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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

Cotton. steady; middlinG S13-16c.; net re.
ccipts, 263 bales: gross, 0931 bales: sales, 200
bales: stock. 120Ul6 bales.
port to Great Britain 1888 bales: to the Con-
tinent. IA. $50 bales; stock. 7G5,4l3 bales.
Consoldatcd-Net receipts, so, 4O4 bales; ex.
port to Great Britain. 60,o50 bales: to France,
$3.50 bales; to the Continent. 1920 bales.
Total since September. lst-NetS receipts. g.
ACC. 143 bales: export to Great Britain 4S9,
bales; to France, 617.956 bales; to the Conti-
nent, eo6,.5S bales.
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CATTLE MARKETS

NEW YORK, Feb 2s.-BEEvEs-Receipst
$3.50 head; 80 cars on sale, SLOW; steers, Jog
15c. lower; steers. Si50@6.52Ia;;& bulls, 2:15n
4:45; cows se.25@4.3O; Cables slow. Exports
tomorrow, Dos cattle and 4 $50 quarters OF beef.
25 vsas ef2a t ana 59s tts
calves, $3.50; barnyard calves, 275@3.12h;
dressed vcals, s7.5o@11. Sheep and lambs-Re-
io@ 15 Of: Sheep. 81: a5.as; cults, ss@s.s5;
lambs, S5.50m6.7o; culls, 81. @5. Hogs-Re-
cepts, $3.50; nominaliy steady
CHICAGO, ILL. Feb. 2s.-cATTLE.-Re-
lcepts, $500 head; slow and steady; good to
prime steers medium mn s = g
as; heifers. s2.25@5 Gamers. 81: :5@2.25;
bulls, S2.5o@46o; calves, S2.5o@6; Texas,fed
oe hesa ait
head; active, Zoe. higher; mixed and butchers,
$5.S06 6.30; good to choice heavy. S6.2O@6.20;
Of sales 500 cars. Sheep Receipts, 900 head.
steady; lambs, lower; good to choice wethers,
s4.e5@5.25 ; western, s5.5o@5 90; native lambs,
EAST LIBERTY. Pa: Feb as. e y I'll =.
Steady; choice prime, Seso@e4o;
Sc, 4o best medium, sI.S5e 40; heavy workers.,
$40; roughs, 5000. sheep-slow; best wethers,
S.. 80 @5.50; culls and common. $2@3.50; year
lings, $5.5O@5.75; yeals, S7@7.5O.
EAST BUFFALO. N. y; Feb es.-cATTLE-
S7.55 : Hogs-Rereipts. $500, slow. and barely
steady; mediums heavy, S6@6,5o; mixed s6.35@
$40; pigs, $5.75@5:S0; roushs, $5.40 M5.S0;
stays, $4@4.5o shep and lambs fering, II )
| 900 head: steady to strong sheep tops, mixed,
81. 5OM475; common to fair. $3.5O QI4. %: top
lambs, .s6.40@6.5o; common to fair, $3.50
$40.
Ii CINCINNATI. O.,sFeb. :-HoGs---Active
and strong, s5@e$o. Ca t II eo s. 25@5.75.
Dull and lower. $4.50@6.35.
NAVAL STORES.
MILAINGIoN; N Feb. es-sP ri Is
casks. Rosin-Firm S1.15G1.2o; receipts. G.
barrels. Crude turpentinczI5F Firm. 81 1850 50;
receipts. So barrels. Tar-Firm, S1.20; receipts,
235 barrels.
SAVANNAH. Ca Feb. 2s.-TURpENTINE-
Firm a11sc.; receipts. 1876 casks; sales, 10e
casks; exports. 2l5 casks. Rosin-Firm; 70,
CENTS, o.0O4 barrels; sales, ISIS barrels; ex.
ports 2343 barrels.
CHARLESTON. S. c.. Feb. eS-TURPEN.
ETINESAND& ROSIN-Unchangcd
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BALTIMORE MARKET.

