Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-16
WHEELING REGISTER. FRIDAY OCTOBER 16 1896.

the Financial News. and are full and cor
rect as they appeared in that Journal.
l am, yours obediently.
W, DURRANT.
F. Adams. Esq. Democratic Press Bureau
Chicago. L. S. 4.
Extract from the Financial News"
dated May 3, 1884.
THE BIMETALLIC CONFERENCE.
Whatever else may be said against the
bimetallic movement. it cannot be denied
that it is gaining both IL. volume ana in
strength The Bimetallic League of to-
day is a force TO be reckoned with. If its
creed ever deserved the reproach of being
heresy Of an infnitesimal and obscure
group that reproach can be truthfully ut
tered no longer In spite of scoffing, rid
icule and abuse; in spite OF the lofty dis
dain Of the profoundly ignorant Sir Ora
Giles of the daily press; in spite Of unreal
soninS prejudice and parliamentary indif-
ference. the little one has become a thous-
, and" Ii is impossible TO taunt the lead
ers OF the movement with lack of COM
mercial equipment or practical acQuaint-
ance with the currency problem.
Bankers and merchants Of the very first
rank have identified themselves with the
once despised doctrine, and new and in
fuential adherents are subscribing to il
every day The conference held in the
Mansion House yesterday, and to be con-
tinued to-day, and establishes beyond dis
pue that bimetallism has at its back, here
in England an amount of talent, business
sagacity, economical experience and per-
sonal authority, which entities it's advo-
Gates at least to an attentive hearing.
one great point about the leaders is that
they are practical. They know what they
want. and why they want 1t. They are BIZ
metalists under the stress of living and
incontestable facts Their raison d'etre is
the actually and pressure of the present
1t is an almost pathetic sight to see an able
economical writer like Mr.. Dunning Mac
Leod trying TO meet the case of depressed
trade. impoverished industry. falling eX-
ports the financial agony Of India. and the
threatened ruin of Lancashire with his
mumbling of the dry bones of antiquarian
lore. What the public want in the way Of
instruction is not the opinion of Sir Robert
Peel or Mr.. Huskisson, delivered sixty
four years ago. when the conditions had
nothing whatever in common with those
of to-day. They do not desire to be fed
with the remainder biscuit of Obsolete
economies; they want to learn the view Of
practical men, engaged in commerce and
manufacture as TO how far it is possible
by some measure of currency reform to
avert the peris which threaten our very
existence as a commercial nation.
Mr. Mel. cod as the apostle of a system
which. If not worn out, is. at least. upon
IFS trial as utterly inadequate to the needs
of the present day. We admire the dill
gence of his research and the extent of his
historical knowledge but his elaborate
chapter of ancient history, and the quoted
dcta of dead and gone statesmen. are like
administering pill to cure an earthquake.
The question is too large and too moment
Gus to be dealt with by references to opin-
ions uttered centuries ago. The danger IS
too imminent for solution, according to the
principles of Copernicus; In fact. we VEN
ture to submit that in the nineteenth CEN
fury Copernicus. as financial authority
is little out Of date. The bimetallists are
at least wise enough to direct the discus