The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-12
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT IN
TENDS WAGlNG oOVERNMEN Mt.
Al WAR ON GERMS.
WASH NATIONAL BANK NOTES
soued Bills May BE Thing Of Past
IN Near Future-Plan Also TO
Change the Size and Design Of
Practically All Notes IN Circulation.

Washington. Aug. 10 When the
present press of work incident to the
new tariff law aud the approaching
necessity for the making mp of csti-
mates is over. the treasury depart
myu' intends to undertake a number
or reforms In the paper currency of
rur country Not the least Of the re-.
forms ls the proposition tu wash ma
tuual bank notes. and t.us wage
governmental war ON germs. There
is under consideration also plan to
change the size and design of prac.
ically all the notes nov in circula
tiou retiring the present issue -
rapidly as possible.
Physicians have nyclphcd for years
against the bank notes as cDuvrvprs
of disease. The attention of the tr'ts.
my officials .r the past A1. been cal.
cd to the danger that turks In notes
,uu have passed from hL'I To- lauG,
acommulatue the germs of disease
CHAT fu.mu tho health of the ua.
Uou
A duy aud umplrd pJul u.tr
under mI,r.s .o',. oNamiurDr sas
h,on found ,o .lGam soue ulJpus
of such -oms 70 the square inch.
As rcs,u,. Of This ".lJ.,u Soc
rotary MaoNonl has call nrou T.-
rector Ralph of .hr burc.i ot cpsray.
ing and printing to submit some plan
whereby the danger coud 1r ob,iu
ed. Director Ralph al once began cx.
poriments, with the result that he
has discovered % chomica, srlu'ibn.
or bath" that makes tha pugn fiber
of the bank note almost Ho gDnl as
new. does not injured the INK and
completely eliminates the dangerous
bacteria.
Samples of notes so treated are
now in the possession of Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Norton.
While they have not the crispncss of
the new notes. as they come from
the treasury. they are obviously
clean Further experiments are being
made al the bureau Of engraving and
printing i'm the hope of discovering
some method by which the bills may
be- completely restored to their pris
tine freshness.
II these experiments are a success
the cost Of producing national bank
notes will be- greatly reduced When
dirty and bcdragglcd notes are re-
turned TO the treasury they are de
siroycd, and this destruction entail,
practically q complete loss of the ex
pcnsive paper and the equally eXpcn
sivo ink used in their manufac
turc. No means have been discov
cred whereby the pulp can be useC
In the manufacture of new notes
because of the indellblc ink tha
discolors IL.
I'm the meantime the treasury off
cials are seeking to cconomize il
another direction through the cuttin,
down Of the present size of IN,
national bills COincident with the re
duction in size. the bills Of the nea
future will probably be entirely dif
fcrcnt in design and the designs will
follow a scientific and univcrsa
plan. This is expected 20 20 far "a
ward preventing cOunterfcits from
having such an easy chance OF CON
j pcting with the governments issu
ana it also viii result in a lesseninl
70 of the treasurys work In redemption
I'm pursuance of the plan 10 reduc
the size of bills Assistant Secrctar,
Norton called upon Director. Ralpl
, for a complete set Of the paper cur
! rcncy Of all the civilized nations
r The director has submitted sample
Of all such bills and, under instruC
, tions, also had printed, on one sid
? only, fun set Of the issue o
4 paper money supplied for use in III
p Philippines. These bills are abou
two-thirds the size Of those now Il
use in the United States and ar
s much more simple in design.
In connection with his report, Nj
@ Ralph likewise furnished samples O
4 washed and unwashed bills. He in
@ cluded four notes, Al of them orig
?. nally Of equal degrees Of dirtincss
Two Of them, a 81 and a 81 bill, wer
z left in their sordld state, while tn
other two were offered as sample
OF what might be expected whe
/. filthy money was scientifically treat
I'd to a chemical plunge. The dirt
bills We're inexpressible; their nun
}. bers We're blurred with much hand