Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-09


auctionecr's hammer. with the sherN
presiding at the feast.
Then uhe million acres OF land use
full for no other purpose in Texas,
that were then occupied by the fleece
producers, are now lying barren and
waste and without value. The sugar
lands in Texas which under the bounty
system tthe most equitable protection
method ever formulated under the sum
were TILED and profitable. now are
presided over by lot OF banl,rupts,
and the millions Of acres OF lands In
Texas suitable for the production Of
sugar beet cannot be utilized In CONF
petition with 'he cheap labor Of sugar
producing countries. The cattle indua-
try that had NO other competitor save
his American neishbor, Is now in act
i've competition with the blanketed
Mexican who raises his mongrel cat
tie on the valueless plains OF Mexico
and herds them with men who
get a few paltry Mexican 30
cent dollars per annum for
his toll. and the South American cattle
raiser Is similarly situated; bringing
the plains OF Mexico and the pampas
Of South America in active competition
with the farmer and stock raiser Of
this country, whose lands are worth
from 50 to $40 per acre. But few
years ago a farmer would XIII beef
and take the hide to town and get So
or SO for 1t, while now you will find
the hides hanging on the back fence.
why? "Free hides" have flooded this
country with foreign hides. with which
our people cannot compete. hence the
depreciation. Mexico annually ships
into this country through our Texas
ports hundreds Of thousands Of cattle
and yet the farmers and stockraisers
OF Texas vote the Democratic ticket.
An act, which looked to the protection
Of the fleece OF the Angor0 goat which
II It was known would continue to ex-
lst would build up that industry in
Texas till It would be second to no
other stock indus . in our state. We
would produce millions Of pounds OF
mohulr that we now import from
abroad IL. limitlcss quantities. An get
that imposed duty on those things
which We could produce. which would
give our produce margin over the
foreigner, and II he invaded the mar
kct In spite of that duty, his profits
We're reduced instead Of the Nmeri-
Gang. 1t was IN opposition to the tar
in for revenue" which is "a tariff tax
placed upon such articles of foreign
production. Imported here. as wiz pro-
duce the largest revenue with ths
smallest tax which places duty ON
thsor things which w do not produce
and must consume in order 10 secure
the revenue and leaves the products
subject to competition, free Of duty,
which Is nothing more nor less than
a strong species OF direct taxation on
our necessities and freedom from tax
alton for the foreigner.
We arc now and have been under
bill OF that kind. known as the Wilson
bill" which neither yields the neces-
slty revenue to pay current expenses
OF the government nor protection to
homo Industries, and has turned the
balance OF trade very strongly against
us. Quoting Mr. Sherman in the SEN
ate January 3, 1896. he says: "Slnce
1853 we have been in a period of de-
noiency. the first time since 1866"
Since March 1. 1898 to December 1,
1885. the national debt has increased
1852, co., 2ij," Showing the difference
between the Mckinley act and the VIII
son act he said: The average month
~ surplus under the Mckinley act
was Sl,i29,s2i for the entire period OF
Its existence, while the average defic-
iency under the Wilson bill has been
Si.Gg9,G0S per month during Its life"
Shows that 1t did not produce the nee
essary revenue and every one knows
It did not protect any Industries.
Then | am for Mr.. Mckinley because
he has always stood on the side of the
American producer and against the
foreigner, In 1855 when Mr., Cleveland
demanded relief for the American peo-
pie by asking congrss to reduce the
Erca, boarded masses of gold and silver
piled up In the treasury of the United
States "a condition about which there
is no complaint now. Mr.. Mckinley
on the floor Of congress plead that II II
was necessary to reduce the income of
the government TO do 1t by reducing the
revenue tax on our own pople and
leave the tax on the foreigner as 1t
then was. am for him because under
his regime the factories and mills closed
and spindles stopped and the soup
houses opened In England and the
mills opened and the soup houses clos
ed In America, while under the Wilson
act the mills. factories, furnaces. stores,
banks and credit closed their doors
in America and devastation swept like
a forked tongued monster across our
beloved land, Desolatlon. starvation
aud misery were rife in this country
and the black smoke OF the English
furnaces belched out requiem chant
TO our starving millions, while Mr.. Will
son to the foreign toast master said the
good work had just begun, Then I am
for Mr.. Mckinley because he knew our
needs and was true to the necessities
OF the hour, and the American people,
even when they buried protection mn
der a pile of ballots that kissed the
clouds In 1892; he stood upon the sum
NIT and with heroic but sad heart. as
he looked out with prophetic eye upon
the yenrs OF regret and reverses to
Coma to the people said;
THE Republican marty values its
principles no less In defeat than IN vic
tory" and there he has stood I've n
mighty wall OF conviction ever since.
The calamity OF years has but strength
cned him In hl1 belief, and brought the
American people to him MS the Glib
raltar that stands for what they must
have 20 make this country and people
prosperous and happy. aud they Rre
going 10 have him despite the pyrotech-
MICS OF candidates AMI the cnmhinn-
tons OF politicians and for that ron son
| want him and oin for him. Teen I
am for him because he ls for equal
rights TO MI and spccial rights to none.
He believes that black mans RIGHTS
and deFtlnies should he protected az
the whites In sneeoh some time nqo
he said: Our black allies must neither
be deserted nor forsnken and every
right secured them nv the contribution
must be 20 surely given tn them as
though God had put upon their faces
the color NJ the Anrlo-saxcn race.
They fought for tho flag in the war
and that flag With ail IT represents and
stands for must secure to them every