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BANK EXCHANGES; SALES REcoRnrn
GOVERNMENT BONDS

Government bond quotations compare as follows
with those OF week ago:
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1898 This fact makes the receipts for tbo er.+
two weeks in December this year Of the e,res+os.
significance, as showing the wonderful and nm
paralleled progress that industrial expansion q
making Results for the second week in Dacar,
Der present long list OF heavy gains over the
same time year ago, Improvement being con-
lined to no one part OF the country. but nar
ucularly pronounced in the South and South
west. Some Of the important Increases
Tor the second week were made by Missouri Pc
cihc, Missouri Kansas and Texas Southern
Railway, Texas and Pacific Gan increase NJ 2o
per cent?, ST. Louis Southwestern, Chesaneala
and Ohio Northern Pacific and ST. Paul. Earn
ings Of the non-dividend paying roads will soon
begin 10 assure returns to the stockholders In
the last few years current non-dividend navir.
roads have enjoyed prosperity, but earnings
have been put into improvements rather than
dividends. and in consequence the various com
panies have attained position of physical ex
eelience which has already been effective in in
creasing net earnings and adding value 10 III.
securities.
Trustworthy reports from London state that
genuine foreign investment buying in American n
securities is beginning. The London settlement
begins this week. and the account in "Amert-
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AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.

London. Dec 2S.-On the whole. the Stock Ex-
change last week displayed considerable frmness.
and fair amount Of business was done considering
the period of the year Consols and other gilt
edged securities showed fractional declines Ameri-
very active, and business in this depart
ment a large scale with important gains
all along the line. Northern Pacific shares
much bought advancing the week from TO
10 points Eries also largely dealt In gain
ing from to points. Owing to realization.
prices receded somewhat yesterday after the
opening but they recovered with plenty of buying
toward the close. Among the other increases
were Chesapeake and Ohio. which points:
Southern Pacific. points; Southern, l&s; Nor
folk preferred. l. and most others from u to q.
On the other hand, Illinois Central fell "a points.
and Baltimore and Ohio 1 point Grand Trunks
largely bought, and closed from IL to "a
points higher.
A feature of the foreign market has been Berlin
buying of Chinese issues which closed u to Ia
points. higher.
Mines were dull all the week, with a downward
tendency. but closed frmer.
Bar silver closed 116d better, at % s-16d per
Money was in good demand at the following rates:
On call, 81 to per cent; fixtures S24 to 4; three
months bills, to 41s
New-York tribune., 1900-12-24
MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES
STOCKS.

FURNISHED by Frederick H Hatch. No 80 Broad-st9
New-York tribune., 1900-12-24

THE FEDERAL TREASURY.

The United States Treasury received last "eeA
,or, customs s4025 57O from internal revenue s6lH-
1ao IA from, miscellaneous s211,71I total
of s1oH1447 Receipts for the month TO oale' s94'-
5ss os7 expenditures s2s1so0oo excess OF receipts
* Os7 Receipts for the fiscal year s2's5os4Ss es
penditures s2s2O7s,5Ss: excess OF receipts N"4"so
r,-a Traasurv's actual cash balance increased in
the week sS5S,01s and now stands at Sl4o,O27.s4
Receipts OF National bank notes for redemption In
the week, s2.1S4SJ0.
The Treasury statement OF Saturday, compared
with that of Saturday week ago:
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fell five marks German pig iron not duotad
The complaints of idleness at the mills and OF a
lack of orders are growing more frequent and more
vehement At a meeting OF the materials
syndicate at Dusseldorf yesterday the question
of premiums export iron discussed
The Association Of South German Cement Works
has come terms with the syndicate.
The money market remains easy The fact that
there has been advance in the Bank OF England
ra tie has had reassuring effect Private discount
reached 4a on Wednesday. II fell Il point yester-
day Carry money commands per cent; call
money is abundant at from Sl2 to 4
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Dec. Actual sales Dec. %.
%. High Low
1 1899. est. est. Final
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RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.

