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Show MILLIONS OF OUNCES OF MER MUST BE BOUGHT BY U. S. WASHINGTON, June 22. Purchase Pur-chase of 1.700.000 ounces of silver at $1 an ounce for delivery at Philadelphia and San Francisco, was announced today by the director di-rector of the mint. This makes a total of 3.200,000 ounces acquired ac-quired by the government under the authority of the Plttman act this month. Treasury officials estimate that 207,000.000 ounces of silver must bo purchased under the provisions of the Plttman act but they do not expect this to Increase tho price of silver as there is little demand for the motal abroad at this time because several governments have ceased temporarily the coinage of , sliver money. |