Show POSTAL GOLD SUPPLY BUTTES RECEIPTS ONLY 10 PER CENT IN GOLD but a few months ago gold was from 50 to 60 per cent of the total receipts butte mont feb I 1 postmaster J W lynch in answer to questions asked bv postmaster general wilson relative to the feasibility of the scheme proposed by the cleveland 0 0 postmaster tor for the maintenance ot of the gold reserve says the receipts of the butte office and from western montana and northern idaho offices are 10 per cent gold and 90 per cent currency prior to two months ago the portion pov po of gold eold was between 50 and GO CO per cent mr air lynch says the sudden and startling change is a further revolt of the hostility of eastern bankers toward western interest as they have refused to ship more gold to their western exchanges and compel them to accept currency mr lynch does not consider the scheme of the cleveland postmaster a feasible one it Is tar far from a solution of the problem he says tor for the reason that it does not go to the root of the evil so long as the endless chain e exists X by which treasury notes must be redeemed ted in gold and the treasury lias has the right to reissue the same notes over and over again it seems like an ab suld suid proposition to attempt to keep up the gold reserve by the limited supply of gold old that could be furnished by the post offices |