One of the hardest things to fiud out in...

One of the hardest things to fiud out in the jroUl and silver dlscusslon is the amount used up in the arts and tuanut.Hlurcs. Dm injr tliis year the di rectors of the mints have sent thousands of clrcuUr letters to persons known to be i niMgt-d in such work. Over 5,000 replies hnw lliat 2,732 lirms had used duriny tlic tical yt-ar thatclosed in June the total of $14,500,000 in gold and $5,500,000 in silver An annual consiiinption ol over $20,000.000 worth of the precious tliu.i lodicatad.