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Show CONFIDENT PRICE OF SILVER WILL BE $1 WASHINGTON. Doc. 21. "Western senators who have "been conferring with Director of tlie Mint Baker with reference refer-ence to stabilizing price of silver are confident con-fident now that tho price will be fixed at $1 in purchases made by American gov ernment ana prooaoiy ior uie aiues. ouiue of the larger mines are able to sell profitably prof-itably at a lower figure, but it has been found necessary to encourage smaller mines. Conferences of western seators with DI-I DI-I rector Baker have had no reference to demonetization or Bryan's silver philosophy. philoso-phy. One or two followers of Bryan have raised this question, but they have not received any encouragement from the : treasury department. |