Evening star., 1914-08-07
new RECORD FOR SPEED
IN PRODUCING MONEY
Government Bureau Supplying
Banks of the Country With
Emergency Currency.
Orders on Hand for $500. 600. 900.
New York Institution First to
File Application.

With orders on hand for 5000. .0O0. 900
In emergency currency from New
York, Chicago. Boston, Baltimore. Phil
adelphia and Pittsburgh, the bureau of
engraving and printing has already
broken n record for speed in produc-
ton of paper money. And. beginning
Sunday, il is expected that the money
making plant will make deliveries of
the emergency currency to the Treas
ury Department at the rate of ST.. .o00.- :
900 a day
John Skelton Williams. controller of
the currency. Monday telegraphed
from New York city to Director Ralph
the first order for emergency currency.
The Park National Bank of the metrop-
oils required $4,000. 900. and wanted 1t
quickly. The government bureau re-
ceived the order at 2 o'clock that after
noon; by s o'clock Tuesday evening new
plates had been engraved and were on
the presses. Today 100000 of the
emergency currency on this order had
been printed and delivered There will
be delivery of s1.5oo.o0O tomorrow.
and Sunday the balance of $4,000 will
be turned into the Treasury Depart
ment for forwarding
Employees Leave Cancelled.
All employees of the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing, who are away on
leave. were recalled. bringing back to
work between 200 and 900 workers,
and prospective leaves were Cancelled
and none others granted. Thirty two
engravers, the corps of the big estab-
lishment went to work engraving
, ,1.at ta- fa0 ,iars in,
On the two hundred plate printing
presses set up in the plant. $50 print
ers and helpers IN night and day
shifts. each working twelve hours
each day, proceeded to print money
from the finished plates.
The bureau of engraving and printing
was never before under such stress as
now. The employees have responded
willingly to what is regarded by
them as a patriotic duty. and con
slider it privilege to expend their
energies and work overtime in this
cause. Not even during the Spanish
American war was there such a rush.
Breaks Record of 1907.
The record broken by the present
accomplishment of the plant was set
up in 1907, and was thought at the
time to be a result difficult to sur
pass. At that time new plates We're
made and printing begun within ten
days
A request for an appropriation of s301.-
49,, for expenses of printing this emer-
gency currency has been made to Congress
by the Secretary of the Treasury on est-
mates submitted by Director Ralph. Cen
eral compensation of employees will take
sos, 42O: plate printing will cost s131.9
and the balance of s51 O70 will go for
materials and miscellaneous expenses.
Decides to Aid Banks.
Only about s127.o0O.00O of additional
currency under the Aldrch- -Nreeland law
has been shipped to the subtreasuries OF
the country since the government decided
to aid the banks of the nation in the
emergency created by the European war
according to a statement made by the
controller of the currency. Amounts
taken were: New York. s45.052. 900: Chi
cago, s25,637,O1O San Francisco. $13,-
los, 900 Boston. s12.O65,oOo; philadelphia
s9,s90,o5O: st. Louis. SS.49l.7o0; Balti-
more, S4,035. 900; Cincinnati, S5,9o0,00
and New Orleans. s2,163.600.