The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19
WAT BRYAN SEES IN TEXAS AVN
MEXICO.
NJ, Ps,siss en- chenp cotton ana ch.ar silver.

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HENDERsoN, Tex, Dec. 17.-My trip through
the Southwest has taken me through Tennessee,
Texas and across into Mexico. l send good news
from tho manufacturing States, better news
from the wheat and corn States, but sad news
from the cotton States.
When ! asked Jefferson Grow, the noted cotton
buyer OF Henderson, Tex, what made cotton
half the price Of last year, no said:
1--WE have raised too much cotton, sir. Last
year we raised 5000. 900 bales and got 8 cents o
pound for II. This year we have raised 10. 0OO,-
600 bales and the farmer 10 getting 4lo cents for
It. The 10000, OOo bale crop this year will bring
us s60.ooo.ooO less than the 5000. 900 bale
crop raised last year. We cotton raisers are un.
fortunate"
"And you can't raise cotton for Al ~oents."
I said.
"No, sir. This price will bring our farmers
out in debt Let mo make o comparison between
your hiRh.priced northern crops and our low.
priced southern crop. One good man In the
South can make, II he has good luck. ten bales
Of cotton worth 5000. why, ten fat hogs In
Nebraska are worth 5000. II you should ask
an Illinois farmer II bo raised ten hogs he would
laugh at you and say:
"'Ten hogs. sir . Why, thoro are q dozen hogs
playing around tho barnyard here and there are
fifty In the cornleldsl'"
"What makes f%ourcent cotton T. ! asked.
"Over-production, sir. We have raised
2,oo0.o 900 bales moro than the world wants"
But cotton was still lower in 1894 sue-
Eested.
"Yes. IL was over % q bale lower then, and
that makes the planters mad. for they can't
mako cKinley q scapegoat. Cleveland got II
down 10 lower prices In "a by his Venezuela
message threatening war with England aud her
spinners. II Mckinley had gotten up o war
scare with Spain we might have had throe-cent
cotton. Yes" continued MIR. Crow, 1.-THE pres
emit low price 10 caused by overproduction, aided
by the large importetions oil, che p twelve-cent
which has been taking the place Of cotton. Next
year wool will be dearer and moro cotton will
Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, and Florida into
cane sugar-.not boot sugar. but cane sugar
and all over the Brazos and Red River bottoms .
"What has 4-cent cotton done to tho South =
asked. for tho farmer oftener gets that price
II has turned all the cotton planters over to
/ and ali the saltwater cotton States are for
fres coinage. 1t 10 the old fallacy of Coin"
with the poor planter. that cotton has followed
generally a poor white or an ignorant negro.
and they are easily led by the smart dema.
up before the next Presidential election, like
wheat. meat. and iron. the cotton States will he
s sSoSy for a fsi' M silSeE v,r AlniSs% psod Te sins Sos, (, n;
products, like wool. hemp. wheat. and iron, will
not Join In the free-silver craze.
What did l sect Mexicoi
A t Ell Paso ! crosse, the Rio Grande ia
other. MY ~car-farc across tho river was Ave
cents. When ] gave the conductor a silver dol
lar he n; led me back s@.lo In Mexican silver
MIR. Bryan will notice when he buys American
ESsm ,u in M isst he ,b pans in l2 sSd p sFa ssn'' h h'snst th iS'
costs him IL cents in 81 Paso will cost him q
1 R10n In FL pAan will Cnat 5000 In In.rau
Does Mr.. Bryan find labor advanced in proper
No. Labor has not doubled as 1t should. Il
Q poor Mexican peon got so cents q day wher
Mexican silver was al par you will see hin
getting about 80 cents. He doesn't understand
meney: He knows he Is getting more silyel
1ane he S Nj Ssiof IS the sns M ss Il sHpRT sr IN biz se lin
120 per cent. more for his corn and meat, Thu
advance in Mexican products comes slowly. Blu
brains begin TO work.
What else will Mr.. Bryan not'ceq
He Will notice that every Mexican who hai
half bis wealth: II he had $40. 900 in silver thci
$1,000 worth now, found i Il the same nsi 10 japa,
and China and India. Yes. 1.2oo. 900. 600 neopl
silver. have lost more than half of their wealth
Has any American. Englishmnn German. O
Frenchman lost q cent through his country
The editor of the Erpress in San Antonio nske.
Bryan" What good would 1t do the 100000
600 civilized people whose silver Is now rs goo,
as GOLD to go into n scheme 10 double the valu,
OF the debnsed silver owned by l.2O0.0 900, 900 o
half savagesl
"What good will It do u.s. he said. tn jeop
ard our ow prosperity in order to. double tn
wealth Of Mexico, China. and In ia =
1T will double the wealth Of 5000 America,
silver mine owners" said Mr.. Bryan.
Yes. 1t would do that" said the Texas ed
ing min" owners. hut what good would this d,
to the poor farmer who is selling his corn ant
cotton for silver rs good as gold nowl Coult
his money be any betterf
And, Mr.: Bryan, il your scheme to double
the value Of all the commercial silver In tn
world failed. where would the 1925, 600. 900 ii
silver which we have coined 20 tot Would 1
The reporters say Mr.. Bryan was silent ant
went on lookil G at the airships.
ELI PERKINs.