Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. "a 1870.
A GIGANTIC FRAUD.
lfto tho Graphic. Company Of New
York, tho surface Iriniing ~ benk
checks docs noo .pro6e "big hpnunEa'
with 'miilions ~ Il, il will u Only 10
cause ths eompeny As 70 cdps down
too heavily with tM "pond 1llos 4 L
thoAs who awarded the eompAn ~ ths
contract Tor this fiat tako."
As y lIttlo light upon this check
stamp pNnling may eventually prov.
the means Of scotohlng thu swindle,
will tell you something about Il. II
being much moro convenient 10 have
check books with stamps printed upon
the checks, pn arrangements was made
blythe ltcvsRuS BureAa ~ Washington,
with the Butler& Carpenter bank note
printing company u this city, " place
the impression Vi the government, OF
two-cent revsnue stamp upon all such
checks so required by banks, and others,
This company was limitod in It's prices
ior printing, being permitted to charge
sa'oV ior i,oVo Impressions Of checks
eacn, WINCH maa. thc cost Of placing
the impression Of tho stamp upon 5000
checks, thrvc dollars and fifty cents, m
amount not generally complained Of,
although any good job printer any.
where would be right glad TO do il for
800 for 900 impressions,
hecen'y tnis work was gwen 70 the
new iork ursphic Company, with
Sovernmcht ona authority 70 charge ten
uo''As psf i,voo Impressions, notwith.
s'ahu'ng the nutier Company proposed
=, 70 conslhuc ~ INC OLD price Of $3.50.
insroiore' 'or every ream OF paper
.,'auo 'h'o oa''k chocks, anu on which
!nis company places an impression OF
Inc eneck stamp, the sum Of $40 Is
trHhs'crrcu from somebody's bank ac-
ccun. 70 tne stamp PRINTING Ring"
oi wh'ch sa'li tcn dollars, at least 5000
iepreseh's the amount stolen BY au-
'n9rity OF law a
ms Is a Just cause for complaint by
the banking institutions Of the country,
anu why II " talnely tolerated by them,
passes my comprehension. There IL
one bank IN thls city whose depositors
use i,ooo such checks per day; this
pank then, alone, WIZ have to pay the
1raphic company s3o0o per annum,
or si,soo moro than the Butler Com
panys rates .fal .l1 .nrHl4y u
Inc manner IN which II most scri-
ously anects printers and stationers
outside oil New York city u the pay
ment OF cxpressage TO and IRON that
city, and the annoyance OF needless de-
,ay py the company In doing the sur
iace pruning. The printer is at the
mercy Of this favored company, as he
mas no other alternative, when the
slammed h,t ~ tnrw.rd tha, ~ NJ
York. the monev 10 pov for he SIAM ms
e cents each and DE one cent per zach
6checks, accompanying he order. although
the printer, who probably keeps a run.
ming account with the bank, NAV not
get his pay, for his cash outlay. for
three months
The hanks have il in their power TO
remedy this swindle by unanimously
concluding not to have the surface
printed stsmpsupon any oftheir checks
This would effectually block the swim
die, and then there being no money in
il for this new "rlng," the probabilities
are the next Congress would repeal the
law requiring STAMPS TO be used on
checks.
Il Is no more troublesome TO use the
2 cent government stamp tban Il IN 10
use postage stamps, and as the remedy
is 80 casy,I trust every Newspaper in Il
the country will advise the use of them
by the banks of their section.
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Aoopi Asp sAShkf qs..rf
These two well known revivalists
began their labors hore last Sunday at
7;3O IN the morning, and although it
was an unusually early hour OF the
sabbath day Tor Phlladelphians to turn
out yet Notwithstanding the rain
poured down IN torrents, and the wind
blew bitterly irom the north east, a
congregation Of lo,oOO people met TO
welcome them. AZ the afternoon
meeting about lo,ooo persons crowded
INTO the building and 3o,ooo more had
the doors closed against them. That
there rs q revival needed here, there can
DC no doubt that On interest has been
awakened IN all the Evangelical
churches OF this city is evident, and
that much good will result from these
religious services, Is inevitable.
For week previous 70 the coming
Of Moody q sankey, every newspaper
editor OF our city was hopelessIy affect
cd with the N. ana >. lever, and from
their papers the contagion spread TO
the people; IN thousands OF windows,
the portraits OF Nj. aud ). were placed,
and ior ~ days prior to the beginning
OF the work Of revivication, choir Of
6oV ladies' ana gentlemen met to prac-
tice Tor the great occasions these latter
represented almost every Protestant
Christian church IN Philadelphia all
these things, with the reputation that
preceded the coming OF sanky, OF his
being the most renowned baritone
singer IN America had a tendency to
attract thousands of people to the
meetings Hd
These revival meetings are held in
the old freight depot NJ 18th and Mar
ket streets, and they give me an op-
portumty to say that this property, ex-
tending from 18th to Juniper street,
more than halt way to Broad street
and from Market TO about 100 feet
OF Chestnut with . front on Market Of
about zoo feet, and a depth along 18th
OF about $50 feet, was purchused few