The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-19
FREE SILVER IN MExICo.
a Letter From Jules A. Randle, OF Mon.
terSy. Moxfco.


Letter From Jules a. RandIe. OF Mon
leroy. Mexico.
IHE TIMES has been requested to pub.
ltsh the following:
Maj. Jules A. Rsndie, leading resi-
dent OF Monterey, Mexico, but q citizen
OF tne United States, where he was born
anu reared, has written very oopvipe :
ing and interesting letter to j. w.
Galnes, Esq, of Nashville. Mr.. Randle
IL man OF marked tntellicence and
thoroughly equipped to give faithful,
interesting and instructive history OF
the effect OF free coinage Of silver in
Mexico,
The letter Ia ss follows:
". w. Gains. Nashville, Tenn: You
desire to know the effect of free COIN
age OF silver in Mexico. have been
doing business In Mexico since 1866
ana since 1880 have lived in Mexico,
consequently have had a good oppor-
dition. operated, bought and sold
property there from 1865 up to date. I
nave known the eagle dollar of Mexico
mean the present silver dollar
when II was sold in New York at 81. O6
to Sl.l2 In American gold. when gold
dollar wss worth 81 SO to Sl.34 in green.
backs, Then Mexico was not in a flour
ishipg condition. A few men controlled
the finances and the country was in con
slant revolution. The poor and middl
Glasses had but few rights or privileges,
and hence naturally arose distortions.
TO day we have libe, al, progressive
governments, paying it's debts. and It's
affairs managed for the benefit OF Mex.
leo and her people.
I'm tho past fifteen years we have
hnilt thOnQando of
and with but two exceptions none of
them have been in the hands CT a re-.
ceiVer, and no reason on Gods earth for
one OF these save from a sharp fnacler-
ing standpoint, often adopted by Ameri-
can speculators. The Mexican govern
mens has given large gu bsidies, snd not
withstanding' the Lombard and Wall
street. brokers', who seem to run the
great American government, they have
signally failed to cripple and demoralise
Mexico. We have free and unlimited
coinage OF silver, and, being full legal
tender, 1t buys everything we wans in
mexico without inqulring what London
and Its sister city, New York, is paying
for silver.
Mexico is prosperous under free
coinage.
I'VE have no Strikes no corners on
mo trusts or syndioates controlling
the people or the government.
The panic in lS93 in the United
States was unknown in Mexico, exec pt
through American visitors. REM,
wages, products and landed interests
have in no way bean affected by Amor.
lean panics or the low price of silver.
Ihero la not O vacant house in my city
(Monrorey). nor have we had bull
ness failure for years. Monterey has
90, 600 popuiation.
II live In the city of Monterey, State
OF Nuevo Leon, and since 1880 we have
doubled our population and increased
our business thousand fold. High
tariff in the United States and specula-
tors In silver, backed by tho American
government, hns made Monterey in par
ticular, and Mexico generally. the most
prosperous section of the North amer
lean continent. The Window ruling on
lead ores that were flowing into the
United States, and right eiterward the
Mckinley bill, made Monterey one of
the greatest smelling towns on tho
globe.
THAT ruling and tariff caused large
portion OF the Mexican trade to go to
Europe, and added millions Of money to
the people who seemed to manipulate
Washington. Our country, Its customs
and habits, seom to me to be catering to
England and adopting or trying to ape
English habits and customs.
The wealth of the United States Is
rapidly falling into the hands of fsv-
ored few. and II this thing goes On for
twenty five years more lords and dukes
will BIO AS plentiful as they are in
Europe. am an American, have re-
tanned my citizenship and have always
felt proud to say that WAS an American,
but now see my country drifting into
such On aristocratic government oon-
trolled by trusts. and the money con-
trolled LARGELY by foreigners, that
tremble for the future.
The sll-gold money proposed by Mr..
Cleveland ia all humbuggery. II all
the gold and silver OF the world were
put into circulation you would injure
about thousand men by reducing the
rate of interest or tribute they are able
to exact from business men and benefit
millions. Being Democrat, am for
the great majority.
II am lifelong Democrat, but in
the next election, II we can't find good
Democrats to lead us, we'll vote for
the dollar OF our daddies.
Very truly,
JULES A. RANDLE."