The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-26
BUSINESS MEN
TO THE FRONT
They Begin to See What the Mat
ter Island are Lining up for
a New Financial System.
CONSULT WITH SILVER MEN

CONSULT WITH SILVER MEN
And Declare That Free Coinage Is tho
Quickest Way to Relief-Tarin Can't BE
Made High Enough Under . Gold Basis
FREQ Coinage Wanted Independent OF
Other Nations.
A conference was held in Washington |
last week between the Republican sill
yer Senators who voted against the
consideration of the House tariff bill
in the Senate and number of manu-
facturers. The meeting was brought
about largely through the efforts OF
Messrs. William Wilhelm, OF Potts
Vile. Pa. and Mr.. P. E. Defenderfer,
the latter Philadelphia manufactur,
er and Secretary OF the National
Bimetallic Committee.
The conference was preliminary to
others which probably will be held,
and while it resulted in no joint de,
claration, those present expressed
themselves as satisfied that the result
would be to promote hoth interests
and that an important step had been
taken in bringing them nearer to-
gether.
Those Who Participated.
The meeting resulted from cores
pondence between Mr.. Wilhelm ana
Senators Teller, of Colorado; DUBOIS
of Idaho; Carter and Mantle, OF Mon.
tana: Cannon, of Utah, and Jones, OF
Nevada. Those Senators were all pre-.
sent at last weeks meeting, as were
Representative Hartman, of Montana
Allen. of Utah, and Wilson, of Idaho
and also the following named repre-.
,, sentatives of manufacturing interests
! James DObson, manufacturer of car
pets: George Campbell, woolens
l James Pollock, carpets; S. B. Vrooman
e lumber; Frank Craven, silk; G. ID
Hardy, yarns; George w. Elkins
r street railways; Alex. Crow, carpets
= Henry A. Frye, groceries; Henri
Holmes, carpets; James Brown, wool
l. ems; Rowland Croft, worsteds; Charlie
M. McLoud, yarns; James W. Defend
l. erfer. warns; John Fisher, wire; Rober
Dornan. carpets: Robert w. Scot,
v knit goods; Charles Heber Clark, SUI
j. eical appliances; Theodore r. Mile
T. upholstery; Richard Campion, yarns
), Joseph Bromley, rugs; Joseph /
James, woolens; Joseph Foster, dyes
i James Phillips, worsteds; c. D. Fir
IL stone, buggies, and r. E. Defenderfe
p electrical appliances.
Il The conference was organized
choosing Senator Dubois as chairma
is and Mr.. Wilhelm secretary.
m Brief speeches were made by all Il
- Senators present. They defined the
r. position in such manner as to make
10 nlain to the manufacturers that the
OF could be no protective tariff legislatl'
1g either at this session of Congress or
IT. the next without the rehabilitation
silver. and that bimetallism and pr
lection as regarded from their stan
noint constituted an indivisible ISIS
NJ before the country.
some of the manufacturers the
ro selves Endorsed this position as bel
TIC the logic Of the country's necessitl
to and political conditions. Preside
de Dornan, Of the Manufacturer VI
he of Philadelphia, expressed the oplnl
ire that tariff duties could not be ms
nv high enough to protect mAnu1actur
if our country remained on a
,;+- basis.
aat fiedly for free coinage by internatl
ro- al agreement if possible otherwise
one Independent action. He believed
md Independent action would induce
,or ternatiOnal action. Free coln
in might create temporary disturban
IN, but it was the quickest way to ]
~ manent relief from the ills from wi
tno the country is now suffering.
lon' Henry A. Frye, of Philadelphia,
also that the sooner we took indepent
, to action for bimetallism the bette
pom would he. He declared for prOtec
pri- and blmetallism. Charles Heber Cl
mol editor of the Manufacturer, Phila
Tho phia, said he had labored in SCI
- and out of season to convince
''i0' manufacturers that protection "
-, only prove efficacious in conjunc
like with the restoration of silver.
med Richard Campion declared hin
8 to In favor of the restoration of 81
q on but thought that the cause OF bi
onn- allism was not advanced by the d
pr;+- of the revenue measure.
Senators who were interviewed
lions regard to the meeting expressed
opinion that this was the first ne
re. warning to the Republican ]
.oan- against the adoption of a single
standard plank in the st. Louis
form, or the nomination of =
oe standard man on a straddle
n the Many letters in harmony Will
cleo purposes of the meeting were rec
iding from manufacturers throughtou
by a country who were unspie 10 DC Pr
at the meeting.
at he rh. Democrats STATE Executive
IL. mittse to Meet ON April eth
in for The central committee of the
y, Of Democratic executive committe
on to here last FRIDAY % consloeI tn9
i'll at for Gaining = me ee.e;+t ~ VIC
o kill cr4tlc e1e Saa;H"d to c.ii Ia Stats
utive committee to meet in thi
Dll's on the 9Th of April next. The