The Elbert County tribune., 1900-03-08
fconcludcd from last week.,

know nothins and cnre less for our civ.
% !li,ss,on Theirs is 70 them E,syased Ernnds, ana
with ancient traditions and customs.
from father to son they know no change.
labor to-day law has been the measure OF
their pay for generations. Our COM
Ssry Su the nqnse y ne
lives. Our commercial intercourse Win
them leaves no more impress upon tne
than do our nrgoslcs upon tho trackicss
seas that wash their shores, and long
after We shall be nuTiea IN 9Siyicn M esntinue
In their ancient traditions and usaEes,
untouched and unaffected by our modern
Their a ~ grain with which this country
actively completes. the fruit Of their con-
.sany Icons nao aba S s,as Win
ours In the markets Of Europe. in small
volume now. but each. year IN steadily
Changed , s Tor ars silver Al nearly Two dollars
for one. will still be produced At cost
messvred BY sysr nS5 az sb u r. my sa,uea p,,r,
chasing power It had thi.ty years ago;
The question assume even greater i'm
Phiiippines' mi Here are 200, 900 Of people
knowing only silver, living ~ the resion
Of ~ asa whom we w1m must fnrnss
a means Of exchange recognized by the
merchants OF the whole world and Sc
the United States. and we can never i'm
pose upon them gold standard and n
sSiid currency without Destroying h cn,nr tns,r
tries OF the Orient.
1t used to bc said when silver was so
largely. overproduced in proportion, 70
gold, that there was not enough gold In
the world to make II certain that silver
would not become the cheaper metal.
*. * snS from crcniniion @ Every dollar
Of gold added TO the worlds supply les.
sons this danger. which was apparent
and incrensc In the gold product Of The
world, the more essential " is thnt tnc
and p ressaSS KS by he
that in the Rand alone there, are up,
gold already In sight Distant as the
prospect may seem, you may yet ma II
ssssn,a sss sn etes ao easS sn iba snld shall not
fall In value below the ratio.
II seems TO me idle to say that the
sffectine the other commercial nations
Of the world md inviting their active CO.
oi country il wit Without 'Sii foreign co Commerce @ the
character Of her money u matter OF
national concern alcne. Whenever ma
tho world and has debts to pay and cred
lts 70 receive. the character and volume
Il 'ne tpaaes Seceme g, aee Of %
nnco In arriving mt medium OF cx-
change. The .vast gold product o. the
amount OF Il reaches ours.
and yot the Increase In metallic money.
ef the SSsea asssss nr ssa
perity and for the recent Increase in the
price of both goods and wages. Our dis
Iributive share comes to and Is de-
pendent not alone on population. but as
we'll upon The character and extent OF
IONS nna Upon he Ssbas of our peops
respecting the amount OF actual money
We use.
Year after year our relations with other
,srnsd sTi q In in their welfare: the. markets
4a Z ths British British arr armies II south africa;
,Anic In Paris or Berlin or London Sc
fously disturbs values here. and every
1%ss" ncrs and 1 more an Int internationai one. we
Irs rapidly forging to the 'front.' not only
Y sorIa % b'es, but as i isa ilnancia ' center. f II
heaven blesses us with one or two years
more of bountiful crops. we shall become
lobtQr nation and able to influence the
worlds. financial policy as never before
n cur history.
risnt & strides. i II needs no nc prophet's W VS.
on to foretell n future which shall wit
less our sails on every sea, our manu-
snd. our inventions stiii more. Eeneraiiy
ldcrted.. our inbor. the most Intelligent
.ursd articles sold abroad; our ,vast sg-
tculturai areas developed to their fullest
,sopie beyond our borders. carried on
kmerican ships manned by American
ntersstsd in ~ the i financial resources and
SSs aSSy p il li not ' Of Vital importSnos @ that
ntsfns stionsi sysfem which shall pc free
rom Sudden change and nuctuation;, or
sTSeha ne q prospstyy nd
therefore the happiness Of our people.
Ne not international uuestionsf
There have been three internntional
ism and failure has been written op-
posite each.
The conference of 1873 was held too
ssa msSs :f IN sns ser nsne nsa peley ha
loot and England attended only through
fhs Conference of 1881, called at the in
yfiation OF France and the United States,
One hs tse word
knowledse Of the subject, but continental
poHtics still played an important part,
and no conclusion was reached.
Ths conference of 1892. summoned at
President designated the. able and dis
sohl vas doomed from % the vms first, althonsh
Al the outset 4 seemed full Of promise
The ccnssrvatiye party y England, IN
went out o2 power between the time
when the law was enacted authorizing
lie pssinSe tims when aRe deiesates % we're % Named.
tile and both the English delegation and
were unfavorable. France, content with
her system. lent an unwilling ear and
OF the ,S in tbe
announcement that she would make no
change n her standard; Notwithstannd- nd
country. no result could be attained, and
the conference adjourned, nominally to
meet again. but never resumed It's ses-
Meanwhiie;, In 1895. the three srea,,
oysr%selmns rsnsS elner ma1ority their psria
ments. declared their desire to cooperate
With the other powers in an International
or mitigating the constant nuctuations
value o. gold and silver. II was because
powers. as well as in the fulnllmsnt OF
the pledge OF the st. Louis platform and
the princIples of the Republican party.
to settle this question.
Mr.. President. do not intend to go In
abroad or the preliminary trip which pre-
ceded II. took the time of the Senate
q what WIN nee he
mention one or two facts which may be
Of interest In the Senate. The position
Of France has been quoted by one or
two speakers during the course of this
debate. The position OF France was that
she was bimetallic. and that under no
circumstances would Franco
make a change in her financial system
unless Important concessions could be
frst obtained from England; and without
from England. Including the
opening NJ the f-Aia mint, France would
net proceed further.
W w hA
lapse OF time permits me TO state with
out embarrassment TO anybody. and that
Is the undoubted fact that when our en-
there was no conference called
had their interviews with the English
In the late summer OF 1897, be-
fore the proposals which we had made
were forwarded to India. the English
were OF the unanimous opinion
that the India authorities would quickly
avail themselves OF our offers, and that
the result OF our proposals would be the
acceptance OF them. That fact Is as un-