o. share
tam final
of Db
wth 81 10
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cans viii be watched with interest Many Lon
uoh shorts have had a serious time in all stocks
thls year. and 1t is thought that MANY local
shoFts VIII have serious time before tha hru
movement runs its course. Enthusiastic bulls
however should provide large margins at this
level. o. 'S
BANK EXCHANGES; SALES RECORDED
The bank exchanges of the New-YorL C-laor,
House and the stocks sold at the New-York stoct
EXchange last week and the same week Of the
preceding two years compare as follows.
Dec. "a '9S. Dec 2S 'a9 mac % oo
sloE1 $50 Sio Sl42S 305 944 81 574 las 2go
'''' o.lS5,5le 1865. .S76
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ra5s. IRt. paFiod. sHt5 Bid. Asked
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.p., NG EiH6E Rs5se igSS fSa Easse Hs Low Low
al 100 change sold. est est est est
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lHlgh. Low. lDec p Dec. i5lCh'ges- Sales.
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unlisted. tsmall lots
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Total sales for the week.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30
A PUBLIC PERIL.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. q, 1900
To the Editor: Something has been said
in the past few months regarding the
vicious habit of expectorating in public
places. A little more ought to be said
until a sentiment of cleanliness and de-
cency is more thoroughly instilled into our
people. Some people do not seem to real
lie the impropriety, indecency and sani-
tary danger of splitting on the floors Of
public halls, churches, street cars, stores
and other public places. No decent man
would foul the floors of his own parlor.
or sitting room with his expectorations.
Neither would he call on his neighbor and
spit upon the floors of his house. Now
the street cars are sitting rooms on wheels,
patronized by ladies and gentlemen and
children, and should be kept in q whole
some and decent condition. believe the
managers of the roads desire them to be
SO kept. 1t is well known by medical men
from one person to another by the sputum
from a diseased person A car running
In this city is daily occupied by man af-
flicted with the incipient stages of con-
sumption. The chilly air of these frosty
mornings cause him to cough violently and
expectorate freely in the car, which he
does on the floor of 1t. much to the annoy
ance and disgust of others sitting near
him. After he leaves the car a lady per-
haps occupies the same seat. her dress
wipes up portion of the spittle and
spreads 1t so that it soon dries UP, and is
set to floating in the atmosphere of the
car, loaded with the germs Of tuberculosis,
to be breathed in by others. But If 1t was
only for persons of adult age, the danger
would not be so great. for their constitu-
tions might repel or throw 1t off; but there
are school children in large numbers daily
occupying the same seats, and 1t seems lit
tile short of crime to expose them to the
deadly danger of breathing the poisonous
atmosphere Notices have been posted up
in some of the cars, warning people against
splitting upon the floor. Cannot the people
heed them? e. 8. SMITH.
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GIN THE ENEMY's COUNTRY"

He cannot play the peacemaker's part,
because he is himself the cause Of the dis
MISUNDERSTANDING Post.
He must win votes In the states which
voted against him before, and enough OF
them to turn the scale in his favor.-Balti-
more Sun.
Yea, verify 1t is harder to muzzle the
tongue of the boy orator of the Platte
than for a camel to pass through the eye
of needie.-Puget Sound Mail.
Tammany never before has failed to re-
volt against e candidate it did not like.
This year 1t has had to take one to its
bosom.--New York Evening Sun.
Mr.. Bryan on his present trip East may
not notice the chill in the Democratic air,
but the leaders of the party are aware
Of it.-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
None but Mr.. Bryan can be deceived as
to the attitude of those who are RESPONSE
BILE leaders of the Democratic party in this
section Of the country. philadelphia
Times.
There is no reason to doubt that Mr..
Bryan left Maryland as strongly opposed
to Organism as he found 1t. Maryland is
not buying silver bricks these sound money
times.-Kansas City Journal.
But will this mean votes in November
for him? Can he reasonably expect to cap
italze any considerable portion of this en-
thusiasm as the leader of the free silver
Washington Star.
Bryan is not receiving the warm recep-
tion in the East-that he anticipated. He is,
however, as firmly fixed on the neck of
Democracy as was the old man of the
sea on the neck OF poor Sinbad.-Chehalis,
WASH, Examiner.
1t is too bad that Mr.. Bryan could not
have been recognized as the leader Of the
Democracy, and strange that the Mary
land legislature does not seem inclined to
put herself under the spell of the Me-
braskan's oratory. Post
The country at large realizes that Bryan,
with or without the Is to issue, is the
same Chicago-platform Bryan whose DEM
aGogic utterances made men of integrity,
of high purpose and of patriotism turn
from him in 1896. irrespective OF party
They will do SO again.-New York Mail
and Express.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30

