The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-23

Z Difficult as this work appears. al
really is, it is susceptible of acco1
pllshment by patient and intelliqe]
labor, and to no hands a it be cor
mltted with as great assurance
success as to those of the republica
party.
i, OUR MONETARY SYSTEM.
The republican party is the indi
putable author of our financial an
monetary system which. it is safe
say, has never before been equalle
by that OF any other nation. Unde
theJ operation Of our system nc
finance, the country was safel
carried through u late extend
Ell and expensive war, wit
our national credit unimpalred, whic
has risen higher and higher with eac
succeeding Year, until now the credi
OF the United states is surpassed b
that OF no other nation, while its Sc
curlties. at a constantly increasing
premium, are eagerly sought after b
investors in all parts of the world
Our system OF currency is most admir-
aOle IN construction. While all tn
con%veniences of a bill circulation at
tach to it, every dollar of paper repre-
Sents a dollar of the worlds none,
standard, and AS long as the just ant
true policy Of the republican party Ii
confined, there can be no improve
ment of the national credit. There
fore, under the present laws relating
thereto, it will be impossible for any
mar to lose a penny in bonds or il
bills OF the United States, or il
bills of the national banks
The advantage of having
a bank note in the house which will
DO as good in the morning as 1t was
the night before, will be appreciated
10y all. This convertible currency
should be maintained intact, and the
establishment of an international
standard among all commercial
nations, fixing the relative values OF
gold and silver coinage would be a
measure OF peculiar advantage.
INTERSTATE. FOREIGN COMMERCE
AND FOREIGN RELATIONS
The subjects embraced III the resO-
lutions respectively looking to pro-
noting u Interstate and foreign
commerce, and to the matter of our
foreign relations. are fraught with
great Importance to u people. In
respect to inter state commerce, there
is much to be desired in the way of
equitable rates and facilities of tran.
sportaCion, that this commerce may
flow freely to the states themselves,
that a diversity of industries and
employments may be promoted
in all sections of our country, and
that its great granaries and manufac-
turing establishments of the interior
may he enabled 10 send their products
to the seaboard for shipment to for
eign countries, relieved of the vexa-
tlOus restrictions and determinations
in matters of which it may emphatic
ally be sa d, that time is money, and
ais of unjust charges upon articles
destined to meet close competition
from the products Of other parts OF
the world.
AS to our foreign commerce, the
enormous growth of our industries
and our surprising production of
cereals and other necessities of life,
l~mperatiyelv require that immediate
and effective means be taken through
peaceful, orderly and conservative
methods to open the markets, which
been and are now monOpolized
largely by other nations. This more
particularly relates to our sister re-
publics Of Spanish America; also to
our friends, the people of the Bra
lillian empire. The republics of
Spanish America are allied to us by
the very closest and warmeSt feeling,
based upon similarity of institu-
and government, common as
pirations and hopes, in "the great re-
public" as they properly term the
nlted States. This country IS looked
upon by their people with affection
ate admiration, and as a model for
hem to build upon; and we should
cultivate between them and ours. Ives
commercial relations. such as
which will bind all together by ties of
friendly intercourse and mutual ad-
vantage.
Further than this, being
small commonwealth in a
military and naval sense, Ivy the
tide of the European powers, they
Ook to the United States, as at least !
moral defender against the system |
II territorial and other encroach- |
nents, which, aggressive in the past, !
las not been abandoned at this day. |
and intrigue have done !
much more to arrest the commerce of
'panish-America from the United
'Lates than has legitimate CONNER.
ial competition. Politically we
hould be bound 20 the republics of
ur own continent, by the closest ties:
nd communication by snip and rail
Dads should be encouraged to the
ullest possible extent, consistent
With a wise and conservative public
Above all. we should be upon such
erms of friendship, as to preclude
he possibility of national misunder-
landings between ourselves and any
lemDers OF the American republican
amily. The best method to promote
Uninterrupted peace between one and
II, would be in the meeting of a gen.
conference or congress, whereby
q agreement to submit all %interna-
Onal differences to the peaceful de.
sion of a friendly arbitration might
e reached.
An agreement of this kind would
i've to our sister republics confidence
l each other and in the United
tates. Closer communication would
!, once insure reclprocally advanta-
3ous commercial treaties that might
made, whereby much Of the COM
|erce which now flows across the
.tlantic would seek its legitimate
lanntl Is and insure greater prosperi-
to all the American common
ealths. K,
The full advantages of Il policy of :
lis nature could not be slated in a
lief discussion like the present. /
FOREIGN POLITICAL RELATIONS.
The United States has grown to be ;
government representing more than
people, and in every sens,
,cepting that of mere naval power, ,
II Of the first nations in the {
orld. As such citizenship should q
valuable emitting It's possessor to 4
election in every quarter of the t
ODE, | do not consider it necessary c
at our government should con-
ruct enormous fleets OF i'm t
owed ironclads. and main i
in 4 commensurate body of n
amen, in order to place t