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Show BI-NIETALL1C INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS Four natiODB have iit;rei-d to send repreteDtativea ia the Iuternatiorjiil CoDRrena proposed by our Government, Govern-ment, to coosider tho wisdom of restoring the bi metallic eysiem cf money. These nations arc: (1.) Holland, which hua turned more Kumnuereaulta on the ujjuy question than any other nation in Ihe world. Iu 1852, influenced by iln reasoning of Michael Chevalier and other econoniiela that gold was going to neatly depreciate in valae, in cooeequence ol the gold discoveries of the period, Holland set up the single etanaara oi snver. iieceniiy, influenced in-fluenced by the action ol German, y it has adopted the single standard of gold, with Bilver as token money and legal tender for a small amount. (2.) Switzerland, which is now a member of what is known as the Latin Union. The double Btaodard prevails theoretically in that Kepublic, as it does in the other nations of the monetary alliance. The coinage ol silver in at present restricted. (3,) Greece which is also a member of the Latin Union, but it 1ms need fur very little money of any kind. Jt is probably influenced by t' e vanity of appearing in a great lu .national Congress more than a desire to reform currency. (4.) Kusaia, which has always been a silver nation, but la now given over ti paper. The expenses of the late r have been so heavy that a great . ly years must elapa-r before even q..er bpecit pnyments can be resumed there. But, alrango to narrate, nothing has, so far, been beared from France Mr. UernUBchi, who was regarded a in a sense tho financial embatsndor of tliftt nation, first sugePBted tbe idea of the Congress. But France- is having eome trouble out of me double standard juot now. Italy, which is a member of the lea-rue, and which ib in a state ol suspension, (ia flooding her neighbor with silver 5-franc pieces, when the equilibrium can alone b-maintained b-maintained by rigid limitation Germaoy has refused to take part in the Congress, and England, so far bus rnadu no sign. -an Francisco Cult. ' |