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Show mi. mini nun ciiiit as mtr Ml Mil. Ml, lit rcii, dlreotor of tbe mint, be. fore tbe Houie committee on coiuege, recently ttatid that there ', In hlaiJuJgmeut, no lack of a clrculat Ing medium In the United Hlati i. 1 he anfountof currency In clriiilatloti In thk country It JJI 50 ptrcalta, a larger amount theu any other country excel t Prance, Ho alto itated that there wat no country In l.uropo where paper money wot n dcemablo aolely In tllver. Mr. Leech wai of opinion that If friucoiuae wero adopted here, allver would ulllmatily dl.plice gold. Tie allvir, be tall, would le tblj red from I ranee here to exchange It for gold. Tbo llmk of Franco coul 1 Iwue moreiafely n Inrger amount of paer money on I2li,0i)0,000 In guld than on JJIU.lliWmu In allver. Ino aame rule woultbold good wllli all Kuroieau countrlea. The Admlnlttratlon It favoring the elbrt to obulu mi International b. uutatllo agreement. Prominent American travilert going to l.uroiti are furulihed with littirt from tbe U. H. treakiiry de artment to I-urupeiin fluauclurtaul ubllc olllcert. Though notottlclally delegated totalkou flnau clal maltert, ytt the) are Instructed la atcrrlalu what the feeling In l.uropult towarda an International bliuetalllo ar-rangoment ar-rangoment of aoiue kind. |