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Show CAN'T DODGE MONEY QUESTION. In the disagreement that characterized charac-terized the first meetings of the world economic conference, one fact stands out: No matter how the great nations differ on most policies, they are one in the belief that currency stabilization stabiliza-tion is essential to recovery. i What form this will take is still a question. But it is likely that some means of stabilizing silver will be i adopted. For a great many generations millions of people have regarded sil-' ver as the one money-metal with ! justice, it has been called the' poor j man's gold. Silver is selling now at ruinous prices, and the result is para-1 lyzed foreign trade, and a tremen- dous drop in the purchasing power of whole nations. The United States, and in particular particu-lar western states where mining has been the principal employer, taxpay-' er and purchaser, will be watching the ' conference's action on silver with in- j tense interest. ! i |