Show SL ill OR SPI jis ON RL IT ill sa s1 to the chronicle washington D C president roose veil veit s proclamation opening federal mints to newly mined silver was de do blared by senator elbert D thomas here today to be the first logical step in the of silver if congress itself act re will come about with I 1 out legislation by a natural process senator thomas explained that he sees in the initial c charpe h a r g e s set e t by t the h e P president r e s id 0 n t a at t 0 one n e h halt a 1 f t the h e n newly e w 1 y m mined 1 n e d metal t a 1 t turned u r n e d to the mints for coinage as the greatest glea test possible charge that could or would be made lie ile believes that the president P e f d e purposely r 0 s e 1 y s selected I 1 e e t e d t the h e dr sf are pua lp to 0 outside u t s I 1 E 1 figure i g u but t that h a t it i Is f s a adjust d j u s t able and may be lowered from day to day it if desired in the sane sarie manner that the gold policy Is a controlled plan it if the is lowered the price of silver will further advance and ultimately within the perlo 1 of two or three years at least the price of sliver silver as a commodity will equal its price as a metal thereby bringing about a practical of silver the utah senator declared senator thomas Is conferring here with other silver proponents and ad ministration officials als looking the lowering of the charge last may only two months after he took his seat as the new united states senator hom utah he sug a plan tor for the coinage of newly n mined silver to the president virtually in to the one recently announced with the exception that senator thomas proposed that the government pay ili 11 J cents an ounce instead of 64 cents which the pro cla matlon mation states will be paid ind charge only 10 cents tor for the presidents order charges 64 cents although as sen sell ator thomas points out this may be lowered from time to time expressing his satisfaction with the tile proclamation as one of the most important acts of the new deal as far as the west is concerned senator thomas sees the re opening reopening of the m lies and re employment of men which has already beann as of vast benefit to utah and her neighboring states but he also believes that it will be of more benefit to the united states ad as a whole than most people realize by opening up the oriental trade possibilities during his campaign and since he came to washington last year sen ator thomas has continuously atres sed the need for of liver as a fundamental aid to re covery |