THE SCRANTON TRIBUiq-B-SATURDAY MOUKIN-O. APRIL 27, 1893. Ball? and Weekly. No Sunday Edllloa. tubllthd at Sainton, P , by The Tribune Pub- Hsbtna Company. Kw York Offloei Tribaoe BuUdluf, Frank ft dny, Manager. & P. KINSyV, Ohm ae Ocn-i Mm C. H. RIMLC, iio'T e Ta. LIVV. RICHARD, leiToa. W. W. DAVIS. MaMaasa. W. W. VOUNQS, Adv. MiM't f XTIRID AT TH1 roBTOWIOl AT BCRAltTOS. PA., A3 BIOOHD-CSS UAU. MATTU, "Printers Ink," the reoofrntud Jourol Ibr ver tlKra, rates Th SOAMTmi Triwuns aa the beat advertising medium In Northeastern Psnueylva. nla, "iTlntere' Ink" knew. Tna WEicetT Tfuaojek, Issued Kvery Saturday, Csautlne Twehre Haedaanu rnvee, with an Abun dance of News, Hollou, and Well-Edited Ularet lsny. For Tlwse Wbo Cannot Tke Tna Daily TutauNB, the Weekly In Hccom mended aa tbe Beat Bargain UOinf. Only ft a Year, in AdTaace. TBI Tesisuxa ! Ibr Bale Dally at the D., L. and W, Station at liebokear BCRANTON, APRIL 27, 1896. The reported willingness of the Scranton Traction company to equip its cars with safety fenders as soon as safe fenders are on the market puts the question squarely before the public, and the public has a right to hear testimony In the premises. If fenders save life in several other cities, why shouldn't they save It in Scranton? A life in Scranton Is Just as valuable as a life in Baltimore or Buffalo. Hints to Correspondents. In opening our columns to a free Coinage of opinion on the monetary problem, we must beg to remind our correspondents of the necessity of clearness in the expression of their thoughts. Let ua keep in mind the ex act Issue, which may be stated, by in terrogations, as follows: Is there sufficient gold In the United States to enable us successfully to ex clude silver from our currency, except as subsidiary coin? t If not, shall we make no change un til we can have the free coinage of both gold and silver, under an Interna tional agreement; or shall we, putting a tariff on foreign silver, proceed to coin American silver at a. ratio with gold to be hereafter agreed upon by congress? There you have all phases of the present issue in a nutshell. An affirma tive answer to the first question will, as soon as proved. Justify gold mono metallism if it be deemed desirable, even when possible, to limit our pri mary money or money of ultimate re demption) to one metal. A negative answer to this question will, as soon as sustained by accurate statistics, bring us to the necessity of deciding, with reference to bimetallism, first, whether an international agree ment Is probable; second, whether It would be effective; and third. If neither probable nor effecWve, whether this country may not, with safety, accom plish the desired result by adopting complete bimetallism Independently. lly confining their remarks to these few salient points, our contributors will economize both energy and space, and likewise prevent an unnecessary confusion of Ideas. ..If the Interstate Telephone company is a genuine (business enterprise, and not another speculative scheme, It will not object to giving the city a euaran tee bond. If It does object, kill it on the spot. Cleveland a Foe to a Sound Currency. There is one feature of the current financial discussion which has been un fortunately somewhat obscured. The United States was, until recently, the largest silver-producing country In the world. The director of the mint esti mates the world's product of silver for . 1S93 at 5,013,740 kllogramB, of the coin age value of $208,371,100- For the year 1881, prior to the depression of the American silver Industry, the coinage value of the American production of silver was, according to the report of the superintendent of the United States geological survey, $75,416,585, It is fair to say that, in time of normal activity the silver mines of the United States produce regularly one-third of the sil ver production of the entire world. This being true; and the American silver production being more than double the American gold produotlon (which, in 1891, was $33,176,000), .why should the president of the United States fall to use the full extent of his Influenoe in the direction, not of re tarding, but of (hastening an ' agree ment among the nations looking ito the restoration throughout the world of the double standard? At a time when most statesmen believe h European senti ment favorable to such an agreement to be rapidly growing, even In money lending England, why should the pres ident of the most interested nation in the world be reluctant to move toward he holding of another conference with a definite purpose to fores the Issue; and why should the constant endeavor of his administration be to make yet greater the disparity between gold and silver? It is more to America's interest than to that of any other nation that silver be rehabilitated, for the simple reason that we, of all nations, have the most unmined silver. ' Tet the anom alous spectacle 4s