The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-12
SILVER WILL WIN.
And the United States Will Do the
Work Alone.

! ''I expect silver viii be restored to its
rightful position. and the United States
will do the work alone. After residing
for four years in France and noting con-
ditionS in European countries, l have
more exalted opinion of the strength OF
this country than is apparently enter
tanned by many of my fellow citizens in
America. l firmly believe that the United
States is big enough and strong enough
TO restore silver TO the position 10 which
the metal is entitled. | can say from per-
SOnal observation that the silver cause is
growing with great strides in Europe, and
l do not believe the large money lenders
of the old world would be SO blind TO
their own interest as TO continue to place
obstacles in the way if the United States
should declare for the free coinage of
silver. Neither do l believe for an in
slant that this country would be made a
dumping ground II would not pay 70
dump silver coined az ratio of 1S15 into
country where the ratio IS IS 10 !
MORE STRONGLY IMPRESSED.
The speaker was S. E. Morse. proprietor
of the Indianapolis Sentinel. and for four
years previous 10 June of this year con-
sui general Of the United States ii Paris.
France. ard he was talking 20 a Beaver
News reporter. Mr.. MorSs is a guest Of
the Brown hotel in company with his wife.
and VIII visit Montana and the northwest
before concluding his stay in the west
The visitor is an out and out silver advo-
cate and says he returned from his So
jOurn in foreign countries more deeply
impressed with the far-raaching import
ance of the silver cause than ever before
The paper of which he is the head has
been 2 consistent advocate Of the white
metal and supported Bryan during the
last campaign.
THE silver cause said Mr. Morss SIS
a world wide cause. 1t IS too far reaching
to be laid aside or sheived by any other
movement which may arise. and II is
bound TO win The present depressed
condition of the silver market IS merely
temporary The artificial decline in the
price is caused by adverse legislation and
the manipulation of the enemies of the
metal A great many of the people of
France are in favor of the restoration Of
free coinage. Governor AIagntn Of the
Bank of France IS one of the strongest
advocates Of silver in the world and
Prime Minister Maine is q very strong
bimetalliSt.
AGRARIAN BIAIETALLIsTs
1.-The agricultural interest Of France IS
strongly bimetaliic in sentiment while
the banking and mOneyed classes are gen
orally on the opposite side. In Germany
the same conditions prevail. The BODY Of
the people are b-metalEsts. but the money
lenders ere opposed. 1t IS extremely DIFF
ficult in Germany 70 secure an expression
of the people on the subject. as the ques-
ton is clouded IN that country BY other
political questions. ! can say this. and
that is the silver sentiment IS growing
in Europe. and il is growing IN this c7L~-
try. Today 1 was talking with a leading
Republican politician of the SAFE Of Ne
braska. He IS of the oD!niOn that his
state viii give a Democratic ma joriry of
5000 at the next state election. and he IS
a gold man. He declared that .ha silver
sentiment has grown immensely in Ne
braSka since the last national election. I
do not think the restoration of free coin
age would bring about the millennium,
but X would 50 long way toward max
Ing the working people more comforta-
bic. even though people with fixed in
comes might suffer a little for time
Every body except the money lenders and
the people with fixed incomes would feel
the beneficial effects of free coinage.