Show PREMIUM ON GOLD important financial fact has developed bond syndicate quietly catherine up what they can of the yellow metal at a small premium new york all 16 the herald says alie most important filet lias developed in connection with lie financial lin ancial situation is that e mall is being paid for gold obtained from sources outside alie sub treasury an inquiry revealed alio fact that very little of this eold ie hipped to europe aa llie remitters could withdraw the necessary sold in coin from the aub treasury without paying anny premium so far as can be learn cil the premium is chirlly paid for ansay office bare and for bare that come from private smelters in the west alie premium in many casca 1 paid for tho assay olace checks given when the gold wag deposited in the of the government lovern ment this amounts to the thing os alie gold itself it i ft mere conjecture low many if any aro pitying a premium or gold but alie tact is known that alio eold syndicate on tuesday laet at the assay ociee checks lor it of ali is consisted of private smelter bar and the remainder of assay office bars the conc lusi n to be drawn from this transaction is eliat alie syndicate is contin uio its accumulation of gold which is supposed to have been going on for some time but the extent of which has been carefully concealed of course all this docs not indicate that gold rules nt premium for there ie no in obtaining it at the sub treasury without paying n premium alie fact of ruling premium would soon become known but the fact that special efforts are made to keep it secret eliat any premiums arc is really the case seems to indicate that the syndicate has an object in keeping ita plan quite if U were known clial it lp eliat the syndicate lias set out to accumulate a large amount of bullion for lie purpose of protecting the treasury reserve or for other purpose its plan be liin dorod in ono way or another |