The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-07-25


4. Astonishing Exhibit % Fraud. Peenis-
ss..a md Missna nagsment IN thu y atton-
81 Treassry Department
~. report or Hon. J. N. Glover, Chair
IN AZ The Congressional Committee which
Investigated the affairs Of the Treasury De-
psrt meni, 4 finally published. The report.
mich Il very long. opens with statement
ofthe many rsmincations OF the Treasury
siaoO 10000 have passed through the
Tres.ury's hands. In the
srREAu or ENGRAVING AND PRINTING
!, x.s found that shortly before last years
elections nearly 30 needless employers were
MI on the pay-rolls. Instead OF the Bureau
res.inr about <lsO. 600 in the fiscal year 1878,
/. has been publicly represented. Il really
cost the Government n various Ways over
,,,r~ Of its existence 10 % mixed in the
treasury accounts with other matters that
i, could not be precisely ascertzined with
auf the labor Of number OF clerks for many
,crths. According 10 the best affainable
Information a least <zs.O0O,0C0 have been
.nenf on il, much Of which has been wasted
o. stolen. The report gives the various
items which 90 70 make up this amount.
The Bureau accounts are not % kept n 20
show the Gust VI " 8MN anu Va VUAt-1-
,sn- And these facts had 10 be dug out.
The accounts had also been f2lsiied In yari-
II i remarkable. and somewhat alarming.
that this
c0gRrPT AND LAw-DEFyING BUREAU
hs.. o. IL showing, printed notes and bonds
for which the Government il liable 10 the
extent. up 10 June %, ISIS, OF ~ $50, 900 90,
and that. while II has been conducted with
extreme secrecy, IL has done S,ss5 900 600
within nine years past, and also $4,000, pu0,-
On Of revenue stamps.
NAV /. 1877. there were stored the enor-
nous quantity Of ls.7l6.2sS sheets Of dis
iinctiye paper, and the chief OF the bureau
Az. there were stored on the lst Of July last
s.s3fD1 sheets Of legal-tender paper, and
there i stored besides . large amount OF
national bank note. funded loan bond and
Old fractional currency paper. of the latter
part l. being used for national bank notes
snd legal tenders. II was found that the
.,Dck Of paper had been counted but once
about i've years sgol In ten year,. The
room In which IL 4 stored l. in the sub base
nsrt % the building. The corridors lead
inE thereto are poorly lighted and seldom
visited except by wOrkmen employed in
.hops On the same fecr. SIX persons have
scc-s- to the room ~ any time during work
inE hours, and any one OF the six can open
packages Of this psper that have been
counfed and stored, abstract from 50 10 100
sheets at time, and place the bundles 20
iampered with where they would not be
rescaed In wears.
What has been said Of the paper applies
also. only with still greater force, 10 the GUS
tody OF the die~, roli-, bed pieces and plates
from which securities are printed n the
bureau.
II i strange that each Of the last three
Presidential elections has been followed
BY Treasury announcement that large
amounts Of
"coUSTHRFEfTv NOTES
we're s6oxf- In 1s69 whole Issue Of legal
tenders wss Withdrawn and replaced, on the
ground that they had been largely and skill
fully cDuuterfeited- In 1879 the whole issue
o. SO greenbaeks-ab0ut s., 90, OoO-was
witha1wn and replaced in the same way.
bounced One Of the oldest engrsvers In
ne country testi6es that when . note Il 20
hkt the original that Il can not be easily de-
ncsed-as these and other counterfeit- I"
are said BY Treasury oficfAls 70 bc-it can
not reslly be counterfeit, but must be 4
genuine note surreptitiousiy printed from
rstnine Plates. or from secret reproductions
fthe.t plstss- Other experts testified that
srenuine plate. sitter being secretly made,
on - altre with . grayer in small details
enough 10 make II seem counterfeit 70 any
rou-expert-
The 500 "cnuuterfeit - greerback Of is7s
va Inspected BY experts and compared with
agsnuine note for the Glover Committee.
and these expert engr2yers swore beyond
Al doubt that the note came from
GENUINE PLATE
q from SUBSCRIPTIONS reproduction Of one
ne bureau workman who transferred
W. plate from the bed-piece agreed with
brief inspection ofthe Treasures books
tsealsd the fact that <la.OU.o0 Of notes
ere q one time secretly anost for some
npnths. the Treasury statements being false
.uHns That time 10 that extent: and the
nj OF that secret Issue remained unknown
w lighted on BY the Glover Committee.
W. looks were fslsifed. and : balance
ICED 70 CONCEAL this secret issue. BY un-
uuy stating that <ia,0O0.OuO had been de-
lo-lied - temporary loan. when no such
deposit took place.
Prom lsss 70 1873. while the amount OF
reentarks authorized By Law was s35s.l0o,-
'. me Ire.surer's books reve sled the fact
's-1 snott the authorized amount In the
Middle 81 the month, enough being turned
~sr ior destruction on the last cay Of the
aontn % bring the sotsl down 70 $50. Co.,
~ aud IN other months the circulation wss
u, down q much q <l2,OoO.O00 below the
papished dgurcs IN the middle OF the month,
snyugh being taken from the unissued notes
y, y . s.hd On the last day 20 make up the sum
" me lawful figure on statement day.
oES- SPINNER swoRK
lN the public debt statements did not
.1'ee with hi~ books: that he did not ap-
, S-se q them; thst his name was put 10
-sm without mis- authority: thxf he was
y, ~ allowed 70 publish truthful statements;
balances were forced in these state
-, aud that be finally got the Law
.aan-sd % a. o. relieve him Of the duty he
NJ not allowed 10 perform.
i. ~ neariy the whole Of the fiscal year fsssI
". w IreAsurer's books show that the amount
compound interest notes outstanding
from $50. oOv 70 <f4.OoO,OC0 more than
~ public debt statements showed. One
y was 25.0pc 900 less. Three different
~, dement's ofthe sum outstanding June ~.
4 Nere published, differing b millions,
- none ~ the three were true.
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