Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-01

49,. AmHltIudW u ~ ~ "a ANShNoN
4FFH cities OF Europe. It has several
~ multi-millionaires. scores OF mil
Iionaires and thousands who have luxur-
ious incomes. 1t has some of the chief
banking firms Of the world and its stock in
veztments are almost as varied as those
OF London. An enormous amount OF Ameri-
can securities are held here. and our sticks
are bought and sold every day on the ex-
change. / am told that the Amsterdam
brokers have made something like 35O,OOO,-
600 in the past few years In American
stocks and hat they consider our securi-
ties as good as any OF the world. Not long
ago there was something like 5000. 900
worth OF United States steel stock held In
Amsterdam, including 1850 shares Of the
preferred and IsS. 900 shares of the common.
There Is much Southern Pacific and Grand
Trunk. some Chicago. Burlington g. Quincy.
quite a lot Of Denver & Rio Grande. some
Atehison, Topeka & Santa Fe and in all
more or less Of about leo different AmeTi-
can stocks.
Among the leading securities sold on the
stock exchange are those Of Dutch COM
papies doing business In Hollands East
Indian colonies. There are no end OF com
Danies here which have been organized to
develop SImatra. Java, Borneo and the
Celebes. and many Of them are paying big
dividends. They give some idea as to what
our capitalists may do in the Philippines
later on. Take the matter OF tobacco.
there are fourteen different companies
which have estates in Java or Sumatra,
and the stock Of many Of them Is far above
par.
The Deli Maatschappy ranges from $500
to $500 for 500 shares and 1t pays dfvt-
dCnds Of from 10 to 2S per cent. The Sem
cmbah Tobacco company pays 2S per cent
the Amsterdam Deli from A to 50 per cent,
and the Rotterdam Deli about IL per cent.
The Padang Tobacco company ranges from
I1O to I79. and the serdang is over 200.
Some of the companies doing business In
BOrneo are paying good dividends.
The Dutch petroleum enterprises are less
prosperous. The companies here have oil
fields In sumatra and BorneO. but so far
the oil Is much below that OF the United
States In character and the output is not
large. r
There are many big banks here. some
backed by Jews and some by Christians.
The Jewish population Is large. comprising
altogether some $4,000. Many Of the Jews
are descendants Of those who came here
from Lisbon during the middle ages and
engaged in lending money and In shipping
projects. Others came from Germany and
eastern Europe. The Dutch themselves are
among the safest and best business men OF
ths world and with the Jews make q strong
combination. They have never been afraid
70 invest In ventures that promised well
and they have always pushed out for new
things.
Amsterdam laid the foundation OF It's
wealth through its spice trade with the
Dutch East Indies. II had the monopoly
of this trade when the Dutch East India
company was formed and Il is today one
OF the chief spice markets OF the world
II has bad to have plenty Of money t(
back It's enterprises and this has led Il
the growth of n large banking business
One Of the oldest banks is that OF th'
Netherlands, which IL quoted at 200 pei
cent and upward. The French bank shares
are worth as high as 500 and the German
Government bank shares sell at 165. TheI
there Is the Java hank, which does a larg'
trade in the East Indies, paying between
and s per cent; a Netherlands Bank an
Credit association for South Africa, In,
Amsterdam bank, the Rotterdam hank an,
q number OF others,
Within the past few years quite a deal O
speculation has been done In mining share
of the Dutch colonial companies, which ar
exploiting mines Of gold. coal and tin. Tn
companies operate In Borneo, Sumatrs
Banka, the Celebcs and in Dutch Guiana o
the north coast OF South America. SO ia
the gold mines of the East Indies have ne
amounted to very much. but the shares {
Guiana companies are quoted at 200 or nor