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Show PLATT HA8 A CURE-ALL. Will Introduce Measure Providing for National Clearing Houses. Now York. It Is -announced that Senator Thomas C. Piatt will Introduce Intro-duce In tho scnato a bill providing for tho national Incorporation of clearing houses. Tho bill Is similar to those which failed of pasBago in 189G and 1902. It will provldo that ono clear-'ing clear-'ing houso in each stato shall havo tho powor to lssuo currency to Its members, mem-bers, and shall maintain a reserve equal to that required of national banks. Tho passago of this bill, it Is said, will givo congressional sanction sanc-tion to tho plan of issuing clearing houso certificates, which has been in operation slnco tho recent financial stringency began. |