Show DEMAND FOR SILVER Di pa bes f om Europe tend to con firm the ew Cipro ed bv The Tr b une some weeks ago that the world was on the ere of a tremendous increase in the se ot s lrer as money Tn Great Bnta n there is alreadv a pronounced shortage as the resilt of attempts to subst t te s 1 er for the gold withdrawn from c rculation It s to be expee ed that in France a sun lar f t at on w II develop for the French government has been svstemati callv tak ng gold out of private hands and storing it for its own needs The international exchanges must still be made on a gold basis and owing to tbe magnitude of these exchanges more and nore gold s requi ed For domestic cir culation in European countr es silver is essent al s tbe stock of paper money ssued bv the var ous go ernments in creases the demand for s 1 er will grow more insistent Meantime China which transacts its domestic business in silver is boarding the white metal and Great Britain which was accustomed to import large quant ties from hina must look tojth er sources. Financial conditions all over the world seem to be working together to increase the den and for silver and there are no sign that thi demand will decline in the immediate future The chances ars that after the war the demand will con tinue for the world s stock of goM seems insufficient to take ears of the vast indebtedness vMoh has bees created It is related that the Bank of Eng land is refusng tonay o t silver in exchange for gold coin The bank has a very small stock of the white metal on hand and is inclined to hoard it along wit the gold The fart that there s a serious shortage of silver In Great Britain is somewhat m rpris ng n tew of the fact that for tha last twentv years the so called great f nanciers have been tell ng us there was too mu b s her being prod ire 1 to warrant ts se as money on a pantv w th gold coin While there does not seem to be any immediate prospect of the revival of the double standard it s certa n that sil er is com ng nto a larger and more gen ral ll the obi gat ons the fore gn na ona are inr r ng n th s co utr are payable n gold both pr n ciial and nterest Most of the yel lovv1 metal now n existence v II rome to o shores f the war lasts much longer n 1 the people abroa 1 vill be ompelled o use either silver or ripe n their e erj la busi n ss affa rs t nder thee r m tances we look for a h gher I I e f r tie wi te m tal e en hn gh we lo not ha e free and n m I rn nnge a he o of 6 to tho t tho a I or nsent of an other nat on on nth on I o s ha e bane 1 s nee he earlv fids an I sil er s not desp sed an whe e n the world Fspec all is hit o in f re t B ta n with ed ced mports the treasu y would not have suffered to any cons o erable extent had the dut es not been Ion ere 1 n the Underwood b 11 In add t on t e w 1 arg e that f the n r a e g t n rea el when the a s o er An e an n anufacturere w t e eat ons an e bread and b t er be ta en f om the n ouths of the fa a 1 es of the worl ng n e There s no escap ng the force of tl e argun ent and t e Democrats will be t red oi hoaring t before the sess on ends The f rst battle vas only a sk rn sh Aftei he f rst of the ear when the senators and epresentat ves. ret rn to tl e cap tal afte the hoi day recess all th ol t al a t llory w II be t med loose an 1 the e 1 be son et ng do ng a 1 t e t n e n both bo ses v th the tar It q est on as tl e bo e of conten f |