| OCR Text |
Show r- j stii.i, ituiui ion lion:. ' j Nearly uvcry eye In the region of 1 country west of tho Nebrsaka prairies and cast ot the Hlerra Ne vada! Is turned towarl Ilrussels. On the result of the deUboratloui of that gathering depends, It may be, the weal or woe of all the district named j dlruotly, and lullreotly the welfaro of I the whole country If not thu clvlliied : I world, Iu poisuiilon of nrujlon whose I natural wealth Is hell Inclrcumaorlp- ' Hon and coullua not ultogethcr by tho I aealous guardianship ot nature but cbletly by the eeltlihneas, way wnrJ- i i nasi and It may be Ignorance ot those j who control, we are constructively ut j poor, or nearly ao, us though nature jj had not (looked the ruouuttlu wltl her treasures, Tho owner of n sliver mine, no matter how extensive and ' j productive It miy be, does not know Uri whether to prosecute the work Jj of development means to make K him Independent for life or a M pauper. There I) In iuot cases thla K riiktiLo run; but vicious legislation E has niada ot wlut would otherwlau bs ' IT fruitful certainties ao miuy diubtlul , JJ ijunutlllos, that the uwner of a poor jll mlnuaudhethituwns a good one are ll fc well-nigh on an m tallty prospuotlvoly V louslJered, Thuuetjn asami to be I 5 very simple: If silver hai the neces ary attributes fir money, whit rliht have Ihme who exerilto a flultlous yet arbitrary and all but supreme ower throtigfi the nwnorihlp arid cou-Irol cou-Irol of the other money metal to deny silver Its natural function? 'fit lias not those (pialltles, why tamper with It longer? Why disturb the uatbns and cauio their "solid men'Mnrett and au-noyatije au-noyatije hyglvlnlt any reorjnltlon at all? Why have statesmen convened Inn deliberative oiptilty to unlgn I) Ita 'Separate an I distinct station?" Why not treat It as Irit", or copper, or lead are trratcd and let Its price be rrg-ulate rrg-ulate J by the am unt which the market demanla for mechanlotlatil sclentirlo purpose,? If Its qualities parlaks if-flclently if-flclently of royally to place It some, what above those metals as an article of ornamental utility, aud not enough to entitle It to rank as a stauderJ for ellectlng exohangel, let that be said andthennlhas cirus, fir a meiluui ground means the lower, and anything la better than suspense. No; silver must be either m iney or merouan Use, and It Is to be sincerely hoped that the conference will deohir In favor of one or tho other so we may know what to depend upon. II the white mstal Is ll be declared money, let the ratio be establlahed at which It Is to becolnel and clroulalid freely as audi, otherwise let tha world ot II nance through li duly constituted agents strike out the money function altogether, and then If we on this side thu Atlautlo ant to adopt heroic measurea we will have the bails aud the Juitlfloatlon at once. Yesterday' New Vork IttraUl has a cablegram from Ilruiaeli, which ap arcd this miming ni a apeclil lu the Tribune of thla city. It contains n statement by Hsnator Juan I'. Jonei, one of Iho delegates from the United HUtis. Inltlmeays: Itmennt given up bops that somo Klau may bo evolve 1 front ids diseusalun i progron now end thai bploratho en I of the pre. em week, ff not thn conference confer-ence mayadlourn for good or It may a 1-Journ 1-Journ lor the holidays. It the latter happens the governments now oppose I to lie mav HOe the danger In whloll lliey atand and coma to au agreement. They will dlseovor that they tanuii maintain tll present system, but may want time lo tin I a wayoutoflhodllllaoliy. I will njMutkriii luesdty. My apeorh will Iki uoadoinlo, for I havo Uion asked todis-ouss todis-ouss the qnostlon thoroughly. It Is nlso announced that Henator Jones will speik at great length and that hlsnJdreis Is almost certain to attract wide attention, for he Is "on his mettle." There Is apparently sonn thing to hope for, sure enough; tjenator Jones la a capable an J earnest man, and If ho can't Induce the gold-lies gold-lies to act nowledge the irror of their ways, he can ht least leave thorn with no exctiia for not adopting definite meaturea. |
