People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-24
The Truth About r1exicO.

The Truth About rlexico.
The Mail discovered for the first
time Thursday that there was daily
VOICE in Wellington.
1t then proceeds to demOlish(?) the
facts set up In an affidavit by one j.
Fl. Kennedy, concerning conditions in
Mexico, published in Mondays VOICE.
The VOICE knows nothing about Ken.
nedy, but seeing that his affidavit was
first printed in the Chicago Record, a
gold bug paper, in its issue of Sept 1st,
we took it to be pretty good author
ity.
But the Mail attacks that portion
of it already corrected in the VOICE
by Stephen Crane-that American sill
yer dollars are traded in Mexico on
the basis Of two to one for the Mexi-
can dollar.
This is the only nOn-essential feat
ure Of the affidavit. Everybody knows
that the bullion in our silver dollar,
measured by gold, is only worth about
53c and the fact that Mexican dollars
are worth only half as much as the
nominal value of the American dollar,
is compliment to the vast commerce
of the United States and the demand
that exists on this continent for
American money. The thing that
gives the American silver dollar its
increased value is the fact that it is a
legal tender for the payment of Amer.
ica's enormous debts, and for exchange
in our vast commerce.
Mr.. Crane says that these exchang-
es can only be made in the larger cit
ies-that in the interior points Next
can money is used exclusively.
The statement that Mr.. Crane said,
there is but little truth in the arti-
cle," is an eXageratiOn. He told us
on Tuesday, and reiterated the same
this morning, that the balance Of the
article was true. And here is one
paragraph from the article which the
Mail has not dared to publish and say
that it is confirmed by Mr.. Crane, a
Republican.
Il assert that Mexico in the present
decade is making strides of advance
ment greater than any other nation
on earth. Twenty-Five years ago we
had 50 miles Of railroad, now we haze
near 5000 miles Of railroad. We are
building factories on every hand.
Twenty-eight years ago, when the
French army was driven out, toe Mex
lean government was left penniless,
not dollar In the treasury. We can
now pay our entire national debt any
day demand would be made for it,"
And while we are on this Mexican
business we will introduce another
witness. The New York Journal just
a few days ago sent a correspondent
to interview President Diaz. We pre-
sumo the Mail will be constrained to
put this down as a false quotation
too, but since the same facts are large.
ly confirmed by Mr.. Crane and a my
Rad Of other authentic sources, we
doubt il it can make the people be-
lieve 1t. To this correspondent Pres.
icent Diaz said:
while our material interests have
increased steadily and BEAUTIFULLY for
the last twenty years, since the close
Of the India minis and the repeal Of
the Sherman law, sO-called, in the
United States, the growth OF Mexico,
commercial and industrial interests
has been particularly marked. The
consequent appreciation in the price
Of gold and the increase in exchange
between Mexico and the gold stand.
ard countries at once operated to re.
duce importatiOns and stimulate
home manufacturers.
"Our merchants are conservative
and careful, and the bank and bust
ness failures are happily rare in Mexi
CO under any circumstances. As tC
wages and the labOring men, coDsid
ering the nature Of the work and clas
ses Of industry, they compare favor
ably with those Of other countries
1.-THE demand for skilled labor ha:
grown with the great increase In the
number Of mills and manufactures
The demand In all branches Of labor /!
strong. The added exchange has moi
impaired the value Of our dollar, al
applied to the purchase OF articles o
home manufacture. Its buying DOW
er is unchanged in this respect, ant
prices for domestic merchandise AMI
produce vary only according to supply
and demand"