Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-11-21
NEWLANDS SPEAKS
TO THE SILVER MEN.
GIVE TARIFF LEGISLATION !
FAIR TRIAL.


II 0ta'Ns
by q San Francisco Chronicle" reporter
with reference to the policy which should
control the silver men from the mining
States during the coming session.
Mr.. Newlands said 81 believe that
we should accept the verdict Of the coun-
try. The Republican party claimed pro-
lection and the Democratic party silver
to be the paramount issue. The people
AVE declared in favor Of protection and
have given the Republican party q con-
tract. for the restoration Of prosperity.
I bsf e it should be allowed to carry
OUT reasonable tariff policy without
obstruction. II it brings prosperity WI
will all be content. II it does not we
will all know that some other remedy is
required; and by the process Of elimina-
ton will come down to the only radical
cure, namely, the full restoration Of sill
yer as q money metal"
"What will be the action of the SEN
stors and Representatives from the silver
| States ?"
81 can't answer for others. So far as
l am personally concerned l voted for the
| Dingley bill at the last session for two
reasons. First, / did not think the silver
men should put themselves in the posi-
| ton of denying to the country sufficient
revenue. Second, believing as l did,
that the tariff question would, at the
next Presidential election, distract many
from the consideration of our financial
legislation as the principal cause OF our
difficulties. l thought it would be wise to
give the Republican party the tariff law
it asked for; and if it failed to give the
country anticipated relief then we would
enter upon the Presidential campaign of
1896 with the money question as the sole
issue, undistracted by other questions.
As it was, many silver men voted for
protection. not because they loved silver
less, but because they loved protection
more.
"The Senators from the silver States
took another view. They substituted a
free coinage bill for the Dingley bill, not
with the expectation that they would
pass it, but for the purpose of notifying
the Manufacturers East that no tariff bill
could be passed without accompanying
silver legislation. l do not c~riticise their
action at all, though it differed from my
own views as to what should be done.
Possibly it was the wiser course, for it
organized a distinct silver party and di-
vided the silver men from their gold as
s~ociates in both parties.
"But the situation is different now
The people have spoksn and have de-
olared for protection, and I do not think
obstruction should be opposed to the
popular will. Let tariff legislation be
enacted immediately and we will have q
chance ct the next Congressional election,
and II not then. ct the next Presidential
election, to test the sentiment Of the
country on the silver question alone,
unembarrassed by tariff"
"What form should the proposed tar
iff legislation take 7"
Largely the protection Of the natural
products and raw material Of the South
and West, such IS wool, lumber, lead,
borax, soda. etc. These industries have
suffered seriously from the Wilson bill,
and the tariff should be 80 framed as not
to oonfns it's benefits mainly to the East.
ern States"
do you think tariff legislation will
| give relief"
at will give some relief, but NOT to
the extent expected. We have an indus
trial system in this country which makes
ID the object Of attack from all other
countries. Our wages are much higher
than 10 any other country. and the unit
Of ell values here is the daily wage. 1t
enters into and forms q part of the value
Of all stored labor in the shape Of prod
ucts. buildings and other property. Di-
minish the daily wage and you immedi-
ately diminish the value of such stored
labor, for new buildings can be erected
and things produced at q much less cost.
Cheapened transportation has a tendency
to reduce to q dead level the wages of
the entire world, for the products of the
cheaper labor are thus brought into CON.
petition with the products Of the dearer
labor. Free trade would infict greater
injury upon this country than any other.
because we have further to fall. A gen.
eral reduction in wages would bring about
readjustments of values that would be
destructive to the property owners, pro-
ducers and debtors. We need, there
fore, a tariff wall to protect US against
the products of cheaper labor elsewhere.