Show Silver Coin Going Like Hot Cakes WASHINGTON August 22The efforts of tho Treasury Department to force out its minor silver coin Jiave now been in progress for a month and areduction of about 300 000 has been secured in this fund in addition addi-tion to that accomplished the transfer of 6000000 to the New York Clearing House I Association One month the ago Department I Depart-ment began to send out circulars with a I view to inducing banks to accept this coin Favorable responses have been received from several hundred banks and the daily issue at many of the subtreasuries has been very large but the inpourhas been constant The experiment has been most successful at San Francisco where it wag so arranged that applicants ap-plicants for silver dollars could only secure them after thu delay incident to shipping orders and certificates twice across the continent con-tinent while silver half dollars and quarters could be immediately obtained The issue there has averaged about 10000 a dayywhile heretofore there has scarcely been demand for a dollar of minor coin The Treasury officials are well satisfied with the general results of their efforts |