The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-02
THE S|NEWS Of WARFARE.
Everybody Helps to Supply Money
With Which to Whip Spain.
REVENUE LAW is NOW IN FORCE
some of the Banks Secured Revenue
supply soon Gave Out-Lagcr Con
sumers Notice an Increase in
Foam in Their Glax~e~-Jt Costs
Cent to send Telegram Now.

Cent to send q Telegram Vow.
The men who earn weekly wages IN the
railroad. steamship ard telegraph offices,
in the banks Of the city and in the ex-
press Offices will not soon forget that with
yesterday began The operation of the war
revenue act, which is designed 20 raise
money with which Uncle sam intends TO
furnish machinery for giving Spain the
worse drubhing she ever received.
Revenue stamps were short and the de-
mand was long. Al the banks the re-
ceiving and paying te.lers found II a
hard job 20 keep track of the stamped
and unstamped checks. The billing clerks
at the railroad and steamship Offices and
the wharves were on the lookout to see
that the man who shipped household goods
or crate of eggs received A freight re-
ceipt duly stamped, and that II he want
ed a duplicate he paid the extra penny
stamp required.
Being somewhat OF warm day. the dis
pensers OF malt encouragement in the
shape Of foamy lager beer found BUSH
ness fairly good. The thirsty lovers Of
the amber beverage were expecting
smaller sized glass than formerly. from
the fact that beer now costs the retailer
81 more per barrel than it did a week ago.
The only noticeable difference in most
cases was that the barkeeper held the
glass some distance from the faucet, SO
that the proportion OF foam was greater
than ordinarily.
That's the only way we have to get
even, said one saloon man. I'VE can't
cut down the size Of the glass;
Stamped and unstamped checks We're
mingled on the spindles of the banks Of
Seattle yesterday. The supply Of revenue
stamps secured by some of the banks ran
out early in the day, and the tellers and
bookkeepers were all glad that today Is a
short day in the banking business. BY
Monday there will be full supply Of
the little red ornaments.
Al first the bankers Of the city belev-
al that the operations Of the act would
cause their men great deal of extra
there are advantages in the workings of
the bill which will largely reduce the la
bors Of the tellers and bookkeepers in an
other direction. This was explained by
the president Of one OF the banks yes
terday. who said:
Firms and corporations which have
been in the habit of paying their en-
ployes with checks will now draw their
pay rolls in one check, paying their men
in cash. In many instances. where the
wage earners are paid weekly, the checks
are numerous. but not large in the ag-
gregate. Again. people will not draw
checks for a dollar and other small
amounts in payment OF little bills. This
viii lessen the work OF bookkeeping and
of the paying and receiving tellers. at
least to some degree"
The telegraph companies were dealing
soon as the first messages were filed the
patrons Of the companies found tina: they
Were expected to stand the extra expense
OF telegrap hng imposed by the law. The
telegraph companies announced that
they would not divide the burden. and
as result there were plenty of people
who believed they were being imposed
upon. The messenger boys for the West
ern Union demanded a copper cent when
receiving messages outside OF the Offices.
and AZ the counter the clerks supplied all
Corners with change in copper pieces with
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