Show f I T The Silver 7 Commission i 1 d M fi-F fi 4 w r TY r FROM barbarism to civilization from the ancient days of ot barter and exchange to the modern plan of ot purchase pur pur- chase and sale Bale no one fact has haa stood out more moro conspicuously than that this difference has been heen made madeo possible o by the use of ot It stabilized currency cur curd rency rency-a rency a comparatively exact mea mead measure sure aura of ot value in tokens easily trans transferred and reasonably stable says Bays the Mining Congress Journal No one step will wilt more quickly disorganize disorganize dis dis- dis organize the business of a a nation nadon Its Us productive machinery and the means by which the necessaries of life are made available than the I destruction of confidence In its its- currency currency cur cur- rency medium From lorom time immemorial or- or II ial lal gold and silver sliver have been recognized recognized as money ploney metals At this thus time more than nine hundred million people peo peo- pie use sliver silver exclusively as as' as the basis of ot their business transactions During all history and as well as at atthe atthe atthe the present time there are a few very noisy people who insist that the use of either gold or silver sliver as monty money is isa isa isa a useless waste of effort in that all values are necessarily related to the necessities of ot life and that if the pu public public pub pub- b- b I lic mind would accept paper mo mopes ey at its face value it would serve every purpose of metallic money money- I The fact is however that the world has never as yet accepted paper paper paper pa pa- per money except when supported by an adequate metallic reserve At this time one of the chief obstacles to a return to normal conditions in central Europe is the the fact that no metallic money is available and that business is attempting to function with paper money This money fluctuates fluctuates fluctuates in value so rapidly as to destroy destroy destroy des des- troy all business confidence and this handicap to business business' and industry has left millions of people without the necessary food which people if n not t so handicapped would easily be beable beable able to produce their own food sup sup- I plies Russia is one of the richest l I countries in the world not only in natural resources but in man pow pow- er Her lIer people are patient frugal and industrious and with proper In Industrial industrial In in- al machinery could easily supply supply supply sup sup- sup sup- ply all of their own necessities and add to the worlds world's supply of commo commo- Central and eastern European Europe Europe- an countries are practically devoid I II I I lot of any uny metallic money moner of any kind Their people are not In position to do business with each other for tor the want of a stable currency currency I The gold reserves of ot the world are not sufficient to meet world require ments menta The silver supply of the world is adequate to meet nil ble bio requirements The Senate Silver t 1 Commission has in hand a problem 1 the solution of which means the I stabilizing of European currency currency- b by such Increased u use e of ot silver sliver as will make it possible e for business trans trans- 1 actions to be carried on with mutual I confidence No present d day agency I I has a It task of greater importance than to make people sustaining self-sustaining and self It is altogether more Important Ulan than charity as a means of preventing starvation Without stable money no industry per without prosperous in industry industry In- In production must must fall fail without without without with with- out production people must suffer and starve stane without a metallic base there can be no stable table money without without with with- out the use of silver sliver as a metallic base most moat nr nations of the world m must st stI remain without stable money without without with with- out stable money there can clin be no confidence In business transactions The U U. S. S Senate Commission has hasIn hasin hasin in hand band a most important and most difficult problem Its success success will wUl mean more to the world than than an any effort now in progress Incidentally it will help the silver silver sil sll sil- sil ver producers of ot the United States of Canada of Mexico o but of far greater Importance will wUl be to make supporting self the starving millions of Europe and Asia who because of disorganized industrial machinery are now unable to function Dig Big mt men n Indeed will be those who may solve this Intensifying problem We bespeak bespeak be be- speak for the Senate Silver Sliver Commission Commission Commission Commis Commis- sion the sympathy sympathy- the support and the assistance assistance of the American people peo peo- |