The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-01
NOTE AND COMMENT.

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rare chance.
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NOTE AND COMMENT.
The labor strike in the cotton mills OF the
OF wages in both the North and South will be
so loyeied to "a condition OF eyenness as ta Of
fer nc special advantage to the Southern
| manufacturer But In cheap and constant
water power. In ntarness to the cotton fields
aud the necessary saving In the cost OF trans
tagcs which must prove decisive in the long
run. Capital Will flow in the direction OF
natural opportunities. Philadelphia Record
Replying to this the Washington Post says:
Tho strike referred to was in n single mill
| aud was the result of conditions that do not
obtain elsewhere in the South. 1t does not
indicate that any general discomfort prevails
an trE the factory operatives in that section,
or that ''tho labor strike in any other mill
| is bound to come The Record places
Just estimate on some OF the permanent ad-
yantases'' of the South. 1t is true that Il
no other advantages existed, It's cheap and
| constant water power, nearness to the cotton
| fields and saving of cost in transportation
| must prove decisive In the end Those
natural opportunities would, II there were
no others, attract capital and stimulate en-
| terprise. But one other great natural ad-
vantage is found In the climate OF the cotton
| States. as compared with that OF New En-
| glaiid. and another in the superior fertility
| of the southern soil. Labor must always bo
Ifcigcly influenced to wages by the COS
| Of subsistence. The long, cold winters aud
sterile soil Of the Eastern States render the
IN t,o oo,,o ,,ra,,.,... - ,,,,..,,Ts
will afford protection from the extreme cold.
| clothing adapted TO such u climate, and food
,ai,oa -, nnoa. a.. 4, 49,, ,,a,,Lts.hsa ~,
e"ese '"etS rehuer uo'''r IN .ne hanus Oh
New bhslhhu wagewo'ker worm inueh le5s
In tb, soutb Ana then cnnes another lary,
49, -. . 49,. ~ -, "a ~, ~, -.
worklugman's dollar. Fuel Is required In
largo ornnt,ties far eiyht ,nonthz In tho ,o,r
a., ~ - 49,, -. s"',
anu II Is one OF inc hoaVy Items oil househoIu
expenditures The wages now paid In the
sauthern factories ore actually higher. IN
proportion to cost of living. than those paid
81 operatives in New England This is ono
oJ tho roasons why lupor strikes are almost
uiiipuWh IN the SOUTH
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az na,Iey innus ni iis target 10, ~
eItas,sr VlnIS,,i9m Mirn.m Wy f"Ns VI ,,.H
bo,ilv spainst ,bo don,,nnnt sentinent IN |
favor OF commercial and territorial expansion. |
- LIS Pernals, 'h9t mas il''a i.'oss ~ no .
because on this point no ms rendered HIM.
self 50 yulnernblo-San Antonio Express
No paper save the New York journal, and
pcas'bly the Memphis Commercial Appeal,
has based it's opposition to Mr.. Bailey cn hts
ant!-oSpansion views. And the journal, ut
le'bst, 10 thoroughly dishonest in it's pre-
tensions. That paper is the organ of the
Eastern influence which is seeking to XIII
OF! MI Bailey as II preliminary to the fight
on Mr.. Bryan.
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The interests and the honor of the country
of the clrrencv ANIL he an iss,ia Rut # vii
by no means he snIc 10 assuma tbat This en-,
no; happen Tho course of Ihs republican
decentralization for the mast two years shows
o,i, L., Ia, " -, I,.., s'u 80, ,,,
ness II possesses in this direction. II shows.
hH,StnnS ,ar worse snan sn,s ana n
teians are deliberately plotting to revive tho
issue, because on that they feel that no mat
ter what tasir inianities, they can via ny
~ nj iI n aS u n a.tuss y. I'VE
100 i9nn M n,o,,id urt ,ho "r.r au -
mar.ntis. ma, ~" rb,,S stant,ara h'!s -, r.
Is Wv mn rnosan ~ h,oe ,i,t ~" r ,uyun
can leaders will consent 10 this and SO SHUT
out the financial issue In the next presidential
rae Times may he right in one respect n, {