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Show ! njper Philarieiphia Expert Loaned by U. S. to Build Large Mint at Shanghai HIIWCII .ll I ,r 11 Tlie fl.-1 I step In an effort toward uniformity ln Chinese currency will be undertaken by the building here of China's first j national mint. The work will be dl- rected by an American mint expert. j Clifford Hewitt, of Philadelphia, whose servp-es have been loaned to China by the United States and who came here a short time ho to begin his duties du-ties Mr. Hewitt Installed the new I mint at Manila, the first established I in the Philippines. It Is expected that the completion of the new Chinese mint will put an end to the conglomerate system of I ' urrency of Hll kinds and values which : has long been ;i drag on the com- me relet progress of China. While the Mexican dollar, introdu. -I ed into china from the Philippines h.is come in he the ummnn unit of value, the, vurlous tuchuns, governors ind "'her official! of province! havu issued coins that are dealt with commercially com-mercially at nlues based on the quan-j quan-j tity of their silver content. The Chl-I Chl-I ense tael In which government funds ' and i ustoms ordinarily aro reckoned Is not a coin at all. but a silver slug of a given weigh! end fineness, differ-I differ-I Ing In weight and value In ihe differ-1 differ-1 ent prov Ices. Tho Shanghai mint is to cost about 12,00 ind b one of the largest in the world, rivalling In sire and output out-put the mini at I'hllHdejphia. It s to have a capacity of ,".00,00o silver dollars a day with a dally consumption of fourteen ton? of silver ln addition j to baser metals used as alloys. Mr. I Hewitt hopes to huve the plant completed com-pleted and in operation within two I years. He is the originator of many of the machines and processes in use in the i American mints, having been in thol j servlee of the United States govern-! ment for twenlv-four years lie was! the builcdr of th American mints at Denver and Philadelphia |