Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-01-08 | Page 8 | Business Briefs

0 BUSINESS SINESS BRIEFS 1 WAR H SA 8 VINOS STAMPS STurl WASHINGTON th Jan 5 I. I Approximately a o third one JN of the In war sav savings turned ings e certificates Into I C the treasury maturing al for January redemption 1 were or I exchange Into Inlo new r treasury savings certificates cr during the th first flut week wk after aa their Pome- Pome maturity according lothe treasury thing thine like worth of th at stamps amp were Ur offered for redemption or exchange In the tb first two days daYI of ot the month a statement te public said a but since then h the offers of dof holders loo of the certificates t re e to rash cAh them or take new treasury certificates la In exchange has hAI materially lessened I GOLD AT I DISCOUNT I MANILA P. P 1 I. I Jan By ny A. A P n I.-n On account n of the excess of exports over Im Imports ports requiring e lr American c dollars f I In settle t ments ment telegraphic transfers on United States Stae points are are being sold old at one quarter of oC 1 per cent discount This Is t the first time In nearly three t y years t that t KOld hu been n t a discount as a. compared with peso It I Is I. said ald that the th total money In circulation In the Philippines now no amounting to pe pesos pI- pI sos 01 Is I. Insufficient for tor the tb demands of Banks here hoe are paying as a. high as L 4 per r cent Interest on deposits on account of the th demand for Cor pesos peo CEI COAL cAL DELIVERIES Jan I By A. A P Germany tt J delivered I 9 per rent of r the J t tot tons of ot coal cOli demanded for tor French Funch reparations last Jut year Ar or 46 48 per pf cent mote than Ihan claimed In memorandum France ubI submitted IU to the reparation commission In Paris 1011 rela relative tive to Germanys Germany's alleged default In de deliveries h liveries under peace treaty RecordIng Record Record- Ing to an official reply to that memorandum dum It Is I. declared that the deficit such as al ha h. occurred was wa due primarily to the refusal of ot the th French to accept certain qualities of fuel especially coke and a de demand dO mand for tor a I better quality than tha even Ger German oo- oo man consumers THE TE m MERCHANT MARINE MARNE WASHINGTON Jan I. I Hop that tho th meeting of the th National Merchant t Marino Marina association to be held In Washington February Feb Fb 7 will wi devise some lome meI for tor Increasing and ing the earnings of American ships prevent this country from again becoming becom In ing a debtor nation was wa expressed yester yesterday day by Senator Ransdell el Dem of Louisiana Louis iana president of the a association In his hi I el call I for Cor the meeting We Vo are now on the I downgrade For the year yer ending June SO 1921 the figure Is II calculated tui I 2056 but for the succeeding fiscal year er It I was WI only Unless the shrinking balance Is I. offset by bJ an Increase In our ships ships' a again earnings aln we shall ahal soon oon be a a debtor nation naton IS DEAD 1 SAN FRANCISCO Jan 8 a. Wellington Gregg vice president of the Crocker Na National No bank and ad one on of the leading club cub men here died suddenly at his hi home hor yes ye Mr r. r had recently recovered ered from a long Illness For many may years h he had ha been prominently Identified with wih th the Pacific coasts coast's financial life Ifo He Ue began belan hi hI I A. A a DEFLATED MARK JARr BERLIN Jan 8 The The for rot 20 mark gold 1014 piece hao hu been ben fixed I at paper marks markl STRAWBERRIES FRIES PLENTIFUL SAN ANTONIO Tex Te Jan 8 1 rles 11 have become so I plentiful on the loc loca market that the retail price dropped to 21 cents a a. quart Quart COAL COAL STRIKE VOTE TOTE I EDMONTON Alberta Jan 8 A A strike voto vot will wi be taken by all al local unions union re regarding 1 garding Joint labor action aton In the present coal miners miners' strike In the th Edmonton field feld