presented under the Cleveland regime of the official powers of our government being used to their utmost, not for, but against, the na- tional Interest In this matter. We da not doubt that nearly every! sincere advocate of the independent free coinage of silver would be abun dantly satisfied to await the outcome of another eaarnest endeavor to secure an International blmetalllo agreement, were the hand of our government hon estly friendly Instead of hostile to such aa endeavor. There is uncertainty con nected with the independent free Coin age of the American silver product; whereas, there would be no uncertainty as to the beneficial consequences of an International agreement upon this sub Jeot, and It would be a poor Judgment Which would not willingly prefer cer tainty to uncertainty In a matter so vital as is the national currency. But when the president of the United States, Instead of fulfilling his obvlouB duty In the premises, goes over bodily to the foes of silver and uses all his In fluence to still. further debuse and de grade the silver which is so consid erable an element In his own country's natural resources, who can wonder that Bomo of the friends of honest bimetal lism lose patience and fly to an opposite extreme? Vi'e venture to say that had Uenju mln Harrison been re-elected president three years ago, the silver question would by this time have been either settled or near to a settlement by favor able concurrence of the nations, with the United States taking the lead. It docs not seem fair to a disinter ested spectator that Russia should as sume to Interfere with the termination of hostilities between Japan and China. It Is not easy to see the Justice of Russia's reported objections to the terms of settlement proposed by Japan The latter country, if need be, would apparently be Justified In telling Rus sla to attend to its own business; and Is no doubt strong enough to enforce that suggestion if it should come to a test of armed strength. Japan is a nation which, in the expressive ver nacular of the streets, Is no longer "to be sneezed at," even by dictatorial Russia. No More Fake Franchises i The action of common council Thurs day night In halting the ordinance giv ing a right of way to the Inter-state Telephone company until the genuine ness of the enterprise- can be estab lished was unquestionably wise. With the memory of the Valley Passenger railway episode fresh in mind, It would be a mistake to grant any more fran chisee without first exacting a bond for the bona fide fulfillment of the con tract. There can be no objection to the loca tion of a second telephone exchange in this city. Competition is unquestiona bly healthful to a business like the tele phone business; and the public Is rarely the loser by It. If the Inter-state peo ple are In earnest, they will not object to filing an adequate bond that within six months after the signing of their franchise they will have a plant in actual operation; falling in which the bond shall be forfeited and the fran chise revert to the city. But to grant this franchise outright, as the Valley Passenger Railway fran chise was granted, merely as a kind of public contribution to a figurehead board of directory, would be a species of councllmanlc simplicity not to be a second time excused. The people, It may as well be clearly understood, propose to keep an eye on councils in this matter. The letter of Mr. Chittenden In an other column is an able plea for con servatism In the treatment of our cur rency. We are Inclined to think, how ever, that he places too much empha sis upon the Importance of credits as a substitute for cash In business trans actions. One dollar In coin might dis charge $1,000 worth of debts in a year, If passed successively to 1,000 persons. But simultaneously issue five checks on the strength of that dollar, and you have inflation, the discovery of which means panic. Credits are acceptable when backed by cash or Its equivalent; but have we enough gold In the United States to give acceptability and safety to the credits of the country?' Our own. opinion Is that we have not; and that, therefore, the supplementary use of silver, upon a parity with gold, Is absolutely essential If we would avoid a harmful contraction of our currency. Concede this, and you concede all that conservative friends of silver expect; all, In fact, that they could wisely de sire. Sympathy for the ppor British gov ernment In its hour of dire financial need should not be permitted to ob scure the important fact that, In this Nlcaraguan affair, England has as sessed its own damages, declined all offers of arbitration and proceeded to the collection of its absurdly distended claim toy the combined tactics of the bully and the' bandit.' "Temporary" occupation of Nlcaraguan soli will be come permanent occupation and the Monroe doctrine pass Into the history of repudiated delusions unless the American state ' department soon awakens to its duty. It is a notlcoaible fact that nearly all the leading newspapers are devoting much space to an Interchange of opin ions .on the financial question. Book stores', too, report a growing demand for literature upon the Subject. When the American votex begins to think for himself, look out for surprises. Bimetallism are of two kinds active and passive. The rotlve blmetallist believes In forcing thi battle for an International agreement. The passive blmetallist believes . In letting; things take their course. Both kinds are rep resented In the Republican party, the latter probably numbering a majority in the eastern states. But, If bimetall ism be a good thing, at all, Why is it not worth striving for? To say that we have bimetallism at present is only a partial truth. The bimetallism of to day, in America, is gold monometallism plus the remnant of past sops to the silver interests. It Is an appreciated dollar of gold trying to hold up a de preciated dollar of silver by a thread. There can be no permanent stability In such a currency as we have at pres ent. Besides, the business interests of the country need a currency that can not be "cornered." i It would be a good thing If some law could be devised that would prevent an already bankrupt railroad no longer sensitive to pecuniary losses from arbi trarily inflicting losses on business men in the pursuit of an honest trade. Such a law would probably benefit the anthracite coal trade. If Chicago stock men arc to be be lieved, it Is probable that stuffed steers will soon be In demand In the Windy City for exhibition purposes In muse ums In the collection of extinct ani mals. To a man up a tree, it would seem to be oheaper to buy fenders than to fight five or six damage suits each term of court. ' THE CUKKENCY QUESTION. Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Your kindness In throwing open your columns to all shades of opinion on the Bllver question ouuht to bo productive of the best reBults, "in the multltutlo of councillors there Is safety," aa the ,.....,,ri. utninu it nvn nothlnit about wis dom, but we have an excess of that and It seems to me that what wo need is more n, n im tt-hi-n Amm-icun thouirht naic,j - - ........ -. seems to be progressing toward a silver UaslB a point from which no road leaJB back. The fundamental historic fact of the discussion that this has always been a ttolil basis country seems to be over looked or denied. From 1804, when Jeffer son forbade the further coinnge of silver dollars, up to 1S73, less than $8,1100,000 were coined, and these being worth from 103 to 107 cents went principally to the melting pot. ThlB experience seems to show that the flat of the United States could not make 100 cents In gold equal 103 ceAu In Bllver and oiiKht to discourage the present effort to make 45 cents In silver equal 100 cents In gold. The argument that a person has bor rowed a thousand dollars at a time when It would purchase 1,000 bushels of wheat and now must pay for It with 2,000 bushels Is a very striking one and leads the aver age, simple-minded citizen to inquire why he pays it In wheat? Why does ho not pay it In hay, corn, potatoes, beans, onions, etc., In which there has been no decline, especially as the product of either hay or corn in this country is two or threo times the value annually of " that of wheat. Is It not possible that we over rate the Importance' of the amount of our currency, as well as undertake the Importance of Its quality? The clear ings In Wi were over $02,000,000,000, representing one-third, or perhaps, a half of actual checks drawn, thus leaving $00, 000,000,000 more unreported. Add to this all the cash transactions, perhaps another $00,000,000,000, equals $180,000,000,000 annual business. This work Is apparently done by about $1,000,000,000 of free currency, at least a quarter of which Is hoarded, leav ing for actual work some $800,000,000. Ob viously there Is some other factor besides cold cash required to do this amount of business. If we should turn to the $4,500, 000,000 of bank deposits In the United States and consider them as additional currency, pure and simple, exchanging goods and lands often for Immense amounts without using a single cash dol lar, It becomes at once Intelligible how the mighty exchanges of this country are made. It also becomo clear why the In crease of cosh from $18 to $25 per capita by the purchase of silver under the Blond and Wlndom acts did not raise the values of products in the slightest. Now, considering these bank deposits us in effect currency, equal to eight tlmpa the gold anil six times the sllve in use, and also remembering that we may In crease them In a good year $300,000,000 or $400,000,000 against a possible coinage of $00,000,000,000 of our own sliver, can there be any profit to this country in the halving of the yard stick of values by the free coin age of silver? It