1. KKV1BW OF 1897. 



.Ml 



land in kilver; ;!.,- 



,,-al trlld. : ; the 



notes based upon *il%rr; the r 

 paper based upon diver ; MI aj 



i.ngluh mutt* to 

 :h dolUr 



- nnd in 



and legal-tender action by 



Jam r, ... I.,-,! I,. M .. ,. 



I'mii.-.- announced her willing 



' ilrr at a 

 llritain would co-o|. rat. 



mini-lit n- iinaniiiioini m ti. 

 ln the KnglUh mint* to the free coinage 



the suggestion of tin- r., s 

 lan mint*. Lord - 



-^ n- tii. remaining prooosaU until in- 



lie* ml.. ..f (hi* I'miMl SU' 



i: . . '. : ' . ' ' ' - :. ' : . 



.a mini*. Tin* was repi 

 I end to further ron-i 

 ' in o, i./i Mcrican commissioner* re- 



economical 



tidlt mil- and rv-ult- -f IM7 



f the preceding Tear, is from 



?M I..IM S 



iJJaisi > eoai (torn of ***> 

 Vcmlnn 



(flw*a 





$1.905^80.796 



-: :-' 



< MJH m 



!. 



ifflfflffl 





..-,,.,,.. 



1.6I4JBO 



H ., aj 



-UHW of Mini: Mnfilmon oraU-m 

 i*nil wit h iirirrs at the same date in 1897 



w: 



into circulation, and to.ard the end of January the 

 f $5 *iier crrfjfiti cMitiiMiii^ 



tmim> - -. v .. . 



were HL440UM9 fr*t S10 notes SHS.S61 jM5. Onlv 



otHatajidjng. while the $1 iUrr . 



lil^Mttnftd - 



^kAiAAa^^ ^^ tW^ mM*^m^^^^m^**4 ^*^*^ Aft Atttt tt^M i 



pHHmwJW* ot me uoTernn>eni ef MjSBv^naj in 

 ' 'Venues during January and $4jMtfjD50 in 



ri|Jly from duties on foods withdrawn from 

 house in anticipation of the new tariff, werr 

 MM of espenditnres. and this aided in uirtially 

 he cwngntion of ilver note*. The net 

 .< TreaMiry gradually incnra*rd through 



If., <.. f . : ' ..'...- ., . 



irto$14a.. 

 :i Towuid IK-- rnd of September the Treae- 



' 



f currener 



ami pnnssqusntly the specie 

 holdings of the Unk* at thb center were in eicass 

 of tnoitof lujal When the period arrived 



inciting .nt.-r.. th.- n 



-.,! I Mtpplird. and not only at the 



rfrom the 



had a 



ka 



iloorv, 



that it could not 



was Main I t hut NVhnuka bank* had < 



en by the 

 mid.i ... banks bought |-; 



dvantagcom4y to employ 

 th.-ir 



currency from tin- , . i ;. r to the West actually be- 

 gan only comparatively -mnll am< with- 

 drawn, in h< reason that .- an 

 ash wheat for export which 

 ulation of the grain in Western 

 ind consequently the money used to 

 was promptly returned to the banks 

 in tl :raftv The outbreak of the tellow 



ward the 

 middle of > |.t. mi - r effectually stopped the more- 



loralitir- -inlinic<-l w itlui, "tin quarantined dit 

 and it wit* not returned until the epidemic had dis- 

 appeared, ami ercn then the movement was quite 



irU a< the week ending July S the loans of 



W.OOU and t he dr- 



; . . .' . : 



the l.v 1. 11. when 



~t<Ml at $643.149^00. Then thev began to 



1 



Ima. American JMK N I. J-T t 

 Sirwl mil* at IQUM. prr Ion 

 Whrat. X.. -.ril 



r\rk. me. per ban 



ney. Th- the money mark 



r 

 \) third WM- '.r_-.-!\ due to th 



ami 



lare da* 



f379.3IS.700 in the folio* inp rek. By 

 loans had been reduced to fM2.17S.40O 

 pojfts to f61A.079.000. but then came an 



tnfuenesd 



" t. 



s, with tli. rig the former tions for the payment by the Union 



Pnefynd 



