Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-22
MONETARY CONFERENCE
An Independent Body, Meets To-
day at Brussels.
To Consider Plan Which Oontemplates
An Increase In the General Use
of Silvsr.

Special to the Leaf-Chronicle.1
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Nov. 22.-
The International Monetary Confer
ence meets mere to-day for the pur
pose at the outset of listening to tn,
propositions to be made by tn,
American delegates, the Congress
having been called at the instance O
the United States. No definite pro
gramme has yet been outlined for to
day beyond the presentation of 8
plan which contemplates an increase
in the use of eilver and the establish.
ment of more equitable bimetallit
ratio. The American delegates are
Elk Comptroller Henry w. Cannon
Senator William B. Allison, Iowa
Senator John B. Jones, of Nevada
President E. Benjamin Andrews, o
Brown University, Congressman
McCreary, OF Kentucky, and Edward
o. Leech, Director OF the Mint. DR.
Roland P. Faulkner is the secretary
ofthe American delegation. Among
the delegates from other countries
are:
Great Britain Sir William III
Houldsworth, M. p, for Northwest
Manchester; MIR. Bertram Curne,
partner in the bank OF Messrs
Glynn, Mills, Curne & Co.; Hon. Sil
Charles Freemantle, X. G. B., Deputy
Governor, of the Mint.
Government of India - General
Richard Strachey, g. P. s., formerly
member of the Indian Council; Sil
Guilford L. Molesworth, X. G. l. E
France-Mr. Tirard, former Min
lister of Finance and President Of
Council; Mr.. l.. De Liron, high OF.
fetal in the Department of Finance;
Mr.. De FaviIle, high official in the
Department of Finance.
observation-disclosures. Cramer, Frey
and Lardy, Minister at Paris.
Italy-Mr. Luigi Luzzatti, Mr..
Ramera Semonelli and Mr.. Domenico
Zeppa, all members of the late Par
Lament, Italy.
Sweden-Hon. Fersell, ex-Minis-
ter Finance.
Denmark-Mr. G. F. Tretgen.
The Belgium delegates include
three monometalists, Senator Weber,
Supt. Sainctlotte, of the Belgium
Mint, and M. Montefiore Levy, a
banker, and one bimetalist, M.
Allard, director of the Mint. In the
absence OF M. Beernaert, Prime Min
lister and Minister of Finance, who
ought to preside at the Conference,
but who pleads pressure of business
as his excuse for not doing SO, an
American will probably preside.
Count Won Alvonsleben, German
Minister to Belgium, DR.. Won Glase-
nap, of the Imperial Treasury De-
and Herr Hartung, dilec-
tor of the Reichsbank, are the Ger
man delegates.
If an American is chosen to pre-
side, it will probably be Senator ALI.
sou, who as chairman of the Senate
committee on Appropriations, is also
chairman of the delegation. The
following is one of the plans, which
will probably be submitted immedi-
ately after the opening Of the Con-
gress and which will be turned over
to the committee on plan and scope
of work. Recognition of some def.
mite weight of fine gold as the uni
versal foundation OF the measure
of value of the momentary sys-
tenn. Maintaining of the exist
ing gold monetary systems Of the
various countries; cessation by them
Of the further coinage and issue OF
gold coins under 5,S055 grams of fine
gold go franc piece; obligations Of
such countries to retire their smaller
gold coins within the next ten years;
issue of gold certificates for gold de-
posted by the principal mints or
central banks for amounts of SOC
grams of fine gold or multiples Of
that amount; agreement on a uni
form mode of assaying obligation oi
the government OF each country to
receive into its public treasures the
principal silver coins bearing their