The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-12-22
tn ULTIMATE SETTLEMENT,


We, three well done for the Salt
Lake chalnber of commerce, say we;
and amen Wi, re said heartily by eyey
western pre- silver man in the union.
Indeed, any plan of financial reform
which falls to pcovide for the remoneti-
zation Of 81 yer 8ill not meet the views
of the largest half of the people OF the
United States. The Baltimore plan
does not do this and the Salt Lake
chamber of commerce at its late meet
ing addresses a set of resolutions to
the advocates of the Baltimore plan in
congress which is simply restatement
j.. of those passed by the recent trans
Mississippi congress-, lately in session
at st. Louis. This is the very strong
est expression the chamber Of COM
merce could have given to the strong
determination of the business men Of
the west to stand by the metal of the
poor till the crack of doom, if neces-
sary. This action will 60 far toward
opening the eyes of the east to the fact
that here ia the west there is practic-
ally no division of sentiment among
the people on the subject Of speedy
reconciliation of the white metal. 1t
is charged every day by the gold papers
ofNewY ork and Boston, that even in the
mountain states all the people are not
in favor of reconciliation. This ar
gument has staggered many men in
the east who otherwise would haYe
been acting with US for the rehabilita-
tion of silver, In this action of the Salt
Lake chamber of commerce a competent
reply has been given to the slanderous
and dangerous charge. 1t cannot fail
to carry conviction to our friends in the
east that the west as one mighty and
unanimous whole stands by the money
upon which the nation has grown great
and rich. The dispatches yesterday
announced the withdrawal of the Bal
tImore plan and the preparation of an
other bill to be offered before congress
adjourns for the holidays. The SUBJ
stitute will fail as has:the Carlisle bill,
unless it provides for the free coinage
of silver or something tantamount to
that.
Oh that the business men, boards of
trade and chambers of commerce of
every state in tie west would meet at
once and take such action as the Salt
Lake board has taken. If this move
could be extended to include every COM
mercial body in the states friendly to
silver it would prove such an educa-
tional move as they have not yet had
in the east, and the position of the peo-
pie of the west would be made too plain
ever to again be successfully misrepre.
sented east or anywhere else.
This eternal tinkering ought to cease.
The people of the United States should
soon develop the necessary statesman
ship to enable them to solve the one
problem before which all of her INTEL
lect has stood awed and amazed now
for twenty-one years. The mine
owners and business men of Utah will
undertake to solve it in a months
time if congress will agree to
adopt the bill they would draft without
amendment or charge Of any kind, and
they will guarantee that the measure
will not only fully meet the difficulties
of the entire situation but will re-es-
tabllsh the prosperity we lost when i'm.
pious hands were first laid upon the
white metal money of time. We must
consider what more we can still do
to hasten this necessary action. We
must get down to the work. The
necessity is vital. It. is a grave duty
placed upon our western shoulders; we
must meet the requirements and per-
form the duty without any further waste
of time.