Show A STEP TOWARD prosperity PEO in a recent address john hays hammond urged the rehabilitation of silver as a step toward the reiteration te to of prosperity i lie he pointed out that one ot of the major causes of ct world has been the appreciation of 0 gold in gold standard countries and the depreciation pre clation of silver in silver ard countries tha tb i drop ot of ailer from CO 60 to 30 cents announce enounce an ounce has reduced by halt hall the wealth and purchasing power ot of millions ot of people silver has long been the poor mans gold and in what mr air hammond calls the backward countries silver alone Is accepted as a medium of exchange there is not enough gold to keep the commerce of the world in motion in addition the supply of 0 gold from the rand which has supplied halt the worlds needs tor for three decades Is expected to decline materially no potentially important gold fields are known to ert A practical solution is ot of sll sit yr vr so that it may taki tak its old place in the machinery ot of finance M I 1 nance and commeree commerce the |