St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-02
REED FOR FREE SILVER.
BLAND LAUGHS At THE cZAR,S LOW
DOW ARTICLE.
The West Will Not Accept Toms
Silver Plan - Congressman
Burrows Says the Republican
Party Has Been Misrepresented
on the Silver Question-Other
Important Views.

WASHINGTON. June I.-Representa-
live Thomas b. Reeds interview in the
F~ortnightly Review, of London, advo-
eating a freer use of silver. has attracted
mueh attention in congressional circles.
The plan suggested by him for an
agreement among nations to use silver
and to fix discriminating tariff rates
against countries not using silver has
been specially open to comment.
"What, Reed for free silverw! said
Representative Bland. of Missouri. the
silver leader. when told of Mr.. Reeds
F%orinightly article. Then Mr.. Bland
laughed heartily and read the article.
"Mr. Reed comedies our arguments"
said MI. Bland, but he offers us a rem
edy which we will not have. The great
agricultural classes. who are behind
silver, will never Consent to a tariff war
which will close the markets of Europe
to our agricultural products. That
would be the effect of Mr.. Reeds prop
osition. There is no need of uniting the
tariff and silver questions. They are
wholly independent. If the United
States will coin silver. it will force Eng
land and other foreign countries to
recognize silver
WITHOUT THREATENING
with discriminating tariff duties. They
must sell US their goods, and if we in
SlSt on Offering them silver it will soon
become their interest to make silver
valuable. We must accomplish the end
at home, and not adopt Mr.. Reeds
nIan nf rnjpn abroad orH cnnurinfr Fraa
silver by threats OF higher tariff. 1t is
possible that his main desire is not so
much to aid silver. but to establish
higher protective duties against Eu-
rOpean countries"
MI. Bland was asked if the silver ele-
ment of the West and Northwest would
accept MIR. Reeds views as a gain to the
silver cause.
They will not" said Mr.. Bland.
"We are not asking Mr.. Reed to adlni:
our arguments, but to admit our solu-
ton. Instead of that he admits all we
have claimed as to the imperative need
of a larger use of silver. and yet he
manufactures a silver tariff solution we
will Icy accept"
Representative Burrows said: "Mr.
Reeds article is very timely. There has
been much MISREPRESENTATION "a tn the
attitude of the Republican party on sill
yer. They are not for gold alone. but
for both gold and silver. The only
question is how to secure that free
USE OF BOTH METALS.
eff it can be accomplished by mutual
cooperation among nations. with a de-
fensive tariff alliance against nou-
silver using nations, that may be the
best solution"
Mr.. Burrows was asked if such tariff
reciprocity among silver using coun-
tries would be a surrender of the
protective doctrine.
by no MEANS" said he. "a fair
measure Of protection to American in
duStrieS could be maintained, even with
those countries using silver, and there
would be added protection against non
silver-uSing countries. No one would
suggest reciprocity equivalent to free
trade"
Representative Tracey, of New York,
the Democratic anti-silver leader,
voiced the views of that element.
MIR. Reeds plan is wholly impractl-
CABLE" said he. There is no economic
connection between tariff and silver. If
! 1tSlhLtt uOCo IOG HduI SllfeI Snt Chl-
not be made to want it by threatening
her with discriminating tariff rates.
Mr.. Reed might have as we'll proposed
to force England to use silver by send
ing rioters among her people. His plan
amounts to a threat of giving England
trouble if she does not accept silver.
The proposition is a novelty. but moth
ing more"
Representative c. W. Stone, of Penn
sylvania. a leading Republican of the
Coinage committee, voiced the caution
prevailing among many Republicans
as to accepting the new departure sug-
gested by Mr.. Reed.
MIR. Stone said there would be little
division on his side as to Mr.. Reeds
first proposition of uniting the nations
for a free use of silver. But he was not
ready TO admit that such a union was
worth having if it cost a surrender to
reciprocity or other steps destructive to
the protection Of American industry.