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Show CHINESE BENEFIT BY SILVER PRICE HA .V FKA N( 'I Si '( I, Now 1 s. The rle-Ing rle-Ing price of allver Im lotitiThullng to tint high cont of living of American cltlltni in ChlM in a most pinching wayf gapord- log to exierta lu i n i i aeil In eastern ooncUtloni ll hat rut the pui liic hlK Mihtu of American goUl In half and thin, In addition ad-dition to the rtetolf coal of oomittodltlee, hits forelguera, while the rUtng value ol el Ivor offgetf bo the Chinese the Incrogeed cost or oomuiodltl-iki, The normal value of Uin Mexican doI lOT, a Standard in t rude In t he tar eiiHt , Is $11. Lt. Todayn New York quotation how Itg value to be ll.OOti, Ukewlgg, t he Chlneee silver Lgej ibowi a cone ponding Increaee in value. ThnployecH and h majority of rouuner-otal rouuner-otal repreeentatlveH In China are protected pro-tected i a tnea'iure by the arrange man I tor IhHiiIng their pay half In gpld and the remainder lu liver at (he Ogchftnge rate. ThUI tlu'lr pay today, while at the aame rale aa four yeara ago, is really one-fourth lean In purchaMlnB value, dr afdto thy Increased prtCOM of coininotll-Qeg, coininotll-Qeg, Recenl ItftttttlOl ehow tug increaae In piicgg of emnmudltle i In 'Mllna generally ranging between 70 and LOO per cent over prlcOg In 1X70. |