The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-02

"a treasury official 70 q News YORK
Morning Telegraph reporter. hitch
may be found handy foy reference
from time To time
Il noted with interest what an ex-
pert counterf.iter had io say recent
ly on the subject of the possible
making of counterfeit notes from
the refuse material ~ the macnY-
ator. II he can devise any process
by which such of this stuff as finds
It's way into the hands of the public
through the postal cards. images,
etc which are made of 1t can be
turned into good countetfeiting pa
per. he will be a smarter man than
the average Of bis kind but will
undertake TO assert that We VIII get
him. and get him very quickly.
Other men have beyond doubt
acted upon this idea To q greater or
lesser extent. but If their expert
ments have resulted successfully We
have yet to have counterfeits made
from this kind of paper revamped
and sprung upon us. You see, the
government is ia the business OF
making money and catching others
who also want TO make it unlawfully,
and while the latter have succeeded
at intervals. we have come out the
victor in the end and are still at the
same old stand doing business catch
ing the counterfeiters.
"All United States notes are print
ed in sheets of -four notes of one de
nomination on each sheet, Each note
| is lettered in it's respective order in
| the upper and lower corner diago-
nally opposite, A. b, c and D, and
| we have this system for numbering
our notes: All numbers, on being
divided by ! and leaving / for re-
] mainder. have the check letter A;
| . remainder b. remainder G; even
numbers, or with no remainder, d.
Any United States note the number
upon which can he divided by
without showing the above result is
counterfeit. and while this rule is
not infallible in all instances, it will
be found of service in the dtection
of counterfeits.
Compared with dozen years
| ago, there is nothing like the coun-
| terfeiting going on in this country.
Shortly after the war the country was
practically flooded with it, but so
perfect is the machinery Of the civil
service, and so successful have its
I officers been in recent years in un
earthing the big plants and their OPP
orators and placing the latter behin6
the bars, that during the past SIX
months of the fiscal year there was
| not one new counterfeit note issued
The receipts of subsidiary counter
felt coins at the sub-treasury at New
| 4 DIRK have been in recent times IN
consequential. Some time ago an
| Italian silversmith who was an eX-
pert coin counterfeiter. was captured,
and the destruction of his plant and
! his subsequent conviction had a
wholesome effect upon his fellow
| countrymen. some of whom have
| come over to the United States for
the express purpose of counterfeitinS
it's silver coins. Only five counterfeit
issues of notes made their appear
4
ance during the year in question, and
| of these three were new and two the
reissues OF old counterfeits.
This shows how well the coun
! terfeit situation, as it We're, is kept
! in check and under control by the
government. BY some it is supposed
| that most of our COunterfeiters come
| from abroad, but this is not strictly
accurate. though many of those who
attempt 10 initiate our silver dollar
| and the subsidiary coin issues hail
from Italy and Russia.
1t is our home talent. however,
which gets its best work from the
Counterfeiter's standpoint. OF the
35s arrests made by the secret serv-
ice Officers during the past year for
the offense of counterfeiting, no less
than 2f4. regret to say, were born
| In this country sunny Italy furnish
| iuu IS aud frozen Russia 9. To thor
ouehiy understand how well the gov
I,rnm.nt had put % stopper ON the
couutcrfyiung of ils paper money,
thsf, were huf TWO arrests last year
| FOR manufacturers "' Ht'hlhk II" pass
counterfeit money, as against 2l2 for
psssine counterfeit silver coins.
Won see Ven order 10 SET up first
class counterfeit shop tor rhe turn
| .ue uut uf eupi paper ,ounicrieits
there 5ur su MANY indispensable
requisite Du Ihe part 90 che spurious
moue, makers fhat ihes set as.
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