Show silver ore goes to wat AV k 4 wo M d 4 it eol i a A silver the turbulent metal may go EO to war instead ot of lying idle like its companion metal gold silver is likely to join with copper lead and zinc and is helping the democracies in their struggle to biti the war tons 0 of the white metal may be made available arai lable to Ind industry to take the place of other metals which have become scarce during the current crisis in many instances it is being beine used to replace copper as it Is a good conductor of 0 electricity and various other vital uses under the plan silver Is to be loaned by the treasury department to the war production board for or the duration of the war during its career career silver has been the subject of 0 more controversies both nationally and internationally than any other metal it has been kicked about politically since it was in 1873 yet it has always come back to take its place in the sun there are a few academic economists in the east who still believe that the western silver miner was tari united states treasury when prices ot of from to an ounce were placed upon the white while metal the hue and cry went up that the he western silver bloc in congress put one over on oil their colleagues in congress the facts are that the silver purchase act of 1934 made a nice profit for the treasury prices paid to the silver miner tor for his metal were about halt half ot of the per ounce which the treasury department received when it became coinage since the silver purchase act the stock of 0 silver in the united states has hag been built up to ounces this huge stock of metal together with the gold reserves is one ot of the most comforting factors in the thought of postwar post war economy this metallic base is one of the strongest insurances against inflation and worthless money A currency backed by the huge stock ot of silver and gold in the united states vaults will always be ot of value value in addition many economists believe that it will yet play a vital role in the war before it la Is over the orient particularly china and india hold the largest hoarded stocks tock of the white metal and tapir money is of vital concern to the world in general |