The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08

any man possessing common sanso
common honesty can advocate tho az
coinage of silver at the ratio of Ia lfe
is a mystery to me. With regard ~
tional finances, my idea is that as
as the tariff is so adjusted as to giv SV
the treasury sufficient revenue to
the demands upon it, which it allure meN
had under republican administrator
that the money question would settla \
self, and those two questions should |
treated as one and the same Th.'
would then be no more shipments Of pos
to Europe to pay for goods which s wv
and should be made and paid for in tSs
country, and thus give our own neo ous
employment instead of giving it 70 oNI ~
eigners. 1t is the foreigner collectia.
pay for his goods that drains our comq
try of its gold and that has been IN ~
cause of all our trouble. If BritisI
factories are to flourish on America
trade. then American factories mnS
cease to flourish (Which is now the cass
and il does seem to me that even a.
mocracy. with all its brilliant stupiditv
ought to understand that. Under MI
Mckinley law we paid debts instead NJ
creating them and made goods nstesi
of importing them. That law gave o~
people employment and kept our gold al
home. and no soup houses were needed
in order to keep people from starving
The so-called Wilson law" threw then
out of employment and sent our gold IA
Europe and soup houses were established
in our large cities in order that peoplp
might live who were thrown out of EN-.
ployment by its infamous enactment
During thirty years of continuous pro.
lection to American industries our gain
in national wealth exceeded the entire
wealth of Great Britain, and yet demo.
cratic blatherskites continue to get IN
before their ignorant audiences and pro
claim that protection has ruined this
country. The silent machinery and
SmokCleSs chimneys of ance busy factO
ries scattered all over this country fur
nish mute but eloquent and unmistaka
bic testimony as to what free trade will
do and has done for this country. A,
they stand idle they serve as an "objec
lesson which Mr.. Cleveland said thu
country needed, and that lesson has beer
thoroughly learned in this section. AM
the present generation will not be apt t
forget it. |. for one, have the satisfaC
ton of knowing that | did all | could il
1899 to prevent the present deplorabl
condition of affairs, as | was then full
satisfied as to what would follow tn
election of free trade administration
This is not my first experience with tina
suicidal policy and | want no more of il
The panic which followed the clectiO
of Mr.. Cleveland was bad enough, bu
it would prove to have been Il holida
when compared with what would foOv
the election of the Chicago nominee
The success of that ticket might nj
cause revolution and bloodshed, but
am unwilling to see the experiment trie,
The best way To defeat Mr.. Bryan is
vote for Mr.. Mckinley, as one of thel
is sure to be elected, and Il vote for Il
Indianapolis nominees would be sh,
in the air. In order to believe that NJ
Bryan will be elected president next n
vember. one must first believe that
majority of the voters in this COUNT
are regulators and dishonest. | W
not do that until the votes are countC
and such proved to be the case, br
shall feel better when | know that he
defeated. He ought not to get 100 ele
toral votes. and | don't think he wi
| would like very much TO see Tex
elect sound money congressman. AS fl
myself. | rejoice that | am 10O-ce
dollar American and not fourbit
53-cent dollar popocrat. Regards to n
Very truly yours, u. f. RANNE1.