| Show SILVER A NEW PLAN pe returns for or tile the last fiscal attest or nr have been given out by the chief or of the bureau of statistics mr ford tho the philadelphia L press compiles the rits results as follows the feces s or of Pite exports export aarti kropa a to be 5 3 42 in the Pr arelous elous fical tt fi cal 5 3 far ar it was us a A this thia falling ott off of la Is duo to a in exports ruris or of anil and I an in moatte of of oc in addition white ni t exports of rold gold in the pre phoua iou foscal ill acro era in ila the fiscal year cloned alok two weeks oco ago sold gold ex ports wro WIM w ro p in excess tho the excess of allor fiort xi ort lat year was W 01 end binl the i cai before be ta 1 6 Y taking all tiles porth together and tho trade balance WL 0 of f 0 exports arta got dolfl 4 land and killer was about a ut less ipsa iq favoran favor av ora ar this year tha than 0 thu t he nar ir before it added to t hat sho aang tho the fact could be maje made clear of how much gold was retained in this country by the contract with the Ry lynd indicate leate which otherwise would have alpen exported wo we would have the exact showing of the iho year which would establish ta blIsh that tile the trade balance was not only less legs adorable avo rable this thin year than the year before cut but that hat in addition I 1 there here was vise it a full dell it of 0 in obtaining ta inting the money necessary to pa nay Y the running expenses of the government the rema kable feature of 0 the allowing Is 19 that the export of silver last year was jl more than the P previous belou year and that it just shout about c covered thia th product ot of our mines anines that give elves a une a a thought why Is it not possible PO kalble for fop the nations to meet together and settle the silver question on IL a new basis there Is not a nation of eu rote rom that does not absorb millions and millions annually in subsidiary silver india Is a great maw that abs absorbs orlis and assimilates all the surplus silver of the world the great argument of the gold men la Is we must IL lep OP OUT our credit intact all abroad ad very well why not then make mi art international agreement that ach c h country shall open its mints to gold cold and silver alike that for all domestic purposes silver either shall be a legal tender an acu re na gold but that th ill foreign balance with gold using na lions must bie be paid in cal and that custom duties be paid in gold cold in gold countries that would disturb nothing and that in one day would make the lie much abused aller dollar juat as aa good RD as tile the paid dollar and it would double tile moncy monc y of the world it would advance prices it would malte malco property da as good as money men would not be to loan their money tit at 2 tind and 3 per cent Is a year on gilt ertol securities but rather miller would in property find make improvements and ghe CG denuir demand ld far or labor it in a thought which we commend to our contemporaries conic and would like to obtain their opinions upon it or of course vie ae mean by this ft an international raL lonal agreement xii do not dot see sec kiy england would object to it br be cattee it would gouid stipulate in advance that all tile the mone money Y due her atis is to bo be riad in goll it would sliver diver about among her and tic her r poor people generally ll it bould uld stop atop the of our own owl aidt FI dt that our people would bp be ed a dinst in ill favor ut of for forlano fortl lazo C because all peoples would be id al the ainu same may jt it would stop tho the 1 i that we a be d h a flood of oc silver the 11 uld I 1 just juat its as much demand and jui 11 q ulo mu 1 h use for sliver in crr r L alinn as in our own ON n thre there would I 1 n hi ing left except tile the cry that tl it alj in i ing man mail in our country would 1 b I 1 iny ing for far the he santo sanio wages that I 1 11 I 1 tarna while all that inc in had bad to ouy ea would id b worth nit and ml that would be a tiling ft li h id pus PI away awa Y tile tit nr int an nt at it N it rii it I 1 1 1 I uni old in it lieu of it tj ewi ii f r mst mn n i i ii arc now idle in the country count ry juuli vu uli 1 if the chef bo be given employment ernp tr ili there ere would be new roads t to b build u naw manci to opera open new roada fields 1 to cal cultivate I 1 N ate now naw call cities to build it would we uld be 1 it n I 1 a 9 I 1 I 1 i t I 1 h t 11 I 1 N 1 1 t b I 1 1 I L I 1 I 1 an P I 1 1 i 1 I it hi I 1 r 10 iii va oi I 1 0 clr r ili HI il lh ili i 1 ri i t 11 cilmi it it 1 I 1 |
