Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-13
SENATOR W.A.PEFFER
The Well Known Kansas Senator 10
Salt Lake.
Ms STRONG TALK ON SILVER.
lie Is Making a Tour Of the West aud
North In the Interest Of United
States Agriculture,

w. A. PETER, the well known
United States Populist senator from
Kansas, arrived In Salt Lake last night
over the Rio GrAnde Western anu
went directly to the Tempision, Wheto
he registered "w. A. PETER Topek"'
Karsas.U
The senator does not spell bis name
"Pfefier,U rs It generally appears IN
the public press, but writes II "Pehet' y
dropune the hrst az" and thereby
eliminating the German Significance
IL would otherwise have. MI Peiier
ia apparently about IS years oil age
tall and slender, with keen grey eyes
and n wealth Of long, well kept whisk'
era which reach down and over HE
brenst, He was seen by News
representative at his hotel this morn
cog. He greeted the newspaper man
cordially and inviting him TO take n
seat he commenced pleasant con-
versaiion, during the course OF which
he said:
uOb, yes, / know the DEsERE1
NEWS; 1 have been reader OF ite
columns for years and know just
exactly what It 10 and willingly yield
myself up to you.
SAs to the object Of my trip through
cut the West, you will understand II
iutler when tell you that | am
tuemucr Of the Senate committee on
nf r!uulture and am charged with the
,uiy OF examining agricultural con.
,.iu1ns throughout the North and
Nrst. senator George Of Mississippi
las charge OF the same work In the
fouth. 1 have just completed tour
through the gram and produce states
uf the north aud am now westward
bound to examine the wheat farms Of
California and the improved machinery
used upon them. On my way thither
/ want to look carefully into your
methods OF applying water TO your
Utah farms. In addition to tins
IN particularly anxious to enquire into
Auuf way OF beet raising. Tomorrow l
shall visit the beet fields nj behi anu
tlr great sugar factory nj the same
plsce. From here 1 20 direct 10
CnufOrnia, v here there are three sugar
laclori,s anu thousands of acres
OF bets under cultivation. Then
/ shall Journey north and east through
the states OF Oregon and Washington
mud will pass over the great ranches
in Montana, finishing my tour m the
DlkUtas.
ON the silver question the senator
expressed himself ns iollOws:
"public interest everywhere Il now
being conferred on the silver phase OF
the money question. The Eastern
money Kings have begun an open anu
desperate fight with Wow TO getting
rid Of silver. Wall street controls the
money market. Its speculatofs are
anHiOus to make money scarce anu
high, thereby enrichiDg themselves
Rnd impoverishing the people.
Now then, We must TetAiiate, make
our fight public and united one with
out reference 10 politics aud IN the
end ewill win. We must insist upon
the restoration Of the old coinage sys'
tenn. Failing In that We should make n
war on gold 40 that gold and silver
bullion shall be made n common com
modify, bought and sold just the same
NJ wheat and corn. | hope the time IL
not far uistant--I tTuGt II II not distant
at all-when the people Will see that
they must stand together; that they
must be- united In the coming fight.
That Ia the only avenue through which
success can DO secured. am Satisfied
Tie south and west will come OIL VIC
tOrloup. II has narrowed down TO this
tiugle proposition that silver must be
rumonotizsd or gold must DO de-
mouetiEed."
n. II. Cutler, Elias Morris and Dele
gate Rawlins add other prominent
citizens called upon Senator PETER
today and spent considerable time
with him. Ho Ii accompanied by his
wife and will probably leave for tho
coast ON Saturday.