The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-03-25
TIE LIGHT is BREAKING,
Eastern Manufacturers Realizing Tha1
DimctalliS1n Goes With Projections.

Denver, Col, March l9.-A Time
special from Washington says: A
conference between the republican
silver senators, who voted against
taking up the tariff bill, and tho re-
publican manufacturers, is to take
place in this city this afternoon. A
majority Of the manufacturers who
will be present are from Pcnnsyl-
vania. They represent many mill
lions Of capital and include the prin-
cipal contributors to the republican
campaign funds in recent prcsidcn-
tial campaigns, The conference
grows partly out of the stand taken
by the five senators on the tariff bill
and their refusal to allow that bill
to be considered without a provision
for silver and partly out of the
awakening Of the manufacturers to
the Fact that the manufacturing in
tercsts OF this country are in great
danger from competition from Silver
using countries like Japan, China
and Mexico. Many have come to
realize that tariff alone will not
afford them all the relief they must
have. Consequently they have sought
a conference for the purpose OF asccr-
tanning whether there is not some
common ground upon which the
manufacturing interests and silver
advocates can unite. They realize
nothing can be done for tariff with
out the aid Of the silver republicans
in the senate. Whether they will be
willing to go us far for silver as the
senators demand remains to be seen.
The senators will present written
ultimatum and il tic manufacturers
accept it, it will be given to the
country as their joint platform. The
details Of the ultimatllm cannot be
given but it is Il declaration for link
ing bimctalIism and protection.
bimctallsm being declared to mean
the free coinage Of silver and gold
at Il ratio Of lG to /. 1t is believed
the manufacturers will accept this
in the end, though probably not at
this meeting. Fully half Of them
arc silver men and the others are
badly scared. ."" ."-
Washington, March l9.-A con-
ference was held in this city today
between the republican silver SEN
ators who voted against the consider
alton Of the house bill in the senate
and {; number Of manufacturers,
principally Of Pennsylvania, for the
purpose OF arriving at an understand
ing on which the silver ad yocatcs
and prOtcctiOnists CInunitc. While
the conference resulted in no Joint
declaration, those present expressed
themselves as satisfied that the re-
suit would be to promote both in
tcrcsts and that an important step
had been taken in bringing them
nearer together.
The meeting resulted from CORE
spondcncc between NJ. Wilhelm, Of
Pennsylvania, and Senators Teller, Of
Colorado: Dubois, of Idaho; Carter
and Mantle, Of Montana; Cannon, OF
Utah, and Jones, of Nevada. These
senator's were all present at todav's
meeting, as were Representative
Hartman, Of Montana; Allen Of
Utah, and Wilson, Of Idaho, and al
SO some 30 representatives of manu-
facturing interests. The conference
was organized by choosing Senator
Duboise as chairman and Mr.. Will
helm secretary.
Brief speeches were made BY all the
senators present. They defined their
position in such manner as to make
it plain to the manufacturers that
there could be no protective tariff
legislation without the rchabilitita
ton OF silver, and that bimctallsn
ana protection, as regarded from
their standpoint, constituted an issue
before this country. Some of the
manufacturers themselves endorsed
this position as being the logic of
the countrv's necessities and politi-
Cal condition.. President Dornan. of
the manufacturers club of Philadcl
plIa, expressed the opinion that
tariff duties could not be made high
enough to protect manufacturers of
this country under the gold basis.
James Dobson came out unqualih.
edly for tree silver coinage bv inter-
national agreement if possible: if |
otherwise, by Independent action.
lie believed that independent action
would induce international action.
Free coinage might create temporary
disturbances, but it was the quickest
way to permanent relief. Henry \.
Frye Of Philadelphia, said the sooner
We take independent action for bimc-
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