The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-26
John H. KIRBY HOME AGAIN
After Spe ndine a Month ID Ethical
Boston.
PROSPERITY Is COMING SOUTHWARK
Cuban Question nriruy Reviewed
tntted states should Not NC
Plunged Into War.

John IL Kirby, vice president and general
manager OF the Gulf, Beaumont and Kan
sas city railway. returned yesterday from
Boston after an absence Of one month
Concerning the rumors OF an early extern
sion Of his read he said he had nothing
10 make public at present.
Touching the general business situation,
he EXPRESSED himself freely;
In he settlement al the Cuban cues
,ion. " he said. Il believe that conservatism
VIII prevail, notwithstanding he apparent
radical iiugoism OF certain Of our Gistin-
suished senators, including our own Sem
aior Mills. The conservative business sen
,imen; OF the country will restrain the AM
bilious ,iugoes CT The North and Fast, aud
while the Cameron resolutions may pass the
senate. they are doomed 10 death in the
house. American interests should receive
the consideration OF our lawmakers before
they so 10 intermeddling in the affairs OF
other countries. For three years the in
dustr!al and business interests Of America
nave undergone q destructive paralysis and
iGst when they are recovering from ms
blight is not the time 10 bring upon the
country the disasters and business disturb
ances incident to foreign war.The Cubans as
yet have no government 10 recognize and II
they had there are few so optimistic es to
suppose they have the capacity Tor self
government. We had no fundamentally in
placing them under the ban OF Spanish ty
ranny ami rapacity. and before we enter
upon the purely benevolent business OF
playing father to them and rescuing them
from the misery o: their present condition
We should make sure that we shall not
bring calamity upon ourselves. The gov
ernment OF the United States is the Gus
iofan OF the lives, property and happi-
ness OF seventy million of people, and be
fore our learned. kalghtly and warlike SEN
ators rush into the rescue of the handful
Of patriots in Cuba. let them make sure
that they do not destroy US.
1t is estimated that the cotton stlil In
the hands Of the Southern farmers suffered
a shrinkaGe in value OF more han $4,000
l0o while our dear liberty loving, out rug
nacious Mills and Morgan were voting in
committee Tor resolutions to plunge us
into foreign quarrel, for the settlement
Of which this government is already doing
all that decency. precedent or law VIII al
low II is pleasing to note that our junior
senator. Chiffon, takes conservative ground
ON this question, and will and does consider
the interests OF his own people before cs-
rousing radically the cause Of people in
whom We have no interest except upon
grounds Of general humanity
with this Cuban affair settled or side
tracked so as not to stand as ,aenaee to
the public peace and tranquility. and with
revenue legislation effected that viii cover
the continuous and growing deficit N the
governments current resources, this coun-
Try will enjoy substantial and widely dis
trlbutod prosperity that she has not known
in many years. 1t is believed that the in
coming Mckinley administration will
promptly provide for the deficiency in the
revenue, and that the business and indus
trial interests OF the country will not soon
he further disturbed by congregational &C
zion.
Since the election millions and millions
OF dollars that were in hiding previous to
me currency agitation have come into the
avenues Of business and have sought de-
post in the banks. hut SO far not much OF
II mas gone into permanent Investments or
new enterprises. Things are awaiting in a
measure the actual inaugural Ion II the new
administration and the new congress, but
1t can be firmly relied on that the onward
restoration OF confidence money 10 album
dant IN the banks once more, dopogtors
having found new courage In he result of
the election. and these depositors will soon
neSin inc investment of this money in
productive industry. giving employment to
labor and activity in trade There can be
no prosperity whore labor Is unemployed
or inadequately paid, and the serious
trouble with this country has been that
capital was alarmed and in hiding and
could not be induced to seek investment
until there was something fixed and stable
about our currency policy
'There are number of large emf arprises
Tor East Texas being considered among my
Eastern friends and also a cotton iiill IN
tnre for Houston. The fact that .len of
means viii even look at such things is an
Indication OF the change the past few weeks
next lew months TO mark a very healthy
cIange IN Industrial and business conditions
all over Texas, In that prosperity Houston
Will actively participate"