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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-15

idea that II might be possible TO so COM
bne some of the operations Of money
manufacture as TO save time and ex-
pense-
When he first Suggested the radical
innovation the practical men who would
have to carry out the scheme were more
than dubious as to whether il could be
accomplished. but they set TO work ener-
getically. That was more than year
ago, and their misgivings as to the task
that confronted them were fully justi-
fed. One printing press manufactures
after another was called into conference
and wrestled with the problem of com
hining the various different inventions
perfected by the bureau experts. Most
OF them arrived at some solution of the
problem, but as one machine after an
other was tried out at the printery it
became evident that it was one thing to
build an automatic money-maker and
quite another to devise one simple enough
and strong enough to stand the strain
Os daily turning out a griSt OF thousands
upon thousands of bank notes. gold and
silver certificates, all neatly printed and
accurately trimmed. Finally, however.
within the past few weeks a machinery
equipment was perfected that proved it
self under the most exacting conditions,
and forthwith an order was placed for Il
complete new outfit TO be ready ere the
beginning Of Uncle Sans next fiscal
year
Under the cid plan the newly printed
sheets of money. after the ink has dried,
are run through trimming machines
which cut or the surplus margin at
either side Of the printing along the
greatest dimension of the sheet-that is
at either end of each individual note
Then the sheets are fed into a number
ing machine, one of the most famous of
the bureaus mechanical Inventions and
the function of which IS TO imprint in
blue ink at either end of each individual
note or certificate the consecutive mum
Der which gives it Individuality. Except
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as well as a handy workman We have
boys in this class who were picked from
the loafer element ] mean by this boys
who come from low-down families-bovs
whose fathers and mothers amount TO
nothing, and boys whose every environ
ment is detrimental. These boys come 70
school because the compulsory educational
law requires 4 certain amount of attend
anee. They study because they have TO.
but they take no interest in their work
and their free hours are devoted to hang
ing around street corners. These BOYS
lack all initiation and ambition II left
10 themselves the effects of their educa-
aion would cease the moment they left
the schoolroom. They wo1ld never of
their own volitio9 learn a trade and
amount to anything. Here we are teach
ing them not ely the use &c certain
tools, but we are teaching them the
delights OF working. The bSys really
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for final examination and the counting
Of the sheets this concludes the bureaus
operations in the evolution Of currency,
and the half-fnished money is then
transferred to the Treasury Building
proper, where another complement OF
printing presses impresses on each note
the department seal, which makes It full
iedged legal tender. Finally the sheets
are cut up by separating machines and
then the individual notes are put in pack
cts of 100, each bound by a strip Of white
paper
Under the new scheme. as under the
old, the freshly printed currency will 20
from the drying room of the bureau
direct to trimming machines, but the new
style trimmer is different in that it viii
trim all four sides of each sheet instead
OF merely trimming two sides as did the
old machine Thus it will combine in a
certain sense the functions OF the Old
style trimming machine ut the bureau
and the separating machine at the Treas
ury. The new trimmer not only does
more work than its predecessor, but it
does it more economically, since one girl
can operate each machine whereas two
were required for similar work with the
old machine-one to feed in the sheets
and the other TO receive them, examine
them and correct with scissors any faulty
trimming.
This is the real secret Of the effective
ness Of the new machine. Il trims A
sheet with absolute accuracy. This &C
curacy OF trimming is the keynote to
the whole new simpliiied scheme of
money manufacture, for unless the sheets
can be shaped up with absolute Uniform
ity and accuracy they cannot be handled
by the new automatic combination ma
chimes, which comprise the most import
ant unit Of this shortcut organization
The reader might not suppose that &C
curate trimming represented so perplex-
ing a problem ana IL would not under or
binary conditions, but the paper TO be
trimmed aJ the bureau is IN about the
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-15

learn to like their work. and / am happy
to say that of the four former 1oafers'
three are showing signs of actually Ieav-
ing that class, and the remaining one Is
not beyond hope Il seems to suit the
average boy As well as it does the special
case, and it has been my observation
that the boys who are assigned to the
vocational classes advance more rapidly
in all their studies than they did when
they were doing the regular school work
in the ordinary way. The idea is equally
applicable to girls, and ] think that the
time Is coming when the vocational
school VIII be the only one fourd in
America; but. Of course, that time may
De-and probably is-a great ways of"
Manual training IN the schools of Amer
lea is no new thing. Almost every city
of any size has its technical high school,
where mechanical and architectural draw
ing, chemistry, machine designing, forg-
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ing. electrical laboratory work, joining,
pattern making. geometry and such other
useful Industrial and general scientific
arts and crafts are taught the pupils in
conjunction with other Of the high-scllOel
studies. These schools do great deal of
good and are of material help to the am
bilious young man who has graduated
from public school and wishes to perfect
himself along certain lines before cutter
ing bis chosen field of work It is the
general idea of educators that the tech
nical high school has come to stay Its
usefulness will undoubtedly be greatly
increased when the vocational school be-
comes more prominent Hundreds Of
graduates from the vocational school will
taper of with q course at the technical
high.
