The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
Washington Dispatch to ST. Louis Pa
per Attracts Attention Of Local
Man Who Invented
Machine.
WILL NOT AFFECT MEN
Members Of Printers Union at Wash
Inaton Say That Washing Mon
ey |. an Aid to coun-
tefeitins.

Inc YOiiUWlQS NdeHilStOA otoPe>sTS-
appeared in the ST. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat this morning and has quite lot
OF local significance insofar as the
principal IN the matter is now a resi-
dent Of kcokuk.
z. B. Churchill, who is the inventor
OF the first money-washing machine,
and who installed one OF the ma
chimes at Washington, was shown the
dispatch and ridiculed the idea of the
government paving any attention 70
the complaints OF the members OF the
union In Washington who have made
the complaints.
II was asked to come to Washing
ton" said Mr.. Churchill this morning
to representative of The Cate City,
..hy President Taft and Secretary OF
the Treasury Mcveagh, for me ex-
press purpose OF demonstrating my
machine. After a demonstration OF
the washer requisition was made
out and delivered the machine.
During the demonstration which
was given in the printing room in the
presence OF about seven hundred
printers. noticed that the men en-
p,oyed there seemed In an unfriendly
attitude toward me and all the time
that was in Washington they seem
ed possessed OF the idea that I was
man who was to take the bread and
butter out of their mouths by intro
ducing machine In the depar.
which would necessitate the removing
OF many OF their members.
sAs a matter of fact the machines
which are now being installed will in
no way tend to decrease the number
of printers employed there, for with
the increasing population and bust
ness It will be necessary 10 print as
many il not more bills than have
been used heretofore.
Uncle Sam is big institution and
/ doubt very much il he will allow
himself to be dictated to by an organ
ization OF seven or eight hundred
men. do not believe that the ma
clines will be an aid to countefeiting
at all This is probably an argument
presented by the printers.
Following Is the despatch refer
erd to:
WASHINGTON, January 1-Main
tanning that the washing of bank
notes and bills by the bureau of en-
craving and printing puts the cur
rencY of the United States govern
ment at the mercy of eounterfelters,
committee from the Washington
Plate Printers Union today renewed
its energies against further installing
washing machines at the bureau I'm
earthing by the secret Service OF a
new SIS counterfeit which is flooding
certain sections of the country, made
public yesterday, is responsible for
the latest attack on the washing ma
chine s. Edward Beach, represent
/ ing the international body, and Pres
ident W. D. Clark of the local union,
are members of the committee direct
ing the attack against the machines.
Assisting them are P. J. Ryan of the
law and legislation committee of the
Central Labor Union and George d.
Cleary, both members OF the plate
printers union.
THE washing process fades the
various seals, discolors the paper and
blurs the inks" asid Mr.. Clark today,
and to wash 90,0Ooo00 bills a year,
as proposed by the government,
would be the biggest boon to coun-
terfeiters In years. The lasS declares
I that money shall be printed in the
highest style of the art and as the
cost of printing new bills is less than
cent and half each, there is no
reason to adopt this pennywige pol
Icy"
The fight OF the plate printers
started as soon as it was announced
there would be twelve washing ma.
chimes installed in the various sub,
| treasures, and that instead OF bills
being destroyed and re-issued, the
old ones would be washed. There
are 500 plate printers in the local
union who are leading the crusade.