Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-08-13

10 TINS room NJ any tiinc uurinb Worh-
ing hours, and any one OF the six can
open packages af this paper that have
been counted and stored, abstract from
fifty to one hundred sheets AZ u time,
and place tho bundles so tampered
with where they would not be roach.
ed for years.
A man so disposed may, by the with
drawal of smal. quantities at time,
become in the end q dishonest possessor
of large stock. OF this paper. No
surveillance is kept on the movements
of these men, and the theft would re-
main undiscovered till count was made
or the supply exhausted.
NO CHECK OR SAFEGUARD ON THE DIES
AND PLATES.
What has been said of the paper,
applies also, only with a still greater
force, to the custody of the dies, rolls,
bed-pieces, and plates from which the
securities are printed in tho Bureau.
The purloining of these Is especially
to bc guarded against The Govern.
ment has not placed such checks upon
them as to render their abstraction
impossible, nor can they, by the pres
ent arrangement for doing the work.
A bed.piece is plate OF steel the
size of note or coupon, etc to be
printed, having the entire of such
note, etc, engraved on its surface, and
this being finished, the piece is hard.
ened.
A roll is n small cylindrical piece OF
steel having on its surface in relief, the
entire engraved work that is on the
surface Of the bed-piece this also, after
receiving the impression, is hardened.
1t Is made while the steel is soft by
being run over the hardened bed. piece,
so that the entire engraved work on
the bed piece is transferred to its out
side surface by pressure.
The plates are large pieces Of steel
from which the notes, bonds, stamps,
etc, are printed, and vary in size from
that of four notes each, as legal tend
ers, to coupon bond and are made by
having the work from the roll trans
fcrrcd to their surface by pressure.
There are (3) bed pieces (also called
dies) and three (3) rolls, from which
the plates for each denomination Of
notes are made, viz: one for the green
printing on the back, one for the black
printing on the face and for the red
seal.
now JOHN SHERMAN RUN THE BUREAU.
Heretofore, to insure security, il was
deemed necessary to have these sepa-
rate dies, etc, and the several printings
on each note, made by different insti-
tutions; but John Sherman saw fit, con-
trary 20 law, to bring this entire print
ing into one bureau, and to have the
entire engraved stock, OF dies, bed
pieces, rolls and plates, for printing
legal tenders, bonds, and the backs,
faces and seals of each, held in one
vault. The custodian to this vaut and
his assistants alone have access to il
in the course OF their daily duties they
go in and out at pleasure, and there is
no difficulty in securing for unlawful
purposes the bed. pieces from which the
back, the face, and the seal of any de-
nomination OF notes, from one dollar to
one thousand dollars, or all of them,
are printed, and make from them rolls
Gan operation of but few minutes), by
which an unlimited number Of plates
can be prepared.
These bed pieces are rarely called
into use after the roll has been made,
the set of three could be conveniently
: carried in an inside pocket, and as the
preparations Of roll requires but a
short time, these bed pieces could be
taken away at the close Of the work,
and restored in the morning, until one
! OF each denomination had been OBJ
tanned, and by them plates prepared
: for printing millions of dollars of genu
inc notes. The vault containing this
material has often been left open and
accessible for hours at time to any
one who could get into the Bureau.
r FLOODING THE COUNTRY WITH COUNTER
: FEITs TO CARRY ELECTIONS.
1t is strange that each of the last
three Presidential elections has beer
( followed bv n Treasury announcement
r that large amounts of counterfeit
. notes were afloat In 1869 the Who'll,
/ issue of legal tenders was withdraw
: and replaced, on the ground that they
: had been largely and skilfully counter
. feited. In 1873 the whole issue of $500
greenbacks-about s35. 900 OOO.--wa,
5 withdrawn and replaced in the sam,
! way. In 1877 a counterfeit $1,000
. note was announced. One of the old
. est eneravers in the country test,fie,
5 that when n note il so like the oriuina
( that il cannot easily be detected--al
1 these and other acoupterieitsn are sale
:. by Treasury officials to be--it capno
really be a Counterfeit but must be ,
Q genuine note surreptitiously printed
!, from genuine plates or from secre
0 renroduotions Of these nlates O,be
!. exnerts testified that n genuine nlate
b after being secretly made. can h,
< altered with n praver in small detail
J, enough TO make il seem counterfeit, 1,
Q anv non.expcrt
5 In 1904 Hank Hall n ,o,ad cour,or
5 teiter in New York hired two Mai,
b. nrinters named Lankton to go I,
Wasbington Get emnlovment in IN,
Q PRINTING Bureau and there stead comic
!. of every note Mate tho Goyernmen
f was using They did steal comics m,
o nrin,ino On lead shoots s;nstood ofnaner
}, Of several notes and conld have stalo,
a All had not a quarrel snrnng mn
:, Among these comics were tho backs a
h the $50 $50 and sIOO oomnound inter