appears almost beyond debate that opening our mints to silver would annihilate cr per cent, of the pur chasing value of our bank deposits. Our people havo refused to repeal the national bank law becauso It would destroy $200, 000,000 of good currency. They have re fused President Cleveland's solicitations to redeem In bonds $200,000,000 of United Status notes, because both were meas ures of contraction and wise men dread currency contraction and yet It is seri ously advocated to go to a Bllver basis, which would contract bank deposits which are also currency $2,365,000,000 in an Instant. Hut this would not be the limit of the catantropho for this currcucy loss of b'llions. Every sularled man and wage earner will And that his dollar will buy In tea and coffee, wheat, wool and silk, and all other goods whoso price Is fixed beyond the borders of the United States, but 45 cents' worth. And further, "tho vnluo of all property, Is Us cost of re production. If wages shrink one-half will not nll'thc houses and products except farm land shrink in the same ratio? Is It worth whllo to organize parties and carry on government to attain such a result? And Is a people capable of (Joins; such an act capable of free government? The offort of tho United Stntos to raise the price of sliver under tho Wlndom act by purchasing the total American product was a total failure. It was a bold effort, but Its results should convince all of the Impossibility of America alone upholding tho price of sliver. Yet I think Colonel Hitchcock wrong In assmulng the impos sibility of doing this by a combination of civilized nations, Tho success of tho Latin union In doing this for a long term of years at the ratio of 15 to 1 and the earlier example of Koine and the eastern empire maintaining the parity for 1,300 years at the ra tio of 13 to 1 would seem to assure success, but I do not believe the Intense conservatism and the boundless greed of England will allow the experi ment to be tried. Hence the true policy of this country would seem to be to raise Its tariff sufficiently to keep Its trade bal ances In our favor and to steadily increase our currency of bank deposits based on gold until silver again reaches par, which will come when the protective tariff ef fect of depreciated sliver shall havo mado the Bilver-uBlng countries great manufac turing nations, and when European coun tries and the United States are buying their silks, cottons, woolens and Iron and are hunting for the silver to pay the bill. Wild as the statement may seem, this Is likely to happen in much leas than a gen eration, But that Is another story. C. E. Chittenden. Scranton, Ta., April 24. As to Intrinsic Value. The Philadelphia Record of Friday says: "The Scranton Tribune has got far enough along in the study of economics to find out that 'neither silver nor gold has asy Intrinsic value.' when this information shall get abroad It will stoq the digging In the mines and put an end to controversy." The Record It inclined to be funny. But if It were shipwrecked on a barren isle covered with silver and gold, It would probably agree with us that whatever value either meta-1 possesses is conferred upon K entirely by 1U adaptability to hu man uses. Subtract those uses and It wouldn't be worth the space It ooouptes. Something to Think About. From tho Lebanon Dally News. The Scranton Tribune remarks that The most prosperous country In Europe tnAnv la tfrajino. eintwlthataJldlhff lia ter rible ravagement in 1870. And France, it' is Instructive to note, has a blmetalllo currency of $40 par capita, to less than $25 In tho United Slates." This Is something to think about and to seriously consider InHhese days of rampant gold-monometal lism. That's All That la Sought. From the Philadelphia Record. No roldbug, no monomotalllst,' nobody who desires to maintain the present stand ard or value, objects to a silver dollar in trinsically ablo to maintain itself at a parity with a gold dollar. The moment that the fight for silver shall be brought to this plane of honesty the battle will be over. TOLD JiV THE STARS. Dally lloroscopo Drawn by Ajaechus, Tho Trlbuno Astrologer, . Astrolabe cast: 1.57 a. m, for Saturday, April 27, 1896. 5Wf ' &t Observe that the moon has a black eye. Gentle reader, have compassion upon a child born on this day. Of the throe hun dred and sixty-live It Is the hoodoo. In boyhood days he will catch no fish. From childhood up he will be on the wrong Bide or the market. ' For him the Louisiana lottery, Wall street and Scranton real estate booms will contain no prises, Bhould he make a bet that Sunel could trot a mile In four minutes the animal would drop dead before reaching the tlrst quarter stake. lie will be un advocate of free silver and hlB pockets will be free of It most of the time. His wife will never tell the neighbors what a smart man hor husband Is. 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