The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-20

to change the numbers for a whole series
The two red numbers on each bill are put OF
by these machines. Great care Ia pecessar!
In this work that no mistakes are made, ant
the bills are critically examined 10 see II the.
are correct. II mistakes are made they mus
be altered at once. as the red Ink soon hard
ems end becomes indellible, while at first 1t l
easily removed. The mistakes. If not discoV
cred In time to rectify, are charged 70 lne
one who makes them, as this has been foune
to be the only method possible t
establish adequate care on the par
OF the numberers. The numbering IN
lshes the printing OF the money, and
the sheets are then carried to tne
superintendent of the separating division
under whose charge they are trimmed ano
separated. This process is one of great
interest and q vast Improvement upon the
past manner OF doing the work. The sepa'
ration was formerly accomplished by girls with
| SCISSORS. and required great care and long
| time for Its tedious fnIflment. Machinery has
now occupied the place of all this palns-!ak.
| ing labor. The sheets are put through the
separating machines, and come out as careful
| " cut apart as the most dextrous ingers
| could have done It. They are then needed,
which process also requires great care In plac-
log the sheets 30 accurately together that
Wnen tQey are put Ip'ouSu - SuI'ioS.m
chimes, hundreds of them together, the glitter
Ing edge of the blade falls on the right line,
never ddevIating q haic's breadLh-a process
reaching the perfection of precision. Alter
being cnt apart the notes are packed In boxes
for delivery TO the treasurer the mex morn
inc, and ready to be issued BY Uncle Sam, In
the multifarIous ways opened Tor their use.
1t Is the uniform rule OF Inc bureau that no
sheet Of paper pass from tle custody OF one
S,nf 70 his Oneratlpna mr. IN an0fhor
superintendent Without q verified count aud a
written receipt, which is made q permanent
record In a book especially provided for that
n,rnose. Al the conclusion Of each days
labor the operatives In every room report 10
the superIntendent before they leave the build
Ing how much paper they have received and
how much they have finished, returning the
balance, and thus completing their account
with the department.
completed q report ia made to the secretary
of the treasury, showing when the work was
begun. The several dates at which the blank
paper was delivered 10 the several sub-dlvi-
sions; the amount delivered at each date; The
denomination Of notes printed; the number OF
The denomination; the number OF perfect
and Imperfect sheets Of each kind when the
manufacture is completed; the several dates
at which the finished currency Of that issue
was delivered to the treasurer, and the
amount delivered at each date, thus making q
complete history oil the issue. As q test of the
thoroughuess of the system !: Ita note printed
In the department at any time since lis organ
IL ltion be returned 10 the superintendent, hls
books will show the date at which the blank
paper was delivered to the superintendent Of
printing; when and by whom the note was
printed, sealed, numbered, separated and de-
ilyered to the treasurer of the United States.
All the notes for the national banks are en-
grayed and printed by the bank-note compa.
nies 10 New York; forwarded 10 the comp
troller OF the currency; delivered to the chief
of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving,
where they are numbered, sealed, trimmed
and separated: again returned to the comp
lruller OF The currency, and by him delivered
to the different national banks, where they are
perfected by receiving the signatures OF the
president and cashier.
The red seal fixed to all the different forms
securities Is imprinted In the treasury de.
partment. So complete ID the system of
checks adopted in the Bureau OF Printing and
Engraving that 1t ls difficult TO see how 1t ID
possible for loss to occnr to the government,
either by oVer-issue or abstraction. The paper
Is first registered atthe Mills, and every sneeS
has TO be accounted for, from
the Time IL Is made until 1t Is delivered to the
treasurer, flushed, both by the Bureau oil
Prlnntt!4IllG and Engraving and the 3gahRklsJgelea
ID would be necessary for u general collision
10 exist between the superintendent OF The
different divisions, and also between the
In each division, and between the
su,perlntendents and the operatives. The fact
that several prominent officers of the printing
bureau are appointed by tile secretary. and
are In no way Indebted 10 the Chief OF the Bu-
rean of Printing and Engraving ior their POSI-
establishes O strong PROBABILITY against
DANGER. OF the notes and securities partially
printed in New York, and finished In the
treasury. d fraudulent Issue Is clearly impos-
sibl. Without criminal collision between the
companies aud the treasury department..
A great part of The work done In This bureau
done by women and girls. The sllperln,
teudents spoken oil through this article are all
women: the counters are women; lne DOCKS
are oil kept by ladies'; each printer has a girl
or woman TO attend hia press, ana pays ner
himself, although The pay Ia guaranteed oytne
bureaus; he Is Obliged 10 pay her Whether ne
makes u good days work or moi; the price ID
also regulated blythe bureau. In going through
this place I congratulated my sex upon the
fact that so much ability had been iounu
among them, tor 1t is an established fact mat
nefHciency Ia not allowed In the bureau. The
neatness. accuracy and beauty OF the books
they keep constantly challenge the admiration
The sterner sex, who have 30 long nela O
monopoly of this sort OF WORK; and thelr lresn,
beamiug faces, bending over ;Ielr desks; thelr
exquisite, though neat and appropriate dress,
wero to me among the brightest features oil
our money. making machiDe-shop.