Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-08
AGREE TO ARM|ST|CE PROTEST BY LABOR
Arguments Against Printing
Money on Power Presses.
OPPOSITION TO SM00T BILL
Chamber of Commerce Committee to
MISUNDERSTANDING Improve
ments Under Consideration.

The currency of the United States Will
be easily counterfeited under the Smoot
bill, providing for the substitution OF
power presses for hand plate presses IN
printing the paper money, according to a
statement made to the executive COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce yes
terday afternoon by P. J. Ryan, repre-
senting the Central Labor Union. Mr..
Ryan urged the committee to use every
effort to defeat the measure now pending
in the Senate. He said the same PROPOSE
ton had come up three times in Years
gone by, and each time had been de-
feated. The only argument advanced in
favor of the measure, he said, was that
it would save $4,000 in the actual cost
of making the paper money and bonds at
the bureau of engraving and printing.
This would amount to less than one-tenth
of a mill per capita, Mr. Ryan said,
which was a tax that could well be borne
In safeguarding the government from
counterfeiters.
Superiority of Hand Printing.
Mr.. Ryan explained that it was difficult
to photograph notes from the hand
presses, because they were slightly en-
notes from the power presses were abb
solutely fiat and could easily be photo
graphed and reproduced. The plate print
ers. he said, are willing to have the case
decided upon it's merits and without con-
sidering the fact that it will affect them
to I. considerable extent
president Oyster OF the chamber ap-
pointed committee to look into the
matter and report for action next Tues
day. The committee consists of Charles
w. Clagett. William T.. Gilmore George
Judd, A. d. Prince and p j. Haltigan.
Highway Improvement.
l.. w. Page, president of the American
Association for Highway Improvement,
and director of the Office Of public roads
OF the Department of Agriculture, APP
peared before the committee to explain
the purposes of the association for high
way Improvement. He declared that
there was great work to be done in
building up the road system of the
country. The cost of transportation of
greatly reduced by road Improvement,
said Mr.. Page. He said that it was the
ultimate consumer who really had to
pay for the high cost Transportation.
Mr.. Page urged that the Chamber of
Commerce become a sustaining member
Used to take the matter under consider
alton.
Committees Confirmed.
President Oyster announced the con-
firmation of the following committees:
Publicity-Isaac Cans tchairmaD, Paul
c. Patterson (yice chairman), Milton E.
Allies. r. p Andrews, Ira T.. Bennett,
John G. Chesley, Arthur J.. Cline, G. J..
Corby, George Andreas Deatel, T. c..
Dulin, William 7. Galliher. Samuel Com
pers, e. c. Graham, p. J. Haltgan, r.
W. Henderson, j. Miller Kenyon. Ralph
W. Lee. II. B. F. mcfarland. F. $; Mar
low. r. G. Noyes, Henry I. Offterdinger,
d. s. Porter, Arthur f. Randle, Sidney
Reizenstein. Albert Schulteis, G.. +.
Schutt, William f. Shannon, Edgar d.
Shaw, II. c. &. Stiles. J. NJ. Stoddard.
Richard Sylvester. Washington Topham,
H. l.. West and J. c. Roberts
Public health DIR. Fl. NJ. Kaufman
tchairman), DIR. William L. Robins. DR..
Thomas Lowe. DR.. William c. Woodward,
Daish. Edwin H. Etz. Walter B. Guy,
Philip King. A. G. Hermann, Arthur
Copeland, George H. Markward, Thomas
f. Ogram, s. A. Reeves, j. T. Hendrick
and Charles w. Clagett.
District finance = :. George W. White
(chairman), Alonzo Tweedale, NJ E. Allies,
c. j. Bell. P. NJ. Brown, John Joy Edison.
w. T. Galliher, r. n. Harper, r. w. Lee.
Charles Iinkins. A. Lisner. o. Luebkert.
c. F. Norment, J. II. Ralston, A. Schulz
tets. r. w. Smith. II. C. G. Stiles. j. s.
TAFT, f. f. Thompson. J. /. Weller and
Maj Richard Sylvester.
Transportation and freight rates-R. p.
Andrews (chairmanl, r. j.. Earnshaw,
George Z. Walker. William &. Carter,
W. A. Wimsatt, J. w. Hunt. W. w.
Bowie, Charles Ravensburg. n. H. Shea,
c. C. Swartz. Thomas Somerville, B. B.
Earnshaw, w. s. Knox. p. T. Moran, d.
s. Smith and John c. Let's.
Base ball committee-Joseph Leverton,
DR.. II. NJ. kaufman, DIR. Thomas Lowe
and Angus Mcdonald.
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