Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-30


culated to produce most satisfactory
results"
mo tagging IN the progress of Meeico." +"
How that must crate on the ear of the
average gold bug in this country who
is terribly fearful lest we Mexicanize
the United States by adopting free Sill
yer coinage. And then, to think that
foreigners would invest any money in
hesthen Mexico must certainly cause a
chill TO chase 10 ard down the spinal
column of these goldcrats; that the
bloody 'furiner' saouId have solid faith
in free silver Mexico is quite beyond
the comprehension OF those vino en-
dorse the hyn,ed faancia- plank of The
ST. Louis platform.
NoUwiths tarG:ng the above it will be
noticed that Whenever a man who is
IN favor OF silver says IA word about
giving it equal advantage ag the mints
with gold some eudorser oI our system
Of low prices and contraction bebs up
and points with giee to Mexico and the
terrible condition thai country is in,
and seems to think he has clinched his
argument agaiast any further coinage
of the white metal. OF course people
are not to be blamed for what they
don't know, and one can excuse mis-
statements made by these gold stand
ard advocates only on the ground of
their ignorance on the subject.
AS matteE of fact, you may take
any paper published in Mexico. the ir
financial, as well as the secular press,
and you will there iud report of the
most prosperous country on the North
American continent to day. You will
find that monled men from all over the
world are investing in Mexican lands,
mines, railroads and manufactures,
and that Pre- gress abounds on every
hand. No species of contraction and
falling prices is found in our neighbor-
ing Republic. AS to wages, the very
fact that some Of the best railroad tai.
ent of this country, Mr.. Robinson and
Mr.. Nickerson, both well known in
Great Bend, have long since severed
their connection with the great Santa
Fe route and accepted positions OF
president and general manager respec
lively of great railroad system oi
, Mexico. is proof positive that wages
there are, at least in this case, superior
to like service here. If not, why die
these gentlemen leave great rail
&hn oR
; poration in free silver Mexico? Th,
railroads of that county are prosper
Gus and making money. A receive
for Mexican railroad has never beer
heard of, and such thing is unknown
q in that country. Almost every lin
of road there. except the Vera Cru
running from that place to the city o
{ Mexico, is owned by Americans, prin
: cipally Boston and New York capital
g lists. It Will be noticed that thes
e same eastern men who inYest 50 heav
e lily in free silver Mexico, aud who re
e fuse to invest any further in thei
2 own country, presumably GG
e cause Of the stagratiou caused by III
g gold standard, are among the most bi;
y ter opponents OF the coinage of silve
# in the United States.
;, This leads to the question. why wi
" the eastern capitalist invest money i
. Mexico because that country has FIRE
= silver in preference to his own country
= where the gold standard prevails, an
;! which we are told is to continue? Ca
: 1t be that capital will seek a countr
that is so low down the scale as tn
10 press and gold standardites claim Mex
9 leo to be, in preference to countr
r that has the staid. steady, unchange
Il ing (?) gold basis?
r. Then, again, an ounce of silver bul
!. lion, or bushel of wheat or corn, or
l. pound of cotton. or any product @
i Mexico will pay as muc
y freight On any railroad in that countr
q as it ever would. Is this the case her
l. in Kansas? At the present price Q
q wheat and corn it takes one-third tn
. value of the former and nearly tn
total value of the latter to transport
n even the short haul of 2S6 miles to tn
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