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Show Chinese Piling Up ' Fortunes at Border t : HARBIN, Manchuria, Jan. 1. Ten jl thousand men, chiefly Chinese, are M piling up moderate fortunes, It Is said, by dealing in money of the several na- i tions contiguous to Siberia, Block af- ter block in the Chinese quarter are l given over to the money changers, some of whom have quite elaborate 1 establishments employing six or eight M men to wait upon customers, j ' Not the least source of revenue is i ; the wide fluctuation of the ruble of ! tho Omsk government "Siberskys" in I ., relation to the "Kerensky," or the is- sue of the former Kerensky govern- i ; mcnL Tho ratio recently has been i about 20 of the former to one of the i latter. A Chinese dollar, silver or pa- , per, brought from -150 to 480 of the ' "Siberskys." j One having money to exchange goes r from door to door offering his stock : I in hand until he determines .which dealer makes the best proposition and I , is fortunate upon returning to close the trade if rate has not changed In i ! his absence. ' nn |