The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-14
OUR SILVER RESOLUTIONS.

The ringing resolutions passed by thu
Helena conference on Thursday are a
follows:
Resolved, That when the fathers o
the republic ordained in the first articl,
of the constitution of the United States
that mo state shall make anything blu
gold and silver coin a tender In pay
ment of debts" they declared by an i'm
plication that stupidity cannot fail to see
or greed deny, that both metals. in the
relation that they existed, should for.
ever De the coinage and money metals OF
the republic,
That representing a silver-producing
state, having full knowledge of the
premises, We declare it to be our delib-
crate conviction that in view Of the un-
requited labors of prospectors, h work
expended upon the development of UNI
profitable mines, the losses on unpro-
ductiye plants and all the factors that
enter into the ultimate cost of the silver
product of the west, every ounce of sill.
yer taken from the earth and prepared
for the mint represents its full coinage
value. and a ratio to gold of sixteen to
one.
That the commerce of the world calls
for the use Of silver and gold as money,
not only for the purpose of atfording the
necessary volume of currency, but
equally that each may correct the oc-
c%asional alterations IN value of the
other. and SO afford the best possible
approximation to stability in the stand
ard by which values are measured and
debts are contracted and paid.
That the consideration in support OF
the free coinage of silver, and Its full use
as a money metal are not sectional but
universal, reaching to every corner OF
the civilized world and to every class of
the brotherhood of man.
That we submit to the judgment of
the world the demonstrations OF a COM
prehensive induction of facts and fig
ures that the non-use of silver as a
money metal cheapens the value in the
market of every product Of human labor,
That we denounce as a wrong that
stops little short of robbery the con-
traction by legislation in the interests OF
creditors Of the volume of money of ul-
innate payment.
That as the history Of the deprecia-
tion of silver is a history of adverse leg
islation, without which its parity to
gold would have been maintained without
doubt or difficulty. we demand that con
gress shall be the first to retrace its
steps and repeal the measures it has en-
acted to the detriment of that metal as
an act of justice to one Of our most i'm
portant products, and in recognition Of
transcending industrial and economic
considerations.
That we appeal to the laboring classes
of the union. without regard to section
to give their support to the policy Of
free coinage, III the profound belief
that a single gold standard implies Il
loss of employment to hundreds Of thou
sands and Il reduction Of wages to all.
That We declare it to be our sincere
belief that the enactment by congress Of
d measure providing for the free coinage
of silver would of its own efficacy re-
s ore that metal to It's full coinage value,
Go justice between debtor and creditor.
relieve the stringency that depresses all
classes of business, widen the avenues
Of employment to labor and usher in an
uncXampled era of prosperity, content
ment and happiness.