Whereas elves OF great men all re-
mind US VIC can make our lives sub
lime" deaths Of great men remind some
OF N Of strange and ridiculous thinrs.
For instance, the death Of r. ID. Black
more reminds a contemporary that there
is an extraordinary resemblance be-
tween Lorna Doone" and 1.-THE Rever-
les Of Bachelor" II the man had
shut his eyes and picked out at random
two titles from library catalogue he
could not have secured juxtaposition
more absurd.
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are fearful Of anything that looks like
surrender counted the cost Of the oppc-
site course7
Looking ct the matter from the point
Of view OF enlightened Englishmen.
one might say that It would be well TO
give a thought to possible sacrifices
and the balancing OF advantage. No
body questions now that II will require
the exertion Of the whole strength of
the British empire to conquer the Beers.
What may It cost? If It means the
humbling Of pride and the loss OF pres
tige to grant independence to them now.
what may 1t mean II that should have
to be done after months or years Of
equally stubborn resistance? Every
argument against peace with the
Transvaal on the basis OF recognition
would have applied to the peace that
ended the American revolution. Does
any one in either country hold today
that Great Britain was disgraced by her
acknowledgment Of our independence?
Setting aside sympathy and pride and
the fierce unwillingness to yield, and
giving cold reason the lead over passion.
can England do more wisely than to
pluck from the nettle Of Spionkop the
same unpalatable. but wholesome fruit
which she gathered from that Of York.
town?
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30

Miss Helen Gould Is an excellent young
woman. and has great wealth at her dis
posal. She did not accumulate 1t, but in
herited 1t; and there is no disposition to
censure or criticise her. But the wealth
which she possesses is the product of
wrong. 1t would better have been left in
the hands of those from whom her father
wrested it, Here are the vast accumula-
tfons of the Carnegies and the Rockefel-
lers. Are the wrongs and sins through
which they were accumulated to be COM
pounded by occasional donations to this
charity or that? These extraordinary
fortunes, gained In every case through
the favor Of government in one way or
another. cannot be cleared of the infamy
of the methods of their acquisition by
any beggarly plan of partial restitution.
This wealth would better have been left
in the hands of its rightful owners Port
land Oregonian.
This is the shallowest sort of social
Ism. It is the stun with which the
New York Journal reeks, and it is to-
Mr.. Bryan as his daily bread. Doubt
less most fortunes, modest or huge,
have I'm them some element of wrong.
given number Of individuals is a rea-
sonably constant quantity, and the
larger opportunity magnifies virtue and
vice. No one has shown us yet how
wrong and the fruits Of wrong are to
be destroyed In any way. other than by
the Improvement of individual charac-
ter. And who may be the "rightful
owners" of the millions or the thou
sands, or by what means the millions
and the thousands are to be left in
their hands the Oregonian does not ex-
plain.
1t simply parodies the appeal of those
who would set man against man in
vague hatred and rage to destroy, with
out suggestion Of remedy; and the text
that 1t chooses is the benefactions of a
true representative Of splendid Ameri-
can womanhood. This paragraph
would not surprise any one If found in
the report of speech by Altgeid or a
lecture by Debs; neither will it surprise
readers who are becoming accustomed
to the diminution of brain power and
enlargement of spleen that grow daily
more characteristic Of the Oregonian.
No ability or integrity of purpose can
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30
MIR. MACRUM's RETURN.

