The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21

i've be ana CnCy are u6E6Oy auVACA
lied to propose to the State Commit
tee of the Republican party Of North
Carolina, co operation upon the basis
of the preamble and resolution
adopted and signed by Hon. Henry
M. Teller and fifteen other Republl-
can United States Senators, includ-
ing Senator Pritchard, relative to
the free and unlimited coinage Of
silver at the ratio Of IS to 1 and the
tariff. the sauna being IN accordance
with at least one Of the cardinal party
principles of the National Peoples
party.
The resolution is as follows:
WHEREAS, The difference Of exchange
between stan3 ard silver countries
and gold standard counties Is equiv
alent to a bounty of 100 peg cent. on
the products of the silver standard
countries; and,
WHEREAS, The cost Of production in
the old world, and particularly in
China and Japan, is less than pro
ducts can be produced or manufac
tured for in this country by Ameri
can labor, without reducing our
farmers, minera, mechanics, manu-
facturers and industrial workers to
the level Of Chinese coolies; there
fore, be it
Re8OIred, That we are in favor Of rescu
ing the people of the . tied States
from such impending danger by
removing the difference OF exchange
between gold standard countries and
silver standard countries by the Only
method possible, which is the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver at
the ratio of 16 to 1, by the indopond
ent action Of the United States, and
we are in favor Of a tariff which shall
be sufficient to equaliz9 the cost of
production in the United States and
in Europe and Asiatic countries, and
that the production inci}ent to such
tariff shall be equally distributed in
every section Of the United States
and between the varisus products
and industries of each State.
H. Nj. Teller, f. E Warren, Lee Man
tie, G. L. Shoup, J. G. Pritchard, Ed.
O. WoIcott, John II Mitchell, Frank
J Cannon, R. T. Pettigrew, Fred. T,
Dubois, II Q. Hausborough, T. H
Carter, Geo. @. Perking, J. D. Cam
eron, G. D. Clark, Arthur Brown"
ReSo'U3d further, That the committee
on the part Of the Republican party
be requested to communicate in
writing its acceptance Or rejection
of this proposition to the and that ii
accepted, a further conference may
be had to arrange the details Of Co
operation under the the terms Of the
above proposition, it being under
stood that all candidates Of both
parties nominated in this State for
Presidential electors and for State
officers and agreed upon by their
respective conventions shall support
the above cardinal principle aud vote
for neither men nor m assures antag
onistic thereto"
The said sub committee of the Re
publican State Committee rejected the
foregoing proposition and delivered to
your sub committee the following let
ter, declining the same, to-wit:
"RALEIGH, N. O.,
April II, 1926.
To the Conference Committee Of the
Peoples Party,
Raleigh, N, @.
We respectfully decline your PROPOSE
ton to abandon the Republican or
g~anization in North Carolina, and sub
NIT g counter proposition for CO opera
ton on State and local affairs, in writ
ing, which is the limit to which we are
willing to go.
Signed) &. E HOLTON,
Chairman.
II. L GRANT,
Member State at Large.
JAMES H. Young,
Member State at Large.
J. @ PRITCHARD,
THOMAS SETTLE"
The counter proposition" referred
to in the foregoing letter from the Re
publican Committee was an exact copy
OF their first proposition, set out in
full above, and was the only proposition
submitted to your committee on which
GO operation" was offered to US, end