Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-02-02
The YELLOW METAL.
WHERE VAST QUANTITIES OF 1T ARE
BEING HOARDED.
Russia Has an Immense Pile Stored
Away india aud China Aiso Have
some Of tho Precious stun
Lots OF II la Graves.



When ~ Is considered that Russia has a
gold r. serve Qt sl.HUUlpp her muguanimity
.u onertrs 20 !aun Uncle sam, iu case ot
menace into effect aui take 70 fan out or
johnnie Hgll, is not 10 be wondered At.
time mime moriai, not alone from her own
m.ur#, but also from The markets OF the
world Worry nlur gel leaves Russia, and
and st.ppHuIt .r1m other countries, Nor u
India much lehni lsussin In her big g9.d
tory Thar country has been slih'rlng gold
ami hiding b. away iliuy, Who dita IN ~
IS. IT, complained that India drew from
Tie rrsat Roman Empire nor less tnan S.
5ltsI Ir gHlI ami silver yearly. \ FRENCH
man named Eeruer, In lgla Writing a re-
E1rt % bis Eoyernment from lrlhl, san
that "thr gold ana silver or The W9rll,
after circulating Tor some time, finally iiow
there j. no return" II was estimated by
ur. S9atbeyg that during che half century
previous 10 lsa5 India boarded Il s1g'!en ~
trta. amount Of coinage IN circulation III
f'rg4sliries o. almost Incalculable value
arc possessed by many Indian princes. Re-
Gently tA, mahHTaldI Ca IHIlNdn sal,l.
him was so large thar no member Of the
family could make an arrurat" estimate or
II. a report maze 70 lhr i'Iiu5h snN ei n ~
meDi hy a secret agent stated that or the
estate of the GetuLEt pottHtate We're a
number Of treasure houses on. ot them
these three rooms was forty-eight feet
long and was filled with ornaments Ct Eol4
and silver, plates and cups was hirE bowls
~ two rooms r. fun Of bags and boxes
~ gold mphurs ana silver rupees. Inc
doors Of this and other treasure houses hdi
been hrirkei mp for nobody knows how
long. Aecoriius o. q custom of the Bur J.
th- custody Of the Wdharalah wife, the
vaults being attached to hcr apartments,
opened save 10 the presence OF tnr master.
one Nault was ull-l with ornam nis be-
lJng.Es 20 the GittereHt gods oi the family.
The natives or lulla commonly bgry thrlr
boards, ana among the poorer classes a
Meath The bed. DisIseI wells are some
times employed for the same purpose il
D. undoubtedly fact that many hoariS
thus deposited are lost forever. n Is es-
alone s-aG.l01l worth Of British soyereIgns
are treasured In, because they bear the
are valued on religious grounds. India Is
"a very religious country and the gods take
T,tr'l'F,ts sr1ues. The temples contain vast
amounts oi the yellow and white metals.
nj" HAtit OF h't 'II.L = tiils ~ " @
which apprs sion ana violence have been
rife No feeling OF safety existing; u WAS
natural that the natives shou{l aipil iAt
practice of reducing their wealth to con
CrltTatel shape and hiding IL IAus. N
case of emergency, the family savings IN
hard cash were always within easy reach.
and robbers and other enemies were not
ikely to ret hoI ~ them. Meanwhile,
have ar-atIv exceeded the imports of thar
country. and. consequently. an uninteTrupt-
el sFraam uf cold and silver has n3Nrd
ttuhtr During the thirty years cu.iiEs
iu lss4 INDIA .mr0rtei and kept about 800
10000 IN poli. The country Is indeed 2 bot
tsmless we'll into which a stream oi treas
ure UeruetIally flows, draining an the rest
n IS saiI that there is a huge amount
Uf boarded gold IN Frkiug The chinese
officials commonly make large fortunes cut
81 their places. corruption in thai country
beiug ths almost universal rule IGey are
afraid 10 put their money INTO banks, be
cause their superilrs would discover. It's
existence ana eouns ate the who'll gf IT,
s. they buy gold bars and secFFte them,
Consequently gold always commands con-
siderable premium In feking.
Meanwhile, thanks 10 newly discovered
fields ana improved methods ot mining,
lly growing, and will Frogress!Eely Ing
crease for some years 70 come The yield
for 1885 hes been the greatest ~ history.
probably tNCred4ug S-iu.emrW Tho Uitel
States alone produced about AAVu',uF4 Of
thi- total. an increase OF sllylvy1 over
1ssi
il is estimated that the worlds annual
Consumption of gold in the arts, chiefly in
the Manufacture Of leWelry, Is some where
between SN,uvV 90 and 500 0JV,e3u Probably
about S54,Uu worth OF gold coin Of the
I nitrl States is melted yearly for such
employ meHt This government makes inc
gold bars OF i've ounces and upward for the
use Of jewelers. and other manufacturer.
Similar bars are turned out by private re-
fiueres. OF such bars slu,0QN.0o worth are
bought and used in this country every
twelve month
A French authority has figured that at
the end Of three centuries from now The