Show SILVER IN THE PICTURE T THE HE outlook for silver at this moment appealS appeal'S appears ap- ap pears pealS to be brighter titan than at my any time in inthe the tho long history of the fight to obtain recognition recognition for it as a primary monetary metal There are arc of course many things ma may r happen to alter the position which it occupies pies today Jt It is s quite clear that the tho president has no profound enthusiasm for going farther than lie already has las gone and in this Secre- Secre tary ardently supports him Mm The secretary is logged in yiew that no new should be made until the administrations administration's tion's gold purchase plan pIan linked with silver buying in iii line with the London silver agree agree- has had further trial In view yiew of these obstacles together ith tile the machinations of the gold bloc in iii and out of congress nothing particularly in the matter of legislation legisla- legisla tion has come to a sharp focus Now Not is the hour of real opportunity forthe for the thc champions or of The rhe country coun- coun try has had quite enough of do something for silver programs Whatever is done for silver if it falls short of placing it in its proper place ns as a part hart of the metal base of our cur cur- it will be for the most part simply r an expedient in the same class as emergency aid for corn cotton hogs and other commodities It will chiefly benefit the producers of silver and labor and enterprises which react to higher high high- er silver prices Iii 11 this state a great silver silver- producing region the aim of thos who have been fighting the battle or of the white metal goes far beyond local benefit Itis to be that ill iii the western sil sil- ver cr states the question of has fat far reaching stud study than else else- where authorities on the subject are largely western men Eastern opposition is easily explained The international bankers who as Senator Thomas of sa says s 's know no country and no flag and who control con con- the world worl gold supply have found it easy to gain acceptance of their propaganda a among people who vho know knor nothing about the relation or of silver and world markets and who have been ready to accept what the big names have haye had to say about any money question One would think that these me m changers would find it difficult to continue to nourish sueh credulity in the l light of disclosures which h have haye been made in the past year This is tIle the ho hour r of opportunity because if those members of congress who do the economics of world trade and the place of silver in n a rational world monetary scheme will unite on a measure r in indication is that it has an ed crl chance to pass In that event the only obstacle remaining to be surmounted would be the possibility of n a veto On the other hand band silver will get nowhere it if the metals metal's friends continue to live H in a a house divided dh against itself S Let them determine the logical ratio between be be- between tween gold and silver ou on the basis of time all World production and the queen of metals on that ratio Such action double the currency base rationalize the doubling of the currency issue provide for a sound credit expansion do away with all fear of paper in inflation inflation in- in bolster the national credit the only honest inflation vastly increase money in circulation and b by all these means together with the opening up of world markets for our fi goods produce the revival of industry indus indus- try ry and commerce which is the one way out of economic stagnation Then we should be beable beable able to scrap the artificial emergency lants which are arc prolonging the need for extortionate extor- extor taxation this step coura taken by y lIe he United States world action to the same end could not long be delayed Not only in the so- so called so-called silver using countries but in ev every ry country whose prosperity depends upon inter national nation l trade milli ns of pe people pe would be released from the slavery in which they have been bound by adherence to the fallacies of the theold gold old standard |