Show comforting NEWS FOR METAL MINERS it is comforting news to the metal miners of the west to read the market quotations on silver and lead these days there never has existed much doubt that both of these metals must sooner or later command higher prices the discouraging feature of the business has been the tardiness of the upward price movement in getting under headway all of the news both foreign and domestic which has emanated from financial and commercial centers of the world during the month of september leaves no room to doubt that all silver will soon be commanding a price that will approximate if it does not exceed the an ounce which the american producer now obtains from the government the peoples of foreign nations affected by the war are becoming extremely discontented over being restricted to the use of inflated wall paper as a medium of exchange and they are clamoring for something which represents some som e measure of intrinsic value sor something which will find recognition farther away from home than the corner bakery so they are beginning to reach out for silver the only metal that will satisfy the craving of the masses of the common people of the world it is going to take many years to bring the production of the white metal back to a point where this craving and demand can be even partially satiated and met under most favorable conditions so it behooves the american silver producer to hasten his efforts so that as the demand iacre increases a ses and the price advances he will be ready to reap the harvest that Us his effort is sure to bring 0 within his reach the fact also is becoming appreciated that the surplus of lead is diminishing rapidly to the vanishing point and that 1 the price of this metal must advance to a considerably higher level than it boasts today during the month lead has ad alced in price along with silver unlike silver there is is no demand for this metal as a unit of value for money purposes it simply is a commodity with a value regulated entirely by the law of supply and demand and the fact that the price now is is moving upward is a signification that the demand is rapidly increasing while the supply is not keeping pace the future for both silver and lead is looking rosier every minute |