Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-08-22
STEWART AC EMPIRE.
a Large and Entt,u .iastic
MnesimE

pre- iaSt evening 10 u large nj
enthusiastic audience. Bonfirr>
were lighted in front of the
Hall, and the people gave him "A
royal welcome. After being in
trOduced he paid his cnmpii-
ments To the people Of Empire.
He called attention to the fact
that the vast region of country be
tween the Rocky and Sierra Nevada
Mountains could only be brought
under cultivation by irrigation; that
if all the waters attainable by res
ervoirs. artesian wells and other
hydraulic appliances were utilized,
a vast population of settlers could
be provided for, but individual en-
terprise was inadequate to the de
velopment of this regien so as to
make homes for the millions; that
TIE United States take the inltia
tive in topographic and hydro
graphic surveys and in the con
struction of reservoirs, canals and
the like, in order 10 dispose of the
public lands and to make homes for
settlers. This subject should he
Investigated and Congress memor-
alized. That the Chinese should
be excluded from this country; that
restriction acts are insufficient; thar
the United States should pass an ex-
clnsion act, and require Mexico,
England and South America to do
the same. 50 that M more China
men shall come TO this hemisphere.
That it Is The duty Of the United
Sta.eS To pass law for the fee
coIuage of silver. at the establish Il
ratio between gold and silver "f IL
to !; that this would place silver at
par throughout the world. and have |
the same sff.ct IN establishing d
fixed ratio between gold and silver: |
that the act If France of i1S3. did
in fiyinr Il permanent ratio of 49, |
ia !. which was maintained bv |
France. aud France alone. for near
100 years. until she entered the con
spiracv and excluded silver from
her minis; that no mint in Europe
or America now receives silver or
treats it as royal metal. What
We want is an American policy
What France did with 2o.0oa.nOO
of peopie the United States with
6e,00J000 of people and unlimited
resources, may easily DO. If France
couid maintain the ratio between
gold and silver for one hundred
years at l5l to |, the United States
can certainly maintain the ratio OF
Is to |, and rehabilitate silver by a
simple act of Congress. There is
no danger of getting too much
silver At least s500.000.0O0 is
now required to supply the place Of
the contraction of the currency
which has already been produced.
and Is being produced unier exist
ing laws There is no danger of
flooding the United States witt.
silver. Before the actual demands
If the United States to supply
existing deficiencies in the cur.
'ency are supplied, all the sur $
plus silver in the commercial d
world will be exhausted. There i
5 now no considerable amount
IF surplus bullion on hand. Last
year over S2.500,000 were ship
,ed to Asia than was produced. :
Europe has no silver to sell us
It l6.to |. All her silver is cir
as full legal tender on 4
par with gold at the ratio of e
I54 TO 1. 1t cannot be sent here q
Unless it is bought with gold. O
t will tax" an ounce of gold to
puy l59 ounces of the money i
'ilver of Europe, and when
transported to our mint Gf we 3
'dopt free coinage at the ratio
# IL to y, another half ounce
# silver must be added to get 9
,ack the ounce of gold with |
which the money silver was Il
in Europe. e
Europeans are not fools enough i
0 enter into such speculation. /,
BESIDES, upon the passage Of u bill :
or free coinage of both gold and o
liver by the United States the :
rice will be fixed throughout the p
1orld. No one in any country :,
,ould sell their silver for less than +"
hey could get in the United States. =