Show The Treasury Uses Iuuelifd Checks WASHINGTON Dec 2s 1 treasurer today to-day mailed tl4ti9 checks alrq gating 74mjJ in payment of intcroot due Jan turv I on rtgistercd 4 per cent bonds and Pacific i uli ma hOld 1 All of these checks ale punched with figures representing represent-ing thu am uut foi which they are drawn tiul aie the first checks so marked over issued by the treasury department The idea of punching the checks was inaugurated by Treasurer Huston who used the system in banks and it is intended as an additional protection of the interest of the government in preventing the raising of checks In view of the fact that theist roximo is a legal holiday it is probable that Secretary Windom will au thou7o ihe payment of these interest checks Monilav or Tuesday next It is explained that the secretary favors this prep iv m nt of the interest merely as a matter of convenience to the public and not because ofany alarm any rumors of stringency in the money market |