San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-04

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There is no longer any doubt
that Europe will have to draw
largely on this country for her
food supplies this crop year. This
means cash for the American far
mer.
Ten millions of gold week for
face of this financial panic so that
the man with a hoard in his stock
ing would not know where he is
at.
There is no remedy but death
| for the insenSate fOOliShnesS that
| advises the farmers to withdraw
their money from the banks out
Of enmity to these institutions.
The wisest congressman favor
the immediate repeal of the Sher-
man law and the early adjourn
ment of congress, but that pro-
gram will not be carried out.
If the Republican party had the
zeal that characthrizes the Popu-
lists they would never have re-
linguished the government to the
destructive democracy.
Hill and Murphy, of New York,
have the opportunity of their lives
to combat Cleveland and if they
do not do it now it is safe to say
that they never will.
The solid sense of this nation
| would be relieved to know positive
ly that Cleveland had resolution
enough to ignore the resolutions
passed at Chicago.
That silver crowd were by no
means a unit in their appreciation
of Cleveland. His course called
forth the cheers and the Kisses
with equal fervor.
Can Carlisle persuade Cleveland
to modify his views on the Sher-
man repeal law, as they will be eX-
pressed in his message This is a
burning question.
That Chicago Silver convention
could give Lake Michigan and til g
Windy City more points on wind
than there are points to their polit-
zeal compass.
The politicians may see no. diff
ference between the Chicago and
the car shed platforms, but the
people notice yawning chasm be-
tween them. ,
That free silver conference in
Chicago only fOreshadows the free
for-all fight that is booked to take
place in Washington before the
holidays.
If Foster will bring that prom
ised storm of August 5th: ON time,
letting the rain predominant over
wind, his stock will rise in this
section.
1t will not be the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver, but
will it be the unconditional repeal
of the Sherman law? Slightually
mixed.
The Iowa Populists and the Iowa
Prohibitionists mix like water and
oil. The candidates. of neither are
willing to become the candidate of
both.
The signs of the times in Texas
| do not indicate any immediate
| harmoniZatiOn of the discOrdant
elements of the state democracy.
There is nothing in the situation
to justify abnormally low prices
for grain and meats, and it is not
wise to sell at the present figures.
Cotton is and is likely to con-
tinue to be a leading Texas crop,
but the man who plants nothing
but cotton for standby misses it.
Every year the farmers of this
state are mixing brains with their
business and it is panning out bet
ter than silver speculation does.
Every industry and household
and business is retrenching wher-
ever it is safe to do so. Munich
palities should be no exception.
Houston smiles at the futile eff
forts of Galveston to whistle down
the wind the superior advantages
Of VelascO as shipping port.
l. Every plague spot that can by
any any possibility breed cOrrup-
ton in this city should be effective
ly cleansed and disenfected.
Blount's testimonial to Spreckels
in the shape of gold-headed cane
is bold stroke of damphOolism.
The city council have a cleal
field for the development and eX
ercise of their economic ideas.