Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-31
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which Party WIN Adopt the sugge 5n
Made By Prominent Business Man that

The Forthcoming consideration Of the
Bland silver bill gives special Importance to
the silver question, which is to-day the
greatest subject before the American people.
Innumerable theories have been put forth
By various finaneiers- The man OF all
others, however, who has advanced the
most feasible and terse plan for the solution
of this Texed problem, and one which Is IN
conformity with the best business interests
Of the country, is the Hon. II. H. Warner
of New York City While Mr.. Warner IS
primarily known for his s'Safe Cure dis
cogery, his prominence in financial and
political circles, as representative delegate
Of the National Convention, and his ac-
knowledged ability give all his words
special Importance At recent small
gathering Of prominent gentlemen Mr..
Warner expressed his views on this great
subject freely This fact came to the
knowledge of this paper, and an interview
was sought with the honorable gentleman.
Mr.. Warner manifested extreme reluctance
to giving out anything fer publication,
claiming that his plan should first be an
nounced in; the platform Of one of the great
Natlon2l Convention. Whon assured, how
ever, that the interests OF the country de-
nanded the hest views of the most reliable
men upon this paramount subject, Mr.
Warner consented TO talk, and said:
''The treatment Of the silver question, in
my Judgment, should be clean cut, BUSH
ness like transaction. and such as viii sat
isfy the Eastern States with their manu-
featuring interests, the silver producing
states and territories, the agricultural re-
gions and the capitalists Of the country in
every locality
s'There can be no doubt that the agitation
of the silver question is slowly dcmoral-
izing the business of this country, affect
ing the values Of our securities, abroad as
we'd rs az home, and even causing, through
out the United StatcsA generally. agree
ments, contracts and bonds to be so drawn
as to provide for their payment at maturity
in gold. The enormous return Of our Sc
curities from abroad is the direct cause Of
the large expectation OF gold which has
taken place within the past few months.
This is having a most detrimental effect
upon the standing of our securities
throughout the world You viii Snd that
the conservative foreign investos has be-
come alarmed at the continual agitation of
the silver question in this country, and has
been disposing of American securities be-
cause he knows he can receive gold for
them, while there is danger in the near
future Of his being compelled to accept sill
YER Foreign investors become satisfied
that inevitably there must be a deprecia-
ton of American securities, owing to the
determined effort of our people to make sill
yer the principal circulating medium of our
country.
SAT present the subject is being handled
by legislators and the political parties OF
the country about the same as physicians
treat kidney and liver symptoms"
81 do not understand you, Mr.. Warner"
why, it is simply this; They treat the
effects of the evil without attacking the
real cause of the trouble. In other words.
physicians treat symptoms of kidney and
liver disorders, and call such orders
diseases, when in reality they are but
symptoms Of kidney and liver disease.
$50 legislators and the political parties of
the country are devoting their energies to
effects, without curing the cause, and are
thus running one of the most productive en-
terprises of America, without regard to
the national financial health.
conscientious physicians and our most
enlightened citizens have become satisfied
thst Warmers Safe Cure puts the kidneys
in healthy condition, and by so doing, the
symptoms that arise from kidney and liver
disorders, and which are treated as and
called diseases, are removed, because when
these two organs are in healthy condition,
such symptoms, which are called by many
diseases, will not be known, from the fact
that healthy Kidneys and liver prevent the
symptoms which are falsely called disease.
''So claim that when we remedy this
evil. which is attacking our national
health, and the effects of which are felt III
almost every business of the country,
whether it be agriculture, manufacturing
or financial will be benefited, from the
fact that the real cause is put in a healthy
condition by restricting the importation Of
silver to this country"
This is all quite true, MIR. Warner, but
what do propose as remedyln
The gentleman thought carefully for
moment, and then said: Il have a plan
which l believe will solve the problem COM
pletely. It is this: To begin with, would
appropriations of silver ores, or bullion,
varying the duty from time to time, as
might be deemed expedient by the secre-
tary of the treasury. short ;ltilisS. he !
experience gained in. this direction by the
banks of England and France in the regu-
IaIop~94>Ghe gold circulation of the world.
BY this plan the present standard silver
dollar, worth but about 20 cents, would
again gradually advance to its par in gold,
as was the case when the question of free
coinage was being agitated at which time
1t sold at about Sl.24 per ounce, against 81
cents, the present price. Why should not
silver, which IS one OF the largest produc-
tons of this country, be protected as well
as wool, cotton or ironl BY this method
our silver-mining industries, which are
now being shut down, owing to the low
price of silver, would rapidly reassume the
prominence so recently attained, and the
demands of our country fer silver for coins
and the, arts, would be supplied from our
own mines.n
I'm other words, Mr.. Warner, you would |
properly protect silver mining Industries |
the same as other Industries and products2n
''Precisely BY this plan more than $685. |
00000O worth of silver now produced annu-
ally III Mexico would not havSsRccess to |
this country. Why should we be made the |
dumping ground for their ores and bullion, |
produced by the cheapest labor known, and |
which ROW come into this country by the |
trainloadl 1 would then permit the free |
coinage of al silcer produced IN the United |
States, and, although 1 am aware that the |
industry would assume proportions never |
before realized. the product would be no |
more than is required for coinage and the |
arts. As it is now, much of the silver re-
quired for these purposes comes from Mex
leo and abroad, and we are the sufferers. As |
it would be under the plan proposed by me !
great industry would be stimulated, manu-
facturers would be benefited, agriculturists
and the prosperity of the entire
country assured. This plan would not
mean unlimited coinage, but would contine
it entirely to the productions Of this coun-
try, which all statistics will show barely |