BALTIMORE, MD, Feb. 2s.-FLOUR-Stead
and unchanged. Wheat, easy; spot, the month
and March, saA Msesc southern herr p sample /;
March and May, 65ss q 65s,c.; southern white
corn, IS @66c. Oats, tirmer; No. 2 white, As y @
40c. Rye, tirmer; NosE2 nearby, 67@6Sc- But
ter, firm and unchanged. Eggs. firm and higher;
fresh, 25c. CHEESE and sugar, firm and un-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

CHICAGO ILL. Feb. es.-Grain speculation,
was swayed by the weather to-day. General
but worked the opposite way with corn and
wheat traders who sold short early were forced
SC. higher; May corn, u @%c. higher, and May
oats, 1c. advanced. Prorisions closed 5@71s;
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

SOUTHSIDE RAILWAY * DEVELOP
MENT COMPANIES BONDS-The tn-s
terest maturing on these Bonds on
MARCH 1St and hereaf teratwin be paid
on presentation at the Office OF the
Merchants Trust Co.. No. so Broadway.
New York.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

Sr{y YORK. FEB. st oFFEE-The market
for seoiree futures opened steady With pricea nm
changed to s points higher. md Up TO mid!a tier
snoo.,s con tinued to sti fen up on brisk demund
from shorts and on bull support, supplementedSto
somc SeS tent by ttering bases for foreign
account The close was stead ~, but only o to
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

Lynchhurg. Va. Feb. Is, 902.sz
The Indictment Gather of the past few
weeks is interfering somewhat with the
receipts of tobacco in the warehouses Of.
not been as large as is generally expected
for this season of the year. Prices are
high and the quality of the offerings is
good.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
cHuRcH NOTICES.

GROYE-AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH
near corner of Grove Avenue and Harrf-s
son Street, J.. s. HAWTHORNE.
II ID, Misunderstanding at II a. 81. and
3 P1 NJ by the pastor. Morning subject.
..Whaf is God p, Evening subject. The
Three Characters in tho Parable of the
P-odiral SON., Sunday school at 0 II. u.
SECOND BAPTIST CtiuRCE4.-SER-
vices conducted by the castor. DR. w. r.
T. SMITH, at II A If. and s r. d. Bibfs
school Mt $50 A. NJ
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GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.
PEANUT MARKETS.

NORFOLK, VA. Feb. os.-PEANUTs-Quiet
fancy, 3@Slsc.; strictly prime. &c.; prime, 21s@
2ac. Spanish, re. =
PETERSBURG. VA, Feb. 2s.-PEANUTS-
TirGinnns o-Actirc at SIC. for best stock.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

District of yiclesberg. Miss: James r.
Plat, OF connecticnt. to be- United States
district Judge for the pisttfcfvof Connee-
sstIc,1t q. b. Riyes. of New ierscy, 30 be
third secretary OF the United States en-
bassy at Berlin.
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CHICAGO MARKET.

10 points net higher Total sales were $3.50
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
rAyTJNORH Nd Feb dashboard COM
mon. unchanged: do. preferred. unchanged. Sea-
board As, S4$l @S5.
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THE BEAUTIFUL OLD
BRICK RESIDENCE

of the late DIR. Harris ut Maiden's Adven-
ture, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. and
all personal property. will be sold on
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY %. 1902,
at II o'clock A. NJ. on the premises.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

The House and Senate Finance Com
m.ttees will meet in joint session on We'd
resday night for the purpose Of consid-
5ering the appropriation bill for the fiscal
year. The matter will hardly be disposed
Of at one meeting.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

Senator Keezell said last night that
Mrs. KeezelI was able to be up, and was
very much improved. 1t will be recalled
that Mrs. Keezell was slightly paralyzed
some days ago.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

The House Committee on General Laws
will meet at 10 o'clock this morning to
consider the Mathews dog law as spe-e
.cial order. It is also likely that the child
labor bill of Mr.. Cabell, as amended and
rccommitted, will be considered.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.
e1 nnn OF OK

Virginia s's-s1 900 at 97ss
Richmond Trust and Safe DEPOSIT CompanF-
10 shares ut 13o; 10 shares ut 1S9; GO shares
at 139.
Broad-Strcct Eank--40 shares at e61s
Virginia Carolina Chemical Preferred shares
AT Io3: 100 shares (sellcr 10 f1a1 at 122la; EOS
shares at lo2tS: 100 shares at 122!A; shares
a. virginia Carolina Chemical common-eo shares
at 62ia.
STATE SECURITIES. Bid. Asked.
North Carolina As, c., 1o1o..-... 1855 1o6ss
Nerth Carolina 6s,, G., l9la....-. lSs
Va :a's new, c. and r., 193......- 9t& 9tT
va Centuries, %. c. and R...... 9Iis 9S
CITY SECURITIES:
Rich City As, H.. 1a20.19SO.... 1oI.a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

BY Augustine Royal & CO..
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers.
Leader Building, Manchester, Va
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

The House Committee on Finance met
yesterday afternoon and heard argument
in favor Of the Bland f1reman's relief bill
Delegations were heard in favor OF the
bill from Harrisonburg. Portsmouth and
Richmond and the bill was passed by for
further consideration.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

