The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
Monopoly Mack has made good use of the
pompous expanders

MONOPOLY
pompous expanders.
Tho indianapolis Sentinel remarks that;
And now the treasury department Is com
planning that the bond-purchase system oil
relieving the money strinSency is not WORK
ing satisfactorily. Bondholders want more
than market value of their bonds, and the
treasury department objects TO paying H.
The fnult is entirely WITH tho adminlstra-
ton 1t is forcing the passnse Of the eur
rercy rofoim" bill, which will necessarily
increase the value OF these bonds very large
is. aud tho bondholders would be fools to sell
them now II they thought the bill would be-
come a law. II makes virtually n donation Of
over $3.50. 600 900 to the holders OF bonds If 1t
goes into effect, II the government volun-
tarily increases the amount OF It's debts 1t
must expect TO pay moro TO get rid Of them.
Aguinnldo is said TO be travelling IN dis
guise but has anybody seen him?
Here's something from the Raleigh IN, CO
News and Observer that will convey a sug-
gostive pointer to Texas towns that are con-
sidering the erection of cotton factories
Cotton In the raw state sells this year for
71a cents pound,
When manufactured into yarns It sells for
IL cents n nCt I'd,
when made into underwear tho price goes
up TO 80 cents pound.
In 1870 we sold our cotton In the raw state;
now we are selling most OF 1t in warns at
double the price for the raw cotton; In the
next few years we ought to double the price
OF yarns by converting them into underwear
and keep the II oney for the manufacture
hero In North Carolina. 1t has been demon
strated that II pays.
Mexico has "discredited dollar" and yet
strange to say. that country is booming right
| along.
These prison reform associations are be
ginning to show tie routes of folly that a
too sentimental charity not infrequently
travels. There is said to be prison In
| pennsylvania whose inmates sleep on spring
mattresses and feast off the fat OF the land
The old-time newspaper scribe will resent
this. He remembers whom lie believed him
| self In luck to get bed on discarded ox'
changes that grew harder and slioker with
each movement of his body In the uneon'
sclous labor OF his childlike breathlngs.
|
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's monoc,
has probably kept him from seeing the rea
strength OF the Beers.
Cor gresham Joe sibiey OF Pennsylvania. Il
his leap from blmstal,ism to the gold stand
ard, said; EVERY man who has day
labor to sell finds ready market for I,
Everywhere there are plenty and prosperity
and so II occurs to me that somebody mus
have beer mistaken, and perhaps that fello'
was me-" II Was Me Joc's vision had nc
been as bad as his grammar no would nc
have seen anything OF the kind. He over
looked tho commercial traveller, the factor
hand and the panlcky New York banker.
The man who predicts that General Bulls
will not eat HIS plum pudding on Christina
Day will be plum right
/. Says the Cincinnati Enquirer: THE pas,
!. age OF the currency bill through the hous
does not by any means clear the decks Il
the presidential campaign. The polygamou
and slave holding sultan OF sulu. the cost
war OF conquest, pestiferous stamp taxs
| ton. large standing army alliance wi.
Great Britain lack OF sympathy with strus
gle for republican form OF government
: South Africa, and good many other topic
OF moment are yet to come UP for conslt
Grafton In congress"
Dom Paul Is probably eslarssng his barbs
wire corral at Pretoria for the better accom-
mediation Of hts growing host of Brius
guests,
On reflection. and since Mr. Meklnle
seems determined 10 subject the govern
menta cable rights b the Philippines to II
hold-up of the EAstsin Extension Gable CON