San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-02

amount of the assessed,value Of its
real estate. which would amount
to billions upon billions Of dollars.
Texas alone would receive $780,
100000. These loans would be
made in paper money. Every
school boy knows, that deprecia-
ton is the inevitable consequence
of an over issue of paper money,
and that the loss through
such depreciation falls mainly up
on producers and Workingmen.
The history of the depreciation OF
Confederate money in consequence
Of over-issue, is too recent to have
been forgotten. Even greenbacks
underwent great depreciation
from the same cause, and directly
after the war, 500 in gold sold for
$l60 in greenbacks. Everybody
knows, that, if an individual places
on the market, bills and notes ex-
ceeding the value of his property,
his bills and notes depreciate in
value, or become worthless.
What would it profit the work.
ing men to ruin the country?
They could not expect or hope to
escape their share of the common
ruin and disaster. They do not
live in Goshen Of their own. 1t is
high time the people were giving
serious consideration to the ruin
and disaster that would flow from
the attempt to carry out the wild
theories Of crack Drained cranks
and enthusiasts who have nothing
to lose themselves.
/ was glad to see there were no
Mexicans and negroes in General
Frey's crowd of tramps, that passed
through here Thursday night. 1t
is creditable to them to hold alOOf
from such crowds and such move
ments. | doubt il there was in
Frey's crowd of tramps and dead
beats single native of the south
the tramps are all from the north
ern states. At the approach of win
ter they leave the north and over
run the south; but, on the opening
of spring, they return to the north.
My impression is that Frey's
crowd is made up of tramps
who focked into California last
fall, and are now returning to the
North.
A tramp is tramp and vaga- |
bond from choice. He is constitu- |
tionally too lazy to work and is
devoid of even the semblance of |
and pride. He has no
home, no ambition, no ties, no self
respect and no community of feel |
ng or interest with his kind. He
Is a rowing deadbeat. The tramp
is always without work, sim
ply because he does not mean
to work, and such being the case,
ne is not entitled to pity, or
sympathy from the rest of the |
We must draw line of demar-
cation between tramps and unem-
DlOyed workingmen. A working
man out Of employment by reason
~ IilC hul VI bllllCS, 10 justly ChtlClCu
10 sympathy, compassion and as
Sistance. He Graves work, but can.
not obtain it. He abhOrs being an |
object of charity, and loves to earn |
his subsistence by his own hands |
for the sake of the GLORIOUS privi-
-ege of being independent" He be-
ieves in the dignity Of labor and
Is proud to earn his subsis- |
jence. | honor the real working
nan. | respect and esteem
he real worklngman. He deserves
respect and honor. He has self
pride of character, prin-
,iple, ambition, love of home, ties
If kindred and family, and love of |
country. God forbid that we should
,onfound unemployed working
men with the deadbeats, mendi-
,ants and vagabonds, commonly
,alled tramps, who are migratory.
| rejoice that no real working
men have enlisted under CoXey
md Frey, and l think real work
ngmen should publicly disavow
any sympathy with CoXey's move
nent. That is due to themselves. |
CAPHAS DOWNRIGHT.