Evening star., 1925-12-13
BY GEORGE III. DACY.

crippled, rerreplt, manned, pdrlldl-
y mutilatcd, grooEed and worn. an al
most endless flood of currency comes
homo TO roosl In The United States
Treasury, whence it formerly Jared
orth in the finest of habilimentS ana
dress.
Yes. the prematurely aGed green
backs. national bank notes, silver and
gold certificates and federal reserve
bills flock back to Washington from
cveryWhere in the United StateS-and
win nacerution and extinction in the
Redemption Division of the Treasury
Department
TO manufacture loo tons Of paper
money, equivalent approximately TO
Si.t26 .64J. .0Up is the yearly assignment
u the Bureau ~ Engraving and
lr-intirE q hcrculeaU task, which is
'vmplicat"d - the fact that this tre-
ucnduu~ total must j." printed In 81
different models. according 10 the re
quiremeu'S uf our curious quintet OF
currcncico. lJl.rte"u yetus IGu. when
tho new Bureau o' Engraving and
Printing Building was completed, the
whole sam family sighed with relief
y EoodiJ task WAS finished ana pro-
VISION made IN the currency me Tor
l' peeuS OF PoS'etltN' i.ccordlhS TO
'' p"puIdI 'oitsP' ION. Auu lhth' "S
''Nt$illN H'u'Ite' IhlS entire
country Is Cuddled INTO conditon OF
'.IE,uciai "onteHtment- Money here.
'5"ney there, money everywhere as 4
';tfu "i faithful WORK. prosperity
.liHesl Shl!eN We're disseminated. we
'.' Neu more ana more money ana kept
IN constant circulatlon-and most
e.. II IN I'@l+F IoFui.
ne ADVENT Ul the automoDlIe IN
'T@lSed our use or currency three and
tour fold Aud this use was hard at
hest Immaculate SreenbdckS ana
-sutlelnanly dressed silver certificates
~h"uk handS win OH, grease, dust ano
dirt. Such foreign materials decreased
their iogeEity- People took to touring
national and state highways and by
ways. The jaunt from Maine to
ArSlCo OF from Atlantic to Paclf1c
ports, AZ made on rubber tires, took
on the ailCrementS OF Il royal adVen-
ture. Long trips demanded well-filled
wallets. Paper money went motoring
IN vast volumes. Even the stayat-
more paper cash than formerly. There
we're aIyyays gasoline. oil and acces-
sories to buy, repairs to pay for and
traffic fines to- settle
Our use of national currency is three
times greater than II was in 1910 and
skiold more than % wears aro For
rnerIv manor money was Good for 1s
. "a months nF cnU,n,e-ciaI
4 wear ago when the money seemed
II its worst doIiar bills we're lasting
pnIv seven months Tbeir Ufe hae
ioo, ;,..a,,,,,,y '..,.,,,,. - -
,-, - xI+,rai,. .l, "a. ~ - -
ptii f 49,, I,L, - ~ nc.
lonper Onca cI,sr,1 70 ,,nrtbS ~.
ever. TpcIc san, has 10 veneu b;e
erorno,,s s,o,1. ri Currancy hec,nse
,rear and tor have redured tbe,n ~
The Bureau of T7neravin md Print.
Ing operated AT capacity Is ahle to
provide only for current demands
On the hasis of currency rons,,n,ntior
;,S of TODAY. It will not he ,1,anv Years
h.rnre rho C,oyerrnoer+ will hayo tn
i7rraase tbc sc 80 a., ,,ar,,r,oth
money factorv> unless some extraor.
,linarv rxpedients are deyeloned 10
stem the tide of ever-mounting needs
tor more and more paper money.
< : : :.
T ATTERLY. Uncle Sam decided 10
81 give an account of his stewardship
rs visllalized in his manufacture and
circulation of o,r most i,nDortan+ me-
dunn OF barter and exchange. Briefly.
tho Government officials decided to in.
vantorz- nossibiIitie. in c,Irrerc, nro-
eiuctior After a thorough round-up
~
scrutiny OF existent conditions and
demands, il was decided best to call in
science TO study the case and If DOS
Sible, TO prescribe for the patient.
Tho Bureau of Efficiency and the
Bureau of Standards accepted the
commission to investigate the paper
now used in the manufacture of cur
rency In order to solve its most in
innate secrets. The Treasury Depart
ment determined TO find out all that
was movable about our paper money
from the time of its inception to the
hour of it's ultimate REDEMPTION and
naceration. The primary motive In
this scientific search was to determine
The latent Weaknesses of the paper
money, in order that national cur
renCy in the future might last longer
Curious testing measures were mo-
biliZed SO that the money might be
subjected to unusual laboratory condi-
ticnS which simulate the ways, means
nd methods under which currency
IS handled. used. and abused in every
Jay life. The specialists employed by
he Bureau Of Efficiency working at
he Bureau OF Standards have re
.luced the durability of the dollar bill
md it's mates TO strength and lon
@eVfty figures. For example, special
lzod mechanical fingers have been har-
messed to test the tensile strength
tearing resistance, opacity, gloss.
weight, thickness, bursting strength,
ruoblng strength, surface wear and
ToldlnS endurance OF samples Of paper
similar 10 the grade and quality used
IN the manutacture OF currency.
! ne rubnlhS TEST duplicates the sur
race wear 10 WhI'h paper money Is
exposed IN business. An eraser was
hlr