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C ao o J d te t e away In 10 one corner cornor of tuo thu t TUCKED United States Treasury Building at Washington eo to obscurely concealed That only the Initiated d know of ot It It is 15 a 10 bank that handles more mora money each ench year than any other bank In th the world world more more money even enn than the tho far Bank of ofEn En England land The he largest single warrant ever over Issued on this bank was wag to for Q t 1 the tho smallest for ono one cent The sum um total tola of It Its annual annad receipts and ana disbursements 1 Is to not figured red as na Individuals or 1 even the tho strongest corporation corporations figure In thousands thousand or Of hundreds bundred of thousands but as nations figure in millions It is roe really all the Bank of the United States State for tor It is b hero bero that all of ot the tho government got gov money is ts disbursed d and Ild received i from tho those officials who aro authorized tl to deIY deposit It with roth or withdraw w it from the Treasur Treasury lu Iu appearance such stIch a gigantic In Institution tion Uon gives I no evidence of or the tho mighty volume of ot 1 business transacted therein Iu Ju fact tact It r resembles emble more moro than anything any thing else cite the typical country bank bant la tn a 11 sized medium town While there are aro DO no i farm wagons wIth their loads lands of or produce ready for market and trucks of or bay hItched bitched to the fence outside a as Is generally gen ceu orally the CO case with its village prototype its Hs dark duli and gloomy Interior Its Ita walls walla smoked with the atmosphere re of ot CO ro Y years ago and Its Us ancient ban lu banking equipment lend lentI to it an air eo so truly rural that In la J I comparison the average town small bank bank- banking 13 fag ing institution accrue most moat impressively n I modern modera This country bank of or Uncle Sams Sam's I Is II f In la reality the direct descendant of ot that real Bank DanL of at the United States that en came CRUll cameto un unto to such curb nn no untimely end during President dent Jacksons Jackson's It wan wai then that the authorities 8 discovered d that they could not transact a practical bank bank- log lag n business with the people direct It U was not a 0 paying proposition for forthe government gov gov- government O to enter Into lato competition with private banks bank when it did not have ban the same Kama facilities for tor putting out the tho money that were allowed the private banks So the Treasury Department took charge 0 of nil all the public moneys cud and ud Installed this little country bank to attend to tho die die- I r Z H C fir f s' s ra Y f tv teor a I P l t of ot It I It In Is situated at nt the North entrance of et the Treasury building and the general dingIness of ot the room together with It Its I plain and anti unpretentious business windows win wie- dows dOWIS give no idea to the casual visitor visitor tor of ot tho Immense amount of ot business tran transacted there dally The air though Is it beavy b OTY the dank peculiar odor ollor of ot many greenbacks ned and andone one oue feels reels rather than hears bears In lu the very cry ts of the place the dull clink of ot gold old The bulk of ot the banks bank's bu busi busl business l. l uses ness Is lL done dono not oot over o its windows but out of ot Its shipping rooms and aud therefore few ra people are arc teen seen In the tho bank proper compared compared com pared to the crowds that move In and out or of the orett average e city Ity bank Cut But any one of ot th the men who como come to tho bank batik to transact Uncle Sams Sam's business SS carries with him bin as a 3 general rule money than man many of ot tb the largest bankc banks in tb the country handle bandle In n a whole day Many any visitors however er from nil all parts puts of ot the tile country pass In 10 and ou out th the whole day long Ion and listen to the tb monotonous voice of ot the tho guide who tells them of ot the tho enormous quantities s of at money in lit its vaults and the tho also elzo of ot its warrants The average visitor Is 19 duly impressed especially especially espe espe- when Then be he Is la allowed to bold hold nearly n a dollars In hit bands It stems seems 1 I I I 1 t i scarcely possible to him that nil the money moncy In n the tho country that ho and lna his I friends and everyone has hns to work Tork so hard tor or comes out of ot this little bank In the tho Treasury bull building And yet Jet It does docs pl ploce e of ot money moncy Issued by bJ the thc government gov- gov ov- ov passes through the handy of or the I employ of ot this and a n strict o. o ae- ae count is kept of ot the corporation bank bauk or individual to whom each new nerv bill Is s J la-au la The cashier of ot the bank bAn Edward K it True has baa a J greater responsibility In point of or the number r of ot dollars he be is responsible to- to for perhaps than any other cashier In 10 the tho country lie He nearly always al al- ways traYS has bat Ore avo hundred