Then tnere are the regular manual
training classes and domestic science
classes, which are the part of every up
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- HE vocational school Idea IS rap
n Idly taking root in America This
phase Of educational work las met
~ with great success in England AMI
Germany. American educators. not
slow to copy any good idea. are rapidly
opening experimental classes in large
cities
Vocational school work Is yet in its
infancy in America. One city Of over
100000 inhabitants. with n school regis
tration Of about $4,000 and an .erage
daily attendance of some 10000 pupils.
recently selected class Of 80 boys to
compose the first vocational department
in the municipalities educational system.
The class has been an unqualified sue
cess. Its superintendent has this TO say:
The class was purposeIy made mixed
one. The boys We're selected from all
degrees. We tool some Of the exeep-
tiOnally bright boys who are bound to do
well in all things, and we took some Of
the boys who by their nature and char
acteristics seemed bound to be failures
in anything. Look over She class for
yourself. Notice that young fellow with
the dome-Ilke forehead, the ministerial
air and the eyeglasses. lie was one of
the most bOOkish fellows in the entire
city school enrolment He read day and
night. He could tell you ofhand how
many cubic inches Of cement in the nvra-
mids. and why; but he couldn't tie IN
paper bundle so that it would stay tied
while you walked 10 feet with it He
haG the learning. but he couldn't apply
It. And there's that other fellow work
ing on the same table with him. That
fellow was one Of the biggest ounces I
think il was ever my disgust TO encoun-
ter. He was particularly stupid in num-
Der work or arithmetic. lie is a mighty
fine workman with the tools. He did
things. but he didn't know why. Now
this vocational school work Is accomplish
Ing wonders for both boys. II is teach
ing that bright fellow-who knows a lot
how to apply his knowledge 1t is teach
ing him that the mere tecnsical informa-
ton without tie practical Experience is
no good. and it is teaching the other
fellow the reasons for the things he does. I
1t is making him an intelligent citizen (
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- OR just about ye;lr now Uncle
A. sam has been economizing strenu-
ousIy. The Taft administration
when it took up the reins Of gov
eminent was confronted with the
prospect Of a serious deficit in the [. 5.
Treasury. Immediately the word went
forth that officials in all branches Of the
federal business establishment must
watch the pennies and curb expenditures
wherever possible. Expenses were TO be
reduced IL every OBJECTION where it would
not mean an actual Impairment OF service
oddly enough. one of the ways Uncle
Sam has been saving money is in money
making. As most Of our readers know.
this government, unlike some others,
manufactures its own paper money at
great institution known rs the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing monster
printing establishment that is branch
Of the Treasury Department itself In
his quest for economies Uncle Sam care
fully investigated costs and causes at
this big industrial plant and the outcome
was the discovery that he could keep
quite a little money in his pocket by
using a cheaper grade Of paper and
cheaper grade of ink in the production
OF currency.
The saving thus effected was important
enough. but now this self-same sphere Of
governmental activities is to he the scene
OF yet more significant saving In
deed a recently discovered channel Of
economy is TO be the meaEs Of making
the greatest single reduction Yet attained
in the nations operating expenses. It
has all come about through the invention
Of two wonderful new machines which.
between them, VIII perform all the work
OF manufacturing currency after the in
ilial printing Of the face and reverse OF
the bills These two new machines
each essential 10 the other in the team
work" Of money making-wil DO the
work now requiring four or five different
machines. Moreover. the new machines
are so largely automatic in their action
that two or three people will be all that
are required 10 look after each pair OF
machines, whereas six OF eight opera
tives are engaged in these branches OF
money making as at present conducted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-02
COTTON DECLINES
 16 ID 23 POINTS No Incentive Is Given for Ad-
 vance in Prices
MORE RAINS IN TEXAS
Rally But Later the Crop Re- ports Send Prices Down
 Very Decisively

New York. April 1.-The cotton mar ket after nervous and unsettled morn ing turned weak and closed' at a loss of 16 to g points.
 The opening was steady at d decline Of to F points in response to lower cables than expected, reported of further rains in Texas and a continuation of yester- days late selling movement. There was good demand at the start with strong interests absorbing new crop offerings around the initial figures and during the middle of the day prices rallied to within a point or two of last nights finals on covering by recent sellers and fresh buy ing.
