The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-18

"uie rum each other and even the
numerals on them arc obscure and
hard TO make out This makes count-
ing troublesome. and person has 20
look sharp II he would avoid giving a
g. note for 81.
Secretary Gage Is Of the oplnl-n that
everyday usefulness IL OF more impor-
lance in the currency Of the nation
than high art. Pretty pictures OF re-
onmbent ladies' and naked boys are
wen enough In their way. but they cut
no particular Ice. so to speak. In con-
nteiion with hard aud vulgar cash.
The most Important point In a piece ~
paper money IL Il shall be easily recog-
nizable It's denomination must be ap.
parent az glance. and its Kind also
whether treasury note. bank note. CO..
certificate. or course safety agains,
countorieItIng Is no; to he Lost sigh
Of u is believed that All of these &C.
qulrements are met by the new de-
signs. Anybody who has a handful &C
these bills will BE- able 10 separate
them Ia an instant into their different
classes. so as Co count them onhani
and without scrutiny a. the same
time. the greater simplicity OF their
patterns will render them actually
more difficult Co initiate successfully.
The very claboratonoss 90 the notes
now in calculation coufuscs the eve
For illustration take The 81 bin. Tho
designs ior this denomination are ai-
ready finished. and are very handsome
There are only two. one Tor the face
and one Tor the back. because all 81
bills will have the same patterns.
whether certificates. hank notes. or
treasury notes when YOU see a bin
With a big spread eagle In the middle
Of the face. You will recognize q a.
81. without even looking AZ the large
MINERAL beneath How. then. are You
90 understand what Kind OF a 81 bin
d Is? The answer Is, simply by the
solor In which the biz uumeral OF de
aomination. the treasury seal and tho
number of the bin are printed. n o.
Is treasury note. these will be- in
red. " a silver ccrtincite. they will
% In green. " a bank note. they will
De- In blue There viii be- no other
differences. except that each Kind OF
OH will have its own legend Hut PEG
ole do not want 10 stop and read the
legend In order to Gnd out whether a
bill Is a bank note or a certificate.
they do not have to do 20. inasmuch
as the color shows that
N present there are three didcren,
designs Of 81 bills Under the new
arrangement there will be only one de-
sign. the sole variation being In tho
colors. as Described. u will be- the
same way With the 8 bin; instead NJ
three patterns there will be one. This
scheme will be- carried ont through an
OF the denominations of paper money
/ There are nine denominations in an
Running from 81 10 $1,000. Under IN,
present system there are 20 patterns
Just think Of % q sorts OF paper cur
rency, Il is enough 20 confuse th,
people. especially when % Is consid
cred that during the last few years On,
deslgns have been undergoing ndlca
/ changes with every new administu
/ ton. Obviously. count,rieits are mucl
more likely 90 he deiCc ca u the user
OF the currency aye thoroughly famu
lar with ijs appearance. so as 10 D..
struck by anything that is not exactly
a. d should be-.
! For the new s. hin head Of Wash
iugton has been chosen Professionally
ON either side of Il two classical Or
urcs of the allogor.cal sort Will rc
cline. Thus something will be- don
Cor art Incidentally 70 would hc
mistake 10 suppose that the new mon
Is is to be executed tn a spirit 20
commercial philistluism; on the con
tnry. % viii be- very handsome indeed
one thing very noticeable about %
the oroad blank spaces which are lci
on both face and back OF each hn
Something Ike oue-thirl OF the ontlr
asca of the note In each case is
blank The back has not no much d
uuc-half Of the usual amount OF lathe
WORK engraving. The purpose ~ mi
modification Is twoiold 7, will sho,
the distinctive hber in the paper muc
more plainly. aud the eve IN eXamin
iug a bin viii be less confused.
one OF the largest items Of cxpend
turc ln the Treasury department Is 70
colorcd inks used In printing the 20
per money. revenue stamps and post
age stamps Nearly 100000 pound
OF these are required annually. tn
materials are bought IN the shape q
dry colors. which are mixed with IN
seed oil The cOlors must be- the ver
finest. and some OF them. PARTICULAR
red. are very costly. They reach IN
Bureau Of Engraving In the form q
enc powders put In barrels. and ther
are prescribed formulas for the mis-
lures required Tor various purpose
For the faces OF the treasury notes an
certificates Tor example some Prussia
blue is added to the black powder I
give brightness to the black ink. IN
mixture Is thoroughly stirred and siil
ed, after which u Is combined wit
lluseed oil and Ted to a machine wit
STEEL rollers. The machine grlnds I
and finally elects Il as a beautiful
smooth printing Ink. Il is poured INT
iron buckets which are labeled Leg
Tondnrs thie halna III technical an,