Show A Fanner Advocate of Silver WASHINGTON Feb 9At a hearing before be-fore the House committee on coinage weights and measures today Leonard RHone R-Hone representing the legislative committee com-mittee of the national grange said th I American farmer was asking that silver ba restored to tho position it occupied prior to j 1ST3 An increased value of money he j I said meant an enhancement of prices He wrnted Congress protect the legal tender qualification ol money issued by the government II gov-ernment so he could not be compelled to make his payments in one form of money alone Hone said the free coinage of silver would co a great way toward bringing it to a parity with gold Even if nil that was said against free silver coinage were true tho farmer would not lose anything because be-cause there was no time when the farmer fared so well as in 1S05 when there was a deprecated currency He favored the free coinage of both geld and silver |