The Republican journal., 1870-11-10

ers and fractional currency, after redemptio
IS made in the redemption division OF tn
Secretary's office, where about sixty females
are employed, and their duties are similar tC
those above mentioned.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR MISTAKES.
The rule of the Office is that every counter
must refund the money for counterleits over
looked in her bundle. This is necessary, as
some one must make the amount good; and
if the counters were not required to do sc
Treasurer Spinner would have to put up the
money from his own private means to make
good the mistakes of all his clerks. Very
few mistakes occur, however, as all Of his
counters are experienced, and readily detect
counterfeit, no matter how perfect it may
be. Immediately upon its detection it is re
turned to the Office from which it has beer
received, where the amount must be made
good
WHAT TREASURER SPINNER THINKS OF THEN
General Spinner never hestitatcs to say
that the experiment of employing females in
the Department is an entire success, and il
the manipulation and counting of fractional
currency he declares they excel the male
of the female clerks, giving them higher sal
aries. Thus far he has promoted three fe-
male clerks in his office to iirst-class clerk
ships, at 81 200 per annum. 1t is his inten-
ton to promote others as vacancies occur.
He exercises a tatherly care over his en-
ployes, and is always disposed to give them
fair chance to show capacity in their d.l-
ties; and from his kind heartcdness dslkes
greatly to dismiss one, unless it be for some
act of dishonesty. lie thinks it desirable
that their ambition should be stimulated by
the prize of promotion.
| In regard to their intelligence and capaci-
ty, he says they will detect u counterfeit
quicker than men. In the expressive language
Of the General, ''She can not tell why it is a
counterfeit because
WOMAN CAN'T REASON
A id bit, but her perceptions arc quicker
than those of a man" He does not believe
in equalizing their salaries with that of the
male clerks, because they would then be
thrust out of their places by men, who have
votes, and thus bring influence to bear to Sc
cure the positions.
WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR MONEY.
A great majority OF the female clerks re-
| ceive $500 per annum, though very few save
any thing of it. A large number have fam
lilies depending upon them for support; 9th
0Io Lttf Ilo olc W pIONluc loE Dut IHcnSclNcS,
and spend their earning in dress and fooery
in their efforts to outshine their neighbors
yet quite a number save something from
their salaries, many Of them giving General
Spinner, their treasurer, five or ten dollar,
out of their salaries every month"; which he
carefully locks up in his huge safe unit
| enough is saved to purchase Il so bond. AL
; ready some of the female clerks have eight
or nine hundred dollars worth Of bonds
apiece, and pretty large number have from
! five to ten fifty dollar bonds.
WILL TALK.
Although repeated efforts lave been made
by the officials to put u stop to the chatter OF
the female employees, nothing has been &C
|complished toward stopping their tongues
during office hours, and all hopes of break
ing up this practice have long since beer
abandoned. Talk to each other they will, in
c,,,t Of Il