Show Silver Purchases and Pension Disbursements WASHINGTON Jan 12Fhe hundred and eightythree thousand eight hundred ounces of silver were offered for sale to dap and 233800 purchased prices ranging from 1 0525 to 107 Secretary Windom is authority for the I statement that tho growing treasury surplus sur-plus cannot be used for now the purchase of < per cents for the reason that it will be I needed to meet the pension payments due I for the month aggregating 2SOUOOJO The i available net cash surplus is 10000000 but by continued of I excess receipts over expenditures ex-penditures it will probably reach the required re-quired amount by the time indicated The secretary is of tho opinion that the business busi-ness of the country will be improved bv making these payments monthly instead of r quarterly and he has made a recommenda tion to that effect I this is recommenla says I will do with the wi away present necessity I keeping a large sum of money in the treasury treas-ury vaults for three months when it might just as well be in the hands of the people entitled to it |