Show SEN PITTMAN NAILS LIES 0 senator key pittman father ot of the pittman silver bill in a public address at tonopah april 1st made a severe attack on propagandists and british financiers tor for their inter ference with the legitimate trade of this country and especially in con lection with the operation of the operation of the re purchase repurchase clause of the pittman law every time con gress meets they get busy and cincu late the report that this purchase order will be repealed he asserted that there Is no cause tor for its repeal and that the act will not be repealed the senator then outlined the history ot of the silver market and the protection of the british empire by this country through its american silver dollars which it poured into india during the so hailed balled silver revolution of 1918 continuing he said that tor for the congress ot of the united states to attempt to repeal the pittman act would not only be a breach ot of faith but it would dis honor our congress and our govern ment our government under the pitt man act melted down nearly silver dollars to furnish a much needed supply ot of silver to the allies it sold this silver at 1 00 an ounce when the market was tar far above this figure thus depriving our mines of the market price and sup plying in advance silver require ments which our miners would have filled later to remedy this injustice the pitt man act provides that our govern ment build up its depleted silver re serve from silver bought from american producers at an ounce the price it received thus protecting the american miners against what would otherwise be a most unfair situation created by our government |