Show dally 0 october 11 THE SILVER contention the movers of the national jihor convention to meet at st louis on november 20 have a mighty labor and alicy are going about it in a fashion that ia likely to count for something when aliey have finished against the of tree coinage the circular letter which they address to the people of the united states touching the coinage question in ita present effects upon the count rys commerce woud do to frame and hang up in every household of the west so clearly and forcibly do they expose the evils that may be charged directly to the of dilver we do not believe in the practice of declaring to congress the course of its legislation but there are eilent reasons why in the matter of coinage question that body should be made that something is expected at their hands very acon the situation is not an or one the silver product of the united batea is acost one half aba of the calire world beside that the gold of tin world is inadequate to its w ante ia the way of a circulating m is admitted universally while silver is not in bome respects as as gold for this purpose it is so beil and sought for and has been from time immemorial yet while it is or should be one of the great sources of the count rys wealth are we waging a relentless warfare upon it and depreciating its value to the lowest standard possible through repugnant law the country must he money and while the principle product of her mines is buried away in vaults or shipped away to foreign countries al the lowest value to which our hostile laws can reduce it england is supplying to a grave extent our crying wants in return for products of consumption at prices which she herself practically dictates india will take our silver ballion that is at her own price and she is getting a vast amount of it she is getting it too so cheap that by paying it out for farm she can ship her produce to this country and in alie markets of new york and could successfully compete with our own farmers not only in articles of rare production bill in wheat corn and cotton tha very products with which our broad fields are most prolific this might not be the working of a direct exclia but the results in alie end would be as absolute as if it w ere so it is needless liere to go into the details of the question alie important fact now to be impressed impre ased is that alie work of redemption has set in and we acl eve for a final issue according to the erma of the c rhular the governors of lie several states aad territories are empowered to appoint from each commonwealth twenty delegates and twenty alternates to the convention besides these the pro moers of the movement reserve the right to appoint one hundred delegates dele gaes at large from the united states the gentlemen composing the committee cabeam fl call r jam Ca berm aa WI julius S walsh frank gaiennie and george taylor and their headquarters louis THE FINEST ship in san francisco bay the admiration of all marinero mariners ma and described as sound aad a thing of beauty is the clipper standard theres something in a name TWENTY millions is the amount ot money charles broeke the deceased california railway magnabe mag nae accumulated after marriaga marri ag TUB CHINESE are in favor of new york for the fair because that city ia the farthest distant from california |