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Show iPROTtSTlsAINST : CLC'S NG THE 18INT. 1 , San Francisco. Feh. 27. The Srji Fir.nci3co mint inaVcs a. prof't of 0.),mo annualK fo- tho govern-I govern-I ment. and in the last ten vears has I turnPd ovor to Its jcrodlt 4Vi93J)0S. With those offichl flgu'es as u text, the San Frnncisro Chamber of Commerce Com-merce and 1 he city aud crumt board of surni&ors hmp Iclogrnphod protests pro-tests lo ho California dflpgnies in I congress againsi prcpoecd action of turning Ibc mint lno a Inere aesBy I office. U- is belle fd horn (bet frr reasons or political expodlency. it is intend-I intend-I od to shut down the lcul profW-mak-I ing mint a I'd i continue in operation tho one at Denver, which said to lose moncj oven year. Too reason Elvon for tho clobiwc of the San Frnn-cIeco Frnn-cIeco mint is "economy."' Tho Portland. Ore.. Chamber of. Commerce, the Portland Coromoroiai club, the Oregon Development leauo and lb" 1 os Angeles Chamber of Commerco nlreid. havo taken up the fight, which is exported to Include the whole coa.l. That California today is the greatest great-est sold producing sta,tc in, the Urn Ion is another point mentioned by those opposed to closing tho mint. |