Show 1 STANDARD DOLLAR corNlm < < I Nearly all of the Cistern piper sirs t noticing with satisfaction that the Ad f ininistiation has perscrvered in its policy t I of not coining double eagles and is t ntendily minting morn half eagles Some i of the New York journals mostly anti j silver clamor for n more liberal coinage j i of quarter eagles to meet the wants of j J I tho daily retail business of tho people I This is an admission that tho i I I quantity of small coin is not suf j licicnt to meet tho demand nnd I It i conclusive proof that moro silver k f dollars should bo placed in circulation C t At u timo when liters is such opposition IJ In certain official and business quarters ll t I 1 about tbo supposed danger to which our monetary system is being exposed by tbo continued coinage of tho white metal tho financial and Mining Record finds itt it-t opportune to publish with appropriate T remarks the following statement of the I d I total coinage of standard dollars since t j the 1st of March 1878 to the 1st of i March 18SO t Per Capita i Moh 1 78 to Juno TO 85 I SJra881381 SJW ii July 85 1900000 August 2447000 JNt September 2650000 1 October 2000000 r2l 9f rlt November 2600000 December 2600330 c rt Total coinage 73 85218281711 January 8j 20000001 t i4 February 200000013 tf fl March 2COO3COj Total coinage standard h dollars to April 1 80 220082071 300 In other words tho total coinage of 1 jt standard dollars for our population of I 1 I nearly fiftynine millions of people was i 4472000 moro than tho amount of silver I i 1 I hold by the Dank of Franco on the first i of the present month without creating g I I 4 the least anxiety or concern though i t ill valued nt 100 per tent higher than l silver is in our dollar How idle dime l If fore all this chatter In tho United States about the urgently Impending danger from so small coinage |