bundred millions of ot dollars dol dol- lars lama In his bis cu custody tod bush business ess of or this bank Is transacted in practically the same manner a as that of or An say any other bank with tho exception that tha t private Individuals ls are not Dot permit permit- J I f T I p. p tT t- t i 1 4 a T i L lf- lf t. t j W 26 Z y ll-c ll c The z rf 1 e Xz ted led to make deposits or cash their own personal checks l ks th there r Federal officials bo disburse the public funds are arc the only ones authorized to draw checks on lIn this batik bauk Corporations like the District of Columbia and aud the executive departments departments depart depart- ments of oC the tho government are ale th the only lines Ines allowed 1 to make deposits Though h a n small part only of ot the banks bank's re regular 1 bu Is done dona through the payIng pay pay- IJ lag Ing tellers teller's TID window ot nearly ten teo million millions of or dollars are arc annually passed ed out through It It St J lu u the shipping rooms mo most t tO O of the money mo ey Is s teen seen c n. n From tirom there aUthe all aU the millions of t dollars doHan mado mido every ery year nt at the Bureau Lurean of ot Engraving and aud Printing where Uncle Sam snakes makes e his bis paper mone money are put into tion Nearly all of ot the banks bank 0 of the country have havo as correspondents some tomo Washington tou bank To fo it t the they send senti ell all ellof ellof of their old frayed paper mone tb the tho correspondent bank benk sends tends them rb ro tho Treasury bank and aud the tr treasury Issues new bills for tor the old ones once new Dew crisp bills are arc packed lu Iu the country banks bank's shipping room room null and seat eat direct to the original bank In Iu tending sending notes cotes to I the various banks the Treasury bank Jank al al- al always ways trays sends seed bills numbers run fUn con con- As h every bill sent lent out oat from the shipping department Is le r recorded corded ItIs Itis It tt Is a great t deal easier eLsler to take only first and last lut numb numbers rs of ot an any shipment than to list each note separately This exchanging of at new cew money for tor old oldis oldis is most interesting Not Oot only do all the banks tend lend in their old bills to be ex u. changed but many t visitors and rind Washing 1 frequently step to the window and obtain new Dew unsoiled greenbacks for tor I battered traveled much ones they theT may I chance to have One Oce of or the employee of the country bAnk bauk tells an Interesting story torr of ot Un ei- ei change that he be made mado on bl his Ot owe D hook In the Civil tear Var ho had ball been en captured and Imprisoned b by the tho Confederates Ono day dOY not so 80 very cr long IonS n ago o. o an old whito- whito JI haired man came up to him and asked him It If bo he was Captain Ho ac nc- acknowledged knowle the Identification and suddenly and sud denly n IJ grabbed hi his bis Interrogator by the tho Laud hand exclaiming Well if it this Isn't Colonel Ill I'll cat my 1 hl hail t I The questioner proved to be the Confederate Confederate Con Con- federate officer lu tu charge e of ot the tho I prison In la which the bank bani bad beets been confined con con- fined during thu war nar Tho rho two VO veterans fraternized for tor sometime sometime some some- time and swapped stories s of ot the wn war The colonel explained that tills this wan waa his bis first visit North and anti that bo ho had como come comoto cometo to the Treasury bank for tor the purpose of or taking back Lack home Lome Jome with hIm bim om some of ot the new mane money As It was wu after atter banking hours bo ho ten feared red he be would IJ be unable to get ct it that day daj The captain however discovered that be had bad several sc new notes note In his hll pock pocket t. t The colonel straightway drew a II five dollar dollar gold told piece from his pocket t sad and r in exchange five new Dew dollar one bills bill from hIs bis oc ene time prisoner The two parted very nry affectionately affection affection- and went their separate ways warl T The c next nelt morning the captain took toot the gold to ro tho bank banI window ledoN to exchange it for tor paper mon money y They took it In In after atter examining it tor for a n few tew minutes and cd gave him back four one dollar hills bills and V a 3 cents In to change In exchanging bills tb the bank always gives ell I bill to for hill hili but gold Is s carefully weighed and only the exact value of ot th the worn piece II Is returned te- te turned turne to tho the owner The c captain loo loosed looked e ruefully at the chauga a n mome moment t end and then exclaimed good D lr I might have te known that old rebel won would get et the best but of ot me Not ot ell all of ot the cancelled warrants warrant IDA end nd f r. r 44 t i 1 a t j t r r. r r e. e zt ofU r c G r Y s va checks made mad ad out ont th the treasurer in a on oa are arc kept but they Mill have the tho largest and aud smallest warrants ever mode made The fhe largest larg larg- est eat is of ot comparatively cy recent