Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-10
CLEAN MONEY.

Mr. A. Greasy Morrison has sent to
the press OF the country an article on
clean money" that cannot fail 10 at
tract attention, and II the suggestions
made are acted upon. good results
should follow.
Mr. Morrison claims that many dis
eases are spread through the handling
OF money that has been in the posses
sion OF sick persons. He says, for IN
stance.
How about any penny that the baby
may pick nap from the floor? How do
you know whore that penny has been
Did you not give one 20 Jamie 10 spend
"a little while ago. He rs "a tiny boy
and he put the penny an his mouth
while he tied his shoe. He now lies
sick with diphtheria. You cannot lm-
lgine how he could get diphtheriai
Your home is absolutely sanitary. You
pride yourself on that The penny could
tell"
But the greatest danger turks 90 the
paper currency It is said that 90 has
been proved by microscopic inyestiga-
tion chat moderately clean bills in cir-
culau~l contain 1850 living bacteria
while others have boon found 10 COM
tain AS many as $4,000 Of those forms
OF nfe. The author says.
VERY strange ISN'T Il, that dear
friend OF yours lady whose character
I ls above rcuroaCh. whose husband
/ Hdues hyr und is "a diFuincd rcpreseu-
/ HuNc of your church, should be SUI
/ lerIus from diseased You gave her a
/ beautiful pocket book for a Christmas
/ r.tt She had cue her Anger "a little
] chat day She had quite roll ~ bills
/ and sine changed her money from her
] u.U purse to the new. she had Occa-
I a.uu t1 handle "a certain two-dOlar bill
] several times. That tWu-dollar hiu
/ looked Innocent enough. bat 81 could
/ have told story o. Do could have
] spoken Tho trouble that renders your
/ deHr friend mentally and physically
miserable had hidden itself in that two
dollar bil Hut 90 came forth out OF
Its Vile lurking place. II was tiny
| invisible. uutHouEht Of % made no iul-
/ precision 40 FIRST but now b. has
wrought doubt suspicion. jealousy and
has beromr living death 90 your
. rirnd
But granting 900 that can De- said of
thg dangers of handling microbe-infest-
ed money. Nnat cam be- done about it'
30 BE- suggested Chat uo law be- Rmonh-
"a to permit - ORE of worn anc de-
faced United States currency 10 for.
ward samo hy Registered mail without
charge. go thr Treasurer of tho United
states for redemption This would helI
SOME ~ o. also suggosted that th'
subsidiary coins chat are returned q,
the Treasury he olelnsed and stcrilizs'
before thcy ar. distributed again
.'rhr amount of subsidiary silver rr.
deemed during thc FIRST quarter l'
| 100, boz the offices at Washington Ui.
I umnrr hrN york. Philadelphia. Nlr.
. TOM Cincinnati St Louis. heN Df
T leans auu sam Francisco amounted fl
SlUHssfhY what m eNer} piece ol
thH Do.uaEt had been cleaned he.lrl
tgaIn hrIuF handed out' Can One tsu
: mate flH value 90 such "a procedure
cam ono estimate rho results of 10 moi
I hIFI1E been donef Am germs DIE Whei
] sunIectfd fo 800 degrees of heat Coull
| uUt 900 coins he Huhiectcd to such hea
Ri the sun-irenHuries of the above
, cities
Another suggestion is that Influential
p business houses make a. rule no sub
iect coins 10 a cleaning proves. The