Washington, May 9.
President Roosevelt to-day signed the Sugar Bill.
The measure provides that quotas, except for a domestic allowance of 1,550,000 tons of beet sugar and 260,- 000 tons of cane sugar, should be left at the discretion of the Secretary Jot Agriculture—Reuter. against 68 per cent on April 30. Gold holdings declined by. Marks 21,400,000 to 189,000,000, while foreign currencies increased by marks 600,000 to 7,400,000, making a net decline of marks 20,800,000 to marks 191,000, 000. Nearly marks 6,000,000 of this amount were used for the payment an instalment of interest on the Dawes Loan which was due within the current period. Notes in circulation decreased by marks 118,200,- 000 to $,521,000,000. The total amount of credit issued as measured by bills, Jcheques, advances and investments, shrunk by marks 139,100,000 to 3,522,-
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