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THE FINANCIAL PROBLEM.
What is tho Actual Amount Per Cap
ita of this Nation's Circulat
ing Medium?
Prepared for the Journal.
In the March North American
Review, Hon. Edward O. Leech,
director of the mint, has an article,
"Tho Menace of Silver Legislation."
Ou pago 307 he says:
'There Is more money iu uso to.
day In the United States, both iu
the aggregate, aud per capita,
than ever beforo In the history of
tills country." Then he gives a table
of the "Amount of inouey In actual
circulation lu the Uuited States,
Feb. 1, 1891," at a total ot $1,525,
000,003. Ou pago 309 ho places the
population at 64,000,000. This, as
our readers cau readily see by math
ematical calculation, is $23.80 per
capita.
This corresponds very well with
statements iu the aunual message of
the president, oud report of secretary
Windom, who estimate tho money
in circulation," or in "actual circu
lation" to be $1,498,000,000, $23.07 per
capita. Supposing that theso figures
are correct, so far as books are con
cerned, yet by not revealing all tho
facts, and by the uso of the not very
definite terms "In use," ctrculntiou,"
and "actual circulation," they are
deceptive and misleading. The
present fiuaucial system was inau
gurated during the war, nearly
thirty years ago. Since then we
havo hud an average paper circula
tion of Ave huudredmlllions. Tho de
struction ot that is very great. Al
most any considerable tiro destroys
this paper money. While conllagra
tions like that which swept Chicago
and Boston must havo destroyed mil
lions, almost every Americau ship
or river craft that founders, takes
down with It some of this paper
money. The manners of Its destruc
tion are countless. To estimate this
loss at one-half of one per cent, per
annum would not bo too high. This
would be two and a half millions
yearly, equal to $70,000,000 now.
This tukeu from the amount given
bv Mr. Leech as out according to
tho books leaves $1,455,000,000 as tho
sura total money in mo umieu
States outside the treasury.
On page 50 of the last report of tho
comptroller of the currency wo find
that the reserve held by the national
banks, October 20, 1800, was $478,-
000,000. Can this amount bo truly
said to be "in use 7" or "In circula
tion?" Wo think not. Tho
national bankluK law requires that
from what Mr. Leach calls tho cir
culation. The facts then stand ns follews:
Total amount of
money lu circulation
according to the
books $1,525,000,000
Amount destroyed 70,000,000
Bank reserve 478,000,000
Total to he deducted .$548,000,000
Leaving in actual circula
tion, only 077,000,000
Dividing this by our population,
64,000,000, leaves $15.20 circulating
medium per capita for tho United
States.
Wo aro aware that this article will
not satisfy either tho friends and
advocates of tho singlo gold stand
ard, or extremist on tho other side,
who demand an Immedlato Increase
of tho currency to at least $50 per
capita. But we shall endeavor to
avoid extremes ou either side, aud
give our readers as near the exact
truth as It Is possible to gleau from
tho most authentic sources the of
ficial records.
WOMEN'S ROUND TABLE.
(By Andrea Ilofer.)
"The smartest thing ou earth" is
a good subject for a now booklet.
Somo woman, some mother might
bo ablo perhaps to tell us between
two leatherette covers what Is the
honeycomb of our wholo exlstauoe.
How many beautiful words stand
ever ready to bo uttered, aud how
many huugry mluds are waltlug to
be tilled with tho wholesomo good
and true.
A BKAUX IDEAL.
On tho walls of a certain charm
ing boudoir that I kuow there aro a
number of old violin bows, from
which hang a profusion of orango
bows, to whoso ends aud loops arc
attached the counterfeit presentment
of quondam "beaux." Thus when
conversation Hags tho fair possessors
can say with an arch smile: "By
tho way, havo you noticed my old
'bows'?" Think of dally facing an
objective pun lu this way.
FREAK AND FANCIES
Tho trained skirt will drug its ox
istenco through another seasou.
SosaysDumo Fashion, who by the
by, has the most provoking way of
plunlug her freaks and fancies upon
us and looslug us to go about wit
nessing of hor folly and our own.
Scarcely Is one edict of Idiocy is
sued when another Is being concoct
ed for tho "transformation of beauty
from what It Is."