 The near-month bulls seemed to be giving May contracts no support on this rally and in the afternoon the nnarket became very weak under southern sell ing, local liquidation and bear pressure. Stop-loss orders were uncovered on a scale down and active months sold off to net loss of about IS to 24 points, which represented a decline of between 54 and 59 points from the high level of Wednesday morning. There was some good buying on this break, but the close was barely steady and within point or two of the lowest. Possibly the rather bearsh week end figures promoted some of the sell ing during the afternoon, but it looked as though the chief factors were the re- ports of temporary relief From Texas drouth complaints and revival of the gossip that leading bulls had abandoned the May deal.
 Receipts at the ports today, 10301 bales, against 15,139 last week, and 9190 last year. For the week. s5.000 bales, against 105, 139 last week and 99,95S last year. To- days receipts at New Orleans, 1920 bales, against 12S7 last year, and at Houston, 1928 bales, against 2974 last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-02
New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, April 1-Cotton futures opened steady at decline of to s points on poor cables and continued rains in Texas Immediately following the call there was a recovery to within a point of yesterdays closing on the most active months as the result of rather an extensive profit-talxing movement among shorts. This forecast of more rain for Texas caused renewed selling and at the end of the first half hour of trading prices were at the lowest level again. With all the selling the market had a steady un- dertone and there were evidences of buying on a scale downward on the part of strong bullish interests
 Around the middle of the morning the market fas steadier on the report of a sale of a line of 2133 bales of spot cotton and prices were put 1 to 5 points over yesterdays closing. This advance closed out more selling at noon, the market was just about at yesterdays closing level on the old crops and to points under the new. At no time during the morning was there any great amount of business around the ring and the market would have developed weak tone but for the activity in the spot department. The H33 bales sold in one transaction were inch and one-eighth staple cotton. classed or dinary to low middling, came from the c. Dahomy plantation in Mississippi, and will be shipped to New England mills.
 In the afternoon session displayed much weakness under renewed rumors of a set tlement between the bulls and the bears in the New York market and under very bearish week-ending stastistics Mill talk ings for the week were put at only 15S, 000 bales, against 264,000 this week last year and 100000 this week two years ago, while the visible supply showed a de- crease for the week of only 36,953 bales, op at o fhio laS of 130,210 bales, and a decrease this week two years ago of 10S.o57. At the lowest prices were r to 22 points under yester- days last prices. The closing was steady at a net decline of IA to 20 points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-02

bulls. s4. .5o@6. 25; calves, $3@9.25; stockers' $4. .75@6. 10.
 Hogs-Receipts estimated at 5000; steady to Dc higher; choice heavy, Slo soull butchers, $10. .SO@10 95; light mixed, $l0 DUG 10. TO; choice light, s1O. 70q1O S5; packing, S1O. 75@10. 90; pigs, $lo 15@105o; bulk of sales, sf0.70d10.S5.
 . Sheep-Receipts estimated at 2o00; steady; sheep, $7 10; lambs, $7.ooq 10. .25; yearlings, $7 50q9.10.
 St. Louis, April 1.--Cattle receipts, HOO, including GOO Texans; market steady na- tive shipping and export steers, s650qS 4o; dressed beef and butcher steers, so.651i 7.65; stockers, s3. 4Oa5 .40 canners, $243
 Hogs-Receipts, 410o market Dc lower. Pigs and lights, $SQ1O. 80; packers, SIC. 75Q 1090, butchers and best heavy, $lo. 159 10 95.
 sheep-Receipts. 200; market dull; native muttons, $5as. 25; lambs, T15@10.26; stock CTS, s4a7.
 Kansas City, April .-Cattle-Receipts, 1000 including 100 southerns; market steady; choice export and dressed beef steers. $7.50QS .25; fair to good, s6.25@ TAO; southern cows, $S.5O@5.75; southern steers, s5 35QS.
 Hogs-Receipts, 4000; market steady to 5c higher; top, s1O.SO; bulk of sales, s1o. 55 @10 75; heavy, s1O 7OQ10.s0; packers, $105o @10 75; light, s10. 35@10 50; pigs, s991o.
 Sheep-Receipts, 200O; market steady; lambs, $s 50d9 90; yearlings, sS.309. 40; wethers, $7. .55qs 40; ewes, s6.75qS 10; stock CTS, $4@6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-02
Receipts, 1920; stock, 1642ss.
Hester,s Monthly Statement

New orleans. April 1.-Secretary Hester's New Orleans cotton exchange statement issued today covers the monthly movement to March 31 and the weekly movement to April l inclu- siye Compared with last year it shows a decrease for the month in round fig ures of 234,000, a decrease compared with the year before last of 176,000 and with 1867 a decrease of 445,000.
