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Show part of the country will receive any t eui-Gt from free coinage o! eiiver Europe has been under the impression that America only would be bemfittd bat tho moro they investigate tho lette will they understand that their own interests are at stake ia the matter. The woTd . product of gold last year was a hundred and twenty-five million dollars, about half of which was the product of silver mines. Should the silver mines close down which they wil I do unless a better price is offered for silver, half of the supply will be lost, so h at for the vast increase of population business eto there will b- but 6ixty million dollars annually. Another factor to lessen the supply is the amount used In the arte nearly all the gold produced pro-duced is used in the arts, and the demand de-mand from that source is rapidly in creasing. So increase of currency can be made in that line I. is but a few sears at the most when the world will learn that without Bilver their commerce will be destroyed, their preperty becoms valueless, and starvation starva-tion will be eheir lot. Should they be He to see the point soon enongh thoy em . v id tl e 1 e nr ad tiisiit r b is surely coming, but if they fail to grasp it better experience will teach them the lesson. ",Vhy should men refuse to listen to the teachings of history? Why should they go along unheeding, when the warning, iu the shape of hard times, is before them? The lessons Of the past teach that contrac )oa of the currency brings disaster, and ia this age of sti tistics it :s easily seen that gold is insufficient in-sufficient for the needs of the people and that the currency is being contracted con-tracted rapidly. Congress shows their failure to grasp the situation hythilr methods of proirastiuation, Earipe is in the same situation and unless a speedy change is rnule, ths effect will be disastrous. The effect of the Conference. One jf.-ntt cf the monetary conhMeues is the ci.-.eidssieci t hat it is provoking in Kii:..-i.e, Unglaiid ia partk'u'ur ii be-v-wt-z int- rest'ii ia the mitt.-r a:.d ths qii.s.I ,ii ij 0 i ii j (iiseusf;d pro a-d een a .0 ;1h stiver tide is not losing any ly beiiig inv. -tig ged. It is u. mslhing that :'. b.ar itiVia-tigalion i.nlthe nine lia.'J that is let m on tlie .-u-i 'd ihf wo. will the V.UI1J f tit.) M-CH-fi'.y or t'cmlug tiaet to the aoabt s'd. 1 !.i iiie L a.t'ea fnin-s u -,i i it y shows thht thu pe ijjj 'if ae-iresiua have bun j vw.-1'u ilof.r. were picutiful an i j ea-:'i v,as searr... I!.; .,'iowj farther tli-avt ! ;ar ft-, i tivo ha i but little (-ff.cl either j way, !!;: t as l;ati-,'n t'lOie.t tiie ileor to i s-lw i't i"i,v priivs W! Kl.il have k-'pt j fulling until f.r.rd times, all ov..r tho ! w-'.if.! bi-i n i ,eu!--eii. The wiittr Inn i tii;..; the !.- hole ! the sitnu'iou a; d it ., (,;.!. ii.,? t" . much nm-si i-craehii. after the tL.til Teoet.uillseeaoea.'p.ie.itou;'. !hd i;..ei-y or the wo: I ! U d- -ere isiug :!:.' j.j.-.I.C -t a.) b a i ti !e.,a ty,.ry i J. l f. r ! I p.-'a'.iif.t. la this v:xy hi-. tV.ts r- n a e,:-:ug rii.il i:.-t.'i..l ol I: in m col ita s b- ci.i.MOg luuie : I. :-!,; ih. y it, :aar orsaig, l!,e e.,s.e;n !i'.vr tuder the iu p cs-ion that b.'c.oe e ' mii-cs hie located iu the wist, only that |