Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12
WANT SMALL MONEY TAFT ARRIVES TODAY
Business Men Need Bills of President Expects to Reach
So and SIS Denominations Washington This Morning.
EXTRA HOURS FOR BUREAU ENDS SWING ROUND CIRCLE
Additional Printers Meet Will Take Short Rest Before Begin
the Urgency. ming Work Message
OUTPUT NOT LARGE ENOUGH TRIP LONGEST ON RECORD
Deficiency
Current Year About Thirty
States
Business Men Need Bills of 81,
So and SIS Denominations.
EXTRA HOURS FOR BUREAU
Additional Force Of Printers to Meet
the Urgency.
OUTPUT NOT LARGE ENOUGH
Deficiency of Ten Million Sheets for
Current Fiscal Year-Un-
usual Demand.

Owing to a demand on the United
States Treasury for one-dollar and two
dollar and five-dollar notes. which Is
said to have broken all records. the
bureau of engraving and printing to-
morrow will put on a large additional
force and add an hour to the working
day in an effort to increase it's output
of bills of the denominations named.
Treasury officials, on the basis of the
present demand. it is said. face an es-
timated shortage of 1OOOO.O 600 ''sheets''
of notes for the current fiscal year. Con-
gress will be asked to remedy the situa-
ton by providing a deficiency appropria-
tion bill for the bureau, according to In
formation given out through authoritative
sources yesterday.
Local financial circles were stirred over
the announcement that the estimates OF
the treasurer as to the number of sheets
of notes of small denominations that
would be needed would fall several mil
lions short.
Of Interest to Employees.
The interest OF the financiers, however.
was not greater than that of several hum
dred printers and assistants employed
In the bureau. who were Informed that
they would be required to work an hour
longer each day, and that more than one
hundred persons registered on the civil
service lists, were notified of appoint
ments to positions in the bureau at the
longer hours
ment institution, it is said. have arrange
.nents been made to increase its output
VI notes to such an extent and on such
short notice as in the present instance.
more man Unity aonItIonal eiup.Uy eS
were put to work last week, and by the
there will be a total of fifty new printers
and sixty assistants employed in the bu-
reau.
With the additional help and the force
required to work an hour longer each
day. Director Ralph is OF the opinion
that he will be able to increase the daily
output of notes from 22J.OOO to 2ooOOo
sheets This, say Treasury officials. Will
be a sufficient increase for the present.
Director Ralph expects to be able to
discontinue the extra working hour by
the holidays. While it continues in
force printers will be paid the usual rates
sistants will be paid at the rate Of 70
cents an hour.
Reasons for the Demand.
Several reasons are advanced for the
unusual demand made on the Treasury
for one-dollar, two-dollar and five-dollar
notes. A principal cause is said to be
the increase i'm population without cor
responding increase in the medium of
circulation. In addition. there is in
creased activity in business of all kinds,
and the tendency Of the people is to
acquire notes of small denominations.
The publicity given to the subject or
insanitary bills is another reason. the
officials say, why new bills are SO much
in demand, while still another factor In
the situation Is the increasing tendency
large concerns TO pay off their employees
weekly and semi-monthly. rather than
monthly. According to officials of the
Treasury Department. the silver dollar is
rapidly disappearing in the south.
No estimate could be obtained yester-
day from those in touch with the Situa-
tion as to the probable deficiency amount
that Congress will be asked to provide
for the bureau. The present estimate is
that 10.uJu,0U additional sheets of notes
will be. needed, but even this may be eX-
ceeded. The additional revenue desired
would be expended almost entirely In
the wages OF printers and assistants and
in paper charges.
Output Last Year.
Last year the bureau printed 1113,J sos
sheets of notes and certificates in excess
OF the estimates or the treasurer, Wnlcn
were G0,0o0,000 sheets. The additional
cost was provided for. according TO re-
port of Director Ralph, by money saved
through improved methods and increased
efficiency OF employees.
Already the shortage in sight for this
year is considerably greater than that OF
last year and a congressional appropria-
tion. il is said. is the only remedy foI
the situation.
Despite the added remuneration and the
fact that the extra hour each day proba-
bly, Will not continue beyond the holidays
but few employees, il Is understood, re-
gard with favor the proposed change. The
lengthening OF the working day from = 81
o'clock to 4::sO p m will work a hardship