| Show clews to secretary windam NEW YORK dec 17 henry clews has addressed an open letter to the secretary of the treasury in which he makes one or two suggestions about silver legislation clews says congress ought to amend the present silver law by inserting a clause giving the secretary of the treasury authority to change at alie periods of the purchase of silver at present tho dav provides for each month is absolute in placa of this to provide for the present money crisis substitute at the secre discretion authority tho rity to purchase double that amount in december cual to ounces and the same for ana march and to suspend the purchase entirely to provide for tho same in the months of april may june and july next what is important to the people of the country to know for a certainty is that they can rely upon tho present law being permanent and not subject to changes of convenience every congress when the present law has bebenin ex istenic a year it will bring out now silver moner aggregating and each year an equal sumin tan years from the date of the passage of the act the amount of this bonev will be about this amount of increase I 1 am of the opinion will be ample for that class of money and it would bo unwise to increase it it certainly willbe will be congress will also pass at an early date shermans Sher mans bill which provides for national bank bills to be issued up to par value of united states bonds aliis will increase that class of |
