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Show THE NEW MONEY. Everyone is waiting expectantly for the new paper money which, we axe informed in dispatches from Washington, will soon be with us. The new money will be standardized in design and about two-thirds the size of the present currency. This is in line with the record of the Treasury Department for efficiency and economy. econ-omy. The new money will be economical because millions of dollars dol-lars will be saved annually in cost of material, and time will be saved sav-ed in production because twelve bills can be printed on one press at one impression while only eight of the present bill can be so printed. Standardizing the designs will also be a big help to the public in counting and watching its money. For instance there are now five different kinds of ten dollar bills- Under the new system! of currency there will be but one kind and it will be easily distinguishable. distinguish-able. The one dollar bill will have a design entirely different from the designs of the higher denominations, and will be recognizable at a glance. This is especially sensible in view of the fact that it will then be impossible for a counterfeiter to raise a one dollar bill to a ten or a bill of a hundred dollar denomination. The one dollar design would be recognized at once. The one dollar bill will carry car-ry George Washington's face and the $100 bill will have Franklin's photograph on the front, with an entirely different design from the one dollar bill on the back. Each of the eleven different denominations denomin-ations to be printed will have the face of a different patriot on, the front and a separate and easily distinguishable design on the back. It is interesting to note that the present change in our currency is the first of any importance in more than sixty years. From time to time proposals have been made to change the size and designs of our bills but these have always met with failure. The present plan was adopted after a great deal of study and consideration by the Treasury experts and is believed to be the last word in efficiency and economy. In addition to other advantages the smaller size of the bills will enable the fellow who has money to get along with a srrraller and less cumbersome purse. ' The change will mark the passing of the yellow-back bill as the new issues will all be green backs. And as soon as you learn which picture appears on the different denominations of bills it will be almost impossible to short-change you unless your half asleep. The new bills will reach the public gradually, and will be paid out as the old bills are taken in. The old bills will then be destroyed. |