The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-02-11
GIRLS AMONG BONDS.
AN INDUSTRY IN WHICH WOMEN
ARE SUPERIOR TO MEN.

The Way Good Looking Young L;,dic.
Make and Handle NIillions-Thcir Wor!,
and Their ra.-lntricacics of Is:,nkmotC
and Bond Engraving.
"Thosr are the girls who make money,
remarked Il gentleman as Il long line of girls
came laughing and chatting out of his
bu.l,iiig. They were happy and cheerful
and as handsomely dressed and .iauntily ar
layesl as if they We're just making their exit
from Il matinee. reporter venturcd up to
the eighth floor of the big building to see the
money making process.
Seated at their desks in the company 5
office are the Young ladies who act as az
conntant> and timekee.ci>. They are ex-
pert nj figures and the whole business of the
department has hecn reduced tos,lch Il system
that almost al II glance the cost of every
thing that enters into the work. even to- lh,.
gum IN the back nt Il stamp, can Inc ;,st2;'
tanned
\ door TO the LETT was opened, and ,lisclo>, ,l
4" View ten or Il dozen girls engaged in y,ri-
iNing numbers and counting perfected work.
Here great skill and quick perception are 10
quired. Sharp eyes run with the speed of
lightning down the long rows of coupons and
verify the numbers. while other ewes, equally
as quick, examine each sheet and it is passed
along or t"sse, ont a> iim perfect, until the
finished work rcas hes l ll. =, ai,:lter" by whom
ii Is bundled. market and c,, lied with lcr
signature. II tl."n ,o"s I" the great sufr,
where it is lrccpts1 for. and the work is fin
shed
MILLIONS OF SECURITIES.
Standing in this safe, surrounded ly mil
iion> of Srcuriti.'s, including lianv of the
South and Central Anc.ir;m Republics, as
well as those oi innumeral.lr corporations in
the United States and Europe, the process of
rng!aN ing and printing w;,s rxplpinc.l from
the time The blank pal rr left the stock room
until it reached this safe in its finished cuudi
t!on. The whole business is conducted ON :,
srrcs of orders and receipts. nn,l lo, n sheet
az scrap OF paper ran so ustinv from the
time it enters the establishment until il is
ready for delivery. Indeed, when the safes
and tireirout Vaults are lockr.l ut night there
isn't paper enough about the establishment
for a mouse to make II bed
Although European competition is large
this country secures the letter class of l,ond
ard lranklo'e work, for in no other land has
"nsraving in this special line reached such
perfection. Today the money makers of tle
United States stand at the head oi the list, il,
inventive genius having solved many of the
problems of hrlratin. the imitutor and Tie
coun,cricitor Here. for instance, is bond
ri Cuba. On the back is !, mapni the island
and III the net Of scroll work the word Cuba"
is woven 6,UoO times. 1t is; however, but n
ample of many Others the countcrteitinn of
which is absolutely impossible In the passage
of each one of these sheets Of paper through o
house it has been sllbjccted to1itiv-,wu count
mgs from as many different persons. Every
spoiled and defective sheet has also been ;,t.
counted for.
The engraving rooms, where skillful artists
were at their work; the process by winch the
Engraved plates we're transferred to the steel
press plates and hardened; the gcomctricnl
lathe for engraving scroll work, which can.
not be duplicated by hand; the printing and
the ink rooniStll were visited as were also
the great iron vaults, containing hundreds of
perfect plates. from which an average of
lO,OUO,OUD each of securities have been printed.
IN THE ENGRAVING ROOMS.
And except in the heavier part, of the
business and i'll the ensra,n. rooms the
girls who make money were everywhere
They were met in the halls aud rooms of the
Of securities, which thcS were Transporting.
pn their way to perfection. the amount i'm
hand being great enough to MAKE. them mil
lional"s; i'll the roolus running numbering
machines, as counters. Primers. flyers: and in
h" press room, where each girl ,yas ..ssistin.
''her man in running the press. bv damp
ing, laying and flying the sheet. !. bile her
m;n' applied the ink, prepared the r!at.mnd
Il IL,
e.rI speaks of the pirssln;,n ns rhrr man"
i'm iw" working to1"ther1 and when ono is
.,-ri, the other, l,crforcr. is ill" also. I'M
fact. whenever girl, an" employed il. the
n"hani''al department Of making money.
th,g appear mans assistant and help
mate. In the tower Of the building there
was perfect beehive of girls hard at work
examining and preparing the money OH the
tables before them. and happy and cheerful
looking Ladies they were. too as were about
ali employed in he establishment.
There. too, you find pure ,lnadultoratc,!
democracy The girl who il engaged in
counting $4,000 bonds and examining thciI,
coupons does not think herself Il lt more clc-
N''t"h than III" one who is assnrtin. ten cent
no'e-, non does sh" believe herself justified
in drawing invidiolls Distinctions. She know,
in thi- nimlrry, as in real life. The wh;rlieig
Of lime may throw the bond, into the lap of
her companions and give her the small
change a> a portion.
rh" very character OF the work J,rccInlcs
The possibly of much talking. The eye. ,Ile
tnach and the mind must be intent on the
task in hand for negligence or inattrntion Is
certain 4" hc detected al tho next stage the
lno'.ey takes in transit
''WhE DO sou employ girls in the process
Of mercy making instead nf men and boys.'
Il 'E"t the reporter of his guide.
"1'et"Iir they arc quicker Of perception,
have Il more delicate sense Of touch and are
more trartablc than boys. In fact 1; girl Of
IL. if suited to our employ, has the fixed
Lai,ite Of I. man oi -, combined with aieatcr
c&nelinesS. Then the, have n deeper sense
Vi duty, do exactly as they are instructed
tld are in every way more rcll;ibe than
boys OF even very young men. New York
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