Salt Lake Tribune | 1895-08-23 | Page 2 | Morton's Object Lessons

OBJECT LESSONS may pay mexican dollars to the department clerks washington AUK aug 22 the recent payment of salaries nt at tho the agricultural department in silver dollars has called s attention to tho the fact that on oil two pre pie occasions employees were paid in ill ald gold the department books show allow that on oil august 31 1893 in gold mas va paid to employees employee and in gold vies paid to certain employees on august 15 in commenting on this statement secretary morton morion said that while u under the recent payment there had li been irr objections on tho the pait 0 ot f those paid lit 1 silver coin the pro via 0 of COM cold met with no whatever lie ile added that th atlie llo wool it if necess necessary aly put ant into actual practice the proposition to pay two mexican dollars tor for e every v cry unito I 1 states dollar when the present haju alue 0 of tie the I 1 mexican dollar of if 03 3 cents wa wae X lowered to make the plan consistent