The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-17
AN OLD KANsANs VIEWS.

AN OLD kANSAN'S Views.
Hon. E. S. Slower, for many years
prominent public man in Kansas, at
one time lieutenant governor, and at
another with large following for the
United States sena@. has for several
years been in the jobbing business an
Albuuuerque, New Mexico, his trade
reaching into Old Mexico. Governor
Slower, who is president of the Albu-
querque board of trade, writes us let
ter, which we give below, for the rea-
son that his experience with silver
comedies with the position held by the
Eagle. Facts gathered from exper-
fence are ever more convincing than
conclusions arrived at from logical de-
auctions, however sound the premises:
Albuquerque. March 18th, 1886.
My Dear Murdock:-Permit me TO con-
graduate you and the Eagle on your grand
victory in your recent convention. You
are right, and I am rejoiced to find you
battling so CALAMITY in behalf of the
faboring masses, and dealing such deadly
missiles against the great trusts, which are
dwarfing every industry in the country.
We must have a currency not controlled
by the trusts, as It now is, OF we shall all
become serfs to the Morgans and Roth
schilds. Garfield in one of his great ef-
forts in behalf of the people said, Who
ever controls the volume of money is the
absolute master of commerce and indus
try The money of this country today
is under the complete control of the COM
bined banks of New York. If we had the
coinage of the American product of silver
we would soon been independent. To
coin the American product would require
so much time that there would be no sud
den imitation, but the change would be
gradual and beneficial.
1t IS the stock in trade Of the trust
papers and orators to point to Mexico as
a sample of what free coinage would do
for a people, and 70 paint the lamentable
condition of that country, etc. They are
most unfortunate in their reference. Mex
leo never was in such a fiourishing con-
dition, and it is all due to the free coinage
of silver 1 know whereof 1 affirm. when
state this, as I frequently visit the
country, and almost daily meet our bust
ness men who have interests there and
are there many times a year.
Only yesterday 1 was talking with Hon.
NJ. D. Otero, our late delegate to congress,
who has just returned from Chihuahua,
and he informed me that he had been
familiar with the country since boy, and
IL never was in such a hourishing condf-
ton before, never were her industries so
rapidly developing. He Is opposed to free
coinage, but he admitted that were their
dollars worth only g cents as compared
to ours, that then they would have more
money in value in circulation than we.
II you want to know of the condition of
Mexico ask such men as President A A
Robinson of the Mexican Central. and
Joseph Hampson, president of several
lines south of the City of Mexico.
The agents Of the trusts compares the
Indians there who do the most of the COM
mon labor with our laborers. Is this fair?
Ten millions Of the inhabitants of Mexico.
out OF twelve millions, are full-blocd In
dams, and the most Of the poems. They
are in the same condition that the slaves
were in the south UP to 1860. That con-
dition of the masses degrades all labor
and II is not fair nor honest 10 compare
our laborers with lot of full-blood ignor-
ant Indians in virtual slavery. but Il is IN
keeping with all of the statements and
so-called arguments OF the trusts. Faith
fully yours. L. s. SLOWER.
p S.-New Mexico Will send Mckinley
delegates 10 St. Louis. and Will favor the
coinage of the American silver. S.