking a
"bet'er country" These people
are from all parts of the country.
?. Waco is in as fine a country
and offers as much for labor and
capital as any county on eartn, and
we could add $4,000 people to our
city and county within the next two
years if only a few facts were
known.
3. Three points We ought to
note; Get more people to visiting
Waco, get more trade coming to
Waco from our trade territory, and
get more small farmers to till orr
SOIL and move factories
to make what we use
Now Is THE TIME TO Pull rop
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