The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-28

question OF how to regain what you had
iost In the previous years, or. II that was
Impossible. then how 10 stop further loss
l'ut your object now, as gather Il, is "a
go out and possess what you have never
mad before. You want TO extend, no!
your notes, but your business. ! sym.
pathzed With your purposes then; I am
In full accord with your Intentions now.
venture to say at the gathering refer
red to. rs reported In your published
proceedings. speaking borh for your en-
courasenent and from profound con.
vict!on: = ID, Iy }idIiI|3 s56,
"Thls great country cannot be perma.
nently kept in state OF relapse. be.
llcye we viii re.occupy the field ten.
porariiy lost 10 Us and go out 10 peace.
ful conquest OF new and greater fields OF
trade and commerce. The recovery will
come slowly, perhaps: but It will come
and when Il does, we will be steadler
and VIII better know how to avoid ex.
posure hereafter"" Is5F
have abated none from the faith
! then expressed, and You seem to have
regained yours. .l
National policies can encourage indus
try and commerce. but Il remains for
the people to project and carry them on.
II these policies Stimulate Industrial de-
velopment and energy, the people can be
safely trusted 10 do the rest. The gov-
ernment, however, Ia restricted in Its
power tU promote Industry. Il can aid
commerce. 5u. not create Il. It can
widen and deepen It's waterways; but
the ships to sail and the tariff to carry,
the people must supply. The govern
rsent can raise revenues by taxation In
such a way as will discriminate In favor
OF domestic. enterprises, but It can not
establish them. It can make CONNER
cial treaties, open to our. manufacturers
and agrlculturists the ports Of other ma /.
tlons. It can enter into reciprocal ar.
rangemeats to exchange our products
with those OF other countries. II can aid
our merchant marine by encouraging
our people to build chips OF commerce.
1t can assist In every lawful manner
private enterprise to unite the two
oceans with great canal. It can do all
these things and ought TO do them; but,
with all this accomplished the result will
still be Intellectual unless supplemented
by the energy. enterprise and Industry
Of the people. 1t Is they who must build
and operate the factories, furnish ships
and cargoe5 for the canal, and the rivers
and the seas. It Is they who must find
the consumers and obtain trade by going
forth to win It.
Much profitable trade Is still unenjoy-
ed by our people because OF their pres
ent insufficient facilities for reaching de-
slrable markets. Much OF It Is loss be-
cause OF a lack Of Information and ignor-
ance OF the conditions and needs Of other
nations. We must know Just what other
people want before We can supply their
wants. We must understand exactly
how to reach them with least expense II
we would enter into the most advan-
tageous business relations with them.
The ship requires the shipper, but the
shipper must have assured promises that
his goods will have sale when they
reach their destination. It Is a good
rule IL buyers will not come to us for US
to so to them. 1t Is our duty to make
American enterprise and Industrial am
bltion, as we'll as achievement, terms Of
respect and praise, not only at home but
among the family OF nations, the world
over. ~,
There Is another duty resting upon the
national goVernment-"to coin money
and regulate the value thereof" This
duty requires that our government shall
regulate the value OF its money by the
highsst standards OF commercial hon.
esty and national honor. The money Of
The United States must forever be
unqnasIoned and unassaiable. II
doubts remain, they must be removed.
II weak places are discovered, they
must be Strengthened. Nothing should
eyer tempt us-nothlng ever tempt US
to call down the sacred debt OF a nation
through legal techn!callty. Whatever
may be the language OF the contract the
United States will discharge all OF lis OBJ
hgat!ors In the currency recognized as
the best throughou! the civilized world
at the time OF payment. Nor will we
ever consent that the wages Of labor or
Its frugal savings shall be scaled down,
by permitting payment In dollars % less
value. than the dollars accepted as the
hes; In every enlightened nation OF the
earth.
Under existing conditions our citizens
cannot be excused II they do no. redou-
bic their efforts to secure such financial
legislation as Will place their honorable
Intentions beyond dispute. Ali those
who represent, as you do. the great con-
servatlve. but progressive business An
tercsts Of the country. owe It not only TO
themselves but to the people to insist
upon the settlement OF this great ques-
ton now or else to face the alternative
that 1t must be again submitted for arb!-
traion at the polls.
This ls our plain duty to more than
100000 voters, VINO fifteen months ago
won a great political battle on the Issue.
among others, that tho United States
government would not permit q doubt
to exist anywhere concerning the eta
bility and integrity OF ITS currency or
the inviolabillty OF It's obligations of
every kind. That is my Interpretation
OF that victory. Whatever effort, there
fore. is required TO make the settlement
OF this vital question clear and conclu-
sive for all time, we are bound In good
conscience 10 undertake and II possible
realize. That IS our COMMISSIONERS
present charter from the people.
1t will not suffice for citizens nova
days to say simply that they ar. IN favor
Of sound money. That Is not enough.