The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-13
GOV. STONE IN NEW YORK.


BHnguet, and Delivers nm Addres. on
'Commerce and the west"-He says
western Producers are Neither Prosper-
ous Nor Contontrd - They arc Not
fdtrers They are Not Itsstftute, They
nre Not Desperate, Nor Incendiary, but
They arc Sure There Is Something
Radically Wrong Somewhere.
Gov. Stone while in New York few
days ago, was Tho guest of honor at tbs
annual dinner of The New York
brnrd of trade given at Dclmohic0s.
There We're y out 300 prominent ciB.
zens seated about the fcstal board
when President Snow introduced Hon.
Oscar 5. Strauss as the chairman Of tine
meeting. NJ, Sira s., H. introducing
Gov. S:ouc hc 9pcri.cr ~. ''., ev rr-
ing, sdid that lie irn FqusIt.v F.au
asked what the politics of the bouru vi
trade were.
Some. he said, were for free trade and
others for protected trade, but all were
for more trade and the desire to extend
the glory of the Stars and Stripes in all
climes and on all seas. Gov. Stone, he
said, was an apostle of this kind of
trade, and what he said was sure to be
sound.
GOV. STONES SPEECH.
Gov. Stone said that the subjects Of conf.
r1crcc in which tic people OF tho United States
were chiefly concerned. because they Constitut-
ed the bulk Of their trade, were tie products Of
nl1nufacturc. nf agriculture Of nn'tFS and of
inc forest. Al Of these we're necessary to The
comfort of human i'fe. They supplied clothing,
food, shelter and the implements Of industry to
mon and all OF them wern IN uniycrsal use. 10
~aa the interchange Of these materials and
fabrics tpat made up the chief part OF that
thing we call ct1rmercc here in the United
States The opportunity 'p effect these cS.
changes should not he hedged tbout and mada
difficult or extensive.
Commerce was not war. hut fraternity
very essence Of an exalted. refined humane
civilization, Under any wise policy OF govern
IncDt or of trade it would seem that the people
Nho supply the articles OF commerce those
who SOW and reap the fields, who watch and
shear the focke, who delve in the mines, who
@onyert the waviifg oak and pine tree into
,dilns at for use, who weave the fleece and fax
and cotton into garments-should not enjoy,
unrcstrained az far as might ho, the right OF
exchange, hut should also he the happicst and
mO1t prosperous OF our people.
They we're the producers-thc makers Of the
things men sidnd most in need of. hhl the
things that make up tho body Of our commerce.
InS- not only supplied their own wants. nut
also those q tho millions who were engaged in
pie ought to be the most prosperous and happy
Of ,r cu,i,.t. 1'I"'. but added that from the
western point Of view this Iu-' wns - clearly
established
MARVELLOUS COUNTRY.
'rhis Is marvellous country we have" CON
,inutd GOV. Stone warmly but in many re-
speCts the f'nst marvellous part OF Hes yonder
by the crest of tho h'oghenica. All of us are
prone to regard events ana Il r-or'urC policies
'torn the circumscriGed standpoint Gt 'nir own
cnur0nLitE'a We take too little heed Of the
world beyond us. /, t~'stiug conditions arc sat.
isfactUry to MS We arc apt to t!r'k tliey should
bo to all others and accordingly to lh5isf "pon
their continuance. New York is the national
metropolis Here are congregated many OF
the brightest. smartcst, nrainiest men on the
continent Hero are located the greatest
banks and financial institutions Ofthc republic.
Here reside the owners and directors Of tho
great lines of transportation that reach out
from here ana traverse all the states Of the
Union Here rs the great distributing point nj
which the products Of the Union afe gathered
and sent forth into the world, and 1T which the
products Of other lands are received for the ac-
commodatiors of our domestic markets. The
policies Of government and of trade. over both
Of which the bd7'n"ss men Of New York exer.
else an influence potential rrd commanding,
have for years tended in one direction, dr'd shat
toward rapid, and. may be permitted TO say,
IN my judgment, an unhealthy concentration OF
wealth in tliC ,5'rth Atlantic states.
SHOULD CuiIfiv ITr TnB WEST
"Your own prosperity, the GSactiug law OF
clfprCscrvntion. makes 1t impOtiGn' 70 tho
business men Of this metropolis 10 cultir,iic 3
commercial intimacy and TO establish n COM
hlcrcial rcciprocity or alliance with western
hfoduccrs. They create you dispose; they
dclyc and gather, YOU storc and distribute.
From hi vast region comes pouring in upon
you an ever increasing stream Of commerce
which like new blood lf.rarts a msty viror to
your enterprise. This should nt source OF
mutual profit and 10y reason thereof n common
intrNccment should lead you to cooperate with
u view to mutual advantage, and to the end
that the just rights and interests Of all shall he
conserved and protected, and to the end that
the prosperity of all may be fairly equaled
"Instead OF hostility there should br co-opern.
tiOn. / have said we judge the world too much
by our own environments. The people here in
New York and the east are far better satisfied
with existing conditions than are the people
elsewhere, and you wonder at the seeming up
rest that characlerlZes the great producing
populations of the west and south, Well, our
products must 90 to the markets, Too much
OF their value must not be consumed in trans.
portation and in the cost ~ disposition. The
producer must have return that Conpcnsates
him for his investment, his care and his labor
I'VE must get to the seaboard and out upon
the high seas without paying the entire profits
Of Our labor for the privilege. We want good
money and plenty of t-far more think than
we have. We fully appreciate the importance
of sound finance, of stable currency but we
are not so sensitive as some to the fear Of re-.
duudalcy. Money enough to answer our husi
ness requirements and to cfcctuatc easy cx.
changes Is with us an increasing ncceSsity
And this say with due regard to the important
part that credit plays in the great game of the
worlds traffic.
WESTERN PRODUCERS.
Western producers. | have said and re
peat, ought to be among the most prosperous
and Contented people in the world But they
are neither prosperous nor contented. They
are not paupers, they are not destitute but the
measure Of their prosperity is far below what
it ought to he. They are not desperate they
are not nccndiary, but they are sure there is
illenects OF which they are the unmerited vic.
tins. They are dissatisfied and the resive
spirit OF protest is developing into the more
aggressive spirit of combat"
GOV. Stone quoted from the last rerort OF the
comptroller of the currency TO show that near
ly two.thrds of the outstanding national bank
circulation is owned by the banks OF the six
New England states, New York. New Jersey
and Pennsylvania. with population OF only 81
per cent. OF the whole number of people In the
country, This enormous disparity he said,
was TO he found relatively the same all along
the line, whether in reference to banks other
than national, to bank clearlngs, to loan and
trust companies or what not He called attcn-
tion to the significant fraternity between the
west and south, TO meeting southern govern.
ors to be held at RichmoP the congress OF
the western states teyon Mississippi