The House Committee on Counties,
cities and Towns met last night, Mr..
Gardner in the chair, and disposed OF a
number of local bills. The bill offered
ty Mr.. Nottingham, extending. the cor
porate limits of the town of Cape
Charles, which was set as a special order,
was passed by indefinitely.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE
AUCTION SALES OF, Real ES-
tate and personal property that has been
offered in Goochland county. Va, for
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

A bill was introduced in the House of
Delegates yesterday by Hon J ohm White
head. delegate from Norfolk city, in re,
other family supplies of a. perishable
nature, by peddlers: The. present State
law imposing a license tax of $500 on
with the Richmond city ordinance of s1O0
has driven the peddlers in Richmond out
of business entirely. The $500 State tax
applies all over the state.
Mr. George E. Wise. of Richmond.
counsel for the peddlers here, drew the
bill presented by Mr.. Whitehead.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

CINCINNATI. o..eFeb. HoGs-Active
and strong, $5G76.aO. Ca ttle-Dul 81. 25@5.75.
Sheep-DuIl and lower. S2.5O@5.25. Lambs
Dull and lower 81 5Ol6 - ~
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The following are the total net receipts of;
cotton at all ports since september I, 1901: 49,
COFFEE MARKET.

pETERsBuRG. VA. Feb. 2s.-COTTON
Market. Arm a Sc. for good lots.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

There are many conflicting views as to
when the Legislature will finally adjourn
The passage of the extension resolution
does not necessarily mean that the body
will be here until April 4th, and some of
the leaders think there will be an adj
journment within the next two weeks.
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aAuY. lsrArrnExrs.

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
ssTTE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT
RICTIMOND,sIN THE STATE OF v1R-
B GINA, AT THE CLOSE OF, EUSI-
Il NESS 5FEBRUARY# 25, 1902 32
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u. Nj. NANCE, s.
Receiver u. S. District Court.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
sLYNCHBunG TOBACCO MARKET.

CHARLESTON. S. c.. Feb eS.-TURPEN.
TINE AND ROSIN-Unchangcd.
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N.-,,.r s.,rnprs

WILMINGTON. n. c., Feb. os.-sPIR1Ts
casks. = Rosin-Firnl, S1.15@1.2o; receipts 63
barrels Crude turpcntnc-Firm, $1.35G so;
receipts. So barrels. Tar-Firm, S1.20; receipts,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

Total bank ciearings week ended February
9TH 81 49,, 097,S7a; increas H.: per cent.
Outside New York, S6Ta, l539Si; increase, So
pcr cent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

Governor Charles T: O'Ferrall was
among the visitors on the floor OF the
House yesterday.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-15
MY SHIP.

stood maroaned on q desert isle,
With my gaze Ger the white-capped sea-
And hope leaped up in my heart the while
NV ship-would IL come to mef
My beautiful ship with its sails OF SNOW
Swanlike On the oceans blue;
While ever | gaZed where the sky hung low
And ever my longing grew.
Long. long l watched in the burning sun;
And lust at the close of day,
4 CLINT of white where the fog banks run,
Flashed ND like whitecap spray
Flashed into my sight ON the low sky ilhei
Then out of the sea upreared
The black storm-cloud; and this snip on
mine
Was lost in the blackness weird.
All night / lay on the damp seaweed;
With the spray on my sodden head'
The mad waves howled. but took no hFei,
Nor rocked Of their raving dread.
All night in the storm with enlIlihg
breast
When 10! Mt the break of day,
There dancing at anchor with sails at RESI-,
My ship In the harbor lay!
Ny beautiful ship! When the night was
When the sky was the hue of lead.
Der rock and reef through the numbering
rack.
She sailed with steady head!
Oh faIteriug onei when the dark hour fails,
Deem not that all hope is past.
Rut bark for the sonnd of the Pilots calls
For your ship will come in at last.
Lowell o. Reese in San Francisco Bulie-
In
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-15
She Could Keep a Secret.

