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Show Banning tip in New York to a ' fohit Hot Beached in the Last Pour Years. - ;UD0N'S DAYS OF DICTATION OYEE .s of Salt Laka's Most Eminent Pin-" Pin-" (.jers on the Proposed National Legislation on the Subject. silver went to 105 in New York yes- . n,c highest point it has reached 11 ,'i'hs(! If this rise is to be allribu-i allribu-i totheiuere possibility of the bill out-, out-, j in the Washington dispatches pass- liatwiU be tlie result if the measure vomesalaw? In seeking an answer ,hat question The Times determined t ,1,0 views of the most prominent wucicrs in the city and lay them bo-.,, bo-.,, its readers. I' H Jones was of the opinion tTiul , bili would give entire satisfaction to ..tern won. and ho hoped that il nld pass. Mi". Jones is not a talka-cniau. talka-cniau. uor is lie very enthusiastic: ,e left the impression that silvei !ldoou resume its old position in , nioaey market, cither under the K,.d law or another equally tit lim.s II. Bacon of the Bank of Salt Ikewnffssedihtitlio had not given Silver question sullieient attention ;,(. at,le to pass upon it intelligently iboiild, how ever, that the restora- of silver to a gold value was a!, al was required to afford au era oi ,i limes to the farmers of the eotin-. eotin-. ,.io he considered ure the bone I sinew of our wealth.- All things aid, point to tho coming of easy lie thought that hard time .rCnvor with, to a great extent, and ;lt tho raising of silver to its par value rh gold would bring to the country rha boom of prosperity as to pre-ide pre-ide the possibility of a time of gloom rr overtaking it. Not that he meant say that linancial squalls would vr-r ronie again; wo may have , off aud ou. but they w ill be only fling Hurries, without any permauoiiee .1 without any great financial wreck rrniiig iu their "Wake. He thought a tlic proposed legislation went fai mgli, us it would not be wise to go . fur at the tirst jump, lusrph K. Walker was very entluisi-lie entluisi-lie in his approval of the measure tirst lie w as cf opinion that it did not i far enough, but ho had figured it il and found points in (he bill that he might had been overlooked by others, i which satisfied hiin that il Glinted to the same thing as ulti-ted ulti-ted the free,., carragev ol icr. . The bill provides for 1 mandatory purchase of four aud lalf million ounces a month, said Mr. illior, ami that is more silver than is jduced in the United States at pros-:. pros-:. It provides for the payment; ol c purchases at the market value, that means .tli.pid.iidvance of cr; and the clause which says this ill continue until the price reached is li'i' 3711 grains he considered one ol ' line points of the bill. A calcula- ii shows, he said, that $1 for 871J tins is equal to $1.28 and 19-100ths an iu'C; and this is the old-time standard i'0 for silver on a gold basis. 'Mr. ilkcr pointed out that it was within - power of the silver producers to '. tlio government to pay 129.2!) every ounce of silver after the ipused hill became a law. All it it would he necessary for them to would be to withhold their bullion nn the market for a short time, and 1 secretary of the treasury would be iged to pay that price in order to uplywilli the mandate of the law, island, he said, is already buying all silver bullion she can, evidently wing her apprehension of the com-: com-: storm. Silver is worth $1.05 in New today. If there be adverse news m Washington hi the meantime, to- row il will be still higher; aud '"Id this bill become a law, said Mr: ilker, il, will be $129.29 within a year. S. McCornick was very well i-lied with the bill, but hoped that it. 'i he so amended as to make the 'siu-y notes or certificates with which - proposed to pay for the bullion a ;i! tender for all purposes. Mr. Mo-"i'ick Mo-"i'ick said that Senator Teller - had J tlle right' position, but policy Ml render it necessary for hira to ao-11 ao-11 the measure as it now stands. lie ''gl't that it was only a question of wher. the great wester.i state 'W get such legislation as they defied de-fied on the silver question aiid all ; i; questions of moment. ''ther L. S. Hills nor II. S. Young 'f Deret National bauk desired to "'"viewed, aud neither of them J;'1 Mprcssany opiuiou of the bill. "wley was too much engaged to sullieient time to talk, but ' Hiut he was in favor of , Imposed legislation. ' - -'liambers, of the Ontario mine, making preparations lo 'e jr California this morning, bu -lumbers position 011 the silver :"1Ion Is suffieieutly well known to -e au expression of opinion unne- '! is uo doubt about the position fP'e of Salt Lake ou the pro-kgislmiou. pro-kgislmiou. .The bill concedes ,!. "Ian was hoped for, aud every 1 1,1 "us city is willing to accept it l0t further proof. . |