Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-03
Other Questions Than Silver, Says A.
]. Warner.
A STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
He Discusses Trusts and Retire
ment of Greenbacks.
STAN BY MIR. BRYA n

Ex- Representative a. J. Warner of Ohio.
who is president of the Bimetallic League.
and one Of the most pronounced silver men
and supporters Of Bryan in the country,
was in Washington today, and in convcrsa-
ton with a Star reporter said some very
significant things concerning the issues in
the next presidential campaign.
He declared that the combinations to
control the Industries of the countries pre-
sentei a problem of prime Importance. the
ultimate solution of which no man could
now fprerelI- The trust movement. he said,
was progressing with giant strides.
Three Great Combinations.
Within a short time the country would
awaken to the existence of three stupen-
dnus combinations working together and
controlling minor ana contributing trusts.
First there would be a combination of the
great lines Of transportation: next in i'm
lOTtducr. and ultimately controlling the
rest, the banking combination and, third,
the great iron and steel combinations
These. h. said, Were all In process of com
pletc promotion. and it would not be long
in his judgment before these combinations
would represent a capitalization of a thou
sand million dollars. The minor trusts
would b. controlled by them. tributary to
them. or working along the same line.
TEeE would reduce the amount of labor
employed and determine the price of the
products which they controlled, destroying
competition.
His declaration with respect to Bryan and
the issues was particularly significant in
view of his relations to the Bryan free sill
Yer movement
Other Questions beside Free silver.
Recognizing the existence of a determined
effort in certain quarters to defeat Bryan.
he said: Bryan has lost none of his
strength with the democratic party. The
money question has lost none of its i'm
portance while at the same time. no doubt,
other questions Of great importance have
arisen
And on the money question. nasmuch
an effort will be made at the next ses-
sion of Congress to retire the greenbacks
and turn over TO the banks entire control
Of paper currency, this phase of the money
question is likely to attract more attention
for the time being than the silver question.
None the less they are deceived who
think that the silver question has been
finally settled. There is much wisdom in
the reply of the Scotch divine to his con-
gregation when they wanted him to pray
for rain. Yes; when the wind gets in the
right quarter
The wind may not be just now in the
right quarter for pressing the silver issue,
but it will get there. The rapid and unex
peCted increase in the production of gold
has had So far as it has gone the same eff
feet that the restoration of silver to coin
age would have had had it been restored
and there had been no increase in the pro-
duCtiOn OF gold. but il does not follow from
this that il * safe to rest the worlds money
supply upon the spOratiC production of
single year or a single period.
II would be wiser to rest the worlds
monetary system upon the present output of
the African sand reefs or the frozen Klon-
dixie gravel than in 1910 to rest it upon the
new discoveries of silver Of PotOsi in Mex
leo, or in 1850 to risk everything on the
gold placars of California and Australia.
World Has Need for Both Metals.
There has been no period in all the
worlds history when the supply Of money
from mines mas been so in excess of needs
for IL a. t largely or for any considera BILE
length of time TO raise the price level and
3D. far that has been the case it has al
ways proven among the greatest blessings.
on the contrary, the sacrifice of metals
for money mas proven the ruin of nations
Of civilization. So long, then. as the world
depends FOR its automatic money on the
supply Of the mines it will have need for
both Of the metals.
The democratic party will stand by the
Chicago platform. The money plank will
be made as full and as strong as ii there
We're no other issue l would be in favor
also Jf making declaration against trusts
II that were the only issue; and the same
with our declaration against Imperialism
and the Philippine war.
Neither question can be said to obscure
OF take precedence Of the other, but all
combine to make IN issue that l believe
the. people Will support,