The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-04-05

the experiments are entirely success
fEl.
Frequent conferences between Sec
rotary of state ROOF and ambassador
Speck Won Sternberg. representing
the Kaiser at this capital. have caused
d renewal OF gossip that I'll" trade
differences between the United States
and Germany are 10 be adjusted There
aIe indications that il is The pGrpCsc
az the secretary Of state. acting in &C
cordance with the views OF the adn!n
istratioE. to perfeCr a trade rang.-
W-nt 10 meet the situation in ~many
and which will have the effect a. he
same time OF quieiins the armchen-
sions now felt by France ana CONT
mental countries OF Europe.
What is troubling the advocates OF
The "ict alone" policy, however. j. the
course they suSpCt Secretary Root is IL
able 10 take in reaching an agreement
with the German Ambassaduf Plain
limitations are given of Il purpose TO
MAKE q new trade treaty under The re
ciprOcity section Of the Dinghy law AND
incorporate in such instrument Z mum
Der Of concessions regarding the pol
icy OF his country in its instructions
10 cOnsuls and customs officers in deal
ing with imported goods. The question
at once arises as to how far the ad-
ml"niStratiOn can go III making a treaty
nnder this section Of the tariff law.
which authorizes The President L.
make treaties as TO regiyroci trade
without submitting such treaties to
the senate for ratification. Thrrr IS
certain To be a wide difference OF oDip-
ion between President Roosevelt and
Secretary Root on the one side. and
the aggressive Stand-pat,ers il buih
houses OF Congress regarding The point
in dispute.
A remarkable feat in the cover
OF more thar $500 from what 10 the
unlnitiatcd appeared TO be IAmasS uf
worthless paper has just been perfor-
med ! nthe redemption division Of ths
Treasury department by Mrs. F.. II.
Brown, one of the experts employed in
handling money presented for redemp-
ton. Uncle Sam annually redeeng
thousands Of dollars OF paper currency
that is sent 70 the treasury in various
forms, some of il being burnt TO ashes
and much of il SO badly torn and tat
tered that its denomination and char |
acteT car only be told by one trained
in this class of service.
A few days ago there was received |
at the treasury from a national bank /!
in Indiana a bunch of paper money |
n was in very bad condition. Il had :
evidently been buried in the ground |
lie notes were matted together. were |
very dirty, and the mass was aimosr as |.
sohd as a brick. The bank officials |
informed the treasury authorities that !
an examination would show that the
package contained about 81, 900. Mrs. |
Brown was SET TO work on the Job. Che
inspected b package with srest care
a1d patience. subjected it to closest 7
undar a powerful maanifyinc
glass, n after many hours OF Iaocr
ound that the pile contained 4xac1lv
1910. IL was just like finding money
or the delighted bank officials who did
lot expect to get more than a thousand
1ollars IN any event, and who would
have been surprised if hey got
lothIns. Some Of the notes thus ~recov-
RED must have been buried tventv-dye
'ears, as they We're old denominations
nd of issues that are NOT now in ueo