New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-13
MAKING REAL MONEY.
VariOus Machines Used an the PRiIa-
delphia Mint.
From The philadelphia Record.

Whoever thinks of coming TO Philadelphia with
haps. there is no person who could stay long IN
Philadelphia without an overwhelming desire to see
money for Uncle Sans capacious pocket Every
body has heard ABOUT the people who coin money"
relful, and thousands OF dollars heaped up in the
vivid, quite supply the emotion that Is created
by the sight OF these mighty mills as they grind
cations 81 e and sTe WITCH hua
areds OF weak mortais sell their souls ThsTe IS
score of uniformed employees in the building
ready to show one through The number of visitors
varies every day. Sometimes there are many as
Visitors to the mint like the people in the Mother
Goose melodies come in a variety OF costumes
gowns. Last week poor italian woman who lives
to no Tsho ns @ o6P s naa h
brought them all with Der a lively. chsttertng;
almost drove the too curious mother to thu verge
Of distraction. In the same party as the trouble
bniidng some VerT intense %eOrEngIsnd i'i school
handsomely gowned society women-a typical mint
With the exception of few sacred places re-
served for the conclaves of the dignitaries who
womens apartments, there are no places in the
9dng to W the end n 9 may not g The BE
you walt you can see the molten masses OF silver
detail OF the process except the mining and smelt-
ing Of the raw article ia kes pacs before ones eyes
smell It and feel It In every process Of the eyolu-
@ the fast Quite .a 81 as ss Is
room In this room the unmarked pieces or gold
four presses do all the coninS for the mint Pieces
of smell denominations. like quarters and dollars.
OF the larger denominations are coined at the ratio
on one day IN the n W vas n
There can be no calculation OF an average daily
3 ., coming that ( Done the
presses do not work at once sometimes all work on
N Al a. G the BASIS for '
Until very reGsn , WG T5 employed IN the mint
ing room or the stamping room. especially. was
pressss and fed the maehinery and thsy aid il as
we'll men. Now when II becomes necessary 20
pat m their snTy ar" IS sd
the suffrage enthusiast which also offers striking
for besides suffering the indgnity OF being thrust
that the receive sheP Wages for doing tS
Same kind OF work. With women work In the mint
conditions increase lessen their influence in
tanning hteir positions,
S tention from all the visitors It Is rather gn9g e
TosSe fbin Tecent xeaT All n. Coins aT laceS
the board. and when every niche is filed It is
as many as $500 worth Of quarters at a time. II
takes but couple Of seconds to a the board. and
to the money stored up in the inesoess6!s regions
simpler nothing could be quicker than this modern
device for counting money, yet for great number
which was done in a way that was both cumber-
some and expensive.
this country. one in San Francisco enc IN New
fd m and 0i ouP tbe4s but dn s f da
pare with the mint here for the amount OF work
an Unusually large output Of money ali Of the hints
in the country were made 10 work at the highest
know that in this contest the Philadelphia mint
space OF time than any one OF the other minis
Thirty million dollars In double eagles were coined
the largest aount Of money hat has ever been
coined by the local mint; also the largest amount
mint in the whole world; During the last fiscal
sli7oo So sum that has never BEEN Exceeded BIZ
A large source Of the revenue for the mainten-
tries In other words. Uncle Sam let's out his
are not so fo9gaats as as to have these little con.
have had their money coined at the local mint
When a small country Ike Costa Rics wants some
the United States has been fortunate enough to
derbid the mints of Germany. France and Eng
Of the politician. nearly always get the job
Colombia used to have all her money coined here;
that fractions republic we have not been honored
us all It's money to coin Until the last year ali the
coming for Panama was done In France The
with the exception OF little that is being turned
Sot in San wth hs &c soss fo the b ph
PINGS. Half OF the money il In English and hall
Anerican republics and other countries and our
foreign possessions It would seem that work IN the
II would be strange person who could visit the
mint wthS %o one c s h 70 rr sse ssnPg p Of
coins as they are poured into the bags without
few Of the pieces Will reward the struggles OF the
poor iaborer. some win go to add to the misers
the accumulated piles Of the i-illionaire. and
somfort and rest to some Of the patheticslly help
less OF the EARN VINO cannot earn II theIn.