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Show Senator Voorhees has hit the nail upon the hood, in his amendments to the senate finance committee's bill to allow the treasury to receive greenbacks green-backs at par in exchange for 4 per cent, bonds and for customs dues alter October 1 next. Mr. Voorbees makes the bill take effect from Us passage. This will be resumption, and all the resumption the country cares tor or the secretary of the treasury treas-ury can bring about. The other provision of the bill is that greenbacks shall cot be cancel ed, but shall be reissued in case they are needed. This is wise. Business men and those who have money in quantities prefer paper to gold, and there is no reason why they Bhoukl not be allowed to use it. It is tho value and not the material of the token known as money that is most important, The passage of the Ben-ate Ben-ate bill with Mr. Voorheee' amendments amend-ments will at once abolish the Blight difference there is between the value of gold and greenbacks by making the latter a full legal tender, hence equal to the former in point o! real value, and worth more in point of convenience conveni-ence in handling. |