El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-03
BRYAN'S MEXICAN IMPRESSION
Editor Smith Criticises Some OF the
Free Silver Leaders Utterauces.

BRYA MEAICAN IMfREoSI'N
Editor Smith Criticises Some of the
Free Silver Leaders Utterauces-
The HERALD'S announcement of the
Smith interview in the @ Obe-DemO-
crat in which he knocked the pi'h out
of Bryan's observations on Mexico,
and the Times COMPILING ntary review
in which it likens the argument to the
persuasive sermons of the mi ghty John
the Baptis-, has created q demand for
the original, and at the request OF
many su bscribers, we give the same
space Mr.. Smiths argument seems
to have struck center with the WASH
ington correspondents as we learn the
same article appeared in the eastern
papers.
Special Dispatch to the Globa-Democrat.
WASHINGTON, D. c., January 3D.
Mr. Bryan's public EXPIRE on bis
impressions of Mexico and her curren-
" is sharply cri iicised by number of
persons here who have had long prac-
tical experience in Mexico and upon
her border Mr.. J. A. Smith, editor
of the Ell Paso (Tex.) DAILY HERALD.
one of the few republican dailies of
the south, who is now in Washington,
criticises a good many of Mr.. Bryan's
statements and conclusions, basing his
criticism upon thirteen years Observa-
ton of affairs in MEXICO.
81 can not agree with Mr.. Bryan's
conclusions" said he, land | think he
| q mistaken in some OF the ASS rtlons
which he makes in his article pub
| lished last Sunday in various news
pa pers throughout the country. 1 have
read his article pretty carefully, pay
| ing particular ate ntlOn to that part OF
| It which treats of the effect OF the sill
yer standard upon the prosperity OF
the country. Residing upon the border
| for the past thirteen years, during i've
of which 1 was engaged in importing
| from and exporting to the country. and
| two winters spent in the TERRA calien-
| te,' has given me some thing of an in
sight to Mexico, and 1 feel able to
Judge in a measure of the conditions of
which MIR. Bryan speaks, and their
Causes. =. -; o:
DECEPTIVE UTTERANCES.
"Mr. Bryan's letter presents nice
little historical review of Mexico,
which every traveller who visits that
country can purchase for small sum,
but when he leaves off his historical
effort and takes up the silver question
ne deceives his readers as far as they
are willing to be deceived. He tells US
that, after comparison with other mo-
netary systems of the world, Mexico Is
nOG WI lux W RlNO uP VIC titNCi oo IL
lard, ana ne tries to lead us to bele e
that the m ain cause of her prosperity
is this standard, a, mentions q mi
nor cause the true re ason why Mexico
is enjoying q fair degree of prosperity,
xhich is her wise government, heade d
by President Diaz. But with all the
prosperity that Mexico can boast of,
there l. no advancement that has not
been surpassed in many parts of the
- 1.a do r,f he
gold standard.
"Mexico's prosperity has been
brought about by President Diaz in
giving large concessions to promote
railroads and manufacturing. Mr..
BRYAN may remembe- that the republic
can party enacted some OF this kind Of
legislation just after the civil war, and
hat his class of politicians told. the
people that the country was going to
the demnitiOn bow-wows right away.
Now he and the others are CRY ing to
give us back those good old days when
the country was about to reduce its
public debt at a rapld'rate and have
surplus, all brought about by parental
Iegisla, ion, " hich is bringing the same
thing to Mexico toe ay, although labor
ing under great disadvantage.
'.Mexico, it is true, is on silver
basis, but not because, as Mr.. Bryan
says, sue has Ut touI GU VIC oy
that of other ma ions. Mr.. Bryan well
Knows that Mexico has prod uced more
81 yer than any other country in the
world. He knows that she has export
ed tn at silver so closely that eve n W tn
it's present. low price she has not two
years production within her borde IS.
He knows that she only CDR about
one third of her production of this
silver for the oriental countr es. He
knows that she produces no gold, prac-
ticslly; that she never AT empted a
double standard, and he ought to know
that the low price of silver wOrks such
a hardship 10 the way of exchange that
she would go on gold basis as soon as
she could prepa~e for the change if
she did not hope that the people of
ne United S ates, through The agita-
ton of Mr. Bryan and others, would
adopt an enabling act viii b would give
Mexicoachance toexchapge silver, N D.
ed by cheap labor, for the many COM
modities they Iced from this coun-
try.
SCARE OF LAST AUGUST.
"He states in his opening senter ce
of the ninth proposition that the free
coinage of silver is entirely satisfa tory
to the people of Mexico, ard closes it
by saying that they could adopt
gold standard II they desired to do so,