Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
HOW MONEY IS MADr
The Curious and Intere,,,.,
of Dollar sung History

universal interest probable aooo,',t
J for the large number of v;s;, account
bureau Of engraving ana rs 70 th'
Washington, where Uncle san n'ing a
q his promises To pay and ~ PliIl''
stamps required to be used %, sal.ou'
, articles. a stranger on a al. oei .'.l
! the capital will not fail g. sislC t'
institution and trace the bisto,v ~ ot'i !
dollar from the time it is simnIv . IL, ~
of blank paper unit. he sees I, hnn IL,
up with lot OF its fellows rsadv 81
be- sent To the hank and paid ont tbT9po,
the pigeon hole OF the payin0 teIIsr
TIE PAPER
on which our national sac,,.,..-
printed is manufaci ured M nr'" 80 a." ~,
New England. The owners of he
mills that make it are the patentaes Of
what is called the localized blne sher -
which runs thr' ugh the right hand
end of the Unite States notes and ON
the hack Of the b ds, etc. This nec m
liar fiher is the great obstacle td r.
lcuunterfeiter. y government oe,csr
recei ,es the paper from the contrac,nr
counts it and holds it until il il needed
ut Washington. Each paper making
machine has an automatic register bv
which the mill owners account to en-.
government for every square inch of
paper they make. and the KEY of This
machine is held 10y government of.
icer who watches the work. The ma
per, after 1t IL made, is sent to the
treasury department at Washington.
and from there the superintendent of
the bureau of engraving and printing
orders 1t rs he finds need. lie gives a
receipt fer the number Of sheets he
takes. and the printer. who next re-.
ceives the precious blank paper. gives
receipt % the superintendent. And
now the paper is ready to receive its
first impression.
THE EMPLOYEES.
The number employed in the bureau
at present is $40. two-thirds of the
number being women. In the case of
/ the ladies who are engaged i'm examln-
ing, counting and cutting the money
and cumming the stamps, they are EN-.
ploytd directly 10y the government. In
the case of the printer it is different.
/ The printer, always a man, is employ ed
/ by the government, and he hires such
female help rs he needs. The printer
is paid by the piece work, and no mat.
ter how little or how much he earns.
he must pay each of his female help
Sl2j a. day. Il he is sick and obliged
to be absent from business, the pay of
the girls goes on as though they work
ed at such times.
The department is divided into vari.
Gus divisions, the building being four
oi live stories high, the workers in each
division attending to only one of the
many different processes through
/ which the hit of paper has To pass he.
Tore 1t comes out a Grip, full nedged
dollar
THE FIRST IMPRESSION
gwen to the sheet Is the face of the
hill, without the red stamp or seal
The printer has received from 5000 Ia
/ loOOO sheets in the morning. for which
of course, he has given receipt
should but one of these sheets be lost
or spoiled. the fact must be reported IN
the evening. and the missing sheet
must be found or satisfactorily ac
counted for before the man can leav,
the building. And right here it may
be mentioned that no one is allowed Il
leave the building until the close oI
working hours. and not then without ;
pass To show that the examination al
the work of the day has been foun,
regular IL has sometimes happentC
that AN employe has been seized witt
sudden sickness. aud had to be taker
home in the government ambulance
hut that rarely happens, and when il
Hoes proper precautions are taken {,
see that the invalid has not taken am
)f Uncle Sans paper-whether blank
)r wholly. or partly printed.
The bills are generally printed fOu
~ u sneeT The presses J~ w"rS..s
ny nanu, ann require the attendance %
q printer and one or two girls. TIL,
Impressions are. of course, from stet.
plates. the man linking the plate. wiz
ing uf the surplus ink, and the girl
putting the sheet on the plate and re-
moving it after the impression ma
teen made. After the face OF the bill
has been printed. the sheets are takeI
To- the drying room, where they remain
two or three days to be dried. TheI
they are taken to another division
where a second printer prints the re,
seal upon each bill. Then it will b,
taken to another division, cut ny
counted and put into the vaults. fo
then il is money. The signature OF
the hill is part of the regular impress
ion from the plate. After the red sea
haas been printed on the face of tn
nnte, il is printed ON the reverse side
Revenue stamps receive two impress
IONS, but lager beer stamps are mad,
with one.
THE SYsTEM OF RECEIPTS
and checks upon carelessness and dis
honesty is simply perfect. In order I,
swindle the government in this direc
ton there would have to be collusior
through an almost inteIminable line 81
employees, beginning with the mel
who make the paper. and ending will
the officer who receives the package O
bills to put them in the vaults. IL
fact. the sheets, whether blank, OI
partly. or wholly printed, have to be re-
criptCd for by each and every person
through whose hands they pass. The su
perintenSent receipts for them as he re
ceives them from the treasury, the paper
clerk as he receives them from the su
perinteRdent, the printer as he receives
them from the paper clerk, each super
intendent of a division as he receives
the sheets partly printed from thu
printer. and each sub-superintendent a:
he receives them in turn from his SUI
perior, and 50 on up to the time wher
the banks send in their receipts for thu
dollars when Uncle Sam has finally
parted with them never more to Sc,
them, until they come back to another
branch of the treasury i'm the shape OF
old and WON out bills to be burnt W
IN the furnace after being replaced 10y
Il naxu opaa TndaoH THE ovcfan, Of -,