Show regarding J the purchase taw of silver basy by U S mints 0 ordinary silver 7 bullion Is accept at the government 27 mints accord ing to es a message received from r senator pittman by the nevada mine operators J association the message 4 was aff sent to correct the impression reported given by the statement that afaf the mints would accept only refined 77 silver at the rate of 1 an ounce w ay iy the message states the W mints cissy Vis will sy accept bullion bars as they come 7 fy t from aff the smelters and as W been aff the case heretofore 1 if the bullion contains one ona thousandth part of gold ew it Is termed gold deposit the message states iw 5 and the 2 silver in such gold deposit no matter v how r small baff or how large vy in quantity ff ys it may be will be paid a a for ff at the rate iv of 1 per ounce for ay iy f s each ounce therein contained of pure silver thousandths pure if the bullion contains no gold but contains 27 thousandths silver then war it will be accepted as silver w deposit and paid for in the same way wt the 7 expression in act 1000 fine measures sy price paid for silver in bullion wy AT and jia S does not control purity or kind of w ast a bullion received 7 I 1 mints will charge small tion fees that to separation wyit of silver from other metals in bullion but 7 this charge 4 Is always wy made by smelters at the present time I 1 have W had wea this matter up w with vhf the director a ai of the aski mint and he sawa has given ar orders isy in accordance i www herewith to all mints receiving iffa juzwa the pittman wo act misconstruction 1 of the act that w I 1 have referred vw to it was charged that only waffy wao refiners fy could take the w aff benefit of j the act this of a course saw under proper construction WWW do as which y I 1 e have rw given sr is not true in kauf fi fact under the pittman act the sac wy necessity of 7 sending silver to smelt v ers and refiners Is entirely eliminate 2 ed by aff reason of publication of the 7 governments intentions under the pittman act silver has already 7 gone up above 1 an ounce 7 7 such misconstructions and 2 ints understandings as I 1 have referred to aw ia i 7 must be publicly foiw corrected aff or they will be used for the purpose of do 2 ff belving producers of silver and sa of bearing its price 22 such misconstructions will be used unless publicly and w completely contradicted to as in propaganda for repeal of the pittman act As long as such act remains vv 07 on the ff statute books S and I 1 can guarantee f that it will not be re healed as long as present rule of x senate exists american silver will iw not sell below ff 1 an ounce |