Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-03

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u declares: THAT VIC heartily en-
dorse the principles enumerated In the
peoples party platform adopted at
Omaha July4, lsy2,
And X DECLARES; That the doctrine
OF tariH Tor revenue Is WioNS III
principle.
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There is nothing IN the constitution
or laws OF the United states or IN me
7 past history OF i've repupllc 10 Jubtlly
] TIE aupposltlon thRt thpsa VINO II1'luu
/ ana adopted the constitution cohteh-
Z plated that the government shoulu loan
/ money to private citizens Tor private
usei Jr that II should become a broker
| In farm products; or that II should be-
| come the owner Of farms secured by
{ the foreclosure Of mortgages. me MS
/ cal power OF the government being Inn
/ tod by the constitution TO inc eollec-
l ton and disbursement OF inc revenues
[ for It's support In addition, therefore
[ TO these policies being paternausuc, In
/ fact and communistic In their tendon
| cy. hey are COW warranted by the CON
| stltuioni and their adoption would be
4 10 violate our fundamental law ana
the traditions OF our people ana the
| policy or our government
The part OF the policy Of this party
which looks to the government owner
4 ship uf the railroads telegraphs and
telephones is liable to other objections.
The railroads OF the country are
capitalized az about eleven billions Of
dollars In our constitutional govern
mcnt these properties cannot be nrbi-
! trarily taken from their owners; nor
/ can they be obtained by the govern
ment except on terms acceptable 10
the owners OF them. The amount of
gold Ia use as money In the world In
/ the year 1893, as estimated by the direc-
I tor OF the mint Of the United States
I was S30Ql 100000 And his estimate OF
I the amount OF silver In use us money
Tor that year was 1881 100000. Ac-
cordlnE TO these official estimates all
/ the gold and silver IN use as money in
the world would only be about equal
TO onc-half the estimated value Of these
properties And II the government
were to undertake to print paper mon
| cy enough to pay for them, aud the
owners OF the property would accept
It when ispucd, II would be utterly
worthless on account OF It's excessive
amount. Aud II the government were
TO issue Understanding bonds to pay
for these properties and the owners
would consent to accept them. and the
interest were placed at per cent per
annum. the annual Interest would
amount 10 Sl2b 100000 These properties
are not probably worth the sum at
Whleh theY arc capitalized But these
ngures snow that this scheme Is ut
terry impraoucable.
SIN another danger would attend
government ownership OF these prop
critics, There are now about 100. 900
appointces under the federal governs
ment The number OF employees In the
service OF the railroads for the year
1898 was SIS, 002 This number added to
the present number OF appointees