 The total for March was 536,1Di against 77O,59S last year, 712.216 year before last and 9S1,269 the same time In 1907
 The amount of the crop brought into sight for the seven months from Sep tember to March inclusive is 2,8l9.00O last year, SOS,OO0 under year before last, and 2,912,000 under 1907
 The movement since September shows receipts at all United States ports e,415,795 against S,700,469 last year, 7,407,3s7 year before last and S.9S7,376 same time in 1907, overland acros the Mississippi. Ohio and Potomac rivers to north ern mills and Canada, 65S,973 against 1,022473 last year, 3I5,- 227year before last and l032394 same time in 1907; southern mill takings ex- elusive of consumption at southern out ports. 1,631,5O0 against 1,6S2,000 last year. 1,577, 900 year before last and L. 66s. 500 same time in 1907; and interior stocks in excess of those held at the commencement of the season, 416. 66S against 537.0S9 last year. 366.45i year before last and 360,331 same time in 1907.
 These make the total movement of the cotton crop brought into sight dur ing the seven months ending the close of March 9,122,6S9 against 1l,942,031 last year, 9,926,065 year before last and 12,034601 same time in 1907.
 Northern spinners took during March 123sS1 against 220.14e last year and 179,6O5 year before last, increasing their total for the seven months to 1.725.3S4 against 2.234.796 last year md 1.347,535 year before last. This makes their average weekly takings for the season, 56,970 against 72,S11 last year and 44,492 the year before last.
 Foreign exports for the seven months of the season have been 4,94S,Sl5 bales, showing a decrease under last season Of 2,049, ,451, and a decrease under the same period of year before last of 1,340,96O,
 Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 lead ing southern intexior centers March 3i were 1,o2s.242, against 1,2s2,s9s last year and 1,031 ,257 the year before
 Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales of the current crop brought into sight during the seven months the supply has been 9,sI5,252, dSuilSt lz,-1o,ofo idSt Ntui anu AV'-'ffNii the year before
 Up to March 3i last year S6.3s per cent of the cotton crop had been marketed, and for the same seven months in 1908 the percentage Of the crop brought into sight has been S5.7S, and for the same time in 1907 the percentage marketed was S9.0I per cent
 In addition 10 the ronthy figures Sec tary Hester issued today a statement of the weekly movement for the seven days ending April l. inclusive, showing total drought into sight this year 120,506 against 13S,046 for the seven days ending April
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-02
(TTLE INTEREST { SHOWN IN STOCKS Public Does Not Seem to Care
 About Investments
PRICES MOVE SLOWLY
Brokers Are still Waiting for Supreme Court Decision in Tobacco Case and Watching for the Crop
 Damage Reports

New York April 1.-The professiohal operators in stocks showed growing ols- couragement today over the apathy lof the public interest in the market. Where dealings have been dwindled to mere exchange of contracts between traders on the floor and to a matching of Wit nesses in the dexterity with which position may be shifted from one to the other side of the market, the net re- suit at the end of the day is likely to be nothing. The market had drifted into such a state at noon today, sales for an hour falling to less than 1S,OCO shares. No positive expression of speculative sen timent can be looked for in such a mar ket. factor in the hesitation is the question oyer a possible decision by the supreme court on Monday in the Ameri- can Tobacco case The expectations per sists in stock market circles that the de- cision be handed down at that time un- certainty over its complexion is very great The conviction is general at the same time that widely divergent results will follow in the stock market from the alternatives of the decision. The approach of such an expected cricis discourages all ventures
 Tine beginning of the gold outflow to London The movement has been clearly seen and the sagging tendency of interest rates leaves no obstacle to it. The languid bor- rowing demand for money it is feared, in- dicates an attitude of hesitation 1n gen eral business similar to that in the stock markte. The customs receipts for the gov ernment for March show that the heavy volume of imports is sustained, ana the unfavorable trade balance maintained. Foreign demand for new American bona issues, meantime, has fallen off A conn siderable gold outgo. therefore, IS eX- pected Receipts of currency on balance from the interior have fallen orr tnls week. probably owing to the desire or lii- terior banks to fortify their reserve show ing in execution of the government call for condition, which came today The sup treasury, meantime, has taken conslder- eble sum from the banks during the week. Little attention was paid to the money market in the existing lethargy ot the stock market.
 Weather news from the crop regions holds A large share of attention. Specula- tion Is preparing itself for the forthcom- inc government crop report and the tone of the states report now being recelVea forashadows A marked deterioration in the winter wheat condition The suspension Of soft coal mining and strike or the New York harbor pilots kept attentloh focused on the SupJect ol lapol uisP ', The news of general curtainment In all districts by the cotton mills illustrates s phase of the problem of high prices and the resulting increase in dinland. The slight decrease reported In the Vlslpie sup nlv of copper from London was mare than covered by the severe drop in the March exports of copper from this country.
 Bonds were irregular; total sales' par value, s2,261,o0o.
 United States bonds were unchanged on call.