Show SILVER ONLY ASKS A SQUARE DEAL considering the scarcity of metal money in the world silver should be selling at at least double its present price says the denver mining and financial record no milk and water polley policy will ever get it there in the face of present opposition the miners of the west should prod up their representatives down in washington to act patriotically tow toward a rd the great mining industry of course mining is is progressing without the pap that teat is given give n to many other industries of the nation but there is is no good reason why mining should not enjoy the patronage that is given to other great industries indu sties we are constantly told that the nation is prosperous if this is so the government is not doing its duty toward the silver producer european nations are coining money from debased metal yet the price to which silver hasteen has been allowed to fall would indicate that there is an oversupply of the white iii metal etal our department of commerce is spending millions developing a foreign market for articles of the united states A little effort to broaden the uses of silver in foreign lands would not be amiss the apparent hatred of the group of bankers down in new york toward silver the money metal is difficult to understand the west is part of the united states and wes western terii prosperity is reflected over the entire nation the western united states produces more silver than any other section of the world it would seem logical that patriotic american bankers would join in an effort to give silver a square deal there is no good reason gon why there should not be international bimetallism today the sil silver miner is entitled to know at what price he can bell his product just as the railroad is entitled to know the price it is to get for its service the silver miner does not demand a fixed return on his investment nor does he demand a tariff the financial strength of the nation should not be combined to td insure his downfall our gov government should be just as jealous of the prosperity of the silver silve t r mines of the west as it is of the woolen mills of new england |