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Show ONLY SILVER IS BEICOINEO Director of U. S. Alints Says This Year's Output Will be Record Breaker, i, No Gold is Being Coined at Present, But All the Mints Are'Colnlng the White Metal Total Coinage for the Year Will Reach Sum of $200,000,000, Salt Lake Clly. ''Every mint In tho United States with tho nxceptlon of a portion ot tho Philadelphia mint, If coining silver half .dollars, quarters and dimes at present and this will contlnuo for at least thrco months more," said George 15. Roberts, director direc-tor ot United States mints, in an Interview In-terview hero. "There is nn unpieccdentcd demand for silver menoy of thoso denominations denomina-tions throughout tho country at present pres-ent that tho government cannot begin to copa with. "Silver Is high nnd Is going to go higher," declared Mr. Roberts. "It will reach SO boforo It stops and I bolt bo-lt ovo that within two years it will go to 70. It is 71 and n ltttlo moro at present. A part ot tho mint at Philadelphia Phila-delphia Is working with coppor and nickel nt present, but outside this every mint in tho country is working night nnd day on Bllvor halt dollars, quarters and dimes. No gold 1b being coined at present and nono will be for thrco months. Tho total colnago for tho year will run very high, possibly over 200,000,000." Asked why paper money of $1 nnd $2 bill denominations aro not moro generally circulated in tho west, Mr. Roberts said: "Tho principal reason is that west, em bankers nnd others sending eas. for money, If they ask for paper monoy, must pay tho express charges on It. If they order sliver tho govern ment pays tho charges. This Is tho secret of tho Immense circulation ot silver In our own state nnd other western states." |