The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-08
RETURN OF MIR. EvARTs.
Views Of the Ex Secretary Of state
Concernfng the Monetary Confer.
ence at Paris.

Views OF the Ex' Secretary Of state
Concermfng the Monetary Confer.
ence at Paris.
Ex-Secretary Of State William N.
Evarts, accompanied BY his family, con-
sistine Of Mrs. Evarts, Miss e. r..
Eyarts, Miss q. W. Evarts, Mr.. Sherman
from the City OF Berlin In New York.
A reporter had talk with him. He
was 10 excellent health and spirits, and
verv well pleased with bis trip Of i've
months. aThat is," said he, "slmost
exactly the time l have been away. l
left here on the 9th Of April. and return
ed ON the 4th Of September. / went di-
rect to PARIS, where the Monetary CON-
ference met shortly after my arrival. II
continued in session till May, when .
recess was taken, and spent the Inter
val in England till 1t reasssnblsd in
june"
chow much did the conference accom-
plish Z"
ait accomplished this much, that IL
forced two conclusions on the minds Of
most of Its mem bers-lhat gold and sil-
YER BY being made tu their relative cap
acIty mediums Of exchange can add ma-
tsrially To the interests and convenience
of commerce, ana that by proper un-
Outstanding between the different gov
ernmepts the bi.Inei allie standard can be
made to adjust itself easily aud proiita
bly, to all concerned. Some people have
an idea that because this country pro.
duces silver the benefit would be all the
greater on It's side, but the country has
many greater interests that entirely
overshadow the production of silver, aDd
England by paying Its exchanges In gold
alone for the products Of America 70
alarmed 1t the conse quences. She SHOULD
have quite as much concern In this o. %.
ton Of silver as we have, for her reven-
ne from India is chiefly paid In silver
A. for this country, 1t is really matter
| of indi ference whether the theory We
supported at the Conference is adopted
or not. We hope, OF course, that 1t will
| b. adorted by the different Govern
| mepts, those chiefly In favor OF 10 being
| France, the United States, Spain, Italy,
| and Austro n ungary, Sweden, Dem
mark, norway. and Switzerland. which
| have one standard only, tina: of gold, do
| not weigh very much In the scale against
the other great commercial nations.-
! England and Germany are somewhat
backwar in the movement, but IL only
requires sober reflection to convince
them of the force aud efficacy that are
In 1t. Germany formerly had silver
standard; now 1t is one OF gold. Eng.
land has been Absorb bed with he Land
law agitation SO much that 1t has not had
time to give attention to the question
but next year the conference meet
again, and the subject will no doubt be
thoroughly digested by that time"
chow many members were there In
the conferenceW
"There were forty members, represen
ting fifteen nations"
"In what language were the dlscua
sions carried?"
"Mostly In French. We from the Un
tied States spoke In English; and In fac
the mem Ders, As . rule, understood Eng
lish quite as much as they did French
"What results do you anticipate~
"The Governments, OF course, have II
taken action. The different paper,
read, the discussions bad, the statistic
submitted, and all proceedings connect
ed with the conference will be sent Il
the different Gov ernments, and some
thing doubtless will be done eithe
through diplomatic or legislative agen
ciee. As said before, this country nee,
not be troubled In the least as TO the con
sequences. Our position and resource
are such that We can afford to be indih
erent, but England cannot, as the drai
of gold at present on her leading ban
demonstrates"
"Did you spend an agreeable time i
Paris2"
"Very, indeed, and also in England
. What IL the news about the President