The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1894-09-29
PROMISES MADE AND
HOW PERFORMED.


maintain the party Equality of both
Gold and Silver as money metals. When
Cleveland came in power With Demo-
cratic House and Senate the cry was
raised that the Silver purchase law
which required the Government to buy
800 coo ounces of Silver per month and
coin same was responsible for the panic
then existing QS93D Promises were
made that if this law was repealed that
times would he good again. Further
the Democrats charged Republican ap-
priations and the Mckinley tariff were
responsible for the hard times. Cleve-
land called an extra session OF Congress,
and used all the power of the Executive,
by patronage and otherwise to repeal
the silver law purchase. Was this main
tanning parity of Silver?
If Mr.. Cleveland had honestly tried to
maintain the parity of Silver by making
coined Silver convertible into United
States bonds at 2 per cent interest he
would have fulfilled his pledge. This
would have maintained the Gold reserve
in the U. S. Treasury. He and Secreta-
nv Carlisle issued 30 million in bonds to
sell for Gold and the reserve fund is to-
day only 80 odd million. So it is plain
that no gain to the circulation OF the
currency resulted. On the contrary a
contraction Of per month
resulted, throwing out OF employment
$1,000 miners in Colorado and 5000 in
other States, total Of 10000 able bO-
Died men. This in turn affected the al
lied forces Of labor who were engaged
in transporting the ore. merchants sup
plying them, farmers and gardeners
who raised supplies for them and the
manufacturers OF goods, machinery and
others dependent ON the fruits Of their
labor. This caused the COxey and other
armies OF idle men who were derided as
tramps. Now was at Sartartia, Texas
when this army was passing. saw hun
dreds of these men. who were seeking
work at any price. They had good re-
Communications, honest looks with every
evidence of being good men, without
employment. To further prove this,
when these men got to HoutOn. Texas
the citizens raised fund to clear the
streets, giving these men meal tickets
but no wages. More men applied fol-
work for their grub only than could be
J used. Now | wish specifically to say
THAT YOU WHO ARE CANE GROWERS
LABORERS, MECHANICS. OvERsEERS, MER'
CHANTS, CLERKS AND ALL OTHERS DE-
PENDING ON SUGAR, RICE. COTTON AMI
OTHER CROPS, WILL BIZ TRAMPS ALSO. IL
THE GOVERNMENT PUT YOUR PRO
DUCTS on THE FREE LIST.
If Sugar is free. Sugar will be 211s cts
per pound. Then the factories will close
for a ton of good cane will average only
10 lbs sugar at 2ls cents pound lie
Sl.371s cost to manufacture and freight
barrels etc, Ia cents pound is S3,O64
leaving One dollar and 3 cent ton OF
cane to be divided between cane grower
and factory as follows; 80 cents ton of
cane TO the grower Al cents ton OF
cane to the factory. This will not pay
either factory or cane grower. Then il
Sugar is free, Rice will be the next free
article for the Democrats are pledged to
free raw materials. Cotton comes
next. and if all the rice and cane grow
ers go into cotton, it will add 1915, 600
acres to the Cotton acreage, say 2;OOO.-
600 bales to the crop. Cotton will sell
for = cents pound. What will you do
about it? You will be like the Irish
peasant, the Russian serf, German pea
SAINT. Italian pauper, HindOO coolie, Chi
nese or japanese cOOlip, Mexican peOn.
who all have to take their wives and
children in the fields to help them make
a scant living. hardly ever eating meat,
and never make enough to buy coffee.
But YOU will be able to buy cheap. The
question is will you have money to buy
with? The Democratic party pledged
itself to repeal the tax Of 10 per cent Oh
State banks. This would have given
easy money to the poor man. The large
majority Of Democrats were in favor of
this measure but were unable to agree