The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-13
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the result of Natures law. ~ Is NOT
true Is the national memory so dnlleu
as to forget that at time not distau'
far In the past Agriculture was In tho
snddle in the economic system of the
country, aud that its rule was marken
Lv tho nearest approach 10 ahsolute
equality and justice between man ana
man TINT the world ever enjoyed. rms
was but the fulfillmcnt nt Nnturea law
proclaimed In all of her words ana
works Tho npologists of Luxury wouiu
screen from tie obscrvant eye tho
growing distress of the multitude with
dazzling panorama of the achieve.
ments Of scicncc and invention. But
they .crgct ~ tell us that behind every
glowing picture they present is mas
sive and menaciug monopoly With ten
ta,iee more humorous. more fni-reach-
ing and remorseinss than tho Shiny
lariats os the monster Of the sea.
AS n nation our marvellous progress
aud growing riches excite the 1enlousics
of All competitors. If this accumulation
were divided according to Natures
laws. measuring out to each man his
just shire according to his property Or
his toll, the grand chorus pf national
content would not lie interrupted by
one dscordant sound. hui when the
ecale on one slde DROPS lower and lower.
weighted down ny its ovcrburdened
treasures, md the scale on the other
mounts higher and higher, iighteneo
each day by it's enforced contributions
TO the Creed of tho other, IL does not
pui.t the ranking sense of injustice In
the contributor 10 remind him that lac
may now travel to Washington in Il
steam car while his ancestor had nc
better method Of iocomotior than u
mule have not time 20 enter here
into an analysts Of the inequalities
and Injustice of the economic system
Ia. s<(ss
war. only aim t. suggest the sub
iect as m essential part OF the course
of study Of every citizen who appre-
ciatcs the trust that citizenship I'M
poses upon him / beg you II make
this inquiry. unbiased by the epithets
of those who never having gown ~
grown an opinion Of their own. import
from some far-off counting room the
seIhsh conclusions of imam from
wi4om they expect q favor. Let me
give yon a few startling fncts with
which To begin Your Investigation. facts
that materially concern Won. and let
him explain them who can.
Tho net expor, per capita production
Of the state Of rexas. not counting the
products consumed at home. is creator
thnn that Df any other state In the
Union excepting only five manufactur.
Ing states II til. sum IL represents were
accumulated withclt intsrsst II would
in siN years equal the total assessment
values Of the state. including railroads
and all other properties Our people
are frugal and Industrious. Nature
has greatly favored them These
causes should make Texas the most
prosperous ana most independent state
In the Union We; In The face OF these
favoring conditions, and despite the
piuched economies Of the people, the
ectunl money in thu large state of Tex
lat ats ssLff, IA
amount in the city of New York alone,
Notwithstanding its wealth is confined
to about 10000 people and ninety -ntno
hundreiths Of ITS population wonder
From day to iay how they viii manage
to kcrp alive. The banking resources
of bleak and barron Hhode Island, In
Guiding hankug capital surplus, de
posts. etc. amounted in 1894 TO ssf7.62
per capita. against s2t.t3 per capita
far Texas. Our productive capacity
and our alien indebtedness are moving
forward at an equal pnce and the sarHe
is true OF every AGRICULTURAL state.
while the complaint of a growing and
burdcnsone cash surplus comes from
every vault of the speculative interests
which exact toll dirtrtly and indirectly
through legislative prpviTton from tho
r.sults of the nations industry.
The fact stands nut in monuments
proportions TINT the workers OF the
n,,,nn ar hmsirs,. sni tho ,rob,s,n AZ
ilfe more 0itHr,,lt dnv nftor dsv While
thorn who ,o,i no. na,.hor ID ,hev
sniu but vhosa n,ter,ol iotcr,e, IN
Their fniIows has n.a, ,rem seir.nn.
pointed c,,ardiana Of tse nnoncial and
iegislstive interests Of the nourtrv nrs
absorbing its wealth and FITNESS a
most corr,,nt ana nroil.,ts ~ *
Roman ruI,rs.
II Is fcnrrul Indictment 10 draw
AGAINST oi,r rommnn coun,r,, We. oup.
dor md truth coInroI (, .bst !, yox,s
had preserved its lnteeritv as rsrnb-
liz ma people ana Nv very material In
tercst would today no ,n,,n,ta,v bat,a,
off thpr they arc W. arr eve, wi,nes.s.
On, by dav Of the nirht Of An,nricnn
people and capital ACROSS our border
10 an alien cnuntrv 10 erpep. IN ~
devnIonment of r.eou,e.s 49,, ,a,,
promising as our own Across the
southern gnif comes me echoes q, t IN
dustriel ,nusio ,h,, .s,.,.os ~, o,, =. ~
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