The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-06
NHY DELAY CIRCULATION?
Bills of Larger Denomina-
tons Now Being Signed.
Opinions of Retail MerChants-La-
dies Object to SilVer-Small
Notes a Convenience.

Through the efforts of Minister Da-
mon and Registrar of Public Accounts
Ashley a bill passed the Legislature
during the last session authorizing the
issuing of gold and silver certificates
in denominations of So $40, $40, $50
and $100. The books containing the
certificates have been arriving from
when the balance reached here.
thrill of pleasure to the business
men followed the announcement in the
Advertiser few days ago, because it
was generally supposed that the notes
of small denominations would be put
in circulation at an early date. Inquiry
at the Finance Office, yesterday,
brought out the information that 1.-The
fives and tens will be issued some time
within three or six months. We are
too busy now getting the fifties and
zoos ready. 1t requires considerable
work to prepare and register these
notes.
When the reporter suggested that the
smaller denominations were the ones
most sought after by the average re-
tail merchants, the response received
swer to the first question, and, believ-
ing that the best way to ascertain the
feelings of the merchants regarding it,
he called upon those on Fort street, be-
tIua yxyhi inI &c
practically the retail. trade center The
questions put to each was the same:
In your business, which will you have
the most use for in making change for
cates?" The answers were, with one
exception that the fives were most pre-
ferable
Harry Lewis, of Lewis & Co.: Il pre-
fer the fives, of course; there are
enough large ones already, and we
have difficulty in getting change
J. w Winter, of Hollister Drug Com
pany: I'm a greenbacker on general
principles. AS long as the certificates
have been issued I cannot see why
they are not put into circulation at
once"
Manufacturers Shoe Company, w F.
Love said: con Saturday, which is our
busy day, we have great difficulty in
getting change. We get large notes in
payment of small bills, and sometimes
ask people to call again, simply because
they decline TO pack around silver We
want notes of small denomination first,
let the larger ones come after
Charles Ramsay, salesman at
Thrum's book store, smiled when asked
the question but his answer was
sound. I'VE have no use for large
notes. They may answer for commits
sion houses around the first of the
quarter, when they are paying bills, but
the retailer and his customers have
more use for smaller denominations
At Benson. Smith & Co s, Mr.. Rum
sey stopped weighing precipitate of
chalk long enough TO say: Bills of
over so denomination are changed at
the office At the counter we Wrestle
with tens, and need s. notes rather
Lnan De OOllSeu 10 Ill Il lady purse
with silver"
J. J. Egan: Fifty and 800 dollar
notes are no use to the retailers. We
want smaller ones"
NJ. G. Sylvia, of the Temple Of Fash
ion. is the one exception TO the rule.
and although the question was put to
him twice, for fear he had misunder
stood it, he insisted on the answer both
times. I'VE have no use for small
notes in our business. We use only
zoos. sos and 20's in making change"
Just what denomination Mr.. Sylvia
takes in TO pay out 800 notes, cannot
be determined on short notice.
II. +. Wichman: I'VE have a great
difficulty in getting change at all
times. The sooner the So certificates
are put into circulation, the better for
the business men,"
Macfarlane & Co., Clarence White,