The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-01
THEY WILL COUNT
UNCLE SANS COIN
Big Job Is Soon to Be Under.
taken by Treasury Depart
ment Clerks.
HUNDREDS or MILLIONs
Much OF the Monsy, Particularly the
Silver, Is Counted in Bulk, and u
Stored Away in 5sss Con.
tanning Many Dollars.

There viii soon be something doing
around these vaults" said man who
works In the office OF the United States
treasurer.
what viii q be-" inquired Star
reporter.
1t will be a gigantic. colossal count"
said the treasury man. You know
there In soon TO be- change made In
the once OF treasurer. our present
chief is go give way tn another man.
and then the cash must be counted.
and right down among these vaults
and In different rooms there Will be
n convocntion OF expert clerks and
counters as busy as bees. handling
more money than you can shake a
stick at.
The way OF II Is this: When 4
change In made In the Office OF treas
urer Of the United States or OF any one
OF the subtreasuries the secretary APP
points n committee OF three to select
a force To count the cash. This COM
mittee looks around and picks out n
number OF clerks In the various ofiices
OF the department and they are set
at work to count the millions. Perhaps
there may be forty men selected to
perform this huge count: maybe NIFTY
or eighty. That. presume. VIII de-
pend upon circumstances. At certain
date these men will begin To do some
very careful work and there is much
responsibility connected with H. I
should consider IL an honor TO be one
or this army OF counters
Hundreds Of Millions.
How much money viii they have
20 count? Well. as near as can figure
up ut the present writing there must
be peacefully resting I'm these vaults
somewhere about Ave hundred and
thirty million In money. bonds, notes
and everything else. There is In one
OF the vaults over hundred millions
In silver dollars. Then there IN a heavy
amount OF silver fractional currency.
and fine lot OF nickel iive-cent pieces
and pennies.
THE working cash Is first handled.
That h.. the money that " constantly
current. This work will be- done ut
night. go as To give IL a chance To do
regular duty In the daytime. Much
or this money. particularly the silver
money, IL counted In bulk and rs stor-
Ell away In bags containing many dol
lars each. The slightest falling of In
weight. even II the bag Is only dol
lar short. ls shown by the delicate
swinging OF the scale. These bags are
nIied by clerks. each one having hts
name tagged Ia the sack he has iilled.
and tied up 80 that " there IN any
discrepancy In the number or coins or
any COIN ulsAlNE tue Nah NH"NN WIN
the clerk was that filled the sack. and
IL ne is anywhere around the loss H.
charged To him and must be paid by
him. don't mean To say that this
implies any dishonesty. Far from 81
n r. as likely tn be- the result Of a
miscount In the first instance rs any
thing else. More su. in fact.
The new treasurer. hear, 10 to TAX 9
charge I'm July. That will be- after the
end of the present fiscal year. lie VIII
not be responsible for the funds until
it Is officially certified that IN. amount
to be put under his charge is correctly
given. II Is a wonderful amount OF
: money when you come TO think Of IL.
but the treasurer is under very heavy
I bond.
when the cash amounts. in the vari-
| Gus subtreasurtes is To bc counted. ~
| o. also In when there II n charge made
| In the head OF the office. several OF
the boys get n good taunt. They. OF
course. have to attend strictly 20 their
work but there Ii time enough to
study strange cities. They arc lodged
| In fine hotels and can consider them
selves OF some Importance when they
/ get out of Washington. Here. no mat
I ter what they are doing. they are Just
/ clerks In the treasury. that's ALL.