The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-10
UNCLE SAM HAS BEEN
FORCED TO (URTA|l

be taken when The operatives handle
the real money. IN Washing the legal
tender, transferring II from one room TO
another aud from one operator 20 an.
other Director RaIpn believes thar
greater safeguards will bu Imperative
Jtst now the committee OF the Treas
cry and Mr.. Ralph 80" la'uiug a sys.
tenn whereby it will be impossible for q
bill to 20 Hstray while 1c'ng handled
by the operatives. Us soon rs this is
perfected and the mcrhau,rll devices in
stalled. Uncle Sam viii employ enough
laundrcsscs TO rchapl,,a'c VI sworn out
currency as fast ~ II ~ turned into
the Treasury Department. making II
again the equal of 4 fresh hill and at
the same time saving the government
much money.
The estimated cost Of installing tn"
machinery for the laundry ~ only 500
The equipment will consist of copper
screen trays, holding several dozen bills,
rolling machine. n sizing 'Yi and n
copper cage. Several girls employed
in the laundry will receive ,Lc money
ment aud will he responsible for II un
til il leaves the Bureau on it's way
back Ia the Treasury.
At present no attempt will he made
to revive the completely worn out cur
rency. 1t will, however, wash and re-
size all notes that are received mt the
Treasury Department from banks and
other financial institutions for redemp.
tiOn, the fibre of which has not been
broken. When the notes are counted
in the Treasury, the completely worn
out notes will he placed in IA separate
pile from the merely dirty currency.
The latter will he sent TO the Bureau
and the other notes to the redemption
division where they will be macerated
Director Ralph estimates that fully 40
per cent of the notes returned to the
Treasury--about s2.000,OO0 day
will he sent 10 the Bureau for laundry.
ing. This will mean saving of $1,000
a day without taking into consideration
the cost Of operating the laundry. At
present IL costs the government one and
a half cents to print bill, but in
washing the currency the cost will he
very small
To wash the currency Thoroughly
operators will have 10 sort out the pa
per money, place it on the copper
screen trays, which in turn are placed
in copper cages and then placed in a
solution of soap and water. As soon az
the bills are thoroughly saturated they
are taken out of the solution and sub
iected TO antiseptic bleaching processes
The are then resized rolled and placed
in packages for their return to the
Treasury. After passing through their
bath, the bills present nice clean ap.
pearance and look and feel like new
crisp tender. All stains are removed
and small holes in the paper are filed
up with the sizing The ink is not
harmed a particle in the washing pro.
cess.
Reports from the committee of the
Treasury experts who are conducting
those experiments, show that most of
the paper currency returned to the
Treasury for redemption comes from
the south aud west New York. Bos.
ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, w'sring.
ton and other eastern cities s"p' Hsck
very little currency for REDEEM .,ion,
One new feature will be put into op.
Grafton when the laundry plan is in
working order. Secretary McVeagh of
the Treasury will ask all banks, nation.
al and private, to return all money to
the Treasury which shows the least
effects of hard use. In this way, eur.
rency will be kept in a sterile condi.
tion and "A greater percentage of re-.
turns can be made from the notes sent
to the Treasury than obtains at pres.
ent.
MONEY A sTICKLER.