date data It was as made e out to cover er tho purchase price o of tho Panama Canal J It t 13 is forthe for forthe the sum 0 of In 10 contrast to this immense sum is the warrant arrant made out to President t Clo Cleveland at ot one time for tor one cent necessary ID JD tho the balancing of ot his bis salary the most remarkable tact fact about this thle country bank bauk 0 of Uncle DocIe Sam Saut is that In tn one way tray or other every piece of ut money whether paper or coin colo pulses through b the hands of ot its Ita buforo being put into circulation When the tho pup paper r mone money to is made at nt the governments government's Bureau Burcsu of ot Engraving aud and Printing lu Iu Washington it Is 19 hauled tu to the tho banks bank's vaults aults under r tho the Treasury Building In a n wagon built and used for fol this c alone The rho wagon oo Is constructed d of ot iron and Is bombproof It closely oSt I r the average o Black Maria used Iu lu many cities eWes to convey prisoners prisoner from the police polk-o court to the jail after artel sentence While transporting the time moncy money through tho streets of or Washington ton from tram the tho bureau to the tho Treasury the wagon Is guarded by two armed men both of ot whom havo lengthy and honorable ble records for tor courage Tho The average dally haul Is III about Sometimes as much as in hills bills of ot largo denomination are aro carried la to one ono load At the present time Uncle Sam Ham is engaged ed in transferring from the bureau to tho the banks bank's vaults tho the 5 reserve re re- reserve serve fund for tor which Cong u mcdo mado provisions provisions pro pro- ro- ro 1 visions lost last cession T This II fund Cund is ou au emergency currency intended to bo ho made mado and lind withheld from circulation until some come I such financial panic shall Khali occur ns as the one that fell tell upon the country last fall tall This Tali vast sum may never DeTer bo be used at all 1111 When the money Is It received at nt the Treasury tank hack from the wagon It is la unloaded un un- un- un loaded to trucks on the sidewalk elde Thu armed d guards guarda stand by while the safes sates the money are removed from the tho van and several u well wend well dressed dressed Sect men apparently r tl i idlers Idler but really rully Secret Sert fc ice men or sr In n the immediate vicinity lt Strange to say UT Washingtonians have bar be bo boti come eo e so 10 o accustomed to seats tile the ti van tan ao na un ae- r. r loaded lo that they pass it 1 by with scarcely a Q glance Tb The small safes utes containing the tho mono arc then into the tho vaults where they thep are ire opened their contents examined t per the tho bill of ot lading and au an of ot the tho bureau is given n a receipt for tor th tbt amount lu In each safe In la the vaults aults th is according to tu Its nation W eu needed b. b by some somo of ot the banks Lanks for tor circulation the tho cashier Issues an at or order to the shipping tI department 0 of tb the country bank bauk which IK it directly under his office Thu rhu money is handled bundled d there thereafter thereafter thereafter after the tho fashion that the average a business business busi busi- U ness Sil house llonO handles handle shipment The shipping clerk presents tho order of ot tho the cashier to the vault keepers who hand him the tho amount of ot mousy money requisitioned and receives hU his receipt for tOle tin same In Iu this way every paper doll dollar r I f H 1 kept track of or from the moment it leaves tIle the bureau until It goes Into luto general cir clr Every tift day when wilen the tn vault ull of or thu 1 bunk bank MO aro closed 1 a n balance J le It- struck to so that the cashier knows exactly tho amount or of money drawn vo and aud ol de posited Although it Is tho UlO largest haul bank in the world worl 1 and Ln full tull to overflowing with thousands thousands thou thou- sands and nud thousands of or dollars there have bavo been DO no attempts to rob It titers times mono money IC has Uan iwen embezzled but only In fn small nod and at t that tho the culprits eel cul have havo enjoyed d plunder but bet a s short shott while for tor tho the government b its Us Secret Service Serce has ba almost unlimited OIl mCI in 10 running them down Iu In fact It has become nearly a l breach of or criminal etiquette to attempt to rob tbs little country bank bonk In the tho Treasury Building at Washington on Nor or has bas any effort ever 1 been een mado made to rub rob the bl big somber Wl wagon that tarries carries the money moncy from the Bureau Burtu of ot Engraving and Printing to tb the Treasury Trees Treas ury Building Chief t of ot th the United States Secret S Service Wilkie has bea at times B ro- ro letters of warning of ot au nu alleged l attempt to bu bl made to rob the tbt wagon wagun on and lod the vaults These are investigated of ot course but bat as 5 s far a tta i the tb public Ino knows kno at nt least le none nODe bare havo over ever turned out to hv h forerunners tor or of a plot hoa put tale tolu p elocution l ulon f 1 f |