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" Stop Coining Gold.
George E. Roberts, the director of
the mint, in his annual report says
that the coinage mints at Philadelphia,
New Orleans and San Francisco were
In operation throughout the fiscal year.
In number of pieces the coinage of the
year has never been exceeded, aggre
gating 191,419,60c, but in value it has
fallen from $130,340,781 in 1901 to $94,
526.G78, this being duo to the greater
demand for the small denominations.
Gold coinage dropped from $99,005,715
to $01,980,572, but tho stock of gold
bullion on hand increasecf from $100,-219,4-3
to $124,083,712. The coinage of
silver dollars amounted to $19,402,
800, subsidiary silver coins to $10,713,
609 and minor cdins to $2,429,730.
The original gold deposits of the year
amounted to $132,580,839. Gold bars
taken for export amounted to $30,
332,078 and for domestic consumption
$14,452,578. Tho gross expenditure on
account of tho mint service including
loss by wastage in operating upon the
metals, was $1,910,503.' The earnings
from all charges- and incidental gains,
exclusive of seigniorage, aggregatell
$357,508. The seigniorage realized in
the manufacture of one and five-cent
pieces amounted to $1,919,370, and the
total seigniorage accruing -on the sil
ver, nickel and bronze coins made in
the year was $11,013,850, which was
turned into tho general 'fund of the
treasury.
The capacity of tho mint at San
Francisco is being increased by the
introduction there of methods and
equipments that have proven success
ful at Philadelphia.
The director says that the increased
capacity of the mints at Philadelphia
and San Francisco and prospective
oponing of the new mint at Denver
W11 give the country a much greater
coinage capacity than it has heretofore
had, while on the other hand the
pressure In tho mints is about to re
lax instead of increase. The coinage
of 1,500,000 silver dollars per month
now required by law, will come to an
end soon by the exhaustion of tho
stock of bullion. This requirement
now calls for tho entire capacity of tho
New Orleans mint. Wheii the dollar
coinage ceases, that mint will be idle
unless work is diminished at Phila
delphia and San Francisco to give em
ployment. When the Denver mint is open the
bullion output of Colorado and possibly
of other mining districts of the west
now going to Philadelphia will be cut
off from the latter institution, and the
report says, it is "not advisable to re
duce s'yil further its operAtidns in or
der to .supply work fpr New Orleans.
It accordingly Is recommended that
coinage operations be discontinued at
the latter Institution at the close of!
the" current fiscal year, and' that, it be
conducted hereafter as' atf assay1 6fllce,
Tf r.nlnncre nnnrntiona riro nnw' rtls-
'contjnued at New Orleansfmuch of. the
machinery tnere is in Ood qQnfl.itlon
and of approved design; and can be
transferred .to the new Denver mint,
and the estimates for equipment there
correspondingly reduced
Attention is called to to the fact that
the gold coinage of the country is now
entering almost entirely into storage,
and that the coinage of the entire an
nual deposits is unnecessary. The
treasury holds about $500,000,000 of
joined gold, which the rejjort says Is
doubtless more than will be called for
In a generation to come. Practically
all of the current coinage js being de
posited in the treasury for certificates.
When gold is required for export It Is
wanted In bars.whlle for, domestic cir
culation the public prefers the treasury
certificate", which with some modifica
tions of the statutes, might as well be
issued against bars.
Under tho limitation placed qn the
stock of subsidiary silver coin by the
act of March 14, 1900, no more of these
denomination can be Issued, while tho J
demand is regular and must continue
witn the growth of population and
business. Tho director sees no occa
sion for a limit on tho stock of sub
sidiary coin, inasmuch as its issue and
retirement is wholly automatic, in re
sponse to tho needs of the business
community. Exghango.
A Faithful Servant.
Tho funeral of Richard J. Henry,
colored, for so long a time tho poxtcr
and private servant of his honor,
Mayor Livingston Mims, embodied in
Its program an opisodo that is too
.notablo and too altogether pleasing to
uo uiuiucu iroin a special continent.
