Show GOLD RESERVE ALLING AGAIN caused by heavy clearing house payments AS CLOSE MOUTHED AS A CLAM CLAN 0 Is T treasury department but govel govern mantwill men tWill panch the banks because the banks pinched them washington TOrt july 17 the heavy clearing bouse house payments in new york caused the eold gold reserve to fall lower than for several days past falling to the currena currency y balance Is 2 the star r this evening rives gives publicity to the tile following statement rezard Wg gold kold payments from the united stales states at new york considerable effort la Is being mad by financial agents here to discover s notice no e behind these payment t but the department is an as close mouthed as a clow explanation ext 1 1 got through tl rugh private sources is t that 1 lat the department is trying to take advantage of the scarcity of small and con ve rilent currency for internal business to pinch batiks as batiks have pinched the g government by steering gold the banks batiks a re greatly in need or small bills for cur rent busine 9 tram actions and use in the agricultural districts the theory is advanced va iced if they cannot gl gt what clicy need of this sort of currency by any other means they will have to make inake terms with the treasury treasur which w involves exchanging gold or gol gold we certificates in large quantities fo for notes note and certificates of denomination ounces sit silv ua bought WAg iimoTO july ane treasury today purchased ounces of silver as follo follows s 50 at 30 OW at offers ounces the cotal amount of silver liver purchased to date for july is ounce |