The times., 1899-11-05

for the bank clerks TO have to handle
United States money orders. The latest
style money order is made in shape to
avoid this mechanical defect. All of the
new money orders can be piled up with the
checks and drafts OF banks and handled
conveniently as such
A third advantage OF the new money
order which viii not be so noticeable 10
the general public. but which will greatly
facilitate the work Of the money order de-
partment, is that the clerk who makes out
the money order viii have TO write it out
only once. Heretofore after having written
out the money order for the remitJeT the
clerk had 10 make a record Of the trans
action on stub. This occasioned twice
as much labor as the present style. Now
the clerk merely writes in ink on the
money order the names OF remtter and
payee, etc and al The same time by means
OF manifold carbon paper he keeps record
OF the transaction for his office and has
made by the same process a copy which
he sends to the postotfce upon which the
money order is drawn, which copy serves
as the letter Of advice. This letter Of ad-
vice is, therefore. not only bound TO be an
accurate record as 10 the names and the
amount Of the order but ii is also a fac
simile record, and any attempt on the part
either of the remltter or the payee 10 raise
the amount Of the order would only stop
The payment OF the order, as no order
which has been altered in the slightest by
any outsider viii be paid by the post
offices on which the order is drawn In
rush hours at the postofices it Will be
found that the new style OF manifold
records VIII greatly lessen the time con
sumed by patrons of the posJofhce in
waiting for The clerks to make out all the
necessary records, one at time
Description of the Order.
The color Of the new money order is
light blue ground with fine. closely inter-
laced geometrical lathe work of somewhat
darker shade. IN the centre is an escutch-
con. bearing the words Postal Money Or
der. in shaded letters The number Of the
order and the name OF the Office issuing
IL are printed in red. The remainder Of the
printing is in black The tint of the lathe
work will serve 10 prevent imitation But
as an additional safeguard against counter
feiting. each money order has water
mark composed Of the initials L. s. NJ O
IN bright red capitals. This water mark
VIII appear two or more times in every
money order when held up to the light
There is also a simplifed form of the
application blank which each remitter has
10 make out. The former application
blanks contained so many lines 10 be filled
out that only persons who had had consid-
cradle experience could make out an ap-
pllcation without some help from the
clerks or attendants. The new form of ap
pllcation blank merely contains a place
for the amount OF money. the name and ad-
dress Of the person 10 whom the money is
to be sent, and the name and address Of the
sender
At the close Of the first year. in which
money orders We're used in the postal de-
partment June 30, 1868. there were only
4l9 offices in the Uui&d states where
money orders could be obtained There
are at present -. 900 money order
pOstofices in the United States. From
a few thousand money orders issued
in the first years OF the experiment in the
United States, the business has increased
until now the number Of money orders
issued yearly for small amounts in this
country runs up into the billions. And the
popularity OF the new form OF money order
promises to increase the annual output
greatly