Arizona republican., 1907-10-12

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 not? By systematically asking peopl,
 Iwhose fortunes vary from small |,
 Large we have found that when new
 money is handed to them il is so thor
 oughly appreciated that some put il
 laway to keep others always pay lout the old first. because the new is SC 1nice." some just hate to touch the Istuff and drop it as soon as possible
 when it is old and dirty. and think lnew bills are handsome-don't you ljust like picture" q happened tc have forty new dollar bills paid me lonce'' said a merchant, and I was SC
 delighted with them, they looked SC lfine. that I would not bank them. and held them in my purse until I actually lhad to pay them out" But what does lit matter whether people appreciate a lgood action or not? The attempt of 1.-the New York bank to place sanitary Iattractive money on the market was jpractically progressive and it's contin- luance for even a month may have
 saved many individuals from disease If kept up 1t may have set an example
 (which other banks would have imitat- ed. Why not renew the effort? Why
 not initiate it?
 The great corporations of any city,
 such as the surface roads, the elevated,
 ferries. railroads. great mills. and all
 establishments whose trade is gener-
 ally done in very small sum, like the
 fares for the Brooklyn bridge. for ex-
 ample, in which the penny. the nickel land the dime would be the most fre-
 quent coins to the bushel. could and should do just what this bank did
 send the days accumulation through | their own sterlliZing and cleaning
 plant. So that when the citizen hands ' out a quarter for a ticket over the | bridge or on an electric car he would get his change in bright. apparently
 new coins; looking and feeling as if
 they had just come from the mint. How satisfactory that would be.
 The population of the United States is estimated to have increased over | 5000, 900. or about ten per cent, since
 for the same period has taken on a
 growth of more than s6Sl.000.O00. or over 8 per cent.
 We are aware that the increase of population has greatly come from i'm migration and that those who handle the currency of the country are not all full blooded Americans. A cashier of a savings bank located where many of these Immigrants are employed told us this savory story. Why, some of these foreigners will come here with a roll of bills that they have carried on their persons for months. They will wish to deposit $500. We will say. keep spray of a certain germicide with which to spray every bill before count them and the odor is often nau- seating" And what do you do with that dreadful stuff after you have counted it?" With shrug he an swered, ''Oh. lay it of onto the National bank We went to that bank. What do you do with it?" Put il back into circulation So the dainty girl who buys go1d-linked purse in which she keeps a little sachet of perfume gets one of the disgusting bills-and by and by for some unknown reason has scarlet fever. For the man who had deposited it had just come from hospital. where he. too. had had scarlet fever. Do they sterilize money carried into the hospitals by patients
 
 again? If not. would it not be we'll to do so?
 These dangers, invisible and unex- pected. against which We do not guard ourselves tand about which we think so little. are so positive. so real. so vital that there Is not a cashier in any kind of an establishment anywhere who could not tell unpleasant facts and who would not for their own protection anxiously and enthusiastical- ly exclaim. Push on this good work" II is an evil which all recognize who have anything to do with large amounts WhY~ then should you not recognize it who handle little? II
 And the remedy? There have been many suggested, as: Central stations established by the government in all states to which coins may be sent to be cdeaned and polished by all banks. That large corporations and establish | ments of all kinds shall set up such a plant for themselves; that small banks and the general run of stores shall cause coins to be put into a bath con- taining any good germicide. That Clean Money clubs and associations | should be formed in every town and l city in which each member shall agree | to wash in soap and water and some l germicide the coins they have in pos l session before spending them. GA weak | of carbolic acid or peroxide of I hydrogen would do. Even borax or | soda will qquiclSly clean coin.) That | these Clean Money" associations shall | advocate clean money in their local request it of their trades l men and dealers, demand new bills at | banks. and cause the children in school l to be taught never under any circum- | stances to place coin in the mouth, | them why.
 We as a nation are a cleanly people. | Our ideas of sanitation are being car ried out in a thousand ways. Our pub lie buildings. conveyances. streets and !, general surroundings are kept fairly 1 clean. We recognize the dangers in sputum and legislate against "The White Mans Plague" We do not legisate against coin or bill that has been carried on the person of a tuber culosis patient even when it Is overrun with the microbes of the disease. We have health boards and health jour l.. r--- . A.Il |