The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-21
GOLD Is BEING LOST.
The Treasury Reserve Now Less
Than Ninety Millions.
BOND ISSUE NOT THOUGHT or.
The Banks yos EDcour1g1nG the WITH
drswsxs-"EndIe~n Chsfn's May
ye< Reach "a End

wzxaEnxfs CRY. 1u1v .s-The god re-
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asss * slss essse - sastn@&s TIE 49,
figure szs 81 - ~ sesset1on Of - o.
- kor zne car. O< the sitE1FAFaAs 80
80 &c yas Ter sxpcrt.
Trezssx~y ofzzsz-x sc1k upon -ass heavy
god dram AZ entirely abaoemai. and zrs
sonn1ent taak Is All no. contin1ss Tn~y
say tai sAere ~ noEhing n trade e2rezes
80 sAxT4nt fae ex ports. a68sng tnats al
tAoEsah e1zh4ase - at point ABOVE tne
ssaspp1ax poiaf Ia aoruaal times. fns con-
eixIsns are sacA. IL thelr SDc<nen1 %
make u ancerssir shstAe~ u caS os grso.-
able ~ present.
will not rsfarn 20 the city from his yzsnt
down fAe Bag until tonight or tonorro~.
10 ore can sr~zk &9tncrfsatiresy resp@ct-
snz fss PROBABILITY OF another issue Of
bonds TO rerienish TIRE reserve Il me near
faEsre b7t the geae~al trend Of opinion
waE fk3E sch Q thing was rct 30 De ex-
posted
The Furnor reached the treasury late In
the day mat the New York banks had te-
eiAed 70 come 70 the relief of the depart
rasnf and pledge themselves 70 maintain
the reserve 81 the SO .oss.ace point There
was ne Official backing 20 this report. but
tire offria-s profess 20 see other hopss1l
signs. even II this promise fails OF real
szation- Among them r. the prospect that
the demand for Money IN the West viii
onsigs the New York hanks 20 deposit
gold win the treasury IN order 10 obtain
the necessary paper This would add ma
terisiiy 20 the protection Of the gold re-
serve. The department has already 3c-
cuDulatsd In the general balance Of ISL
s1s.s3 no less than 80 zSseIs o. the old
legal tsDcer notes and sSs.liSseis In Shsr-
man notes This leaves the whole amount
Of legal tender notes outstanding Of a
kind that can be used under The *ensless
chain pan" 20 araw out the treasury
gold az once ssfSeo.cpe. AMI very naueh
Of this - actively circulating In the
course OF daily trade. The national
banks held OF this total sis7 on. os. and.
40 far as he treasury officials know. they
are net generally lending themselves 20
the present rad on the reserve.
AS 10 other conditions the officials are
satisfied with the manner IN which they
have gotten 30 far through the month Of
July. Tnis "a always trying month. the
beginning Of the asca! year letting loose
= lot of appropriations for miscellaneous
oojects as well as for rivers and harbors
and pensions. The payments On scccant
OF the latter have amounted 80 far 20
. SCI orc this month, while the quarterly
interest charges on the per sent. boEds
and Others have aggregated $4,000. The
total expenditures for the moa;h have
reached 81 lis 0ee which leaves . texcit
Of &c. aac .sss. but this Is no more than was
sxp~c.ed. while encouragement II found
IN the fact that the rscsspts have aver
Ags6 well up 10 s. 90. GO per diem. and
that much Of this increase Is composed Of
Internal revenue receipts. an Indication
thai the whisky IN bond has ~ last been
Grawn upon.