Bureaux of mines and standards in America, are endeavouring to find means and methods of mein-taining the price of silver, and of broadening the market for silver. There are several methods by which such a maintain ance and broader ing could be accomplished successfully but any of those methote would definitely acknowledge the surrender of the old rank of silver.
Silver could be used to inereaze resistance to tarnish by adding quantities to rents and resistance to exi could thus be put to a practical use. American people have always objected to the silver dollar on, account of Two or three of them in a pocket cause an un-Becoming sag to wearing apparel and are very cumbersome. Senator Eddie of Nevada has suggested that if silver dollars were half of their present size their use would more than double the necessary silver division, for people would concent to carry them about and not demand paper dollars. Whatever the outcome, it is felt, silver will have to step down from its past position und join the ranks of the labourers and monias.
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