The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1881-08-13
Correspondence.

Correspondence.
WASHINGTON LETTER
From regular Corr,spondrrt.l
WAsil>"ro>, August E, 1851.
Inside ul the Treasury building and lis
enormous vaults described last week it is
money, money everywhere. The clerks
and Custodia..s, handle numerous package.
OF yrccnbucks, legal tenders. boi4is and
| cord. Of silver u.,ch the >Ame as wIrhnen
in brick. ware! would 50 many Thousand
bricks. The cash room is flied up with
shelves and divided into compartments TO,
the ditfertn kinds and denominations OF
money. The notes, which come from the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing in pack.
ages Of 5000 are made up into packages
of $1,000 and arranged systematically ON
the shelves. These packages are nearly
squaro. ard hotter adart.d ter handing
than if made Of lsr:,er amounts. The gold
coin is received from tie mint in 5000
packages, aud the silver in Si,ouo pack
ayes. Such AS is not needed tor immediate
use is packed in canvass bags. and the
| other is made mp into cartridges and ot.ltr
convenient forms. \ pink wrapping is
used 10 designate The gold coin, and vel o.
wrapping the silver. y hag containing
$4,000 in gold weighs eighteen a,l one
| half pounds. One Thousand dollars in
standard silver dollars weighs lilty-nirc
pounds, while the same amount Of money
IN fractional silver weighs unlN M, six
pounds.
| The United States notes arg s,a.r.! ~ !
packages varying in value from 1000 to
$4o,onooo, These packages are all the
same size and cont:.in exactly the same
number of notes hut the rotcs diilrr in
value from 81 to $1o,,Nn. the latter being
the highest legal tender note authorized
by law. Yer, { W notes Of this denomn.
atisn arc in circulation. They are seldom
called into service in the ordinary transac-
ton of business and the N;.tiona' banks
generally use legal tender certificate oi
deposit instead. Your correspondent
while in the cash vault enjoyed The move!
sensation OF holding few package, o.
greenbacks in his hands. One cnnp,r,ive.
" small package containing $loMn.,nn
came near getting into my pocket along
with the oti,yr note, taken ON tll- OCCASION.
II it had perhaps this srree'i ha ! never been
w.ittcn. Standiny in this vaul, sur
rounded on all sides by walls of MONEY,
what dreams OF wealth, visions ot golden
rppor' unities, fit through ones brain
What is all this curiou>lv engraved and
slammed uuper and This ,l;ttrr;n,. coin that
IN. World should Worship It. that men SO
eagerly covet il. and that it's possessor>
must 81, securely guard its I, i, lru,v "tl,.
root Of all evil" and still its very presence
has charm. Standing in the midst of
millions OF it without being able to aprro.
pirate single note OF coin, one is struck
more forcibly than ever with thoughts Of
l
exist;ny H.. world over
The Silver vault contained Mt the time @.
this visit something over two million dol.
lars. mostly IN dollar pieces. The co;na,rt.
Is two millions ner month. and there. has
been quite an accumulation sometime,
hrth at the Treasury aud nj th.. suh tr..ax.
,rv d,.nository Silver d,,llars n,.. very
h,i;ky. and th.rt. is ,,.neral aversion 10
r..,.s;;.;n I'M, th.,n IN anv t,r.a, nnonr, ,rh.
bullion E,r lids mo,,ihss co;nn.rr w,. M,
r,,r.hased h.c,ns., nj , h,,li uov.,,.nt
f,rc;ny th. nr;c.. so h;uh that thc Govern.
,nent could mt nnrrHasc Inv ,.prn,.,h m
com II w;th,nt losses II viii, i.. s.,.,,
from, the wrphts given alnv.. that silver
money ;s very hrnvv and cannot l. t.,,nh.
i..d oro,,p,, l.; ,.r,,.. amounts as e.s;l, .x
,,o,,sr ,.',rr..,,., rh. d;shnr.;n,, ,,i;c.:rs ~,
IT, 1:,v..r,,,,,.:,,, h,,.. att. a ,osl l., cnn'
,.,.;,., - .;",,, ,h.. ,ash -o.,,', :" ,h.;r
| of}ic.s IN mai ;,, tne mon,hlv navneut.
os salary nrnn,,t;on ~ Mi ,bes. nv.
,n.nts arr mnJ.. n silver as a means Of
n,,,t;,,. T. IN c;r.,l,t;nr AZ a General
him most anvhxv would he DISPOSED to
o., ,,,,ri,ic;nv NJ having IN tore one hundr,.a
nonnds of somc,miv else's money. hut II
he amount NJ nn,'s possession we're to be
,,h., ha could ,,rrv ,n ,h,. limit as a ru,..
"",,jd M, h. fxe,, n ,hat we;vht.
Ths so,,rc,.s frn,n wh;ch iFnrle Sans
,,r." ;ncome Is derived are pcnrrally un.
dsr,to"d D,;lw rece;nts from customs.
~hah l. = ,ax n,M,n ,mmr,ed articles
.,nn,,rt =, a, ax.ra.,.. of nvcr half = million
d"ilars a x..rv iary,. share ,,f This is col.
| ~ ="