The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-07-13
The Currency Question.
MORE REORGANIZATION.
Perhaps That II what This Country
Needs to start ~ Its Idle
Industries.

In these gold standard times in the
Ur.:sl states when under the benign
reign of Hanna and Mckinley the
trusts have full swing and are shut
ting up industries all over the land
and throwing workingmen and EN-
ployes OF all kinds out OF employment.
it Is extremely aggra,ating TO ma
such dispatches as the following from
the City OF Mexico:
statistics showing great gains in
Mexico trade and revenues have been
published. In Is years the gold value
OF i'm ports has risen from $2325O,0O0
annually 10 $5l 100000. The exports,
which are reckoned on a silver basis
have risen from $46.725.0oo 10 Sl4s.-
Oc0.0C0. The stamp revenues Increased
from S4.7.i.0oO to $23.250.0oo. The to-
tai federal revenue has risen from
S37.6ei 600 TO $G0,275, 900. The number
Of pieces of postal matter has in
creased from l0.iOO.000 TO lll.452 900.
"The federal telegraph lines Is years
ago were 23.693 kilometers in extent.
and now number 1910 kilometers.
The railway lines have increased
from "A total extent of SOS kilometers
to 1881, and the construction OF new
lines is actively progressing. The mum
Der OF ships and steamers entering
federal ports has increased from 1859
| to 5000 The number of railroad pas
sengers annually transported has risen
from 9. 0s5. 600 TO 1900 600. The treasury
department now meets every bill az
soon as due and the revenues arc
steadily increasing.
Boston parties are looking over the
field for the introduction of shoe man
ufacturing on the American plan and
establishing tanneries."
Mesico, as a nation. Is abhorred by
all goldites for its "free silver insan-
ity" and wickedness. 1t is. therefore.
as we have said, aggravating TO find
that the people there are not going 10
the "demnition bow-wows" by the
most rapid route. According 10 all the
rules of goldite philosophy the bust
ness of Mexico ought 10 be in most
deplorabe condition. Eut instead OF
that we find that even Boston goldite
capitalists are looking with longing
eyes at the free silver prosperity that
prevails across the Rio Grande, and
are preparing TO establish business
enterprises there. Is not this con
fcssion of absolute idiocy on thciI
part. with vengeance? Are they
going 10 throw their wealth into thu
free silver vortex and have il "Mexi
; canized." when the gold standard hat
Just been firmly fixed in the saddle
: here? Why not locate their shoe fac
tories and tanneries in gold STANDARD
Illinois? Here in Springfield undo
! the showers of blessings" OF tina
, standard. we have the rolling mill. tn
r furniture factory and other plant
\ suitable for tanncries and shoe fac
tories. that are closed up. and tina
: can be bought for a song. There is Ia
r Dor galore lying around loose tina
G would like to have steady employment
D at low wages. Why do not these Bos
!. ton moneyed men look favorably n
: TIE Illinois field? But, as they dom
: why not "Mexicanize" Illinois n Iii
: tie? Perhaps "Mexicanization"
s what we need here 70 start up on
!. idle industries and attract capita
5 Prosperity under free silver seems I
: be Astounding. Give us some Of tina
J. Mexicanization. We need IL badly
n Illinois State rerister