Show THE TIlE ADVANCE IN SILVER Silver has advanced in price several points within the past month The few thieves on omi Bond street London tell us the rise is due to an expected expected ex ex- heavy crop in India and a call caH from that country for increased amounts of silver ilver That may in ill part be true but we suspect that Great Britain France and Germany need a large amount for subsidiary subsidiary subsidiary sub sub- coinage and that they ther have given some quiet orders to make purchases for them Neither one oue of the three has coined much during the past four years rears and their populations have increased by several millions Then the peasantry of France Prance and Germany are given to hoarding of their surplus sur stir plus money and as their governments guarantee the silver at 15 to 1 of gold they prefer silver for that purpose The rats rat cannot destroy it and they are not afraid that the possession n 0 nf a few francs or 01 in silver will break their backs It t tw w would uld be the same some way with the colored anon and poor whites of the states of our own country if congress and the president had the courage courage cour cour- age and inclination to do the right thing by silver But silver is one of the natural resources of this country which the wise sise ones who frame our laws lawsha ha have ve no disposition to conserve We Ve sometimes think it would be good for our country could n n earthquake take New York City on its strong back move it a thousand miles out to sea and make malee an independent empire of it Good for the rest of the thc countr country |