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Show ABOUT UNCLE SAM'3 CASH. Secretary I'ontor an th. At.U.IiM Fundi Is i the Traury Washington Nut... Washington, April 80. In a talk with a reporter about the receut state-ment state-ment of Mint Director Leech on Ilia li-nauces, li-nauces, Secretary Foster said Leech was right in the main, although ho (Foster) would have stated it a little dilleiently. Ho would say some of the j $ '.')(). OoO.iiOO of available cash j might be regarded as trust ! funds. It would be correct to say that about seventy millions is unquestionably unques-tionably available cash that is, money in the bank a, subsidiary coin, trade dollars, current csth and silver against which no certificates are issued. As to the 11)0,000,000 in gold held against greenbacks, the secretary said the gov-eminent gov-eminent cau and will use this gold reserve if needed ou a pinch, as tho notes outstanding are legal tender. The gold should therefore appear in tho debt statement as available cash. The secretary does not agree with Leech in hisopinion that silver purchased under the new act, against which certilicates are issued, is available cash. The certilicates are agaiust that, ami it is iu the nature of a trust, but the prolils of the silver pur-i pur-i chases, airlounting to some four millions, may be used. 1 he secretary said he was thinking of trying lo "substitute 3 per cents for tho -If s, as Windom proposed. If it can be done there will be two advantages over the rede l ption. To be able to lloal. 'J per cents will demonstrate extraordinary soundness of the government credit ami the money required to redeem the 4f's may be used for the purchase of 4's at a saving of 2 par cent of interest, to be paid up to the time of maturity. FUOM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Acting Secretary Chandler has directed direct-ed the commissioner of the general land office to make a thorough examination examin-ation of lists of lands wilhdrawn as sites for irrigation reservoirs in Califor nia, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico, with a view to making mak-ing these withdrawals absolute. General Schotield is well pleased with the progress made In enlisting Indians in the army. He said: "If we cau get two well drilled and contented troops oflndiouswe shall be doing ail expected ex-pected at this time. Those will be the cause of many more Indians enlisting." In regard to the instructions issued by the commi-sioner of Indian affairs ordering the removal of intruders from Ihe Chickasaw nation, it is slated that thei-e 00u0 people never had a shadow of title or claim to the laud tiiey OCCUPY. |