The one secret that women know how
to keep is. according to unkind critics,
that of their age, They will tell every
thing else that is entrusted to their keep
ing. but never, even in q moment of eX-
pansive indiscretiOn, will they be in
duced to reveal the number of their
years.
OF course. this isn't always true.
Many feminlnes tell their ages and those
of their women friends with as much
freedom as their brothers would give the
same intelligence concerning themselves,
WIS liz f e att ter OF hsGe crreeftfnthiE DIED
marvel to her acquaintance
No one except her own brothers and
sisters knew her age. Her husband did
not, though she was married to him thir-
ty years or more. When the marriage
license had TO be bought the bride vouch-
safed the information that she was
more than 49," That was all: so the
hardhearted best man put her down as
- years of age.
In the years that followed she never
spoke of her birthdays. Once, when she
was asked if she was born in June, she
replied that she didn't remember. The
natal days of others in the family were
celebrated, but hers never She would
talk well on any subject in the world but
ages; on this one she was absolutely
dumb
Before she expired she made single re-
quest of her husband. please don't al
low any dates to appear in the obituary
notices or on my tombstone she asked.
Il don't like dates"
And so her secret died with her. and,
though her women friends surmised that
she must be at least ten years older than
her husband to Justify this sensitiveness,
il is quite possible that she was nothing
Of the sort. She did not look it. She
merely had horror of being reminded
of the passage of time.
This was. of course very unusual
case, but it is sufficient evidence that n
woman can keep secret and she will
baltimore NnyS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-15

NO. there isn't nearly SO much swear
ing over the phone as there used to be-"
said girl recently in the telephone ex-
change. I've been at central now for
a good many years-more years than |
like to think about sometimes-and | am
In a position to speak with authority of
this apparent change for the better in
public morals. l don't think it is be-
cause men are Tess addicted to profanity,
but because they are getting used to the
phone and are more patient. 1t used to
be that business men would brook no
delay, and would not understand why
they shouldn't be treated with the ut
most consideration. Then they would
swear Now they are educated up TO
the thing, and are more inclined to be pa
tient. kansas City Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-15

The first point in the condition of the
idle rich which takes the eye of the stu
dent Is that they are the victims of cir
cumstanceS. Like the idle poor. the idle
rlch suffer because there is nothing for
them to do, but the greater hardship of
the idle rich lies in the fact that they do
not seem nj to do anything. Some philos-
opherS have supposed that their leisure
qualified them to take charge of the polit-
zeal and economical affairs of people who
were al work. and there has been n good
deal of polite regret among us that IN
10 the present time there has been no
more zeal in the people ut work than
there has been an apparent purpose Of
Providence to turn our leisure class to
account in this way. We have seen that
under other systems they are turned 10
account in this way: but their conduct
of public business under these systems
has not convinced us. II seems to have
been mainly in their own interes-, with
few escapes from the vicious circle which
forms the logic of their lives: it seems
to have tended always to the perpetual
ton of that leisure class which, it is
philosophical their public employment
would practically put an end to.-TIar-
nCrS Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-15
The Worlds Record in Wedding.

In these days Of accommodating there
is still one record handed down to us
from classic times which remains UNI
broken. 1t may be called the wedding
record, and was established by command
of the al! .conquering Alexander of Mace
don.
This largest and most remarkable we'd
ding since the world began took place at
Susa. When Alexander the Great had
conquered Persia, wishing to unite vic
tors and vanquished by the strongest ties
possible. he decreed wedding festival.
Alexander married Statira, the daughter
of Darius: 100 of his chief officers Were
united to ladies' from the noblest Persian
and Medean families, and 10000 of his
soldiers married 10000 Asiatic women.
In fact, 2O,202 people were married at
once.
Moreover some marvellous caterer,
whose name deserves to have been hand
ed down to pOsterity, managed to get up
a feast for all the brides and bridegrooms
and for vast multitude of guests be-
sides
---Srts On PLAIN near the city II vast
pavilion was erected on pillars sixty feet
high. 1t was hung and spread with the
richest tissues. while the gold and pre-
clouS stones which ornamented it would
have made your eyes blink. Adjoining
this building were 100 gorgeous chambers
for the hundred bridegrooms. while for
the remaining 10000 an outer court was
mclosed and hung with costly tapestry.
and tables were spread outside for the
multitude.
A separate seat was assigned each pair.
and all We're arranged in a semi-circle on
either hand Of the royal throne.
Each bridegroom had received a golden
vessel for his libation, and when the
last of these had been announced by
trumpeters to the multitude without the
brides entered the banquet hall and
took their places.-London Express.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-15
EXCURSION ANNOUNCEMENT. 4

