The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-11
FREE SILVER MEANS SLAVERY.
Laborers In Mexico Simply Beasts of Bur
Ieu=A Convert

Laborers In Mexico Simply Beasts of Bur-
den-A Convert.
Edna, TeXas, March After a sojourn
OF 1--WE weeks tn Mexico Mr.. George w.
Winchester and his estimable wife, have
returned 10 Edna. where they viii spend
a few weeks before returning to their
home In Rantoul, III. After referring
to tho many objects OF interest which
c2fumanded his attention In THAT Unique
country, he then Expresses himself as
10 raptal and labor in that Republic:
Mexico ia a republic n narIe and a
monarchy IN practice, Where the military
srhoruates the civil authorizes. The la
porin. classes have no FIR edom of suffrage,
or voice IN the selection OF the officers
Of the government. The lord of the la-
cienda does the thinking and NCtirg of
INC poems IN his employment, and no.
where have | ever Witnessed such abject
poverty as exists today among the lIbor-
ius classes OF Mexico. IL the umeliisent
class Of lnborfrs In the CAt'i States
could only thoroughly understand the
workings and expressions of ,he rec coin
age system in Mexico they would be-
come our most Jealous advocates for
sound money. There the daily wages will
hardly average So cents per day un fee
coinage money, worth about 10 C,pts In
United States currency, ami Hl.h this
pitthnce the unfortunate hirelins las TO
Iced, ciothe ana sustain himself and fam
ny. lie has no means OF support outside OF
his daily wages, and is required to labor
from daylight until a late aour N night
He has no educational or social a1van-
tascs but like a asst OF hurd"a neg Gown
in his miserable hut to rest when iibc, ated
! from tho days yoke. All tie mAGries
Of lie are beyond his reach, and his
aubaistence depends upon scanty sLppN
nt the cunmoncst GOOD. ON Is cents a
day, ham at % cents. COTE at A. cents.
butter at 90 cents per pound, and every
thing olse about IN the 5 me proportion
are ont Of the question as ltatrie for
himself and family. But the propri"tors
| OF the sugar. coffee, banana and other
fruit farms and Industries can swim and
| prosper undtr that cree coinage system.
| They pay labor In deprecated money.
and export their products 90 other coun-
| tries where they receive soaim money.
worth almost two FOR one Of the Mexican
| silver money.
| ~ the democratic, republican and pop
! ulist parties. and the great labor organza-
! lions OF he United States We're to unite
| in sending trustworthy representatives IN
| To- Mexico for the purpose II gathering
/ reliable information and statistics FOR rub
| licatiOn in this country. showing the true
| condition. Of the poor and iaborinS classes
! under tho free coinage system of our sis
| ter Republic free coinage would hc-
| come e dead Issue In this country as soon
| as tho r. port was made public and the
| people had time to digest II thurot Ehly.
| when / went to Mexico | was upon the
| fence on the currency question, but after
sceing for myself the so,called blessings
! Of the free ana unlimited coinage OF sil-
! Yer IN Mexico, l have resumed home a
thorough convert to the sound money rel
| Icy advocated and maintained by our
own government, and hope 'rucle Sam
viii never cease to provide circulating
| medium for his subjects as good rs that
| OF any other nation under the sun 1t
| matters not how oflcc-seeking politicians
| about tho advantages of the monetary
EyH;cm OF Mexico, the scales VIII fan from
your eyes should you ever visit that coun-
try and witness its extreme poverty and
aufluuNatel methods