The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-22
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national development. "On the south
three gates" And what other nation
has such openings for commercial en-
largement as ours?
Again, in this international COM
parison notice the happy condition of
our country as compared with most
countries; Russia, under the shadow
of the dreadful illness of her great and
good emperor, who now, more than any
man in all the world, represents peace
on earth, good will to men," and whose
empress, near the most solemn hour
that ever comes to Q woman's soul, is
anxious for him to whom she has given
hand and heart, not for political rea-
sons, but through old-fashioned love
such as blesses our humber dwellings,;
India under the agonies of famine
which, though somewhat lifted, has
filed hundreds of thousands of graves
and thrown millions into orphanage;
Austria only waiting for her genial
Francis Joseph to die SO as to let Hun
gary rise in rebellion and make the
palace of Vienna quake with insurrec-
ton; Spain in Carlist revolution and
pauperized; Italy under the horrors of
her kings assassination; China shud-
dering with q fear of ofdismemberment,
her capital in possession of foreign ma
tions. After a review of the condition
in other lands can you find more ap-
propriate utteranee in regard to our
country than the exclamation of the
text: He hath not dealt so with any
nation?"
Compare the autumnal report Of har-
vests in America this year and the har-
vests abroad. Last summer l crossed
the continent of Europe twice, and l
saw no such harvests as are spoken of
in this statement. Hear it, all you men
and women who want every body to
have enough to eat and wear. Ihave to
tell you that the corn crop of our coun-
try this year is one of the four largest
crops on record-2, los 600 900 bushels.
The cotton crop, though smaller than
at some times. will on that account
bring bigger prices, and so cotton plant
ers of the south are prosperous. The
wheatfields have provided bread enough
and to spare. The potato crop, one of
l.
100000 bushels! Twenty-Five million
two hundred thousand swine slain,
and yet so many hogs left!
But now 1 give you the comparative
exports and imports, which tell the
story of national prosperity as moth
ing else can. Excess of exports over
imports, s544, 100000. Now let all pes
simists hide themselves in the dens
and caves of the earth. while all CRATE
full souls fill the churches with doxol'
ogy. Notice also that while other
| countries are at their wits ends as to
their finances this nation has money to
lend. Germany, we are glad to see you
in Wall street. If you must borrow
money, we have it all ready. How
much will you have? Russia. we also
welcome you into our money markets
Give us good collateral. Meanwhile
Denmark, will you please accept our
offer of So, 900 900 for the island of St
Thomas? My hearers. there is no ma
tion on earth with such healthy condi-
ton of finances. We wickedly waste
an awful amount of money in this coun-
to manage a surplus than deficit.
IL is said that in our country we
have more dishonesty in the use OF
public funds than in other lands. The
difference is that in our country al
most every officer has a chance tc
steal, while in other lands a few peo
| pie absorb so much that the Others
have no chance at appropriation. The
reason they do not steal is because
| they cannot get their hands on it
| The governments of Europe are sc
expensive that after the salaries OF
the royal families are paid there i.
not much left to misappropriate. The
emperor of Russia has nice little
salary of Ss,21o,0o0. The emperor oi
Austria has yearly salary of $4,000
| 600. Victoria, the queen, has a sal.
airy of S2,2oo,oo0. The royal plate OF
St. James palace is worth $40 900. 900
| There is host of attendants, all on
salaries, some of them $4,000 a year
some $4,000 a year. Comptroller OF
the household, mistress of the robes
captain of gold stick, lieutenant Of
silver stick. clerk of the powder closet
pages of the back stairs, master oi
the horse, chief equerry, equerries in
ordinary, crown equerry, hereditary
grand falconer, vice chamberlain
clerk of the kitchen, grooms in wait
ing, lords in waiting, grooms of the
court chamber, sergeant-at-arms
barge master and waterman, eight
bedchamber women, eight ladies o.
the bedchamber and so on and so on
All this is only type of the fabulou.
expense of foreign governments. Al
this is paid out of the sweat and blood
of the people. Are the people salts
fed? However much the German.
like William, and Austria likes Fran
els Joseph, and England likes hel
glorious queen, these stupendous gov
ernmental expenses are built on d,
groan of dissatisfaction as wide a!
Europe. If it were left to the peopl,
of England or Austria or Germany O.
Russia whether these expensive estab
lishments should be kept up, do yo,
doubt what the vote would be? Now
is it not better that we be overtaxe,
and the surplus be distributed all owe
the land than to have it built up an,