Tho latest product of brain and
scissors Is tho plgeonesquo appen-
dago known as a train a sort of
combination Btreet-swecper and rag
factory. Although tho appendage
do pigeon is not u universal success,
it will try its luck one moro season.
AN ART CRAZE.
Ono of tho prettiest crazes among
tho young girls, and ono that really
has an oxcuso for being, Is tho col
lecting of madonnas tho photo
graphic reproductions aud cherish
ing them between tho leaves ofo
the banks shall keep in their vaults "easu o-uoo, . .i w. ...,-,
as a reserve 25 per cent, of tholr net even tho grotesque creations of early
deposits In reserve clues, rnon oi
every thousand dollars deposited In
New York', Chicago and St. Louis
the bank must lock up one-fourth,
which It is not ullowed to loan.
Only last week wo read of the clos
ing of a national bank In Phila
delphia by order of the comptroller,
because Its reserve was found below
legal limit. Iu tho North American
Review, Jan., 1891, the reader will
find that Mr. Henry Clows, tho
great Philadelphia banker, attributes
tho monetary stringency last fall, to
this requirenent in tho law more
than to all. other causes. Nearly
ouo-thlrd of pur eutlro money, now
In existence In tho United States
(outside tho treasury) Is locked up
by law in tho vaults of the national
bauks. This money is not liko a
reserve of an army, to bo called on
to complete tho rout of a beaten foe,
or cover retreat aud saye tho army
in caso of defeat. It Is not to bo
called on in case of emergency to
movo an unusually heavy crop
urrest falling values, nor to arrest a
threatened or mitigate an actual
panic. Tho moro Htringeut the
money market the moro threaten
lug tho uumlstukablo signs of
coming II im u cl til disaster,
tho moro inexorable will theso
bankers bo in refusing to let the
money flow into tho channels
of trade or business either by
loans or Investments. When It Is
most needed, is Just when it Is most
unlikely that it cau bo got out. It
cannot be got out without such a vio.
latlou of law an would close the bunks,
except by the peoplo who havo de
posited $1,758,000,000 Iu theso banks,
demanding their deposits, If thut
should be done at onco this Immense
reserve wumu pay uui-- per ccuv ui
the demand. The banks would
bo "short" $1,280,000,000. Nay
further, if these banks had in their
vaults every dollar iu existence, out
side tho uatlonal treasury between
the two oceans, tho lakes on the
north and the Gulf of Mexico on the
south, they would nothaveuflleieut
to meet tho demands of depositors,
by $303,000,000. Is It not thou an
ubtiso of terms to claim that this
money, the Tberve, Is ''In use,1' or
"lu circulation?" We think every
reader of the Joubkal will agree
with u that Una should be deducted
Christian art, are sought and prized
Tho llttlo volumn preseuts an ex
quislto study of tho world's Ideals of
tho "eternal womanly" since art
could express them.
Thero is iutenso rivalry among tho
collectors as to who shall possess the
most quaint and beautiful "treasure
.book." Ono "ruro and radiant
maiden" possesses tho gold and bluo
enameled covers that bound a
prluco's plcturo-book. Another a
"silver tinted', volume from somo
old-world cloister. Those that beur
the seal of tho church aro tho ones
most desired. This yoluiuo, with
tho whito-bound prayor-book, a
Kempis "Imitation of Christ" and
Herberts poems, aro tho only
books that the young doroteo per
mits herself this ieutentlde.
THE BWEETH OK 01111.1)11001).
Let us plead for a long and quiet
childhood for each child, that lie
may In play, over and over again,
go through his after-experlenco in
life. Not only should a child's
right to certain places bo respected,
but ho should be allowed to ive full
vent to tho childish plays which
Imitate liouso keeping and home
making. Iu our 111 lie song Is Indi
cated tho labor uud caro and trans
formation through which tho ma
terluls of nature havo to pass beforo
aTiou&o can bo built for tlw fumlly.
No earnest observer w'ho has
watched llttlo children playing at
house-bulldlug and homo-making
but has felt borne In upon him tho
conviction that this childish prepara
tion Is tho beginning of the realiza
tion that much sacrifice must be
made, much must bo endured, and
much must be transformed beforo
the ideal homo cut) become a reality.
