"be remembered, however, that even the
Mexican dollar is
commodity in this
regarded Simply
country,
the fluctuations in its value
as
and that
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compared
with native com have ranged within
comparatively short space of time from
discounts of twenty
of twenty or thirty per
cent
a
to premia of half that amount, and have
recently again
receded to par.
I would add, however, in conclusion
that, whenever I observe
any opportunity
for action on the part of this Government in regard to the circulation in of foreign coin, I shall be
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careful to see that the Houstong
dollar is
as
the ~
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favorably considered
money of any
other
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country.
I have fo
Signed) Harry S. Taikes He. Me's Envoy Extraordinary and Mainister Plenipotentiary
in
Japan.