The Archive · 1935

New Drive to Put Up Silver Prices in

Washington, June 8.

Senator Patrick A," McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada, has called a meeting of the silver bloc with a view to resuming immediate agitation to force the price of the metal to $129 an ounce, and to combat rumours that the Treasury is contemplating a change in its silver policy.

With the new coins circulating within a month, Mexico can safely watch the price of silver climb, and seems quite obvious that Mexico has learned from an informed quarter that its coinage must be protected against a price of at last $129 an Reuter.

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