His fidelity, his courtesy, .bis intoll
gonce and his effective service had en
deared him not only to his master and
.employers, but to all tho humorous
company of white men of all degrees
who came in contact with him. Large
sums of money were intrusted daily
to his care for transmission to tho
bank, and it is estimated that in this
position he 'had carried upbn his per
son millions or dollars. At his fun
eral the respect and regard of tho
white friends of this admirable negro
were everywhere in evidence. They
made a large representation in tho
large audience. '
To funeral, conducted by high offi
cials of Henry's own church and race,
was most impressive and full of high
tributes to tho character and record
of the deceased. The mayor of tho
city and his accomplished wife occu
pied front seats in the church dur
ing tho services, and when tho min
isterial offices had progressed to a cer
tain point the mayor of the city, who
was also tho employer of the de
ceased, was called upon to speak.
Without any special time for pre
paration, and mainly upon tho im
pulse and suggestion of tho moment,
Mayor Mime, who has long ibeen hold
one of tke most accomplished and aris
tocratic gentlemen of the south, a cav-
alier and a Bourbon of the most pro
nounced type, arose and said:
"Your call on mo to speak on this
occasion was certainly unexpected
andyet while so heartily commending
all that has been so feelingly and elo
quently said in reference to my dear
dead friend my friend of more than
a third of a century 1 cannot refrain
from expressing the genuine grief and
sorrow Hhat his death has occasioned
me. Indeed, a sorrow that my entire
family shares; and 1 know, too, it
will be -felt by the large number of his
frjlends and mine who knew him so
well in the connection ho. had with
the business in which 1 hpve been en
gaged for sp many years,, and 1 might
add his tmany white frjends in this
city who respected and admired him
for the .splendid, qualities that he pos
sessed. He, was ever doing charity
and, kindness 'to all sorts of people.
He was, indeed, a model husband and
father, a good citizen, and a loyal
and devoted friend, ;and a' Christian
gentleman.
"To me his officea of concern and
thoughtfulness were constant and
grateful, In the course of nature ho
should have 'survived fne, and I al-r
ways felt that if lie did there was no
living man on whom I could better
rely for kindness and care for my
family.
"I can point to no one whoso daily
life and character afford a better and
more commendable examplo to all
men to emulate than this.
"He well deserves all tho comforts,
blessings and promises of tho holy
religion ' ho profeSse'd and which the
distinguished reverend clergy has, on
this solemn occasion, so ably admin
istered. "I care not, -though, for creeds in
that 'unknowEtr country 'from whose
bourne no traveler returns' and to
which his pure spirit tends for I feel
that the good man who sleeps in all
the awful majesty of death in yonder
coffin carries with him acceptable ere- J
dcntlals to all tho happiness that per
tains to mortals after death. HIi
memory will bo treasured." Atlanta
IGa.) Nows.
A Great Achievement.
The death of Thomas B. Rqcd londu
renowed interest to tho great work he
undertook when ho compiled "Modern
Eloquonco." Under Mr, Reed's super
vision a collection was mado of the
best orations, after dlnnor spoechos,
lectures and addresses mado in com
paratively recent times, and these wcro
published In book form, tho sot com
prising ton volumes, Including an ela
borate Index. It required an immonso
amount of labor and research to so
curo this material, and also a deop
student of literature," to bring about
success In this enterprise. That Mf.
Reed was selected to supervise this
great work is anevldenco that it watf
well done.
With "Modern Eloquonco" on one's
library shelves ono is tho possessor of
a storehouse of literature bearing on
all topics of human Interest, and
equipped for any argument that may
ariso concerning hundreds of tho top
ics that constantly present thomsolves.
"Modern Eloquence" is published by
the John D. Morris Co., 1201 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia.
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His Environment.
Doubtless Mr. RooBovelt views him
self, in his guise of trust-fighter, as a
bravo and gallant figure. To under
stand him and credit him with any sin
cerity we have to consider tho 'atmos
pnero he lives in. In a land of blind
men a one-eyed man is king. Ho, a
republican president who admits that
there aie evils In connection with tho
trusts and confesses that it may bo
expedient to discuss tho advisability
of remodelling some of tho DIngloy
schedules In tho far future, of course;
say, after the' next presidential elec
tionno doubt is regarded by his aa
sociates and himsolf as a daring radi
cal. New York American.
Significant.
It is also significant that the first
witness to hesitate about answering
questions before tho anthracite com
mission was an operator. Yet it was
understood that their sole reason for
having the inquiry go onwas to place
the whole facts beforo tho public
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