Ex-Consul Macrum, who threw up his
job at Pretoria when the war commenced,
has arrived at Paris, and there would be
no great mourning In this country should
he conclude to remain there. The Amer
leans have no love for shirk.--san Jose
Mercury,
Mr.. Macrum. our former consul at Pre-
toria, says that he has received cable
from Secretary of State Hay not to talk
on his way home. He will be wise to
obey his instructions, for his capacity in
that direction is likely to be overtaxed
when he makes his official explanation of
the reasons for his anxiety to desert his
post--for his action amounted really to
desertion-at a critical period.-New York
Mail and Express.
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advocates could do or propose to do is
to rstard the growth OF Seattle and in
filct endiesb' harsaship and loss upon it,
citisens. There ID q kind Of platform
on which man stands only with the
sheriff beside him ana the dlsasree-
able knowledge that his feet will
presently be Kicking the empty air. This
seems to belong to that variety. and
politically those who framed II are In
vitins = similar fate.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30
A Significant Word.

There is deep though perhaps unin-
territorial significance in the statement
of the London Times that the British
disaster in South Africa Is likely to
prove the greatest catastrophe since
Yorktown 1t Is a statement of sober
truth. Why can it not also suggest
to the leaders of England the moral of
the parallel?
That which followed the surrender of
CORVALLIS is that which should follow
the defeat of Warren and his retreat
from Spionkop. Great Britain has no
more at stake now than she had then:
she has immeasurably less. For the
loss of the South African colonies can
not compare in it's future consequences
with the severing of the connection be.
tween the American colonies and the
crown. Neither can the military status
OF England, at peace with all the rest
Of the world. be injured as greatly by
grant of independence to the Trans
vaal. which has always enjoyed 1t in
domestic affairs, as 1t was when the
hostile Europe. and had to relinquish
command over a territory and a people
which, up to the declaration OF inde-
pendence, had neither received nor de-
manded that great concession.
Statesmen in England ought to be
great enough to look the crisis in the
a double one. Events have proved that
they had no conception whatever of
their undertaking on the material and
military side. They mistook the re-
sources Of the Beers, the depth Of
their disaffection, their organization.
their ability to command ammunition
and supplies, the extent to which the
formation of the country lends itself
to defensive and hampers offensive op-
erations, and in general everything
about the work to be done that was
open to misunderstanding. They can
not injure their prestige or reflect upon
their Judgment materially by adding
to the list an admission that they
passed too lightly over the equities Of
the case.
The cry is always that more troops
must be sent to the front. Does sal
walton lie in that direction? One of
the mightiest armies OF modern wars
has been concentrated in South Africa.
1t is commanded by the best generals
Of the empire. All the men and NUM-
tons of war asked for are forthcoming.
No Roadway has been made. The abil-
ity Of the defenders, the nature of the
country and above all the efficiency OF
modern weapons in defense of an in
trenched position have made every
movement the signal for a reverse.
What guarantee is there that this for
tune will change?
The disposition to press the struggle
to the bitter end, though 1t should Grip
pie and exhaust the empire, is neither
rational nor patriotic. 1t rests simply
on native obstinacy and a pride that
does not stopsto count the cost. Great
Britain can afford today to yield inde-
pendence to the Beers of the Transvaai
and the Free State. 1t will cost much.
1t will require her to present a holder
face to the rest Of the world, to main
tain the highest efficiency in her navy.
to increase her Rarrisons in India But
what Of that? Have the gentlemen who
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30
FROM THE PEOPLE.

The columns OF the Post-Intelligencer
are always open to the public for the
expression of opinion on topics OF cur
rent interest. The conditions are that all
letters must be concise, must be free
from personal attacks on individuals. and
must be signed for publication with the
nams of the writer. Any letter that does
not comply with all of these requirements
Will not receive consideration.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30

1t Is reported that Webster Davis. OF
Kansas. assistant secretary OF the I'M
terror. has an ambition to be the vice
presidential candidate with Mckinley
this year. This IL not surprising, There
are good many men who have the
same ambition and just about 40 much
change of success as Davis has.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30
The Lesson OF the War.

