The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-12
DON'T STAND
IN THE WAY.
Congressman NeWIands a Leader
Of Silver Republicans,
Gives Some Good Advice to His
Party Followers.
Silver Men Should Give Major
Mckinley
EVERY OPPORTUNITY
To Secure the Much Desired
Chance
To Bring About a Reign of
Prosperity.
To Bring About a Reign of
Prosperity.
NOT MAKE OBSTACLES
To the Presidents Plans For
Bettering Financial Conditions
If 1t Can Be Done Silver Re-
pubIicans Will Be Glad.

San Francisco, Nov. 12-Congress-
man Newlands Of Nevada tenapor-
airy chairman of the St Louis Silver
Party convention, was interviewed by
Chronicle reporter with reference to
the policy which should control the sill
yer men from the mining states dur
ing the coming session.
Mr. Newlands said: s'I believe that
We should accept the verdict of the
country. The Republican party claimed
protection and the Democratic party
claimed free coinage to be the para
mount issue The people have declared
in favor of protection and have given
the Republican party a contract for
the restoration of prosperity. be-
heVe it should be allowed to carry out
any reasonable tariff policy without
obstruction. If it brings prosperity
we viii all be content. If it does not
we will all know that some other rem
edy is required, and by the process of
elimination will come down to the only
radical cure, namely, full restoration of
silver as a money metal
1.-THE people have spoken and have
declared for protection, and I do not
think any obstruction should be op-
posed to the popular will Let tariff
legislation be enacted Immediately.
and we viii have a chance at the next
congressional election, and if not then,
at the next presidential election, to
test the sentiment of the country on
the silver question alone unembar-
rassed by tariff
What form should the proposed
tariff legislation take?"
Largely the protection of the nat
ural products and raw material of the
south and west, such as wool, lumber
lead, borax, soda, etc.
These industries have suffered seri-
Ously from the Wilson bill and the
tariff bill should be so framed as not
to cOnfne its benefits mainly to the
eastern states
DO you think tariff legislation will
give relief2"
1T will give some relief, but not to
the extent expected. Free trade would
infiict greater injury upon this coun-
try than any other because we have
further to fall A general reduction
in wages would bring about readjust-
ments of values that would be de-
structiVe to the property owners. pro-
ducers and debtors We need, there
fore a tariff wall to protect us against
the products Of cheaper labor else
where.
The protective measure which will
guard US against the cheap labor of
gold standard countries must be the
tariff. The protective measure to pro
tect us against the existing agricultural
competition and the threatened manu-
featuring competition of silver cOun-
tries must be the legislation which will
restore the old relative value of silver
and gold. Such a law would be equiv
alent to a tariff of 100 percent upon the
products of silver countries for it would
increase to that extent the gold cost or
such products. The competition of Eur
Ope is insignificant. as compared with
the existing and threatened cOmpeti-
ton Of Asia 1 believe that the true
policy of the country is combined tariff
and silver legisIation-the one protec-
ting us against Europe, the other
against Asia"
DO you thing there is any chance of
an international arrangement"
Not much, if it is confined, as the
Republican platform declares. to the
leading commercial nations-EngIand
France, and Germany-wh also are
creditor nations. I do not think the
creditor classes, controlling, as they do.
the legislation of these three creditor
countries will be content to lose the
advantage which they have through
the cOrnering of gold. You cannot ex-
pect the beneficiaries of the gold mon
opOly to voluntarily relax their grip on
the productive energies of the world.
BY our financial legislation, we are in
crcasing the value of gold and dimin-
ishiTg the value of our property and
products The parity we should seek
to restore is between gold and property.
We can only DO this by destroying the
gold monopoly and this can alone be
done by restoring the competitive use
of silver. What we need is courage;
we have the power