Wo find thut children Instinctive
ly play that they are papas and
mammas; younger brothero and
Hlsters. dolls, fttloktf, kittens, and
other nets become tho children of
tho supposed fumlly. Thus lu child
UU nlav do theflo little ones strlvo
to enter Into the life about them,
that they may understand It and be
prepared to enter Into it In reality.
In this light how criminal are the
flippant Jests with which llttlechlld
ren's minds uro too often filled,
making Ugh t of this subject which la
afterwards to be treated so sacredly,
Uegln now to preiwro your boy
for what ho is to do when ho be
comes a father, or your httlo girl,
with such thoughts as these: "Some
day you can tell your llttlo children
this story," or "by aud by you can
teach your child how to make other
peoplo happy, just as mamma Is
teaching you now." This done In a
sweet, frank, wholesomo way not
only prepares tho child for his fut
ure relationship to tho family, but
places a check upon many llttlo out
bursts of temper and strengthens
many sweet and Holy resolves.
How fow of us, who havo traveled
from childhood mauy a mllo can
realize what weight all theso llttlo
touches bear to tho children. If wo
were moro prone to look at things
from tho baby's stand point wo
would flud ourselves judging vastly
different and enjoying moro keenly
tho sweets of life.
THE AHT OF CONVERSATION.
A common thtmo among conver
satlouallsts is that conversation is an
extinct art. Itsdecllnoln America
dates from tho discovery that "a
thousand words would not fill a
bushel." But, Indeed a century and
moro ago conversation was tho
reigulng art, tho accomplishment
de3lred above all others. "To bo a
conversationalist was greater than
to bo a queou;" words were royal
powers that overthrow tho sway of
beauty Itself.
Even In our grandmothor's tlmo
tho art of conversing was considered
tho greatest oharm that could bo
acquired. Girls were "crammed"
for it; pages of Pope, Dryden oud
Scott wero committed daily, that
they might luterlard tholr converse
with apt quotations. This was con
sidered tho highest slgu of iutollect
uul culture
What quaint, Btatcly talks they
must havo been, but surely somo
what lacking lu tho original spou
stuuooty that redeems tho rollicking
chatter of tho hollo of today.
Now, Indeed, no ono converses.
It Is tho prlmo "thou shnlt not" of
society, and every precaution Is
takon to seo that it is oboyed.
There is an omnipresent orchestra,
a song a concert, a paper, a recita
tion, cards, games, dancing any
thing to keep from committing this
ono unpardonable solecism.
Nothing is more appalling than
tho constrained embarrassment that
falls upon a company loft without
other resources for entertainment
than conversation; tho gladrollof
with which tho proposal of any
diversion is received, tho delight
with which ouo lady finds another
"not at homo" when slio calls; tho
nervous anxiety with which a host
hastens to suggest asmoke, a drive,
u walk anything to avoid talking
Is almost ludicrous.
Wo do jabber and chatter a groat
deal wo dully with words, juggle
with them, masquorado iu them,
but no ono seriously talks. Nora iu
her "Doll's House" finds that aftor
eight ycurs of married life sho aud
Helmer havo only onco "talked
seriously." What a tumultuous
revolution iu socioty If suddenly
every ono began to speak seriously 1
As It is, when tho manifold uraus
mgs ceaso for a moment tho void Is
filled by something designated
"hub-bub;" this Is the general term
for tho specific modern conversation.
But after all, this secmlug degenera
tion, this silence, may bo significant
let us think thut ours aro tho
'thought that break through Ian-
issociatctl Press Report ami
Digests of all Important
News of To-Day.
MISCELLAM.
guuge und escape" Then tho
diminuendo of conversation into
"small talk" Is no longor doplorublo
but something high aud poetic.
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Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plalnfiold,
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caught cold, which settled on her
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by her family physlclun, but grew
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no medicine could euro her. Her
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found herself benefited from the
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BOGUS TWO DOLLAR BILLS.