Mr.. Fl. B. Smith, who is the Eastern
representative of the Big Bend Land
company of Spokane, Washington.
was seen by reporter at his office at
the st. Charles hotel at milwaukee,
Wis, last evening.
Mr.. Smith said that on account OF
the numerous inquiries and urgent re-
quests received from farmers all over the
state, who wish to visit that section as
early as possible, he has decided to run
the first of series of excursions to the
big Bend country, Washington, within
the next thirty days. On these excur-
slons lower rate of fare will be made
land seekers than ever before offered
Railroad fare refunded from St. Paul to
all purchasers Of land of this company.
These excursions will be personally con
Quoted by Mr.. Smith, who will accom-
pany all excursions, which is assurance
that no one will become homesick while
en- route.
Speaking of Washington, Mr.. Smith
sad: AS an agricultural state it is
without superior. There are many rea-
sons why the state of Washington is
justly regarded as the coming agricul-
tural state of the Union. Its fertile soil,
its uneXcelled climate, it's good and
abundant water, are all great attractions
to hOme-seekers. This is especially true
Of the far-famed Big Bend country,
highly-productive land, which is partly
in improved farms, can still be had ar
comparatively low prices, at One-fourth
cash, balance on time to suit, at low
rate of interest.
Why, every farmer can have an or
chard if he wishes. They have fresh
flowers ten months of the year out there,
and on account of the cool summer
nights, the Hessian fly and the chinch
bug and potato bug are unknown in that
country.
What do we do for n market for those
tremendous wheat crops and other farm
products raised i'll that country? At
present we have a very good market.
China and Japan furnish a market for
the larger portion of the wheat raised
in the Pacific coast states. And the
prevailing price of grain in Washington
is equal to that of Chicago and Min
neapolis.
There was time when all this grain
had to come East. and with the high
rates existing at that time the farmers
had to sell their wheat at from % to-
80 cents. But today the Oriental mar
ket takes all the wheat of Washing
ton and Oregon.
And | believe that the time is not far
distant when China and Japan will pur-
chase the entire wheat surplus of the
Western United States. Why should the
farmer pay the prices asked for cut over,
burned over and sandy lands of this
state, which cost over 500 per acre to
clear, when he can purchase Big Bend
lands in eastern Washington, where the
finest grain and fruit lands can be had
at much lower price-where there is
no crop failure, good market, good
prices, good schools and churches?
For information regarding the Big
Bend country, Lincoln county, in the
state, of Washington. write to Mr.. II. Il.
Smith, at st. Charles hotel, Milwaukee,
Wis, who will gladly furnish any infor-
nation desired
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-15
Hunting with Trained Wolves.

Bert Decker n young sportsman of
Tuscola, ILL.,, has succeeded in tanning
two wolves, and they are very valuable
as hunters. He captured them when
young, raised them as kittens" and
now, though as large as shepherd dogs.
they are quite tame and playful. Decker
says the wolves can outrun dogs ON the
hunt and are very long-winded Their
favorite way of catching a rabbit is 10
run alongside of him, put their nose un-
derneath Mr. Cottontail and throw him
ten or twelve feet in the air. catching
him in their mouth as he fails. The
wolves always return to their master
when called. DecSer's success has
caused other sportSmen to undertake the
training of wolves to suppant dogs in
hunting. and it is probable that wolves
will find place i'll future kennels
cinuati ENQUIRER
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-15
JAY COOKIES PROFITS.
His House Realized but 100000 on
All the Civil War Loans.

The public long thought. Mr.. Cooke,
and probably little fraction of it still
thinks, that the banking house of which
you were the head made an immense
amount of money from the handling of
the government loans during the Civil
war. What are the facts?''
All wrong, a most unWarrantabIe err
ror, replied the financier. Two hundred
thousand dollars would cover all the prof
ITS that the banking house of Jay Cooke
" Co. received for the negotiation of over
$1,000, 100000 worth of government
loans. OF course. the immensitF of the
transactions and the far-and-wide adver-
tlSng that we carried on added TO the
prestige of the house. but the percent
ages that we received for our negotia
tions were as much smaller than those
gwen by other nations as the amounts
we handled were larger than those of
any other war loans known; and we as
summed all risks. too. which. | understand.
Is not the case with the agents engaging
abroad in the financing of wars. In Eu-
rope some great houses like Rothschilds
places the loan-Simply tinanciering it
and not taking the risk of dollar-and
receives for it , or 212 per cent. in com
missions. How different the case with
U.S. On the loan | have been telling you
about we had II per cent. on the first
Sl0,OOO,0OO and rs per cent. on all be-
yOnd that. That rate was continued UNI
til Mr.. McCulloch became secretary of
the treasury in 1865, and he reduced it
to Il per cent.-very unwarrantably, too.
Out of that * per cent. we had to pay
our subagents, advertising accounts and
other expenses. You can see about how
little was left But the matter of our
supposedly large profits was made the
subject of much talk in Congress and the
newspapers during the war, all chiefly di-
rected against Mr.. Chase by his political
enemies, who charged him with favorit
ism in appointing me az special financial
agent and thereby allowing me to make
fabulous sums. 1t was all calumny, and
was refuted fully at the time but sprang
into life again and again, as such things
will II