The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-06
HOW MONEY Is MADE.



the large number Of visitors TO III
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
Washington, where Uncle sam prin
his promises TO pay and the var.or
stamps required TO be used on certai
articles. no stranger on Il short Wis
10 the Capital will tail to visit this inst
tntion and trace the history Of dollar
from the time ii is simply sheet {
blank paper until he sees il bundled u
with u lot OF its fellows, ready to b
sent to tho bank and paid ont lhroug
the pigeon hole OF the paying teller
The paper on which our National Sc
curities are printed is manufactured "a
present in New England The owners
of the mills that make ii are the pat
eniccs OF what is called the "localized
blue iiber,n which runs through the
right hand end OF the United State,
notes, and on the back Of the bonds. etc
The peculiar fiber is the Great obstacle
10 the cOunteriGitcr. 4 Government of
iicer receives the paper from the con
tractor, counts ii, and holds il until il
Is needed at Washington Each paper
making machine has an automatic req.
lister. by which the mill owners account
10 tho Government for every suInre
inch OF paper they make, and the key
OF this machine is held by Govern
mcnt officer who watches the work.
The paper, after it is made is sent to
the Treasury Department at Washing.
ton. and from there the superintendent
OF the Bureau OF Engraving and Print
ing orders it as he find, need. IIepiyes
receipt for the number OF sheets hs
takes, and the printer, who next re-
ceiycs this precious blank paper, gives
II receipt to tho superintendent. And
now tho paper is ready to receive its
first impression.
The number OF persons employed in
the bureau ut present i, nine hundred,
two-thirds OF the number being women.
In the case OF the ladies' who are en-
gagged in examining, counting, cutting
ME money and cumming the stamps,
they are employed directly by the Gov
eminent In tho case of the printers il
y different. The printer, always a
man, Is employed by the Government.
and he hires such female help ~ he
needs. The printer is paid by piece
work, and no matter how little or how
much he earns, he must pay each OF
his female help Sl.2j Il day. If he is
sick and obliged 10 be absent from,
business the pay Of the girl, goes ON
The same rs though they worked ut such
times
The department is divided into vari.
Gus divisions, the building being four
or five stories high, the workers in each
division attending TO only one Of the
many different prOccssc, through which
the bit OF paper has 10 pass before II
comes out crisp, full-llcdgcd dollar.
The lirst impression given to the sheet
IL tho face Of tho bill. without the red
stamp or seal The pr ter ha, re-
cclvcd from six 10 ten thousand sheets
IN the morning, for which, of course,
he gives n receipt Should but one of
the sheets be lost or spoiled the fact
must DO imported in the evening, and
the missing sheet must be found or sat
isfactorily accounted for before the
man can leave the building. And RIGHT
here it may be mentioned that no one is
allowed to leave the building until the
close OF working hours. and no; Then
without pass to show that the eNami.
nation OF the work OF the day has been
completed and everything has been
found regular" 1t has sometimes
happened that an employee has been
seized with sudden sickness and had to
be taken home in the Government am
bulance, but that rarely happens, aud
when 1t does proper precautions arc
taken to see that the invalid has not
taken any of Uncle Sans paper
whether blank, or wholly or partly
printed.
The bills are generally printed fouron
a sheet. The presses are worked by
hand and require the attendance of u
printer and one or two girls. The i'm
pressions are, of course, from steel |
plates, the man mixing the plate wiping
,if the surplus ink, and the girls putting
he sheet on the plate and removing it
liter the impression has been mndc.
After the face of tho bill has been printed
the sheets are taken TO tho DRIVING room
where they remain two or three DAVIS To- |
be dried. Then they are taken to an
other division, where u second printer
prints the red seal upon each bill. Then
II VIII be taken TO another division, cut
up, counted and put into the vaults, for
then it is money. The signature on the
bill is part of the regular Impression
from the pate. After the rcd seal has
boon printed on the face of the note. il
Is printed on the reverse side. Revenue
stamps receive two impressions, but
lager beer stamps are made with one.
Tie system ofreceipts and checks upon
and dishonesty is simply
perfect In order to swindlc the Gov
In this direction there would
AVE to be collision through an almost |
ntermlnable limo OF employees, begin
ing with the men who make the paper
nd ending with the officer who receives
he packages of bills to put them in the
aults. In fact, the sheets, whether
lank or partly or wholly printed, have
0 DO rcceiptcd for by each and every
,erson through whose hands they pass.
lhe superintendent receipts for them
,s he receives them from tho Treasury.
he paper clerk as he receives them
rom the superintendent, the printer as
no receives them fr0n the paper clerk,
zach superintendent OF division ms he
receives tho sheet partly printed from
The printer, and each disappointment
snt as he receives them in turn from
MS superior, and so on up TO
he time when the banks send in their
receipts for The dollars when Uncle Sam
has finally parted with them never
moro to see them. until they come back
% another branch of the Treasury in
he shape of old and worn-out bills to
20 burnt up in the furnace after being
eplaced by new ones. Indeed this
ystem of receipts is so earnestly
poken of by the pleasant gentleman
,ho shows you round the building,
hat at the moment you leave the place
GU almost expect him to return you a
eceipt ior your precious person ere you