Show THE SILVER conference THE friends of silver which means cearly everybody in this western country have not been greatly encouraged regarding the situation of the white metal of late years for a few weeks in 1891 it took an upward turn went above like a rocket and kept soaring till it threatened to reach the place it occupied before its I 1 in n 1873 but the cause of this movement had its origin no doubt as much in enmity as aa did the me act which made it simply a commodity thatis that is the speculators saw an opportunity to use gee silv silver erust bet as at times they use wheat or railway stocks and so the bull movement was imparted to it when the holdings of this interested gentry were let go at the highest point naturally the downward movement set get in and the rocket became a stick falling even below the point from which it started on its upward it has hai been groveling around in the depths ever since it is greatly to the credit of the present administration that some consistent tangible steps have been taken looking to the relief of silver from its present debasement realizing that with so 60 many of our people and they chiefly eastern men and capitalists arrayed against it it would be futile to attempt its restoration to as money in the united states alone the Pr president eident has succeeded in having an international eon ference constituted composed of representatives presenta tives from all the nations in te rested A dispatch received by the NEWS yesterday briefly announced that brussels had been agreed upon as the place and november 22 as the time for holding the conference so 80 that the plan for may now be considered as fairly under way to us on this side of the republic the brussels conference will be one of the most important ever held it Js is called to adjust a question which not only directly affects our material welfare but in a certain reuse that of the people generally at home and abroad silver mining reduced to dollars and cents and with the white rr cretal etal at its full value is one of our principal in destries duft dus tries this relates not merely to itself but to its dependencies also for witti with the silver mines clowd closed down every other industry in utah and the adjacent states and territories would suffer fuffer some would be slightly affected others would shrivel up until practically suspended and others gain again would dip disappear appear altogether this is not a merely selfish plea pies as previously suggested silver is the common peoples people VY money everywhere and as a it shrinks in value or becomes curtailed curtail edJa in volume their power to purchase commodities modi ties and pay debts is reduced la in like man mallaer lAer so that all claf classes teg except those who live sad th thrive rive by speculation pure and simple are deeply oon con in the furtherance of silver mining and the restoration of the metal to its legitimate function as money it is quite probable that the conference will not adopt the standard in vogue in this country that of sixteen to one but that does not so greatly matter what we want and must have is a standard of some sort and that when fixed will remain and be recognized by all the powers and then there need be in fact cannot well bere be re astrictive strict ive laws regulating the amount of silver which the government mints will cola one dollar being the equal of any other the miner or any ore one else having silver bullion will be treated like the patron of a mill or factory his product will be converted into coin of the realm to the fullest extent as in the other oases cases the wheat Is converted into flour and the wool in into t 0 ea cloth oth th this is w will I 1 11 be free coinage with a substantial able meaning attached to it and when ore I 1 is struck that ankus assays F so fo o much in silver the owner will not as now be in doubt as to what extent his hia posses are augmented it if IS ia fact they are augmented at all al success to the brussels conference say we all |