The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-17
SMALLER DOLLAR BILLS
Government VIII Make Paper Cur
rency Less in Size

Secretary Shaw has now under consld-
Grafton suggestion which has been Of
fcred TO the effect that the paper money
Issued by the treasury should be made OF
smaller size. The idea. oddly enough. has
had It's origin In certain new notes OF
various denominations from - TO 200
pesos, which the bureau OF engraving Is
beginning TO print for circulation In the
Philippine Islands, As yet none of these
excited tho admiration OF high officials by
reason OF their remarkable beauty, and
more especially on account of their slz9
which makes them more convenient to
handle than our own grccnbacks.
one OF our dollar bills measures seven
Inches In length by three inches in width.
The PHILIPPINE notes are only six inches
long and two and a half inches wide.
Thus expressed, tho difference does not
seem to be so very great but when tho
two are seen side by side II Is observed
third greater than that Of tho other. II
our grccnbacks were OF the lesser size
we could fold them and tuck them COM
fortably Into an ordinary pockctbook-
whereas as everybody has noticed. they
are rather large and clumsy to bo thus
accommodated. the result being that
many business men resort to hugo wal
let's.
Up to tho present time only three de-
nominations OF paper money have been
printed for the Philippines-notes. that is
TO say, for two, nvc and ten pesos. -Four
moro have been prepared and will soon
be Issued. one OF them for nifty pesos,
ms n portrait OF Zen laWtOn on IL. An
other. for twenty pesos, Is ornamcnted
by n handsome vignetto representing n
volcano. A third. for 100 pesos. has a
portrait OF Magellan. the dlscovercr OF
tho archipelago and the fourth, for 200
pesos. ie adorned by picture OF Legaspi
When these notes shall have boen put
into circulation the FilIpions will find
themselves pretty well supplied with pa
per currency, which, as a matter OF
co1rsc, is guaranteed by the treasury Of
the United States. At the Same timo they
1n tslgh n .-a. -
their own-a luxury which they have not
enjoyed since the American occupation OF
the i9lands began. From that time until
the present they have been obliged to use
our stamps surchargcd with the words
Philippine Islands"
The bureau OF engraving ia about to
begin to print the new Philippine stamps
which are very pretty and decidedly In
terestlng. There are fourteen denomlna-
tions. running all tho way from two cen
tavos. which Is equivalent 10 one cent. TO
ten pesos which ia s. Some OF them
bear portraits OF American celebrities,
while others are ornamented with pic
lures OF famous Spaniards and FilipInos
OF note, so that there Is quite a curious
Necessarily many millions Of the Philip
pine notes win have 10 be printed i'm
medntely and on this account the quan-
titles OF colored inks consumed by the
bureau Of engraving viii be greatly aug
mentpd I'm the immediate future The
materials for these Inks arc bought in
tho shape OF dry colors. they are
Called-such as PrusSlan blue, Venetian
red. chrome yellow Italian burnt sienna,
Chinese blue. vermllliou and chrome
green. All OF them are the finest procur-
able, They come In the form OF hne
powders which are mixed with a due pro-
portion OF linsecd oil, and converted Into
printing ink by grinding with steel rollers
which are operated BY elcctrlclty-thls
last by the way being a plan newly
adopted by the bureau.
one Gets a notion OF tho huge amount
OF such colors consumed in the printing
OF money from the fact that more than
ono ton OF the finest chrome green Is used
every day for the backs Of our green
backs.
To provide the necessary room for all
OF thGs new work and 10 extend the ia
cillties OF the bureau OF engraving q large
brick building. two stories In height has
recently been added TO the establishment
az an annex II has. In fact. been only
Just completed and all OF tho business or
postage stamp production will soon be
transferred 10 Il. The machinery re-
aulrcd. which is somewhat complicated.
IS even now being moved in.-Phlladel-
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