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Show THK HEN tit AI'I'KAL. Supplementing the recent mass meeting meet-ing held in lheDeuver chamber of commerce, com-merce, urging the passage of a free coinage bill, cunics iin address to the country setting forth the tame demand. It is a proper demand, only that the intemperate language used to further it is in bud tasto. It will be conceded that if any one, the United States senate sen-ate is friendly to free coinage, nnd if tlinl body nevertheless suggested acom-prom'iMe acom-prom'iMe it must have knowti that the passage of the ultimate measure was at this time impracticable. But for the unconditional stand of both sides in the mouey controversy a measure might have been adopted, or might still be adopted, that would remove tho distress dis-tress which the Denver address so vehemently ve-hemently depicts. There is nothing to be gained by demanding the Impossible, and it is impossible to force through congress at this session a free coinage bill. II will come in time arid that time illicit bo sped by an intermediate step that will relieve the immediate stringency strin-gency and at the s.tmo time disabuso the eastern mind of the fear instilled into it that free coiuage means ruin. That the senate census measure met the two requirement namud we sincerely sin-cerely believe. Bi adslreets says: "The rise in the market price of silver a fortnight fort-night ago faithfully reflected the anticipation antici-pation of legislation directing increased absorption of silver for currency purposes. pur-poses. Tho commercial price in London Lon-don was Slid per ounce on December HI and $10.8 in New York, while at the same time quotations for the speculative specula-tive bullion certificates traded in here rose as high as $1.10. This has been followed by a rapid decline, which this week has carried prices to 48d per ounce in London and $1.08 here for commercial oars and $1.02$ for bullion certificates." The question is simply whether we care to deal with a theory or a condition. With this modification Salt Lake and Utah can well afford to Btipport Denver. |