The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-04-24
A CONVERTED GOLDBUG.

VT. James H. tO-lQS- OF Hllduld,
who recently returned from a visit
of two months to Costa Rjca, was
interviewed soon after his return,
by a Constitution reporter, and We
make the following extracts from
what he had to say about things as
he saw them:
Il am no longer d god man.
What belief l had IN the theory of
the single standard has been shat
tered I have been in a silver coun-
try tor wo months, and if anything
is needed to convince a man of the
falsity OF the monometallic cause it.
is a trip to country where silver
is free and unlimited. l left Allan
ia a dyed-in-the-wool goldbug. |
come back to preach free silver. l
have become converted"
Mr. James D. Collins spoke in a
strong, clear voice. He was brush
ing the dust of travel from his
overcoat and grooming himself
after a journey Of one week. He.
had been in town only one hour.
81 was never more surprised in
all my life, he said, putting away
at a big cigar; 81 had an idea that
the country was rather wild, that
the people were half civilized, that
there was nothing there to call the
attention of the people of this
country. Instead of that l saw
country dourishing everywhere,
No one was IN need. The lOwiiest
peon had bank account The man
with the one-horse
farmer in the United States, can
write out his check there for $40
600 There is no financial stringen-
cy There is no want, no distress,
no complaint of hard times. There
is plenty Of money. How any one
can favor the gold standard | can
not see after looking into the meth
DDS of that country. What we
want in the United States is silver,
free aud unlimited, 16 to l, or any
other ratio that will give it to us,
am sick of this cry for gold-dont
want any more of it in mine"
SEEN IN THE MARKET.
Zone of the most interesting
studies there is the market This
is almost like the New Orleans mar
ket. Everyone having anything to
sell comes there, They find no
trouble in the sale of their goods
Here at this market you can see
every type, from the wealthiest
coffee planter to the humblest pc
on. The vegetables are large and
cultivated in the most careful man
ner. Before they are brought to
market they are washed and cleaned
ready for table use.
"As said before, any man who
will go there goldbug will be
obliged to return to favor Of silver
| never saw a real poor man while ]
was there. While | was in San Joye
I was thrown with four well known
men from the United States. One
was from New York, the very era
die Of the gold0ugs He said that
all his life until his visit to Costa
Rica, he had been deluded with the
idea that gold was the only money,
but he informed me before he left
that he was impatient to get back
home in order to tell his people
what they should do in the matter
of currency, l believe he was more
deeply converted than I was and
that is saying a great deal In a
conversation with the man from
New York one day we went fully
into the discussion Of the money
question. We took up the gold ar
gument, to which he had always
adhered. Before both Of us had
been on the same platform. We
decided to let it 90. There before
us was the proof of the potency Of
the results from free silver, 1t was
not a theory with these people 1t
was a living reality and they en-
loved the blessings .therefrom, Ai-
ter this | will have no patience
with the man who begins to talk
about gold and monometalism, He
is theorist of the rankest nature.
With my own eyesI have seen what
silver will do, 1t will make a happy
and contented people and, after all,
that is the truest principles of a
Government, ~
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