The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-22
CAPITAL NEWS
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Lodge, Root, Borah, Crawford, Sher-
man, Morris, and most Of the other big
men in the senate, who have varying
shades of republican affiliations.
Evidences are that when the presi-
dent named Ed. l.. Luckow, the Wis
consin editor, as auditor Of the navy
that he "hit the bulls eye" with the
Badger press. Luckow is one of the
original Wilson boosters, a progressive
young democrat, and has held about
all the honors his fellow newspaper
mel In their associations, could be-
stow.
The United States Treasury is are
fully testing out the process of money
washing, and four machines capable
of washing and ironing 100, 1000 bills a
day are being operated 4ld given a
thorough test. Advocates Of the ma
chimes claim that their use would re-
duce the output of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing by 20, 900, 900
notes annually. In the large cities,
particularly in the east, it is the GUS
tom of the people to carry all except
subsidiary change" in one dollar bills
and the higher denominations. Eastern
banks carefully gather in all the soil
ed money and turn it back into the
treasury, where it is destroyed. In
other parts of the country there Is not
the same attention paid to picking up
soiled currency, and the result is that
silver dollars and gold pass current in
place of paper. The prejudice of por-
tons of the country against small
paper money is because it is not clean.
In Washington and many cities all bills
in circulation are new, or practically
so. The objection against the wash
ing Of money is that it fades the bills
so as to make counterfeiting easy.
However treasury officials suspect that
the fact that the contemplated reduc-
ton OF the money manufacturing force
by about 400 people is the source of
the real objection to the washing of
paper money. In case the machines
prove successful, as expected, the
money laundries will be opened all
over the United States, and everybody
who can "get the money" may demand
that 1t be furnished clean. Under this
system it is predicted that in a very
short time the silver dollar will be re-
placed everywhere in popular favor by
the paper note.
The assault of a Washington banker
upon a southern congressman who
had been abusive in a speech before
the house, resulted in the banker be-
ing called to the bar of that organiza-
ton where he ~apologized. There was
IN intensely interesting debate upon
the affair, and the action Of congress
rested on the fact that the constitution
provides that a member shall not be
held accountable for remarks made
upon the floor. Therefore, no matter
what the unrestrained Sims might
have said, when the banker punched
him, he assaulted the constitution,
which Is a dangerous thing to cuff
about. Representative Campbell Of
Kansas, declared that the matter was
one for the police courts, but he was
in the minority. Mr.. Martin Of South
Dakota, took occasion to remind his
colleagues of a few things that other
speakers did not touch on. Declaring
that the proceedings were "extraordi-
nary" but quite proper, he added: "A
mans reputation as a private citizen is
just rs dear and sacred 20 him as the