The Monte Vista journal., 1900-01-20

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The burraa Of engraving and print
Ing Ii at work upon new Issue Of
notes. The plates for the 81 and 81
denominations having been completed
and the notes issued. the engraters are
now at work upon the IS plate. and
will take up the so plate within few
days. 1t Will be i've or six months be-
fore either Will he ready for use. The
$3O, $50. 800. $500 and $1,000 plates
will be taken up In turn, and will re-
quire several years to complete. The
new plates are being prepared by the
regular engravers of the bureau with
out assistance. and they can devote to
them only such time as can be spared
from their regular duties. Before
work on the new plates was commenc-
ed a design w0s adopted which will be
followed In the entire government Issue
OF money. The plates now In hand are
Intended for the silver notes. and du-
plicat's with the necessary changing In
wording to suit the character Of the
government obligation will he prepared
for the treasury and United States
notes. distinguishing mark will be
the color OF the treasury seal: that on
the silver certificates being blue, while
brown and red will probably Ike used
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notes respectively.
| Mr.. Frank II. Hitchcock. chief OF the
| Foreign markets div vision OF the Agricul-
turai Department. has prepared an in-
terestlng collection Of figures showing
Tor the first time the respective
amounts OF our agricultural exports
which go to the several countries of
Europe and OF the other continents.
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The statement shows that the agricul.
tura. products exported from the Unit
ell States during the five years had an
average annual value Of <Carl. ..3S, ,2O1.
or these enormous exports about sixty
per cent. found market In the United
| Kingdom and It's various dependencies
The sum paid by the British people for
the American farm products purchased
| during the period mentioned reached AZ
high MS xltIs.9:Ii.S: n year. Great Brit
ain alone took more than onehulf of all
our agricultural exports. the cOnsign.
ments credited to that country forming
, about fiffy-five per cent. OF the total
shipments. and having an average an.
nual value Of &3G2, ,IOI.IOl. Germany,
which ranks next to the United King
dom as n market for the products Of
American agriculture. received about
sixteen per cent. Of the exports for
1Sa-aS. the average yearly value
amounting TO &Si3SO21i.
4 spirited debate on the Philippine
question occupied the attention OF the
Senate for nearly three hOurs Monday.
Mr. Berry. Democrat, Of Arknnsae, first
addressed the Senate In support II the
resolution recently Introduced by Mr..
Bacon. Democrat. Georgia. regarding
the disposition Of the Philippines. lie
wns followed by Mr.. Pettigrew. Silver
Republican. South Dakota. In support
Of his resolution Of inquiry. Mr.. Petit
grew was very bitter In his attack upon
the administration. Mr.. woicott, Re.
! publican. OF Colorado. replied to Mr..
Pettlgrew. scnthingly nrraigning the
South Dakota senator for the attitude.
he had assumed on the Philippine Ques-
tion. He declared his belief that II
Aguinnldo himself occupied the seat In
representing the people Of South Dn-
kota. who had sent their sons as sol
diers To the Philippines. he would be
too patriotic. too devoted to the inter
s,~ts Of the country. to assume the atti-
tude assumed by the prrsent EOuth la
kotn senator. Mr.. WOkVtt adveftetl al
>" to the speech recently delivered by
Mr. Bevcridgc. Republican. OF Indiana.
sharply criticisiDg II for the spirit OF
greed which seemed to animate the sen.
R'or In making such q delivcrnncc. Al
the conclusion Of the Philippine discus
sion. MIR. Rnwliu~. Democrat. Of Utah.
addressed nm elaborate argument to
the Senate In opposition to the pro-
posed financial legislation.
! A correspondent writes to his paper
as follows: seldom has n young senator.
or mn old senator for that matter, re-.
crived 80 handsome = compliment ns
that rendered To Senator BevrridKe Of
Indiana by the brilliant audience that
gathered to listen to htu maiden speech
The galleries were filed with the hest
people of Washington. there WINS nn
unusually large attendance Of members
OF the House OF Representatives and
other officials, and every senator In
town was present. Mr.. Bcverldge held
his audience to The end of his speech.
There were no Interruptions and no
scnnior left III" chamber. Mr.. Bcvcr.
ide. has "A pleasant manner. n graceful
delivery and n Hight. Swcct-toncd tenor
voicr. lie spoke for two hours with
great carn.stn.ss, and At times WIS I'm.
pre>siSc. and II was u marvellous cxhi-
!
would MI seven or eight columns II mn
ordinary newspaper, were prepared
with great care. and proof. had been
furnished IN advance to the press ~.
s"cintions. Several people In the rc-
porters' gallery had the proofs befor.
them AMI followed him through his Ell.
tire grafton. which was r,-,itei from
memory almost without the change Of
\ single word. Mr.. Coukling used to
i,r able io do such things. hut nobody
In III" senat" since his tim. hiss had
the memory To retain 40 long n speech,
Mr.. R~Scridg. did no, even hav. . uots
10 guide him. hut -nch paragraph fol.
lowed In It, proper sequence.
The postmaster general has s~it The
following letter Ia Chairman Loud Of
the comini'i',, ApposntsSi to investigate
the charges that \ nuss,trr Of Ipolysn.
mist. are holding federal jsosislous In
Utah. ION lookin. into thr lsal,rsv ~
to the Isosimn-,-ruhip ~ Logan. Utah,
] md the fact To t~ - follows: Orsou
smith was appointed postmaster No.
vrtnt'~r ~. isb7. uIna th~ rvsommeuda.
tlon Of the referees In ih~ usual way.
There wnu nothing In th~ j'aperr 10 indi.
cate TINT hc WAS \ poiygamisi. or that
such allegation had t,s.eu made r,~i,sct.
Ing him. not u word to raise thar qucs.
tion In connection with the npts,n,.
fticnt. lr was conaemssi by TIN. k..u.
str January ~. iheN After his MI
tsointtprnt there WAS 4 letter from the
lerv. Mr.. clcnisnsAn hearing date Of
November =. INT. and asisirr..~sj to
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