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Show DIKEOTOR LEECH Lxainlaul Before Hi" """'e Cdiniulllm of Celusgr, Welglila and Jlratiirrl nCLATIVC TO THE SILVtn QUCO-TION, QUCO-TION, lllut In Ills Opluloi llfgubtol tlie l'rlcr. Inilli't fjrga llilitco orTr.vle. i By Trlcarat h 10 Ike Naws. riinnii.irii iiimtiust. Ilfreelor or lh l"l leech's onlRleii Washington, Jan' 17. Ij.-cIi, Dl-rrctor Dl-rrctor of Iho Mint, was Uforo the IluuoCommlliioiif Colutge, Weight. andMetuuros, and was examined relative rela-tive to tho silver question, lie Is of Ihu eplulotl that Inu supply and demand de-mand for silver alono legulitel Its I rices, and fuvoroi au luteruatlonal nnrcemeutat the tfit solution of the iiubition. Mr. Leech having ennVrnof Inlla'a large tslanio of IraJe.lIr. MclCeljInn (Neb.) aiked If that, Instead of show, lugrrosperltyon the part of Imlla,dld not show that India sold sorheuply that other couutrlcs preferreil to buy of, rather tt-an to sell to her. When Mr. Iieecli retpouded that a largo trade balance wai generally thought a good thing for n cuntr), Mr. Mi-Kelghan impounded thin question, whlcli was lint satisfactorily answered: Wliy(tlteii. arterlSSS, when the United Btaltatiad on of lla licnvltVt trade Hhucee, did wo havo tortithlou Ibo utMmi of our cara lo carry tramp on. |