The experience Of both sides in the
war going .on in South Africa has been
on parallel lines in one important re-
spect. Each has found that 1t Is almost
impossible to capture defensive POSI-
lions manned by men who know how
to use rifles. ana who are armed with
modern weapons, and that even with
overwhelming weight Of numbers the
forces in a successful assault Of such
a position must reach appalling proper
lions.
The effective range Of the modern
small caiiber rifle Of high power. with
fat trajectory. is considerably
more than one mile. AS long as the
supply Of ammunition holds out such
q weapon can be fired as rapidly as a
man can pull the trigger. with intervals
Of second or two after each clip is
exhausted to substitute new one.
Even in the skirmish order of advance,
with frequent PUSHES and dropping to
take advantage Of every cover, the at
lacking force is under perfect hail
Of fire for long period, and with any
kind Of shooting must suffer out of all
proportion to the losses received by the
defending force.
In the days of bayonet charges the
advantage was thought to be with the
attacking party: they had the stimulus
of action and the impetus OF the charge.
The advantage now lies altogether with
the defense. Every assault throughout
the present campaign has failed. The
Beers can not carry Ladysmith that
way nor can Buffers forces drive them
out OF their intrenched positions be-
tween him and the beleaguered city.
This, with the superior advantages of
a mobile force OF mounted infantry and
the necessity Of the knowledge on the
part of rifiemen Of how to shoot
straight, are the principal lessons of the
war so far. Whether new strategy will
develop as the result of these lessons re-
mains to be seen. At present the CAM
paign seems to have reached dead
lock, with the ultimate fall of Lady
smith from exhaustion Of food and am
munition the only prospect in sight.
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mitteenan from the state Of Washing
ton. Is quoted in London as saying that
the Democratic party will nominate
Dewey. German, Olney or Justice Peck
ham. all Of which Will lead to the sus-
picion that some censor has been oper-
ating on the news dispatches which
Wallace gets from his native land.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30

The gentlemen who propose that Mr..
Mckinley should make demand" on
England to stop the South African war
are the same gentlemen who make
speeches against his Philippine policy
on the ground that It Is sure to involve
us in difficulties with foreign nations.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30

Many demands have been made that
the United States should OFFER to medi-
ate with Great Britain in behalf Of the
Beers. 1t seems to be in order now for
some one to ask us to intervene with
Dom Paul In behalf of the repulsed and
distracted British.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30
PosTITELIoENCER TUESDAY, JANUARY 80 1900

In any corporation or a deposit in a
savings bank. IL q capitalist: ana II is
on precisely capitalists OF this class that
the socialist programme, IL ever II IS
put into effect, will bear hardest.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30
What the Census viii SHOW.

When the next census Ii completed
II win be found that the state Of WASH
ington will stand very much higher on
the roll of states than was the case ten
years ago. 1t il almost certain that 1t
will show a larger population than eth
er OF three New England states; ve--
mont, New Hampshire and Rhode ISL
and. 1t win quite certainly pass two
Of the Southern states, Delaware and
Florida; and of the states admitted at
the same time. or since the date Of
Washington's admission into the Union,
1t will without question be the foremost
in population, SURPRISING Montana,
North Dakota. South Dakota, idaho,
Utah and Wyoming.
With Colorado and Oregon. the race
will be more nearly equal, and until
the returns are in It is doubtful which
will prove the largest in population.
One thing which will somewhat mill
tate against the state in computing the
population is the fact that when the
census Is taken. a very large number
Of the actual residents Of the state will
be temporarily absent from 1t In the
gold fields Of Alaska. That number,
according to present prospects. will GER
tainly not be less than 10000 and may
possibly reach double that figure. De-
spite this fact. however. 1t may be an
ticipated confidently that Washington.
in the next census. will show the larg-
est percentage of gain in population Of
all the states of the Union.
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A people accustomed to open a mili-
tary engagement with prayer has never
been found an easy people to conquer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30

The peace conference at The Hague
was preliminary to what promises ia
be an era Of wars and rumors Of wars
unequaled in half century.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-30

There will not be much Of u river and
harbor bill this session OF congress.
which may cause falling of in the
pork" transactions of the year.