Show SILVER IN IN DEMAND D MAND Baltimore Bt Sun Silver has advanced to 64 cents an ounce under the influence chiefly of an increased ed demand from the Indian gov government government government Though the is gold goldin in India Silver Is wanted for the small retail transactions of its peo people people pie Gold is wanted for the wholesale trade and banking and exchange opera operations operations operations but for the petty buying and of or a country where more of th the population are very poor and prices are low the yellow metal is less con convenient v than silver In China indeed copper or bronze coins are the cash of QC the people avery aYery cheap metal suiting best for very small transactions As much as of silver has been shipped in the last from London Londo to the British East Indies an art increase of over over last year England imported in the nine months ended with September worth of silver sliver of which amount the United States supplied The total movement to India China and aid Japan was China taking worth The foreign troops in China require silver for local pay payments payments payments ments and anti Chinese merchants In con consequence on sequence of the war prefer silver to goods in payment for Chinese exports The increase Jle of silver shipments to the th east over last year vear eal is some or 48 46 4 per cent The facts seem to show that the east is still capable of absorb absorbing absorbing ing silver and may continue to do so for f r a long period |