Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-12

This same bulletin shows another
signiiicant fact, that larger pcrcen-
tage OF forcign-born citizens OF the
United States own their homes than
o. natives. This might have been an
tscipated, for. having been bred in
monarchial countries, where govern
ment by experts hedged around by
the doctrine OF divine right has long
obtained, they arc better prepared for
the condition which we. In this country.
are but lnaugurating.
VINO are the people who have no
nomesl Are they the bankers or pro-
tectod manufacturers or other financial
"cxperts?'
But these census reports do not stop
oven here In their disclosures.
They show that right alongside the
factory made home markets IN Macs
achusetts nearly 100 farms have been
abandoned. upwards OF 700 OF which
had houses upon them. In Pcnnsyi-
Nania, In New York. In all New Eng
land, agriculture IS In unprecedented
distrcss and farms are being aban-
doned.
| am aware that men OF your class.
VINO are far more eager TO find excuses
than remedies for existing conditions.
glibly tell us that the fertile ficids OF
the west have rendered the farms OF
New Dngiand and the other states I'M
prohtnb by reason Of their competi-
ton. Bat these same census reports
braid this as false
Take for illustration Illinois Be
fore the war this was the farmers
paradise. Almost every acre OF II "a as
.crtile as the Valley OF the Nile, and
is in a high state OF cultivation, CIV
Ing indisputable evidence Of unremit-
ting toll and energy. Every county in
1t has from one TO twenty railroads.
us cities have grown In wealth during
the past decade about five hundred
millions. Yet the aggregate wealth OF
Illinois during this decade has decrccs-
ed fifty-nine millions. and during the
single year from 1898 to 1891 1t decrcaa-
ed upwards OF twenty-four millions.
Upon whom has this loss fallen. Mr.
Cleveland2 Certainly not upon .her
cities. which have grown enormously.
Not upon her manufacturing interests.
for they have increased in the city OF
Chicago alone two hundred and ninety
seven millions during the past decade.
while II per cent Of the families who
reside In Chicago have no homes.
1t Is the same old tale told In New
England and the middle states. II has
fallen upon the great tolllng masses
who make their living by the sweat OF
their faces--the farmer and the
laboreri
In no part of the world is agriculture
prospecting exception silver-using coun-
tries These are prospecting phenome-
nally and at the expense of the farmers
of gold using countries.
These are not theories Mr.. Cleveland,
still less are they predictions, but stern,
unrelenting facts-stupendous facts
that might well startle into remorse-
ful reflection a fiddling Nero, " not
reckless bondissuing PRESIDENT
Air. Cleveland. while you and your
allies are so prolific of predictions az
there is @ single argument In favor OF
the gold standard which is not based
upon predictions and predictions. not
one of which has ever YET been fulfilled,
II has so far escaped my attention..
has II ever ACQUIRED to you to cast
your prophetic vision far enough In
the future to predict what the result
will be IL this state of things continue
until Japan and other silver using
countries shall have suppianted both
our farmers and manufacturers IN the
markets of the world as they have al
ready rapidly begun?
Not single selfish prophecy OF a
Sherman or Carlisle was ever rs well
founded as the prediction that in this
event, our masses who labor. whether
in factory or on farm, Will become so
impoverished that our public schools.
our colleges and our churches Will be
dccimaied from sheer poverty and con-
Sequent lnuDinty 10 attenu.
Are not free Institutions. nay even
civilization itself at stake?
Your excuse. Mr.. Cleveland Qor you
and your class are as prolific OF OK
cuses as you are of predictioDs), for
laying upon the property OF the people
these heavy mortgages in the shape OF
bonds, instead of restoring silver to
Its corruptly lost monetary functions
Is, know. that wall street insists upon
sol thf. r.
cuse has by yourself been proven n
sham. For during your first admins
tration. when you still INDUCED hopes
of future preferment and therefore felt
a sense of responsibility to the people
whose favor you courted, your secre-
tary OF the treasury very successfully
and very summarly stopped this same
sort Of raid by threatening TO obey the
law and paw out silver instead OF gold
to these raiders OF New York and Lon
don. II could be done in ten minutes
again. But now that you no longer
hope for future Office and have possibly.
II not probably, become part owner
in these same mortgages with which
you so ruthlessly burden the people.
who have honored and trusted you.
you turn upon your party, to whom
you are so much indebted, andsthreat-
en- TO break II up, as In Kentucky and
Nebraska. unless the people tamely sub
init to your unhallowed schemes.
May / not. MIR. Cleveland. suggest
that you pause and ponder results. lest
your harm, together with that Of John
Sherman and OF that other Sherman
who resigned Federal judgship to es-
cape impeachment for corruption in
office. all 20 down in one common grave
OF infamy7
II is n favorite part OF the schemes OF
and allies to avoid discussion
Of financial questions. as usual among
men. upon history and ex-
perience, but boldly Ia predict all sorts
OF calamities the better to hide the
calamities that already exist and to
denounce those who are guided In their
by the experience of the past
as "cranks." "lsnavos," etc. with
lofty. supercllious sclf-importance, too.
born OF the Independence Of unhoiy
wealth, the ADVOCATES of your schemes,
In the face OF all experience, in the face
OF the most cherished doctrlnea of
Democratic institutions. calmly tell the
people that they are unfit TO discuss
their finances, but should loave all such
questions TO ''expegts.'
II would be affectatlon In me. Mr..
TO suppose you have not read
history Assuming that you have, will
YOU point out u single desDotsm that
ever reared itself upon the necks OF
nm enslaved people, which had not for
ia foundation stone, this very same
doctrine. that governmental AFFAIRS
should be left to "expcrtsY" And IN
there anything in AL history TO lead us
Ia suppose that the characteristics OF
the breed nrc not the same everywhere,
whether in Europe, the Orient or in