Show Inartistic PaperMoney Whatever Its merits may be In some directions there can be littlp doubt I that the national currency Is from an artistic point of view the most revolt ingly ugly paper money ever produced Is i necessary one Is tempted to nsk in contemplating lhe10 bill just Jssued to make before the civilized world so conspicuous not to say offensive an admission of our Indifference the ap plication of artistic taste in things governmental gov-ernmental Surely we have outgrown I that condition of things which at one time permitted n Mullet to strew the country with architectural wih archiecturl monstrosi ties from one end to the other and it might not unreasonably be supposed therefore that the Treasury ury department depart-ment would have found time before this to reorganize the bureau of engraving en-graving and printing on lines a little ltte more artistic than those on which It Is noW suffered to proceed Some years ago we believe the Government did In vite artists to submit designs for anew new currency Issue following In this recard tlif nvnmnlno ant V r 7 n fn jjrtvtj aH UJr L I iiJIUUi Italy Germany and other countries where the first artists ore not averse to seeing the paper money of their country made in some measure to re fleet the national tastes Itis true that the competition Invited at that time had the usual result towlt the rejec tion by the Government critics of near ly all designs that had the greatest ar tistic merit But even these latter were better than what the Treasury depart Tribune ment inflicts upon ua now New York |