The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-10

formerly, the farmer does not, as with
Us, have to pay double the amOunG IN
produce for the transportation of him
self or freight and for taxes, and con
sequently Is very prosperous The
C0UUOn plant in Mexico lasts for seven
or eight years without %replantlng and
yields two crops a year.
At TOrreGn we pass IN the State Of
COahUiia, and meet h InteTna'iOna
4. r (knOwn as Count T4ifnfr'sR RI,
WHICH. crossing the r Grade at
Eagle Pasa IN TeXas, offers 8 shorter
route 10 the central and eastern parts
OF the United States than thu NJ Xisau
Central still il is not 40 direct as the
Mexican National L R, which, cross
ing the river stIlt lower down, at
Laredo, Is the Test, route Of ell,
navIng reduced the tine from Ne x
; YORK SO the CIUy OF MexlcO tn fUur and
q haif DAYS The International, cross
/ < the Central here al TOrreUu, pro
! Goods aDujn vest wardtg some $50 hun
drSU m:ts further . the city OF ia
range. JCrreOn Is i thriving, live
town which has sprung up since the
advent Of the railroads and already
ruIa0trs several large factories, We
no y pass Through some seventy miles
N CU2Huit4, &ud asc6n lDE = cross
! range Of MOUNTAINS pass into rH8 great
muaIng 55a5e OF Il .cAtec 20. MsEIHt-
cent scenery Tne3LS the 6}e or every
632e, range after range Of mountains
! 0llrs'l1E on the view, the railroad track
doubling and t!ruInE ike q ! united
! mare tU ind i6s way through the Gnaz
Finally VIC reach Fhe capital OF ~
! Safe, the CITY o. I .cataraa, and stop
! over TO see it 3 IuT0 describing the
{ aA.nll sE-sr an -, oil 1910
Ties surrounding Us, reference should
be msGo 10 Jhe fl4uclal 4 iferenccs OF
tho Two yaniriu8.
At g PasO we changed our United
| States money into Nix can. receiving
nearly two d liars for One. AS a few
years back the Mexican dollar waa at
par with the American dollar. TINS
striking fact must ne no!i:ed Either
the American dollar must have appre
Grated, IN which case debtors, both
public and private, and ell tax payers
have been forced to pay double what
they ShOuid-an enormous ROBBERY OF
the many for the benefit Of the fe~, OF
the Wealth-prOducer5 tor the emOiu
menJ of the wealth consumers; or else
the Mexican OF SILVER dollar II depre
clated one half. If it were the latter.
then the prices of al tnIngs depending
upon competition would be doubled.
Ga the contrary, we find in Mexico,
CGaJ the prices Of nearly everything re
mann AT th6 same level as ten or fifteen
years ago. Cotton is thirteen 6nt
per pound, wheat Que dollar per bushel
and some times a little more, Railroad
passenger fares remain two aud three
cents per mile a. formerly, and hotel
rates tie same. This i8 true also OF ell
! arfI slrc. o-I1 ~ tho N1oF, VO..~HnE Tknra
IS a slight rise in the value OF real
estate and the price of labor, the latter,
heretofore. and even yet, being very
low for lack of sufficient demand, due
to the increase prosperity Of country
and the opening up OF new Industries
Decidedly, then, tOerG has been 30 de
probation IL the value OF the silver
dollar.
Turn to the United States. There
cotton iS sew cents per pound, wheat
and corn fifty cents or less per bu5hel,
and other produce likewise brings half
the prices Of Il few years 0aCk, while
the II p-at0d cuts IN Lhe wages Of LABOR
and the oft recurring strikes caused
thereby prove beyond controversy the
| doubling Of he standard IF value, n
dollar. lC takes IL Nj. &'cO the same
| QIal tity Of produce TO buy q d2it II "a
s - 1AN y =, ~ * - VIC SE.A-$ "a - ~
| UakcG dJubIe The QIauuIty OF prOGuc0,
a1d nearly double the Eunherot hours
| Of ldU0r . purchase 1t. Decidedly. II
. IS TIL Goiiar III the U1lEe States WDicn
has been enhanced II value. Who has
neon benefited by t11>? The holders Of
! National, SAFE, municipal, private, CT
| uJher IuGabto duaEs. who r C0lv6 pr&C
| ticaijy q .uGie. O0.n PRINCIPAL anG ii
! taTtsr, OF Their 1875 dues. Ile national
deut IN we UNITED States. a5 wc:! as
! every other de0E, has baGl practically
/ doubled as we'll a5 the rate Of Interest
thereon. Nay. further, ali liked Charges,
taxes, aud salaries, though numJnaiiy
j the anne have Deer IN effect GOu0ied
! b. cause It takes tWlG6 the produce q
C"Ice the laouF to procure the dollars
to pay Juem. s., too, OF railroad rates
and pa-SeuRer fares, which, remaining
! the SEM, have ii effect doubled IL
cost tor the railroad bOn 8 C9log
! doubled ~ value and the interest being
! pay aOle in a enhanced currency, tie
puUlj5 muet p4y the same rates or the
railroad aus go into liquidation, And
SO en- every maud the burdens OF the
producers have been dOuoled.
The Io0tiug Of r me by Gansaric and
MS VAndal5, of tadIa by Has6Inga and
Give. If this very Mexico og CJrtez
and the SpaGierds. or OF Peru by
| PIzarro, all sink into insignldcauCe com
pared II magnitude with tne extent Of
tdI6 levy upon the labor ADD muscle Or
seventy five millions Of the American
! Leoplp, in the interest end by the pro
| Curtment of he half million OF NIL
lI0natre5, their agents and d-peuden's,
through the simple device OF AZ con
trolling Legislation that every d liar %
Indebtedness, puolic AID private, o.