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Show WHEN THE PARTIES AGREE. When, in times like these, the two major political parties can agree on an issue, there can be little doubt concerning con-cerning its importance. That is true in the matter of silver. Both the Republican Re-publican and Democratic platforms carry planks advocating an international interna-tional conference on monetary problems, prob-lems, with a view to stabilizing silver. The word "international" in that sentence should be stressed. No nation can prevent the degradation of silver until other great powers join with it and agree on a cooperative plan. The fact that ruinous silver prices have deprived half the world of a large part of its buying power and brought international trade to the lowest level in decades, points the need for decisive decis-ive and immediate action. ETery government is interested in silver. So is every business and every citizen. It is a problem of world-wide scope and at the same time it is a problem which narrows down until it affects the prosperity of every home in the land. Silver also plays an important im-portant part in the development of our lead and copper mining industries. |