Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-03
SECRETARY CARLISLE's RETURN.
He 10 Satisfied With the Present Condition
of Things in the Treasury.

of Things In the Treasury.
Secretary Carlisle was at the Treasury De-
partment at early hour this morning. and
from the crowd of visitors which was present
in his room during the day il was apparent
that the public was well acquainted with the
fact of his return. The trip which he
took was evidently beneficial 10 him, for he
appeared bright and free from the expression
of care which was noticeable when he left the
city. Probably the information which he OBJ
tanned on the gold situation was pleasing to
him and relieved him considerably.
A STAR reporter asked him this morning
whether. after looking over the condition Of
the gold in the west and his conference with
the New York bankers, there was anything to
say regarding the financial situation.
Mr.. Carlisle replied: There is nothing
| to be said, affairs are in a most satisfact tory
There is plenty of gold which can be
utilized. No." he added, 81 made no
absolute arrangement while away for the
acceptance of any gold by the treasury" The
| Secretary said this in tone of confidence,
| which was significant that the administration
was well pleased with the present situation and
felt that it could meet whatever demands might
be made on it.
WHO HOLDS THE GOLD?
When the statement, recently published, that
the west has more gold than the cas-,
is spoken Of to the officials Of the Treasury
Department they meet the inquiry with a
smile. Figures, they say, tell the true story,
and the mistake appears to be that the
writer is not aware that at any time gold coin
can be obtained for gold certificate. A state
ment prepared by the controller Of the cur
rency shows that the national banks in
cities where there are subtreasuries hold
| Sl03, 790. 720 Of gold, OF which S31. .667. ia
is in gold coin So 610 is gold certificates and
81. 925 900 in clearing house certificates, for the
last two of which gold coin can be obtained al
any time by their presentment at the subtreas-
uries. In this state nent ii appears that New York
national banks have Sl2. ABS .652 of gold coin
and Chicago. Sl4. .s24. .660. But of the
gold certificates, which can be exchanged
at any time for gold coin, New York
has SH, 73S, 800 and Chicago but IS. .393, $50. OF
a total of s57. 972 for New York to $50 :
| 21S. $40 for Chicago. In connection with this
| it is a known fact, according to the last report
of the director of the mint. that private in
| dividuals and private banking corpora
| tons hold almost twice much gold
as the national banks, and most Of thi.
gold is in the east. This report shows that the
national banks of the country hold $50. ISL is;
and the private firms S35S. .922. 1856. These arr
| figures that cannot be controverted.
GOLD CoIN AND BULLION IN THIS COUNTRY.
At the end of each month the Treasury De
partment issues statement of the circulation
of the country. The statement given out OF
the first of this month shows that the tots
amount of gold coin and bullion
in this country is S6l3,042. s79. Thi
result can be reached by two calculations
The total general stock of gold coin COINED
or issued is S532, ,5l3, los. The total amoun
of gold bullion, Of which the government
has the greater portion in the treasury. ii
| SS0.529 IA. or total of S6l3. .042 ,s19
as stated here. The other method br which
| this result can be reached is by adding the golC
coin circulation. which is S4l0 759. $50. TO tn,
| gold coin In the treasury which is S12l, 753,
SIS, and the gold bullion of So. .527, ,574, givin,
| the same total of S6l3 0i2.s79.
| Beyond the fact that offers of gold still con
tinue and that the gold in the treasury in
creases each dav. there is nothing new in tn,
| situation. The daily statement issueC
by the treasurer's Office still shows tn,
gold reserve to be less than tn,
s100 .000, 900 point by about $4,000, 900; but thu
statement shows the condition at the close o
business on Monday, and does not includ,
some offers that have been accepted. The de
partment probably has at it's command q. littl
over the slOO. 100000.