The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-07-03
THE ISS(EIN 4 NUTSHELL.

President Roberts, of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad Company, who has no partisan
prcludcC> to warp his lud gmcnt and who
Is wholly devoted to the anagcmcnt of
the greatest corporation of the continent,
studies the financial question solely in
the interest of our great commercial and
induSt rial classes When industry *
prosperous our great railways are pros
porous; when industry is paralizcd, there
is universal depression in every channel
of enterprise.
President Roberts in Il recent interview
stated that his great corporation had been
compelled to halt all it, impr"N rments
and bettcrmcnt> which are not an Imper-
ious necessity. solely because of the gen
eral proStration OF industry and trade re
sulting from diStru>t in the tinanclal pc
licv of the nation He significantly add
ed that if the present sound money stand
ard of the government were clearly c>tab-
liShcd to- day he would feel warranted III
at once rcsuming the needed improve
mcnts on his varied lines, entirely conf
dent that the prompt revival of Industry
would fully compcnSe him for this largely
increased employment of labor.
Men like President Roberts do not the
orizc on the money question They must
deal with such issues on the basis of stub
born facts They know that no cover
mcnt can impair its currency without inn
pairing its credit; that chcapened money
and impaired credit must poison the life
blood of every channel of industrial en-
terprisc, and that even the possibility of
disturbance in the standard of money
hindcrs every form of business develop
ment. and brings industrial progress as
nearly to ii standStill as possible.
I
of employment on the PENNSYLVANIA Rail
road alone by the uncertainty of our ma
tional credit, and hundreds of thousands
of honest workin" men are idle to- day
Throughout the country for the SAM reason,
The solution of the problem is given IN
President Roberts statement that he
would at once resume the needed improve
ments and large employment of Labor II
the money issue could he settled beyond
question
Turning from President Roberts, who
speaks from the absolutely practical stand
point, it is well to study the uttcrance of
the ahlcSt Democratic politician of the
country-EX- Secretary William {. Whit
ney, of New York. He is not Il candi-
date for office; he is Il strong partisan.
but he regards the national honor and
national faith as high above all partl-
san considerations. In Il recent author
lied interview he gave the following in
ci,ive eX preston on the subject
Compromise is impossible. Deha>"-
ment of currency would be more monSt-
rouS in effect 1t would disgrace every
citizen. 1t would be not merely dishonest,
1t would be iishonorable. And YOU can
not compromise question of honor.
Mr.. Whitney speaks for one of the two
great parties of the country that has four
times given majority t" its candidate
for President during the last twenty years,
and that * now in control of the national
administration He is struggling to save
his party from the colossal suicide of the
countrvS history, and thereby to
aid in saving the honor and faith of the
nation. He puts the issue pointedly when
he declares that a question of honor can
not be compromised, and that party ties
must be disrupted by patriotic citizens t"
maintain the dignity and the integrity Of
the great Republic of the world.