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Show j American voter. It states that the ! trade returns I ief ween the United States and Great Britain during i the period of five years ending 1VJ0 j show a balance of trade against Great Brit- ain, in favor of the United Stales of 1,045,-' 1,045,-' 7U,'.S.i ok an average annoal balance of The year ending June 10, 1891 show a balance bal-ance in the same direction of $250,090, 7G4. Our trade with the entire commercial world , has been in the agfrreirate largely in our favor. Why should xvc hesitate to take the inia-tive inia-tive in coining silver; stopping its further debasement de-basement and not only increase our own metallic money resources, bat prop Dp and ! add vitality to the. $8,000,000,000 of silver money in the principal nations of Europe It is quite time for this great nation to inaugurate in-augurate and maintain its own financial and tariff systems and not feel compered to sneeze every time that gouty John Bull takes sautf. STRIKE Oi l: The tariff and silver questions have be-?onie be-?onie so befogged by ignorant clamor and partisan appeals, that many fail to appreciate appre-ciate the immense importance to the nation and the world of a permanent settlement of them in accordance xvith the varying xvants pad environm nts of civilized communities, l'lie silver problem is the most important LBd the most pressing. For while governments govern-ments must he sustained and taxes levied ml paid, money must be had to do it. Whether the medium of exchange and measure of value shall he strings of colored iht lis as wampum or gold and silver, for all i.ave been used, i? must he by mutual agreement agree-ment as to value, quality and quantity. in the present enlarged volume of business busi-ness and credits, money, of whatever kind it may be, adopted by the feder-ition feder-ition of civilized nations, must have the rtpacity of increase in quantity without with-out decreased value. If. as the present rrisis in the financial world demonstrates, the leading creditor nation in that federa-liou. federa-liou. for mercenary and selfish considerations considera-tions sees lit, within its own independent Jurisdiction, to strike down one half of the universally accepted money of the world, while it monopolizes a large share of the balance, as Kngland has done, it may profit for a season, b;: in the long run the act wili return 10' plague the inventor. Kngland r ud its dependence today is suffering for its suiridhl act in demonetizing- silver far more than any other nation. The great empire em-pire of India is beggared and bankrupt, and In despairing tones beseeches Kngland to go la;k to the double standard or furnish India With gold to establish at ruinous cost, a sin-i" sin-i" gola standard. The muss of producers at home, led by many of the ablest financiers finan-ciers of ESfeut Britain repeat the cry. The fOCtU monopolists who control the legislation of the realm while they stand aghast at the re&ult of their criminal action, hesitate thiough pride of position to assist in undoing undo-ing the heavy burdens tiiey have fastened on their own people and on the necks of the nation's they led and forced into the same slcugh of despond with themselves. If Kn"lahd will, at the coming international roffereuce, agree to join the waiting nations na-tions of the earth, in restoring silver to its proper p!a-c, a burden such as wocdi cannot express will be lifted from the financial world. If she will not, it becomes the immediate imme-diate duty of this country to eulist other loading nations of Europe in fixing upon a proportionate ratio of value as between gold and s'ivcr and at onto opi u their mints to the frf-e coinage of both royal metals. If the arrogance aud influence of Kngland stands in the way of Kuropc-an action in the directfeu named, then there should be no hcsitati.m on the part of this republic re-public in taking her proper place as th; leading nation of the worni in csiabliih'.ng the free coinage of silver wit such conditions attached as good judgment requires. We cannot shut our eyes to the fai : that a crisis is upon us winch requires ia? mediate ami decisive action. So long as our -astern journals and politics leaders are t'avish followers of Bagliahapi -llletOTI nud snobs, so long we 1MB this nation will fi.'low in their dance of financial death. The Miiiiw Age of this city, in its last issue, prints tl. able letter of Wni.i oi T. Si. .Ion v. the well-known pre-identof the. Mercantile bank of New York, in advocac y of opening our mnts to the coinage of sil-rer. sil-rer. That letter should be read by everj j |