Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-11-14
NEWLANDS TO SILVER MEN
Give Tariff Legislation a Fair
Trial. Bimetali,s m Will Then
Come to the Front

Come to the Front.
Yesterday the APPEAL published a
portion Of an interview with Mr.. New
lands in the San Francisco c. ronicle,
sent by telegraph to Nevada. The
telegraphic account was somewhat
misleading and did not give the real
gist Of the interview, which brings up
a most important question When
asked il tariff Legislation would bring
relief, he said:
1T will give some relief, but not to
the extent expected. We have an TO-
dustrial system 10 this country which
makes it the Object of attack from all
other countries. Our wages are murh
higher than in any other country, and
the unit Of all values here is the daily
wage. 1t enters into and forns a part
Of the value Of all stored labor in the
shane Of produces. buildings and
o'her property. Diminish the daily
wage and you Immediately diminish
the value of such stored labor, for
new buildings can be erected and
things produced at a much less cost.
Cheapened TRANSPORTATION has a teL-
dency to reduce to- a dead level the
wages of the entire world. for the pro-
ducts OF the cheaper labor are thus
brought into competition with The pro
ducts of the dearer labor. Free trade
would infiict greater injury np2n this
~ ~, .ln, n-r .tI.r In-, & NO
have further to fall. 4 general re-
duction in wages would bring about
establishments Of values that would BE-
destructive to the pr0perty-owneTs,
producers .pd debtors. We need.
therefore, a tariff wall to protect us
against the products IF cheaper latOr
elsewhere. The wall W. have measur-
ably protects H. against cheap Europ-
has stimulated the production OF sill
Yer countries. for their domestic pro-
ducts "an he bought at the old silver
price and the silver with which to pay
for them can be procured at One-half
Of its old value in 2Old. The appre-
citation Of gold, or the fall Of silver,
whichever o term it, has, therefore,
I had the effect of doubling the eff.
: cheney OF silver countries in Compel
= ton with our own and we have fell
this in the Liverpool markets as to al
our farm products.
1.-The same cause is immensely slim.
= ulatin2 the manufacturing production
!, Of silver countries, notably Japan
India and China. They are begin
ming to export and their products
will drift inevitably to the country
: in which the highest labor cost pre-
walls, tina is the United States. NJ
a ta.iff wall short Of absolute exclusion
+, can shut ont their products, and ex
clusion is impossible. The protectiv,
measure which will guard us agains
the cheap labor Of gold standard coun
II tries must be the tariff. The protect
Ii i've measure that will protect Ii
against the existing agricultural com
e petition and the threatened manufac
3 turiug competition of silver %countrie
must be the legislation which will re
store the old relative value of silve
. and gold. Such n law would be equiv
' alent to a tariff Of 100 per cent upo
. the products Of silver countries, for
would increase TO that extent the COL
E. cost of such products. The Compel
% ton of Europe is insignificant a
r compared with the existing andthrear
ened competition Of Asia. / believ
Of that the true policy Of the country
combined tariff aud silver Legislation
70 the one protecting us asatuet EIropt
the other againt Asia"