The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-09-17
How the Greenback is Prepared feY
Circulation.

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Circulation.
"ALL paper money" said q Treasur,
official, in conversation with q Ctr0sicl
reporter few days since, sboth lega
tenders and national securities is nov
engraved. printed and finished in tn.
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing a
Washington. Some years ago one-hal
the notes was finished In New York BY
the Columbia Bank Note Company, bul
that has been done away with for some
time. Under an act of Congress q
building has just been completed fol
the sole use of the Bureau. Before
moving into this they occupied a portion
of the Treasury Department"
"What about the process of making
agreenbackp'
1.-The process of making the green
back and other Government securities
is this: The paper is first taken to the
Wetting Division. There it is counted
and dampened. It is then delivered to
the plate printers, each sheet being
charged to them. They again count It
in the presence of their assistant, who
is lady, and give q receipt therefor,
the assistant certifying that she wit
messed the count. The receipts are
taken to the Wetting Division, where
they are compared with the books be-
fore work is begun and must agree.
The paper is then given the first i'm.
preston, which is on the back. This is
done with hand press. Attached to
all of these presses are registers which
keep count of each sheet Of paper as it
passes through, 80 it is impossible for
the printer to secrete any without being
detected. The note then passes into
the Examining Division where it is
counted while wet and then placed in q
drying-box. When perfectly dry it is
taken out and again counted, and the
work examined by experts, all of whom
are ladies. The sheets found defective
in any way are cancelled, and the per-
feet ones placed in hydraulic press,
where an immense pressure is given
them. When taken out they are per-
fectly smooth. They are then sent back
to the Wetting Division, where they are
again dampened."
"What is the next step in their manu-
facture?''
"Well, they are taken to the Print
ing Division, where they receive the
second impression, which is the black
part of the face, after which they are
taken to the Examining Division, the
dry box, the hydraulic press, and back
again to the Wetting Division, the same
as at first. = They are taken from here
the third time to the State Printing
Division, where the third impression IS
received, which is the large red seal on
the face. After this they are taken to |
the Examining Room. dried, pressed,
counted and examined, the same as on |
both previous occasions. From here |
they are sent to the Numbering Divi-
sion, where they receive the numbers
that are seen on the upper right corner
and left center. Both 1egal-tender and
National Bank notes are printed on
sheets, and there are always four notes
on each. After being numbered the
legal tender notes are taken to another
room, where the margin is trimmed
from the paper and the notes separat-
ed. This is all done by machinery.
After being separated they are again
counted and placed in packages Of l.
700 notes each. This is also done by
aides who are experts. One lady, q
Mrs. Silver. will count one thousand
notes in five minutes. This is the final
count. They are then ready for de-
livery to the parties authorized to re-
,eive them. The National-Bank notes
ire not separated, but are sent to the
banks that issue them in sheets OF four
Zach SO that they may be the more
'eadily signed. The rules governing
he Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
ire very strict. In fact during work
ng hours the employees are treated
more like prisoners than they are like
aides or gentlemen. From 1000 to
800 persons are employed there, the
aides outnumbering the gentlemen
onsiderably."-St. Louis Chronicle.