Show SILVER ADVANCING the far east may solve the silver question even without the aid of international ter bimetallism or the free coinage of silver in the united slates alone the engineering and mining journal finds that in the ten months of 1900 the east has taken approximately ounces of silver for the entire year of 1899 the quantity was but ounces or an increase for this year of ounces or per cent for that portion of 1900 beginning january 1 and ending with 8 the silver shipments from london to china toot up white from san francisco to china the total reads or from the two ports with san francisco in first place the totals for the same period in 1899 were from london and from san francisco or all told hence the gain in shipments to china comparing 1900 with 1899 reads or close to per cent but china Is not alone absorbing the visible supply of silver coined or in bars japan has taken this year against nothing in 1899 the british east indies have this year consumed silver worth in our money compared with in a like portion of 1899 which shows an increase of in spite ot poor crops and business depression to procure this silver india parted with gold of the total silver production of tae world tor this year nearly 70 per cent will find a market in the orient while the united states cannot risk upsetting the present gold standard with the possibilities of panic resulting every resident of this maln country certainly hopes that the absorption of silver in the far east will become so great that the white metal will advance to par at the ratio of 16 to 1 when even the gold men of the united states would be in favor oi the free coinage of silver lor then there would be no danger of a flood of depreciated precia ted silver from other parts of the world and gold would circulate side by side with silver assuring thi country a bimetallic standard etan dard in practice as well as theory As it Is now should we open our mints to silver the silver ot the world would be dumped on us and our gold would seek european investments or be boarded |