Show THIS IN YOUR HAT trie following I 1 is an editorial from rom the london financial news gold bug there is a plain moral in the remark that if tile the united states would venture to cut herself her elf adrift from europe and take outright to silver site would have all ami rca and asia asiana at her back and the commands of the markets of both countries the barrier barrieros barrie of gold would be more fatal faal than any barrier of a custom house the bond of silver would bo be stronger 0 than any bond of ireci free trade there can be no doubt about it that if the uni united ted states were to adopt a silver basis tomorrow british trade would be ruined before the year was out every american would be ba protected not only at homr home but in every other market of course tile the united states would suffer to a certain extent through having to pay tier her obligations abroad in gold but the loss of exchange under this head would be a mere drop in the bucket as compared to tile the profit to be reaped from tile the markets of south america and asia to eay nothing of europe the mirvel marvel is that the united states have not long lone ago seized the opportunity it has been a plen of luck that it has never occurred to the americans to scoop up out of the worlds markets by going on a silver basis and it might inight serve us right if irritated by the contemptible apathy of our government toward the silver problem the americans retaliated by freezing out the gold it could be done |