New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-14
cor-ND MONEY CONFERENCE.
.,pryCy QUESTION DISCUSSED Ply ED
WARD ATKINSON. HORACE WHITE
AND OTHERS.

AM 81 Aii-fs'
,a Sent, IA three days session q, the
,n,orv conference opened at the Nebraska Build
w u,,osition Grounds to-day. J. Sterling Nor
ne rosi3sl shortly after 10 o'cloc; Mr. Morton
' 80 ,bc contention - order. and delivered the
'@ @.n,nr address. lie said in part
op,' president o. the National Sound Money
a,o ,aH This assembaGe TO order You have
- ,onvoked for patriotic purpose That pur-
e capdldly 10 discuss the money question with
~ ,ntsniion ~ asccr;ainimg the best currency for
'ussryine the prosperity strength and honor Of
w. American Republic"
-in,o-d Atkinson. OF Roston. was prevented from
-..s.ainr because of ill-health. Ills paper was
90 bv NJ. Morton. Il entitled The In
.-er, Vice Of Legal Tender" He dealt with the
as.ion Of icgal tender. saying good money needs
a., OF LEGAL tender only bad money calls for
a., Of force. legal tender 10 make people take
% bs.be- they want II or not. He held that the
..ned tree-coiHaEe act. proposed IN 1898 was
ling but prcteXt. The vice Of the freedom
~ ,olicv WAS hidden under the name OF legal
ssr Lesai-'ender acts were born In fraud. and
- been nurscl i'm corruption. All legal-tender
.s or DEGREES with the exception of those relating
=. spbeilary coin. had been intended for Of
o nur3oscs. They had either been the acts OF
,o.-ess OF absolute rulers or despot.c governments
s,r ,he purpose ~ cheating their people and de-
,,sudng them OF their earnings. or else they had
..,, acts for the collection Of forced Joan in the
conduct NJ war Ike our lcEal-onder acts OF lS6162
:. .lsA for the collection Of forced loan for the
purchase OF silver under the Bland and sherman
.,s The vice Of leEa tender that it deprived
mon of their right to free contract that It enforced
traud upon an unwilling or ignorant community
he,her It's neghhors desired to cheat each other or
-, II was bar to the integrity Of a nation and
"a tie peopie alike The sincerity OF its promoters
,,uH only Ne justified the expense Of their repute
for comncn-senso.
There was no debate Mr.. Atkinson's paper. and
uorace White % The New-York Evening Post"
opened the conference proper with paper on The
,J,storv Of the cold standard" Mr. White favored
tho bill recently reported by tho House Banking
Committee which. while not retiring the green
hacks. puts upon the National banks the onus Of
current redemption Of them. and gave the banks
the privilege Of issuing equal amount OF notes
against their general assets. protected by common
safety fund lodged IN the Treasury This would
Furnish all the money that the business Of the coun
Try needed he said. and Il would he furnished AT
the times and In the places where It is needed,
which the Government never could Go and which
free coinage Of silver never could do
An address was made by Louis R. Enrich o.
Colorado upon The Folly and Futility Of Fighting
Evolution" In the course Of Il he said
Like their brethren in The South. who hut few
years ago were eager 70 sacrifice Mie and al for
from error. will Yet live TO bless their defeat in
this monetary battle. And the younger men;
srono Inc sophiss OF deceived dccevers. Will open
their minds 70 tho clear. impressive facts Of imam
cisi hjstory-wil realize that the advent Of the
rod standard had become an inexorabe necessity
n our advanced ana highly progressive civilization
and will appreciate and unreservediy ADMIT me toHF
and the futitv OF fighting evolution.
Joseph NJ Carey ex-United States Senator from
Wyoming. spoke on The Gold Standard from the
Standpoint Of the Western States" He sad in
part
The time has certainly arrived When Nh o the gold
that The Nation should be placed on a sound imam
ca basis that its currency should he uniform, ana
That the Nation should 60 out OF the banking bust
ness ana not be hereafter compelled to go into the
marke, and buy gold 10 maintain Its estaohshe1
The agitation which has been kept alive with ref
ersnce 10 the free and unlimited coinage a. silver
for quarter OF a century IN this country mas zone
pagia and pestilences that could hefal the AMER
can people In century The greatest harnsn u an
ern States
H. p Robinson. of Chicago. Editor Of The Rail-
way Age" took for his subject "The Interests OF
Railway Men in the Gold Standard" In his address
he said
:, IS commonly claimed that the free coinage ~
silver IL il hurt anybody would only nurt INC cap
a ana the t sod2gf 'n nsrgs the man VINO
would suffer would not he the capitalist or me eo'"
bug but would he the laborlng man
Judge NJ J.. Crawford. of Dallas. Tex. speaking
N o,nos,t,on IN free-silver coinage said In part:
Let US ask ourselves II there is now exlstlns IN
his country q condition which would )ustiiN or
exc,se the adoption OF a monetary system ana q
standard value al par with that maintained ~ an
tho crea, commercial nations Of the edTtn NOT.
than rine-tenfhs OF commerce is Win SoIu
standard countries. Our exports vastly exceed our
imports the balance % trade Is In our faVof ana 7"
sn,,le /, gold is pOuring in upon MS In an almost
,,rhroken stream We have entered INC contest
Tor Tho commercial supremacy Of the word, - We
would win We must have god iOr OUT si"rl1aI. ar \,
snokeless powder for our guns. ms country -
no, going To ruin We are better on no" man rVrr
hafore ana conditions are improving all IN" NnlN
We nav higher wages than any LAND on EARN, ana
onr iaborinr peope enjoy more Of the comforts and