Show PITTMAN act ACT STAND a in discussing tho the pittman act and the silver situation senator pitt man of nevada said I 1 am confident the future of allver is safe the pittman act will never be repealed what little opposition there was a short time ago to the purchase of domestic silver at 1 an ounce dunce by the united states treasury department Is dying out ai as a result of intelligent opposition on the part of engineers and mining men all over the country the public has been shown that the pittman act does simply justice to the miner minor at not a penny 8 ex oz pense to the taxpayer senator pittman said he believed the fund established under the pittman act would be perpetual inasmuch as before the entire amount of white metal sold to great britain during the war had bad been purchased the price of foreign silver would exceed the set price of 1 sn an ounce As soon as this is the case the senator continued the purchase of united states silver by the government would automatically cease and domestic stocks of metal be diverted to europe and the orient foreign demand with domestic consumption would be ample to insure the existence of the fund created by the pittman act for many years as soon as a conditions in europe return to normal carl dauer nominated tor for the city council on the socialist ticket has announced his intention of with drawing bis his name lie ile served on the city council of eureka some years ago and while he bad had a good record be he says one term is sufficient mr dauer like many others feel feels that public officials get little or no glory and lots of criticism he ile ie Is still inter interested e sted in the welfare of the socialist party but if Is not hankering for an office |