Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1919 — Gold Crop of 1918 Lowest in the Last Twenty Years [ARTICLE]

Gold Crop of 1918 Lowest in the Last Twenty Years

One annual crop, and a highly important crop, too, was considerably below the five-year average in the United States yield last year. The gold yield from all the districts attached to or controlled by the United States sent to the mints during 1918 new gold to the value of $68,493,000. which, according to the statement of Director of the Mint Baker, is tlfe lowest United States output within a period of 20 years. .