Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-09-04
FREE SILVER IN MEXICO.
An Intelligent Business Man Disprov,


An Intelligent Business Man Disproves
the Gold Bugs Misstatements.
The Memphis Appeal, of recent date,
contained the following:
Major Jules A. Randle, a resident of
Monterey, Mexico, but citizen of the
United States, has written an interest
ing and timely letter to ]. w. Gaines,
Esq, of Nashville Mr.. Randle is an
old-fashioned Democrat, man of pro-,
nounced views and marked intelligence,
and thoroughly equipped to give faith
ful, interesting, and instructive history
OF the effect of free coinage of silver in
Mexico.
The letter is as follows:
j. w. Gaines, Esq, Nashville:
You desire. to know the effect of free
coinage of silver in Mexico. 1 have
been doing business in Mexico since
1866, and since 1880 have lived in Mex
leo, consequently, have had good op-
portunity to know the country and its
conditions. 1 operated, bought and
sold property there from 1866 up to
date. have known the eagle dollar OF
Mexico-I mean the present silver dol
lar-when it sold in New York at $1.06
to SLIP in American gold, when a gold
dollar was worth $1.32 to $1.34 in green
backs. Then Mexico was not in -four
ishing condition. A very few men con-
trolled the finances and the country
was in constant revolution. The poor
and middle classes had but few rights
or privileges, and hence, naturally arose
dessentions. Today we have liberal,
progressive government, paying its
debts, and it's affairs managed for the
benefit of Mexico and her people. In
the past fifteen years we have built
thousands Of miles Of railroads, and
with but few exceptions, none of them
have been in the hands of the receiver,
and no reason on Gods earth for one OF
these, save from q sharp financierine
standpoint often adopted by American
speculators. The Mexican government
has given large subsidies, and notwith-
standing the Lombard and Wall street
brokers, who seem to run the great
American government, they have sig
nally failed to cripple and demoralize
Mexico.
Yes, sir; we have free and unlimited
coinage of silver, and it buys every
thing we want in Mexico, without in
curing what London and its sister
city, New York, are paying for silver
Mexico is prosperous under free coin
age. We have no strikes, no corners
nT1 80 q M n
trusts or syndicates controlling the
people or the government. The panic
of 1893 in the United States was un-
known in Mexico except through Amer
ican visitors. Rents, wages, products
and landed interests have in no way
been affected by American panics, OF
by the low price of silver. There is not
vacant house in my city Monterey
nor have we had business failure fol
years. Monterey has $4,000 population
have lived in the city of Monterey
state of Nueva de Leon, and since
1880 we have doubled our population
and increased our business a thou
sandfold High tariff in the United
States and the spectators in silver,
backed by the American government
have made Monterey in particular
and Mexico, generally, the most pros
porous section of the North American
continent The Window ruling on
the lead ores that were flowing into the
United States and right afterward the
Mckinley bill made Monterey one OF
the grandest smelling towns on the
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 seem to manipulate
washington. Our country and its
customs and habits seem to me to be
catering to England and adopting or
trying to ape English manners and
customs. The wealth Of the United
States is rapidly falling into the hands
of a favored few, and if this thing
goes on for 25 years more lords and
dukes will be as plentiful as they are
now in Europe.
| am an American and have retained
my citizenship and have always felt
proud to say that 1 am an American,
but now I see my country drifting into
such an aristocratic government con-
trolled by trusts, and that money con-
trolled largely by foreigners, that ]
tremble for the future. The all gold
money proposed by Mr.. Cleveland is
humbuggery. II all the gold and sill
yer of the world were put in circula-
ton you would injure about one thou
sand men and benefit millions. Being
a Democrat I am for the great ma
jority.
am lifelong Democrat, but in the
next election, il we can't find good
Democrats to lead us. well vote for the
man who or party which has the nerve
to stand by the dollar Of our daddies.
Very truly, Jules A. Randle.