Show FOREIGN GOLD SUPPLY The New York Evening Post gives ome of the banking figures of Europe It says the metal stock of the Imperial Bank of Germany Is 71000000 marks less than a year ago The other German Ger-man banks are much the same way and the dIscouraglnpr feature is that the loss has been chIefly in gold while In some of them there has been an Increase In-crease In the holdings of silver It says further that the European banks have been losing ground steadily for the last I four years The Bank of France shows a decrease in monetary stock of 12 j J 000000 while the note circulation has Increased nearly 100000000 The German Ger-man bank has lost 70000000 of its coin and has issued 26000000 more notes The Netherlands bank has 4000000 less of coin and Is responsible for SG000000 more of notes The Italian banks have Increased their circulation I 512000000 but have 3000000 less gold In their vaults The Russian and Aus 1 troHungarlan banks show Increased I monetary stocks but they are the exception ex-ception The Bank of Englands reserve re-serve has fallen 23000000 with 15 000000 more In notes In circulation At the same time the associated banks of New York have 50000000 more specie than live years ago and the aggregate holdings of cash In the national banks of the United States has Increased 10 per cent Eastern newspapers marvel at this showing Wo do not see any thing strange about It The United States for food and textiles has drawn I from tho Old World 400000000 In gold I In the last fotir years and we have J I often pointed out that the prosperity In I I this country was being paid for by I I time unfortunates of the outside world I Gold Is governed by very certain laws anil It Is a clear case that when about iOOOOOOOO of it which Is about one l twelfth of all there Is In the world nc I I cumulates In one country it has to beat be-at the expense of some other country j or countries The j I United States has been playing In luck for several I years J Tho Old Vorld haa been out of luck I We have but fev people and a great deal of extra food and textiles The Old World has a great many people and Is short of material to feed them upon and to keep their mills at work I |