... over last night's close, but within five minutes prices ' dropped 43 points on reports that Japan was go- j ing off the gold standard, causing heavy jelling ' by cotton firms with Japanese interests, and a decline in the rate of exchange for the £ sterling ...

... and Home Rails gathered renewed strength. In the Mining market' Rio Tintos rose to 18. SWITZERLAND TO MAINTAIN GOLD STANDARD. The gold standard and the parity of the Swiss gold franc must bo maintained in view of the present economic position, declared ...

... to spend their money in their own country. That is one of tho benefits which will come from the wise abandonment of the gold standard. It is estimated that something like £60,000,000 is spent British tourists in Franci every year. That money goes into French ...

... in the inability man distribute and handle benefits which Providence has showered upon him. The plarin fact is that the gold standard has been so worked that adequate means of payment are not available throughout the world. All the gold has been centred ...