Washington, Mar. 30. A sensa
tion has been caused at the treas
ury department by tho discovery of
a counterfeit two dollar silver certifi
cate, so nearly perfect as to be almost
Imposslblo of detection. Papor with
silk threads through it is for tho first
tlmo almost a parfeet Imitation In
tho counterfeit Just discovered, so
far as is known used in counterfeit
ing tho certificate or tho series of
188G. It Is estimated that thero are
uow nearly $10,000,000 of these notes
lu circulation, and tho problem be
fore tho treasury department is how
to got them back Into tho treasury
and substltuto a new series without
embarrassment, before any consider
able quantity of tho counterfeit
notes get into circulation.
This was tho subject of a secret
conferouco at the treasury depart
ment Baturday afternoon botweon
Secretary Foster and tho leading
ofllcials of tho bureau of engraving
and printing. It was practically de
cided to suspend tho printing of $2
silver certificates, aud to institute a
uow series of tho samo denomina
tion. Theso will contain the vig
nette of Secretary Wludom, and
will bo issuod as soon as tho neces
sary plates cau bo engraved. Ifcwlll
tako about two months to prepare
tho plates and lu the moantlmo tho
government will exert Its utmost en
deavors to secure and destroy tho
plates aud tho paraphernalia used in
tho manufacture of tho couuterfeit.
PllFPABINa KOU WAR.
San Funcisco, March 80. Tho
steamer Farallon, from Salvadorlan
and Guatemalan ports, brings tho
latest news from theso countries. At
tho Salvadorlan port of Aoajutla, on
tho 0th Instant, tho schooner Nsklng
had Just finished unloading 75,000
stands of rifles and a largo quantity
of ammunition brought from San
Francisco. Every vessel arriving at
Guatemalan ports, on both the At
lantic and Pacific coasts, Is like
wise bringing arms aud urnmuhl-
Jtlon to Gauteraala. Indications
point undeniably to tho fact that
war botweon tho two countries is
probable lu the near future. Tho
Indian peons havo disappeared from
tho coffeo plantations and aro In tho
mountains, presumably engaged In
drilling und preparing for war. Eu
ropeans and Americans In Guata
mala havo ulready formed a proteo
tivo union so that their goods aud
proporty will not bo molestod In caso
of war.
OUUClON NATIONAL dUARD.
Portland, March 30. Arrange
ments havo already been commen
ced to plan for tho summer encamp
ment of tho Oregon National Guard,
which will tako place In July. Gov
ernor Ponnoyor hassolected Colonel
Lovoll, of tho Second regiment, and
Lieutenant Colonel Summo,rs, ottuo
First reglmout, to act In connection
with Adjutant-Geueral Bchofner as
a board to purchaso tho nccossary
camp equipage aud supplies. When
tho board moots April 13th,!tho tlmo
for tho encampmont will bo designa
ted. they deny it.
Washington, March 80. Tho
Hearst funeral tralu reached Wash
ington Saturday and a very Indig
nant lot of poople walked out from
tho railroad station in tho pouring
rainstorm. They had all read the
recent remarks of Mrs. Helen Goug
er relativo to tho uso of wines and
liquors on tho train. All wero an
gry. It Is not denied by members
of tho funeral party that there were
several cacesot good wines aud somo
bottles of stronger stuff provWed for
tho comfort of tho party, hut Mrs.
Oougor's talk of exccsslvo drinking
and drunken senators nnd represen
tatives Is announced us tho wildest
nonsense. Tho assertion that tho
water tanks on tho tralu were filled
with orango wines is laughed away
as tho reckless gossip of a woman
who don't know what sho is talking
about. They attributed Mrs. Goug
cr'B Btatemeut to spite, saying sho
was angry because tho railroad of
ficials would not attaoh tho car In
which sho was riding to tho funeral
train arjd because somo of the bag
gagoofthe latter was put into ono
of tho curs of her train. Tho mem
bers of tho party report that they
hud an exceedingly pleasant trip,
and they think tho $16,000 or $10,
000 It will cost the government in
quite reasonable for tho oxpeuse of
so largo a party. Bergeaiit-at-Arms
Valoutiue, of tho senate, denies In a
most positive manner the correct
ness of tho published stories of dU
order and disgraceful conduct ou
board tho funeral train, In which ho
is corroborated emphatically by
Houutor Falkncr and IleprebenU
tlva McComaH, of Maryland, Th
latter la u temperune man, and
said that nothing occurred on the
trip to give rise to tho eoandulou
stories. Mr, Vuleutlno admits that
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