A ton article on the Silver Diffloulty in the Daily News is only one of many papers on the same subject which fil the columns of the home press. When last mail left England silver had fallen 4d. per onnce—to 484d.—during the previous week, But Manchester merchants and others in different parts of the Kingdom lind been alarmed before then, und bad offered opinions and suggested remedies disclosing the wide differences of opinion that prevail on the subject. These differences are pretty fairly represented in the article from the Daily News, The remarks on the position of silver in the United States are, no doubt, from Mr. Greufell, a Director of the Bavk who hag written some papers in support of Bimetallism. We need not examine its speculations until Congress has decided upon the manner in which the Bland Coinage Act shall be dealt with, One Correspondent quoted by the Daily News is in favour of letting silver and eastern finance take their chance with other commodities. Buta reduction of the value of the rupee to 1/3d. or under would so disorganize the Iudinu Gove
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