Show ROBERTS FAVORS PROVO FOR AN ASSAY OFFICE George E. E R Roberts berts director of the the United Stat t States s mint at Washington D.C. D. D D.C. C. C passed through the tha city yesterday afternoon on his journey East from San Francisco where he has been attending the trial of ot Walter M. M Demmick on a charge of stealing from the San Francisco mint The evidence brought out was purely purely purely pure pure- ly circumstantial and the jury stood nine to three for conviction The case will come up again in August Regarding the probability of the es establishment establishment establishment es- es of an a assay ay office at Provo Mr 11 Roberts said that the Treasury department sought ought to dis discourage the extension of the assay office system because because because be be- cause these offices entail c considerable expense without commensurate benefit in most cases The law he said contemplates con- con templates that th the assay office system shall be sustaining self by means of a charge of one eighth of 1 per cent besides besides besides be be- sides that levied at the mints But it i iwas was was- found impossible to make them sustain themselves 1 As an example the g gold ld output of bf South Dakota was a year of which less than 00 v as deposited at the Deadwood r c t il Mr 11 Roberts sal said tat In his report to th the Senate commits he he- stated that Provo was Important gold goldfields goldfields goldfields fields and that if th assay office was to to be extended Provo i was as the eligible eligible eligible eli eli- gible point that he knew of At present there are assay offices at New York St. St Louis Charlotte N. N C. C Deadwood S. S D. D Helena Boise Carson and Seattle The mints are at PhU Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- del del- phia Washington San an Francisco and New Orleans Orlean with one at Denver now in process o 01 or erection T Time The e coinage coinage of gold is free and unrestricted d so that the establishment of new assay offices would not check or Increase It |