Show REDEMPTION OF TREASURY NOTES Secretary Carlisle Replies to a Senate Communication WASHINGTON Aug 18 Secretary Carlisle Car-lisle sent to the Senate today a communication communi-cation in reply to a resolution requesting certain information from the United States as to the redemption of treasury notes issued under the Sherman act During the present month treasury notes issued under the act of July 14 1890 amounting to 714636 have been redeemed re-deemed by the government in silver dollars dol-lars He added In further rasponse to the resolution I have to say that recently gold coin has been presented at the office of this department de-partment and silver dollars asked in exchange ex-change therefor and that the exchange was not made for the reason that all silver dollars in the treasury at the time were required under provisions of laws relating relat-ing to currency to be held in the treasury to cover outstanding silver certificates and treasury notes issued under the act of July 141890 |