Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-03

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ks to adhere to the reverse
/D Of silver dollar one Of
A(S4~ these little plasters is
just big enough to fit
inside Of the milled
rim. They have been
coming widely into use in tho west and south.
Every time merchant receives q cart-wheel
dollar in the way Of business he slaps q stcker
upon 1t, which reads: stake me back to Bugs
cheap furniture house, where you get the big
gess value for cash" Or. "Return me to
snaggs, the dry goods man, and viii fetch
bargain"
This ingenious idea il copyrighted by Co
lumbus man, who prints and supplies the
gummed stickers to merchants at so much .
thousand His circulars, distributed broadcast
ever the country, suggests that shopkeepers
had better make haste to avail themselves
OF this novel method Of advertising
before . Law u passed forbidding 1t.
Meanwhile dollars with stickers on them
are flowing into the treasury from al
over the United States. Bankers and business
houses are writing every day to the departments
begging ii to abate the nuisance, which In the
west has already spread alarmingly.
Many people unwilling to accept the
Sucker dollars. and 30 the circulation Of Uncle
Sans coins is interfersd with Most banks will
not take them, because the treasury has issued
cept or redeem them. It holds the ground that
they are defAced and are not legal tender on
that account II il true that they might be re-
stored to their original perfection by removing
the sticksrs, but Secretary Carlisle has no ap-
preparation for scraping them Of. The mucil-
age employed u Of 70 sxssllsnt . quality that
twelve hoan' soaking doss nos loosen ths pa
psr from The silver.
AIDS oouxrllyIrrs.
Furthermore, the covering up Of enc side Of
the ,oin renders II greatly more dif3cult to
discover whether the latter b . countsrfsit or
not Chief Drummond Of the secret service
Yesterday showed TO your correspondent .
specimen OF he finest imitation dollar ever
STRUCK with die. It IL plated with silver and
s.w s1Rsr. could distinguish it from 3 real
one. The deception was curiously enhanced
by . sticksr on the reverse, advertising . shoe
house in Ottumwa, Iowa Were this practice
permitted manufacturers Of false money would
make . business Of FASTING on the backs Of their
bogus pieces advertisements bearing the names
Of respectable shopkeepers. Thus, inasmuch ~
reputable merchant would not knowingly use
oad coins 10 publish his business his credit
would hslp the oounterfeits TO gain circula-
ton Alse, how II anybody to know that the
cads q The dollar concealed BY the stieksr has
not been scoopsd out and filed up with lead?
Fortunately, thsre 10 . legal enactment for
bidding The dsfacement of United States money,
snd that la~ Il TO be enforced for the immediate
suppression Of this new attack upon tho cur
Ssncy. Many districs attorneys in various part,
Of The county have already threatened to BROS
ecuts merchAnts uang The sticksrs, and the
bustnass WI be brought to an abrupt close.
Oddly snough. . scheme wholly similar was
started fev years ego, bot It vas nipped In
someamss stamp thedr firm names ON coins.
Liksvfse thsy print ths1x business cards on ths
baaks Of q O. % bulls. Such aots ere strictly
forsaddsa ~ lsv. TAs psnat0 = e1oo Ans for
sa0A osse q ooh - mAkksd
pou1xA x1ADn1s
Aspsc3ss d ooin nntilAtiou, mot les mtsr.
estins than thaS sbovs described, has excited
the attention Il ths ssarss service during ths
past rear. Ith - manufacture Of what are
technically called -doubls headsrs'' for ramb-
ling purposes- Ror example, q oliver dollar IL
put into lathe, and . cutting tool u applied to
II In sucn . manner - 10 remove three-fourths
OF the metal from the back, leaving the milled
rim intact What remains resembles In form
backing boa lid. Next, smother dollar IL taken.
and the back Of IL 10 sltced Oh In the shape of 4
thin disk. This disk and the fragment, like Q
backing box LID, are than Joined neatly to-
gethsr in such . manner - 10 produce what has
the Appearance Of whole oliver
dollar. The piece thus composed has no
head Of liberty, but two taiis-one on each side.
In precisely the Same mannar-silver coins are
turned out with two heads. Such pieces are
sold by some dealers In so-called ssportin1"
goods to persons who vish to use them for
cheating unsuspscting strangers il bar rooms
and elsewhere. Dollars thus prepared fetch IS
each; half dollars, e3- They are cheap at the
price, considering the money that Is to be
made oy them A Chicago man, arrested for
mannfscturing them recently, was convicted
and lined under the law which prohibits the
making OF coins Of original designs" by pri-
vsse individuals in TINS country. There il no
doubt that the idea is exceedingly original -
well as dangerous to the unsophisticated
The little game worked with these double
headers II ss simple a. it is profitable. 1t is
necessary that the operator shall be provided
Win two OF the coins. ono with two heads and
the other with two tails. On finding man who
Ia willing to gamble for dollars he saws. ssIu
match you first" The other fellow laws down
MS piece on the bar. head up. Seeing that, the
s"ihdier chucks up his coin with two heads. OF
course ne cannot help winning. Then he puts
down the good dollar which he has Just won,
anu ms adversary throws up and matches"
, mere ne has an exactly even chance. But on
the next throw he's opponent lay1 down his coin
TAN up, TO be matched Observing that cir
cums.ance, the operator chucks up his piece
Win TWO tsils 1t Is easy for him to interchange
the two fake dollars of-hand Luck being even
otherwise, he must win three out of four times
and rev minutes play Is sure to net a satis-
factory profit. With these facts in view. il will
DO no harm to look sharply at the coin which .
stranger uses for matching"
PRIVATE MONEY!
But the evil which causes the most bother to
the treasury just now is the system of paving
for labor with paper scrip and metal tokens Of
private ISSUE This form of abuse has snread
TO such an extent "a to menace the PROSPERITY
OF the people over a large part of the country
In the south and west it is particularly bad. Il
u Q nLanciaL continuance employed by capital to
grind the faces Of the poor. How far il has
progressed may be judged from the fact that
ESQ. coo worth Of such fat money is in use in
two counties of Colorado, where it has aImo.t
driven the government currency out OF circu-
latiOn-
Suppose, for example, that a moneyed man
In Alabama wishes to start saw mill He
builds the mill and at the same time sets mn
and stocks supply store with all the ordinary
neceSsaries OF Interpretations household
furniture, liquors, &c. II such an enterprisa
were iraugurated In New York state the pro-
prietor would expect to invest $4,000 or SO in
wages before returns began to come in. But
this persons method is vastly better and more
economical from his point of view. He-hires
Is many men as he wants and pays them not in
cash but in orders on the store These ordars