The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-27

-norpCTED MONEY!.
IN. prosts ss the Agricul-
zSsSsS enatchea Away.
Elr q The Post
r.xas. october 3l.-fn an article
a your valuable Journal last
ststed that the gold standard.
~ AZ. pai Ncws fAvors, was moth
AN protection to gold (rnoney)
,susntly protection u bankers.
s7.rs and moneyed men. THAT the
S,us protection for itself. but free
81 IL other fellow. the nianutAct-
III ns,nsr, for purely selfish motives;
~ n no justice or conSistsncy 10
p,icy; that 1t "a undemocratie and
k1vs is being protested according
I rsws) It IL all right II anybody
-otscted. 1t 10 all wrongi Now, In
sb,s opinion, II one class Il rro-
1 a nust be, or else nobody Fetal
a al. special privileges to none.
y N benefit, and equality Of burden,
geboration 81 my posflon ! give be-
extract from tnc rport u the
ityal commission as 70 the causes
ntsent depression:
lSll In prices, SO caiamttous 70 the
inrel and other productive indus
iil % indebted persons and nations,
haced directiy 70 departure from
policy OF freedom ana equality In
nkment OF the Two precious metals
~ adoption In Its place or q new
4 protection to one. OF them. This
- u protection has been more far
n It's effects, more subtle and
\ lts operation on certain classes
~ pre1udiclal to agriculture and
&3ustries especially to agriculture
~ legislation OF modern times. It
~ N fact, as we shall Zee. created
61lcn which Affiicts agriculture to-
Ypld standard countries all around
~.
Article chosen to be protected Is
~ one Of which everybody has reed
~ 10 one can do without, viz:
The new policy has borne It's rat
INM As the area OF Its operation
kimded, the husbandman In the old
nd 10 the new. In Great Britain. In
d the continent OF Europe. In our
and In the United States OF Amer
u hound himself compelled TO give
ia even more OF his produce 10 buy
honey with which to pay his way:
v tcling on arabic land hr tending
q hcgds on the prairies or pastures.
tund his reward for his industry
.nAlF Shrinking. He has seen many
mas wages increasing or stationary.
hb reward for his toll has been
" getting less and less. Engaged Ia
~ the largest, the most necessary
nihnes, an invisible but irresistible
hesps snatching away his legitimate
unul groaning with misery he does
NJ which way to turn to escape
~ bard lot, His difficulty Is not
10 seasons; IT is not with the soil:
III with the crops. The earth Is as
knd nature as bountiful as they used
b the years Of his prosperity. His
~ is with price. Nothing tht he
Nduce comes to any money; this Is
nplAint ON every Agricultural lips.
nne Of a continually falling price
h heels whether he produces wheat.
! Z maize, or cotton. or sugar, or
II unhappily he Is in debt, II he
|Dftgage on his farm, despair Ia upon
= Be finds more and ever more OF his
= necessary to meet each pound OF
debtedness. He can not adjust his
He1 10 his continually shrinking in,
This constantly increasing diff-
= obtaining money, is exactly the
n BE- expected from the policy Of
the supply OF protection. The OK.
Meet OF that policy, as applied TO
ete Is to raise the value OF IL. We'll,
moneyed classes, the inaugnrA-
~ new policy OF protecting money.
~ In their object? They have SO
~ value by restricting lts suprly
= husbandman has 10 give two
o. corn Tor pounds of cotton) fer
nsy which he used TO be a,,ls 10 buv
g. They have cruelty revcrsni the
~ described in the old parable,
much owest thou thy lord? 2
afen bushels OF wheat tw,ief / In
~ debit, answers the farmer Of
TAKE then thy bill ard write 200
v.score), says the mortgagee, the
sc.f the owner OF leassd land,
money lender of today. The cruel
TINS new kind Of protection is
toaay IN the east Of England
p1aaise OF agriculture-in ruined
aeeiected helds, tenantless cot
"a empty mansions: also ia COM