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Show USE SILVER DOLLAR TAND BOOST PRICE ' : ;,! " " : ' ' Friends of silver can accorii- b , v plish much toward popularizing the metal and' greatly extending 'its use by asking for silver in J . i preference to pne and two dol- lar bills. Discussing this sub- J ' . Mr. Leo. Tietjen; cash- f (- ier of the Bingham State Bank, ;hef informed us the transporta-j transporta-j '. tion by express of 'a." thousand -: dollars from the San Francisco , J . mint cost his Bank $7.72. 1 Mr. Tietjen's attention was called to . the b'll recently introduced by Senator Smoot which requires j . the government to pay the ex- LV ;i , press carges on silver dollars -shipped from the mint to the banks of the country.; This bill . is being designed to restore sil- j ver to a wider circulation. Mr. - Tjetjen thought the measure. a . . . good one and expressed the opinion opin-ion that it would accomplish its :,. purpose if it becomes a law, he says the people of Bingham in- . variably accept paper money un-. un-. der protests Mr. Tietjen re-i re-i - garded this as. an important . step in behalf of silver and hop-( hop-( ed to see it followed up by an ; educational campaign that will , result in a widespread and perm anent popular demand for silver v.- dollars. : " i To the people of the west and ,.-', particularly those even remotely v connected, with the mining in- V dustry, the enlarged use of silver sil-ver dollars is a, matter of first . ; . importance and the movement to I; - that end should -receive their I ' active support and co-operation. t . ' ' i |