The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-21


Ing the last few years, by reason OF ex-
cellent laws to protect the health, pro-
mote the comfort and refine the homes
OF the poor.
Are the workingmen OF England
much interested in the silver question:"
mo; there is nothing in 1t for them
They are satisfied with a single gold
standard, and believe II is the best sys-
tenn OF finance that can be provided
They do not want any change, nor
would your working classes secure any
permanent Improvement by the adop-
ton of a silver standard. 1t would only
be temporary expedient for tempo
rary distress II would be better for
your congress to let your finances alone
and permit capital and labor, and the
value OF commodities. and the various
kinds OF currency 70 adjust themselves
value to value. by natural laws, rather
than attempt TO create values by leEi5-
latlon. That Is impossible. You cannot
create anything by an act OF Congress,
The cost of living and the price OF la
Dor will adjust themselves to the de-
mand and to the abundance or the scar
city OF the necessarles OF life. Your trou-
BILE in the states has been due to the
enormous increase OF cheap labor and
the multiplication OF your capacity for
production. You charge your financial
depression to the repeal OF your silver
law, when II is the result of natural
causes, together with excessive lmrni-
grafton, which has provided a surplus
OF labor. and to the Improvement OF
your machinery"
Then you don't take much stock In
the silver agitation?"
None az ALL both gold and silver
have been too much exalted. The gold
men attribute to gold what Is due to a
worldwide revival OF trade. Just as the
silver man attributes oil his distress to
the repeal OF the coinage law. Both are
| following the Will-o'-t the wlsps, and Will
be landed In bog II they don't look
out The education OF the working class
es the development OF their taste and
SIKH, manual training, shorter hours,
the raising of the age limit, the exclu-
sion OF married women and children
| from the factories. the abolition OF ov-
ertlme and the recognition of the right
Of labor to organize for It's own protec-
ton, are more Important questions 20
your country, and VIII have more effect
upon It's prosperity than the price Of
the product OF your silver mines"
"Did you take part In the jubilee, and
70 to Windsor with the rest Of the
house OF commons to see the dueen?'
mo. was better employed / was
IN In Northumberland addressing min
crs meetings. For a few days before
the Jubilee was pretty busy inspect
Ing the stands that had been built In
my district for spectators to see II they
were safe and complied vita the build
lng laws, but this was about all that !
had TO do with II. ] would not have
gone II had been at home. | have
great respect for the queen, but royal
functions are not In my line. | did 30
out to gee the naval review, however. II
was the greatest sight 81 the century.
The two THINKS which have Impressed
me meet IN the later years Of my life are
Niagara Falls, which represents the
inajasty OF nature, and the naval re-
Wow. which was equally grand and
impressive. as the rcgult Of human pow
cr. was alternately clatcd and de-
pressed. | was proud that my country
was capable of 70 much power ana that
her worltlngnien have the ability to pro-
duri such marvellous fleet aa passed
before us But this pride was driven
out Of my heart by the reflection That
the rcsull or their labor represented
merely an exhibition Of organized bru-
tally and sorrow that It should be re-
aured IN these days Of civilization and
Intellectual culture, America and Eng
land have not done thcmrolyCB any
credit by thclr Misunderstanding In the
recent past, and the rejection Of the ar
bltration treaty was n rrpronch TO NnH.
land aud disgrace 20 The Congress Of
mo United states, That viii stand TO
the eternal dlscredlt Of the Irish clllzenH
NJ America, who, TO crafty a passing
p1aelon, deferred an act from which
ireland has more TO galn than any olh-
Oh country IN the world
- aaassa.a=-s
1Tlanlwnys gratifying TO receive tos.
tlmonlils ror Chamberlain collie, Chol.
crn and Dlhrfhocn Kennedy. and whom
tho endorsement n from pllyHlelan II
In orprclally 10. 'Thero " no moro
rntl7incinfv or effective remedy Than
Chlmhorlnln'a Cole. Cholera nnd Dlnr-
rboon Remedy" writes Dr, II VI lloboy,
pbyalolnn and biiarmaelsl. ~ Olncy.
No and M he has usnd the Kennedy IN