The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-11
TARIFF AND MONEY! QUESTION.
The People should Investigate These
Matters for Their own Good.

Arcadia, Texas. November 2S.-The re-
suits Of the election thi5uYhoit the United
States ought tiJ be gratifying to5dem0cIats,
as cgsy dorcyhatlow what may be expected
In 1900. But for The war with Spsiln and
The war revenue measures which to o great
exteut obscured and MD from the people.
the thus workings OF the Dingley tariff
license the next congress would have
beea democratic by q large majority. The
Mckinley tariff bill was not as far reach
ing III its features of legalizei robbery as
The Dinghy bill, but tI1e people were able
10 see Through VI and gave 1t a vote OF
condemnation In u manner that could not
be misunierstood. The song of prosperity
which has been ringing on lie hustings
fiNm republican candidates and the paid
eonasler5 of the Mckinley Hanna Pro-
tective sssociat.on VIII be q boomerang
10 that association unae3s they succeed IN
quitting some Of the prosperity on top
where kthers than the projected few may
enjoy some of its benefits. The fact is
evidence is accwmuaah.ng against the pro-
ttctise tariH system in tie country. The
people are suffering by the deprivation OF
their property values, small fortunes being
swept away. stagn@tion in all branches
Of business, and the worst of all stagna-
tiOn among the agricultural classes who
produce the wealth. OF the country. The
labcring c4a2ses can not find employment
me-, ,n,Srts, uso,,,t raw gbe exnansas and the
,,es,rIe ar" hsc,nnno IN Io,Sit i,,n these
th,nns With a viev ~ loct,irnp the cause
aad thsy are beginning TO understand as
never before. Marcus Hanna helps them 10
tes and coffee will helm cut on thr Dtncley
lielnse. The nsonIe lrnoN. ~hn ,,s, thes.
or,s,sles The ninYlav 'ia,v,,s whst II n,..
tends no be-a tarff tnr revenue only to
The prutcotesi classes at the expense of the
man who consumes the goods. and rather
than add the income tax 10 the bill and
forcing the protected class to disgorge
little OF thslr Ill gotten gains they will
put IN tax on tea and coffee, thus Increasing
the buIiIen under which the masses are
STRUGGLING to-day.
Is 1t not time for the people TO begin to
study these questions? We are ready to
conc,ae the prosperity they sing about,
but 1t Is in the wrong place This gov
eminent liz supposed TO be a government of
the people. By the people and when the
National congress assemblies 1t is supposed
to represent and act for the people tall the
neople). Does it dc it? Can the dlst.n-
grished congressman from the Tenth dis
trict of Texas face Ibis constituents and
tell them that he consulted their interests
when voting for the Dingley tariff and
against the income tax amendment which
was offered by democrat? In the Late
campaign discussion OF the tarf ques-
publican candidate. and that question sup
planted by Il beautiful etlogy an the coun-
Try aud the great belen's tnat would ac-
placing every village in the district on
Davigable stream, and IL tits he fooled
some of the people, but not all.
The great prosperity of which protec-
tionists boaNt is strictly amorg that class
who are protected Compare tho con- IL
lions Of the protected districts OF New Eng
land-thelr fine villages, hourish!ns manu-
tactureS. syndicates, joint stock oompa-
mes, trusts, gildel palaces, hardly de-
priyel of anything that heart could desire.
And ccn'psre the. manufacturing districts
throughout our Union which have groAn
such 81 at power OF wealth and in
huence 10 the other CLASSES OF ou.' citizen
SNIP Pro pc Ivy IS a god thing, much to
DO desired by all classes, but III 1t right.
Is ! Just for a favored elias TO be made
prosperous by the labor OF all other clas.o
m Is the qusstia.. When the average
i@me' reais " ~ - ts T. Ae3$1s4
ne GU sec th1i ~ ',r 1'av
%,s %, nolMrs, anu IN prot Nctioniit viii
yen MIN ihat IN s rsyenua me sure:
t.at rs OBJECT ! 10 fa.sa money 10 pay tue
aSpense Of iha Eov2rrlr@gt. an many
in,S thls explanation Is taken as true.
We aV.rase nan J. pa,rioltc enough
W say M en- II us for the eosern-
me, expense. We m'ii support mn .os-
:, IN - seng'His
w ou' soou psopie are nj il"d. They have
hot 'afen time TO iuvestigots fer them
''la als mus easily fooled. The oo-
Effy 'e't = - tr
a.ruun'Peu''on from our nome manufacturers.
.,s., nan whu pht' aS'po Tor inc exclusive
pr,,,Mpeso o. selling popcorn az the Worlds
~ Nh,oaso KNOWS what proseeticl
tueans-he nad no competition. and ixed
I'VE V"h Price on MS corn, and The con-