The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-22
TRANSPORTATION.

The Western Congress Discusses the Trans
port.tion Question-Free Coinage Ais
Advocated.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 17.-Gov
Francis gavel is prompt and at exactl,
$3.50 o'clock its sharp rap called tn
western states congress to order for thu
third days proceedings He announce.
!: that the session would be opened b.
prayer by Bishop Hendrix.
The chairman at once introduce<
James Peabody, of Chicago, the edito,
of the Railway Review, who was upor
the programme of yesterday to read ,
paper. Mr.. Peabody remarked befort
he began the reading of his paper, thai
he had received letter from a vel
known Kansas City railroad man say
ing that there would be an excellen,
chance at the congress for the railroad:
to present their side of the case; bu,
that if it was expected of him to make
an argument for railroads they had
come to the wrong market, for he did
not propose to argue from any stand.
point except from the standpoint of his
own knowledge Of the subject
Mr.. Peabody was followed by c. w.
Blair, of Kansas, attorney of the Mem
phis road, who was the next speaker.
He favored freer trade, reciprocity and
silver coinage, and then turning to the
discussion of railroad legislation he de-
voted the larger part of his paper to an
argument that on account of the ignor-
ance of legislators upon matters of
transportation all railroad legislation
was pernicious, and that let alone the
matter would best regulate itself with
out outside interference.
w. B. Schweppe, president of the
wholesale grocers' association of St.
Louis, did not take the railroad side of
the question. He made shippers at
tack upon railroad discrimination.
He was followed by Joseph Cornforth,
Of Denver, who argued that men living
on a waterway could not legislate for
inland cities
The next man to claim his five min
utes was State Senator Switzler, of Ne
braska- He argued against an ironclad
maximum rate.
James Madison, speaker of the Mis-
sissippi house Of representatives, stated
that he was farmer and not a railroad
man, but he threw all of his 325 pounds
into the scales on the railroad side. He
said his people were not complaining Of
rates.
Col. Torrey, of St. Louis, came for
ward very reluctantly at the opening
of the afternoon session when his paper
on Uniform Commercial Law" was an
nounced The delegates had had a
scant hour for lunch and very few Of
them were in their places, although the
gallery was we'll filed Col. Torrey
did not read his paper at once, chatting
with Gov. Francis and others to kill
time until the congress had assumed
something like its usual proportions.
This was in very few minutes. Col
Torrey cut his paper squarely in two,
Chairman Francis then introduced
Hon. A. ]. Warner. of Ohio, with the
subject Free Coinage, Paper Money,
Metallic Currency"
Gen. Warner surveyed the foreign ex-
periences and disasters in financial mat
tiers and what he considered the cause;
also the home experiences in the same
line, and concluded:
1.-THE immediate contest is between
silver dollars and bank credit currency.
Why must we follow the example of
England, which has less primary
money and more money made of moth
ing than any other country in the
world. The United States has
greater need for an expanded currency
that shall be money in every part of
our vast domain than any other coun-
try. We need not fear too much of
that kind of money. No more is that
the best dollar that is continually grow
ing dearer; that is the best money that
maintains the most stable relations to
commodities and preserves an even bal
ance between debtor and creditor"
IN ALABAMA.
The President Royalty Entertained ut Bir~
mingham and Other Alabama Cities.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 1.-THE
party had delightful six
hours trip over the Georgia Pacific road
from Atlanta to this city. The special