The Washington herald., 1910-09-25


should refrain from taking active part
IN local politics. II would not look very
well for President Taft TO buttonhole his
Ohio co-citizens 20 elect him chairman
.of the OHIO State convention That Ger
talnly would be dragging his President
ial dignity into the political mire If
this applies 10 Mr. Taft. why shouIsn.+
.t apply with equal force 70 Mr. gber-
man2 l am afraid Mr. Sherman will
have to suffer defeat Tor his political in
discretion
Everybody knows that old, WORKOUT
bank notes in this country are subjected
10 a process or destruction by mace-a-
ton at the Treasury Department, but
the manner in which the notes Of the
Bank OF France are destroyed is proba-
bly, not as wei known.
Eugene Gavard. a banker OF Paris. who
is al the shoreham in explaining the
process, said last night. "A short time
before the end OF the year the con
demned cell for bank notes is closed.
and the 'billets' on which the sentence
or execution has been passed are con-
veyei 10 tie dungeon i'm The lowest
part Of the bank AT the head office OF
The Bank OF France there is pe-ma-
nent tribunal before which all doubtful
paper is brought, and when once this tri-
buna has pronounced capital punish
ment on a bank note, the dread sentence
'annule is written on its face. The Judr-
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and the paper is then securely locked in
the cell for yIeux buIets'
"Ihe prison for sIperannuated bank
notes is approached by s0mber corridors"
continued the Frenchman. .incumbered
with huge drawers, containing the pro-
.cess-Yerbaux d'annuIation OF all the
notes that have been destroyed since the
institution of the bank. over 1900 alpha
bets which have been 'annuIed rep0se
here. When an iron door with q triple
lock is opened one sees the Cancelled
notes in SERTED rows. They are arranged
IN narrow compartments ia Alphabetical
ords'. Cnce the date OF their destruction
is -Xed, they are taken 20 the cellars
In v. ich the printing Office is situated.
and ia the presence OF the banks official,
they are brought out for ann,hIsu0n
J tributed one by one into baskets. the
, sademned notes are empJied into a great
cylinder half filled with water and cals-
lie soda. The orlfce Of the cylinder is
then locked ard set in motion. II turns
for two days and 1t the end Of which
time the officials who presided at the
beginning OF the operation return 10 Wit
ness the end Of the notes.
Furnished with long spoon, a work
man thrusts into the depths OF the cylin-
der and withdravs a thick, sIeaming
liquid. which ne p0urs into q thin basin
Another workman approaches with
smaller spoon, with which De stirs the
stuff around 90 make sure not a remnant
has been left Of the notes Then he muir
murs. 'C'est bien" and the tragic opera
ton is ended. When the bank note soup
has been reduced 90 a paste, 10 is sold
for a dollar a hundred kil5s. about 90
pounds, although The paper alone at one
/ time cost s. Tor two pounds"
"With the smashing Of the pork barrel
I by President Taft. and tae placing ~ tile
fourth class rosum8sters in the classified
service. all inducements which hereto
/ fore, To a great extent have aIIured
selfish men into politics Will vanish
/ said c. Maher, OF Cleveland. Ohio. at
/ the Arlington.
There has been and is now too much
politics in the business questions of tLs
nation" said AIr. Maaer. land the sooner
/ politics are eliminated from the purely
/ business affairs OF the country the bet
/ ter for the people. Politics defeated tho
splendid idea of a great American mer-
chant marine. IL defeated the income
tax once; il entered its protest against
4 tie establishment OF the postal savings
banks and similar Institutions which
would benenJ the masses Tile trouble
/ is that our business men do not take sur
/ hcient interest IN public matters. They
/ leave them 10 the professional politician.
and if this individual passes laws which
are detrimental 20 the business interests.
/ then the man IN the factory. Office. IN
/ the counting house, and elsewhere viii
/ loudly protest, saving that the politics OF
/ the country is rotten. and never COLE
/ sidering for once that he himself is 10
/ blame if such state of affairs exist.
/ president TAFT. Roosevelt and every
othe. man Who commands the attention
of the public should drum it into the
/ heads OF business people. manufacturers,
frauciers. merchants. architects. and
others. 10 take a more active part in
politics and permit their names as can
/ didates for state and national legislatures.
/ In this manner there is q chance that
/ politics Will be eliminated from ques-
/ tions like the tariff, ship subsidy, bank
/ ing, and railroads"
/ William Wese, of New York. who was
/ seen al the Shoreham last night was
/ positive in his opinion that Roosevelt
would carry the day at the Saratoga
| convention and win his fight against the
old guard
! Roosevelt is the most popular man
/ with the masses Of New York state to-
day" said Mr. Weise. and no matter
what efforts are made by those who have
/ been al the helm of politics t. defeat
him he will defeat their designs ROose-
welt is popular because he Is regarded as
an honest and patriotic man, who Is
! lighting a battle for pure politics. and
who is trying TO regain those political
powers for the people which now are in
/ the hands OF the bosses.
! ctr Is mot trIJs that al brYefrazs inter