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Show AT BRUSSELS. Report of the Silver Committee Commit-tee Submitted. OlMNIONS OF THE MKJIBKBS. Ho Means (or Llmlllog tbe Production of Silver I.N THE t'.M 11.11 uriTl.n. American llslrsnlrs A.U.il lo Hutiliill Hullo lru.o.sl..-IJou.u. sut.it, Ilnuuru, Deo. 2. The report of tho coimnUlee to confer on Ibej roi. sals submlltod cojimeoced by explaining ex-plaining tho opinions uxprcswl, given on tho Individual responsibility of Iho members ot Iho committee, uud con. tinued by sotting forth that the necessary neces-sary preliminaries for the proper examination ex-amination of any proposals with a precise uudurttaiidtngM t? legislative measures are likely to bo taken by tho countries producing silver; the existing probabilities of fuluro production of sliver In tliu United Htates and Mexico; tho policy of tbo United HUtitns to the purchase of sliver. United Htulcui Delegate Henry W. Cannon state! that la the United Htates, under thu existing legislation, there was no imans for limiting Ihu production of silver, and that a modi rlcatlon of thu present law In that direction was lraprobible. Tho valuu of the silver extracted from American mines Is Insignificant ns compared with the aunual total gonsral production. produc-tion. Mexican Delegata Cazazus, en behalf be-half of the Mexican government, Slid that as the chief article of export It would not bo to tbo Interest of his government lolntorfera with the In. elustry,and under the constitution no means existed lo restrict the output or prohibit lis export. Hcgardlng tho third question, Can-nan Can-nan said should tbo conrereiice fall to make some disposition of the question at lisue, it waa mere lhau probable thai America would not be willing to con-Unuo con-Unuo thu purchase of 01,1X10,000 ounces of silver annually. Hir C. Frooruantlo, deputy master of the JJngllsh mint, declined to commit his government lo Levi's scheme, unless un-less concurrently adopted with that of Itothschlld or similar plan. Afler the vote wns taken the Dutch dulrguto opened a general discussion with u view of Inducing, Iho American Ameri-can delegates to submit 'definite proposals pro-posals for lulernatlonsl bl-melalllsni. Henator Allison moved lo adourn until Tuesday, and after soma discus-siou discus-siou tho motion was adopted. |
