OCR Text |
Show mi.vt u ioui-ku.uisi:s. The Tribune publishes a letter from Senator htewart iu wliich that geutle-niau geutle-niau expresses his disapproval of the proposition to limit tins free coinage of silver to the American product. The senator's views are undoubtedly sound, and it may bo true that the urging of the plan referred to would lose us southern votes The preat principle lying at the base of tho filver agitation is the natural law governing the supply sup-ply of and demand for a circulating medium. It has been tiemonsu'nieu tti.it the gold product of tho world can-no; can-no; meet this demand. In fact it has been satisfactory proven that the Deed canuot be properly met without free use of both metals. In I'lah and in the other great mining sections, the immediate object sought is the advancing advanc-ing of tho price of silver, but the sub-I sub-I ject as it whole has a wider range and goes more deeply into tho life of tho masses of the people of all sections. 'Tho hope of tho United States lies ; in adopting free coiuaga and making this country the financial center of the i world before other nations can change their policy. Free coinage here would probably give us the bulk of the South American trade in a very short time, and in a few years wn would have such vat stores of gold and silver drawn from all quarters that wo would dictate the linancial policy of ull the nations of the earth. While free and unlimited coinage offers the only complete solution of the dillicully, it i.s still true that the silver-producing silver-producing utates have a right to do-maud do-maud legitimate protection uuder auy plan put in operation. If wo are to have any liuiitation it f hotiid bu on the basis of j frce f oinajja for the American STrSjIalTMjimotaii vateiib'y j them from tho bowels of the earth. It might be possible to set forth both ideas in a platform of principles. The country coun-try could be given to understand that tho west is for free and unlimited coinage and that it condemns compromise compro-mise pioposition that steal from tho miner part of the fruits of his toil. We do not think that the people of this region re-gion should go before the country as being willing to work for the free coinage coin-age of the American product as a primary pri-mary proposition. That should simply bo set up as u line beyond which no circumstances cir-cumstances could force them. The tight should bo on tho plain principle. If the president should veto a free coin-ago coin-ago bill and if it should fail of the vote necessary to carry it over executive disapproval, tho silver men could take their stftiid on the second line and re- lust) to listen to any outer plan, j hey can light the battle for the interests of the entire people, but if that should fail they could then consistently continue con-tinue tho contest in favor of their own immediate interests. |