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Show SO SILVER FOR. THE ; ; SUBSIDIARY COINS PHILADELPHIA, Deo. 28.-John H. Landts, superintendent of the mint In this city, said today that the available silver bullion of the country has been exhausted. Unless Congress, takes prompt action to relieve the situation by authorizing the purchase of more silver bullion fo. coinage or by accepting a suggested temporary remedy, he said commerce would be greatly hampered next year as a result of a ten-million-dollar shortage In small diver coins. The prevailing condition of the country's coun-try's collateral also entails wholesale discharges dis-charges of mint employees, to take ef-, ef-, feet on January 1. and unless relief is obtained from Congress, the segulsr mint force will be cut down to a nominal number num-ber within the next few months. ."Silver bullion." said Mr. Landls. "has been exhausted because of the coinage of our useless hoard of 668.000,000 standard stand-ard dollars, for which there has never been any real popular demand. At the same time, with no available silver bullion, bul-lion, there is an urgent demand for $10,-000,000 $10,-000,000 of minor subsidiary coin, without ' which, the country's commerce will be greatly hampered next year. The Government Gov-ernment Is facing conditions which compel com-pel it either to go Into the markets and resume the purchase of silver bullion for coining purposes or recolnlng a portion of its stock of silver dollars Into smaller silver coins." |