Show smoot asked to help jaw in silver investigation 0 af requests that he initiate immedi r 7 abely an investigation i 24 to determine aff the cause of the 7 difference s in the ff smelter settlement vy price to prodie drw ers of silver as compared y with ey the ws fi government w ay guaranteed price of 1 7 vyv per ounce sissa Si has been wired to senator f reed smoot diw by utah mining men 2 under ff the pittman act the govern owr mont Is purchasing silver at 1 per ff ounce wiy for the past twos week V the aff price JW V at aff which smelters have settled zefey has been below 1 monday it dropped to cents and f went down to 84 cents on tuesday tw the slump was due chiefly to reports from london as that another severe decline amount t ing to y about G pense had occurred at that center j the aa collapse abroad was 5 attribute ut ed r by fey dealers y to afy heavy selling ty for abw account a of east indian 7 and 3 chinese interests figr yi together gr with moderate 4 a of y felings from continental 2 europe 0 |