The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-15

'h"y. HuNc plVuty OF cattk. plenty
W gay ana TO wear yet under present
conditions all his produce may be UNI
ssuaoie' ne may not be able to realize
n,i ,,hvy;y enough to pay his taxes. II Is
himself with a condition brought about by
unjust and unconstitutional laglsiation. il
o pn every honest man, especially 80
oil democrats, 10 help Fighting the wrong
under which the country labors. The al
verites comprehend this wrong and believe
lhat under the leadership Of w. j. Bryan
olu Arthur Sewall the people can right
nus wrong and can To some extent eman-
cilatc themselves from the gold powcr Of
THIS and OF other countries. 'rhe saw
,nui owner. a banker and wealthy man.
made MS statement from the gold stand
ara view. thirty years ago silver and gold
We're at par: he was then a hegtnnor: the
~ per Thousand lumbsr enabled him TO
hny the most improved machinery with
which he now saws i'm less time, with less
labor. u much greater amount of lumber
ti,an he formerly did; he refrains from
MN IN becoming. par,Dcr OF baAk. lie
now receives SO. 20 per thousand ana saws
the gold dollar he now receives goes f,,r-
,her than any dsllar he ever had. This
value of the gold dollar has more than
doubled in the last twenty years. In con.
siberation Of all the foregoing 1t does not
as banker should make more money
than he ever did. yes the fact confessed
that the dollar he now reta goes further
proves that the products ~ buys nre now
OF less value than they were formerly
=. Mr.. Jcnes IN his letter tells us Mr.. Car
iis,e said he has $500 60 silver IN III.
Mr.. Carlisle not use those dollars, which
are National coin. for the redcmpton Of
c,rrency and thereby thwnrt Tho spccu-
iation upon the gold reserve and save the
country from an unnecessary tsG2 0Ao 900
aeltf Mr.. Jones. though n reverend sin,
i, m nc, Tree from showing the horns Lucii,r
tious sclhshness. He SAYS the common
acnse of this country and VIVA, patriot
ism we have left. will relcgnte the Chi
cago Platform and Its candidates to the
rear. Who are the patriots of this roun-
trVf Who are these who own the common
sense OF this Naton7 Are they the g1Id
bugs; or arc they the common people. the
multitude of rcoducers and lahorers9 Mr.
Jones Is now q wealthy man: hc too
wants TO get as much as possible for III,
least value. lie sings the praises OF the
goln FORCES and obviously asks the silver
ccrocrats IN his letter. why can't Won
fellows content yourselves with what the
gold forces are willing to allow youg lie
even would II he could forbid the dem
ocfHis To have any say IN Tho matter of
finance. Sound money, the slogan of the
COLO power OF England. is bis slogan. too.
The American pcople ~ a National have
senses and patriotism enough not 10 lei
themselves be robbed of their indcpond-
enre by the gold power OF this country
which long ago Inns subjected iiselr TO the
gold power or England; letters Of gold ara
not less calling Than fetiors Of iron ma
are stronger. The American dollars th,,
dollars of our furefathorS were not m
tended to sarve ~ a means to cuslaye
the common people. Tho roitt hugs Of
Fnrand who with the assistance of those
81 this country have tried TO rob inc
common preple OF ther indenendonpc ia,
rnising the cry of dchnscd, dishonest
money aud sound money will have TO IL.
relocated to tha rear with their wornhipers
and lenders. Common sense and patriot
lem viii do this
Mr.. Jones may vote afs he pIenses he
may throw away his vote on n rcrsan who
VIII not get the lcas, chance tc lao ben
Gifted ny this vote; no one Will oii,cI 10