Show DOND BOND BIDS COMING IN sum chum of the offers believed to bo be in excess of washington jan ai 31 nothing definite can call be learned at the treasury department part ment as to the number and amount of bids already received for the new bonds As fast as received the bids are deposit deposited ed in a sate safe where they will remain until next W wednesday ednes day when they will be opened and their contents announced it I 1 certain however that a large number of 0 bids have been received and every mall mail brings considerable additions As to the amounts or prices pi ices offered oven even the secretary of 0 the treasury knows noth nothing ingo except in the few cases whore where he has been privately advised by letter there seems to be no doubt that the amount ot of the bids will exceed the to be offered and it Is expect expected led that the foreign offers will be considerably more than was expected when the loan was announced the improved political situation abroad it Is IB believed will contribute to this end the semi official announcement t eliat 11 at bidders who intend to pay for their bonds in fore foreign ign coin will be riven the preference in making makin 9 the awards Is expected to stimulate foreign competition for the bonds the thing most to be feared in connection with the sales it Is said at the treasury combination by which Is a possible percentage of the offers will be a large this should rates uniformly low at to be to be the case there seems prove brov e carli carlisle ale would secretary no d doubt abt that not hesitate to reject all the bids below both to what he be would regard as fair the G government 0 vern ment and to the pur purchaser chasM |