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


midst. Under the stimulating policy OF
appropriations for public improvements
| Texas is about to become the highway
| of the granaries of the northwest II
| search of the markets of the world
| Thanks to the republican party our own
seaports at Galveston and Sabine Pass
will soon rival any seapOrts of New York.
| These beneficent results. in the accom-
plishment of which millions of dollars
| have been expended by republican adj
miuistrationS. could never have been eX-
pectcd under the halting. penurious and
unpatri0tic policies of the democratic
party.
| The chief reason for this distinction
is found in the old wing principles of APP
| propriations by the general government
| for internal improvements, and the pro-
| lection of American labor and American
| industries against foreign competition,
which were embraced by The republican
| party at its birth. and have continued
70 b. its distinctive policies. When the
genus of human liberty established the
infant republic upon the western hemls-
phere. she placed within her hands
magic talisman which was to be to her
people an aegis of prosperity III times OF
pcacc and shield and bockler OF de-
Tense in times of war. That palladium
OF llDert! anu "SHui"h.e . ~ ,,J
was the losterlleG VI no,iI J., horars agoinst
the lr0'ectloh vi nel oM II "f foro;%n nan.
the uepaslhE connl hurisho5 br tbr renuh-
perS' ana Is hoM 'n ny ~, So ;,nnnrtont
tenets. In the history of our country we
have experienced four periods of free
trade or revenue tariff. and without eN-
ception every one has been marked by
n depression of our domestic Industries,
lhe outIoM ~ 49, of t,.a1a ngainst rs, com.
" i"i ~ "t,nnat;nr univnrsoI shrinkope
~ NV rnImoS and tbn throwing ont of EN-
IL r", Of tbousnds Of American labor
p prS and thnir Transformation from happy
a;t;1onS into miserable tramps. During
tbo existence of our government we have
bnd fro nnriods or protective tariff. and
n n"J ono of them has been distinctively
ahor,ctnr;yed Inv unnyompled prosperity.
lac tbo balance of trade in orr favor, by
,;,n In Tho voluo of propertv and the
" ,,.n ,,I ~ the Iahorer Inv tbe establish
, m"S of numerous Industries. by the
nnri,b;,a cnnd;t;op Of commerce and
tho hr;rht smil;n% faces of n happv and
onr nonnla 7 nt ms call n few wit
,,'..oa y, ,boSa facts In king of the
n meNG , of tba country Under the free
Coli,'l'!oi " ISIc Sn1otnr Thomas n
Irane u"r,,i , W iG dn,,ncrncv no man can
bem,om' Mii noNt u nnrbonS tbo ,nttnr.dnv
th,pusn. ~ u" r'' aIto,nld and TiIlmnn
lolloNt.S VI ni. az, W tnnnortr. mn SoiaS ev.
says No piI.t VI Pc Pc III ,I,o ,,,nr,boi.
cept tn9se VI w s.i'i -, un, Wv, ,o dan,ani
no employment lor Inuus.is Nv Wv is ~
Tor LABOR no sale Iot .ne l louuvsS ~ e,,
farm; no souhu OF tnc I Idii; ' ~
that ol the aucllonetI hnouhinS I0 1rx,
property. Dis'rtIs wa" t o''T ,m mM,, 10
OF the people rehel; tne uiliNers"a ~
mand. was thuhuereu ut tIe uooiS Vi W.
legislatures, state anu leuelul'
can not refrain from calling your at
ley as To the condition of the country I'M
der the free trade legislation of 1916. for
we all know him to be honest and truth
full. and many of us voted for him for
president. In January, 1890. he wrote:
''Who is hungry? Go and see. You that
are full fed and know not what 1t is to he
hungry-perhapS never saw hungry
man-go and see. Go and see thousands:
men and women. old and young. boys and
girls. black and white. of az nations.
iesting and crowding each other. almost
fighting for first chance. acting more
like hungry wolves than human beings. III
Il land of plenty, waiting till food is ready
fol distribution. Such a scene may be
around the corner of Orange and Chat
ham streets. where charity gives DIM
ner to the poor, and soup and bread to car
ry to their mlserab bic tamlles. TN Satur-
day we spent an hour there at the hour
of high tide. We have never seen any
thing like il before. Upward of thou
sand people were fed with a plate OF
soup, Il piece of bread and piece OF
meat, on the premises. and i'll all more
than 1900. On the same day ll3J por-
lions We're dealt out from Stcwarts soup
kitchen. corner of Reade street and
Broadway. At the rooms on duane
street for the relief of the poor on the
same day they gave food to 22l6 In the
Six ward alone over 5000 persons We're TED
by charity on Saturday. January Is. And
this is only one day in one ward! Mean
while. scenes of Il like nature are beng
enacted all over the city. Inc cry OF
hard times reaches us from every part OF
the country. The making OF roads Is
stopped factories are c,osel hhn MUSES.
ana shlpS are no longer ielhS oilN' az
Tory haluS, ruau-llllhel C'lp,i'. ,',,,
uIlckia!erS aiil ianIrels nle iulv, anu l'n;;
aiysis Is rapidly embracing every purs u!
III the country me cause VI sn 5n u,
S,oppase Oh cltSull,leh y ~ ue lo si; III
=, ne steady Outflow 4l S1lu ~ pa! Loit :
laborerS Tor the cioth the SHOES ,ht ilolI
ana other thlhgS that coulu oe pruuucit,u
by American laoor' Dut Wll!cil can hot W
prodmceu uhuer our present revenue s!S-
TEN; III :. NJ.
Inc next witness Slall cuh + MI
buchahan' the aSt OF Il lolig me vi ueIIi-
OCratlC presidents before the war. III