A Movement For Currency Reform

ïhe Massachusetts Reform club of Boston has commenced a systeinatio ruovemeiit for practical currency reform. It has recentlypassedforinalresolutions demanding that congress shall adopt some safe plan "-whereby onr legal tender paper and silver and onr süver certificates shall be slowly withdrawn, and gold, gold certiflcates and bank notes shall gradnally take their places. " They further advocate "such legislation as will encourage the establishment and successfnl operation of small banks witb local capital and knowledge of credits. " These resolutions are being sent throughont the country, accompanied by a statement setting forth the views of the club and requesting every friend of currency reform to sign the resolutions and send them to congress. This movement is exactly in line with the action of the Indianapolis conference, which was to impress congress with the fact that there is an over■whelming public sentiment in favor of