Show SINCERITY OF BANKS the mining renew salt lale cues western bents bood altice liu men they shoals give their patronage to their friends banker st jobu of new lorac Is a true i riena to alie v es arn keople mr st john president of abe mer canalle national bank of new lork city Is about the only friend of silver among all the bankers of that great center of wealth all the others are enlisted in the crusade against free coinage and they are not at all ecru bulous in the methods they pursue how many of the bankers ot abe silver producing baates and territories are standing by their friend i how many of them and they all profess de botlon to the silver ca ise are witling to fight silver a foes with the only effective weapon abe weapon that wall street does not hesitate to use among the whole there alej seven who carry accounts with the mercantile national all the others prefer to strengthen the hands of thosa who crucified abe great industry of the west no ore banker in the silver producing baates and ler stories of idaho montana nevada wyoming new mexico and arizona does business with mr bt john among colorado s there are six who stand by silver s friend while of thirty one the llast national of 1 ark city is tl only one to show its faith by its works it lias just changed its account to the mercantile national and to its credit it may be said that its chief reason for doing so was the desire to recognize in substantial manner the efforts of mr bt john in behalf of sliver the western bankers cannot plead that the mercantile national Is not a safe institution for it Is recognized as one of the strongest in new york surely cannot lay claim to con scruples against abe boycott for this would be no boycott and even if it were when have new i ork bank ers t to boycott the est should those bankers who profess to be such steadfast friends of free coin age concentrate their business with the Mercin national that institution would become tie strongest bank in the united blates a faithful laith ful friend ol 01 tte est would be rewarded and the enemies of silver given a tl rust in the only vulnerable point why don t the W estero bankers do it |