Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-09
EXPENSIVE PATTERNS.
COLLECTIONS THAT MANUFACTURE
ING CONCERNS HOARD.
Why the ris.s Ps.d.s,i.. sf . M.shiss
sr Pee. of Ornamental iro.-.st Cssis
Many Time. Nor. Th.. s.s..assss Dc.
pils.,s.- -G.,svun.nt Piatss-

May Jim.. Nor. Th.a Subsequent De-
piisaiss-Go,sv~ssnt ris,ss-
fortune- are inye-tsi In models and
patterns u-ed In various branches Of
manufactures The pattern room Of any
OF the large iron molders or machine
shop- that have been long In operation
prr-ents an array q woodwork that has
co-t good deal of money. Take. Tor In
stance. the iron front % . building. The
various columns, panels. cornioes, sills
AMI ornament. have all been made In
wool. which 4. us~i to mold the sand In
which the iron u cast
Generally the oost of the patterns IL
paid for on the drst order. sub--quent
orders fOr casing- II the same patterns
arr executed more choaply because the
patterns are ready made. Sometimes The
foundry owns the pattern. aud supplies
duplicates % all customers. bat IN many
cass- owners ~ buildings prefer to own
their own patterns, - that no other
building may look like tbeirs
The preservation AMI duplication u
patterns l. feature and source ~ great
profit In many manufacturing opera
tions II l. Characteristic of all kinds
ot printing. The type founder procur-
matrices q yariOu. fonts u type At great
cost. bat having once secured his mold
he can 20 on producing any numb.r ~
duplicate. at trifing ou-t. The hrst co-t
u the mold h the main oost. COMPARED
with which the cost u metal aud casting
l. trihing. The same Il true of AL pro-
coss-s of printing pictur-.
The wool engraving. the lithoyraphic
stone, the sissl plate. AL cat much at
the outset. but. bring once produced,
they may h. duplicated by various pro-
ccsses at comparatively trihing cot.
Thus a picture may D. sold for a profit
at penny. although to produce the hrst
one may have cot thousands u dollars
GOVERNMENTAL PATTERNS.
The application of duplicating process
49, to the building trade has worked an
Industrial revolution. lti.true that one
result l. a. produce buildings much
alike. The designs for doors. windows,
stairways, stooT~. ycstibule., towers,
locks. bolts. manisls, sideboarls, pier
glassss. cornico-. and. In fact, all parts
u a building are us.i over AL over
again, AMI the cot % building Is thcrv
fore much cheapen@i The fact l. thlL
many parts % buildings may b. pur.
cha..-l really made anil In any desired
quantities. and buildings constructed -
such material arr pat mp very cheaply.
but WHEN new designs are nee,iei, Old
shaI.s. fancy styl,s. novel ornamental.
tion. the cust Il gr,atly ilcpas-l.
Before the war all the paper money in
the United States Wa printed 10y private
COMPANIES. who owned all the plates AMI
patterns Even th. United State- gOy-
ernm.ut iii not own the plate from
which iis notss werr printed. and In one
famous cass the countsrfriter. by subter.
fugr. procured frum the-e private rarties,
tor a nominally honct purposs, the u-s
% the deyiccs usel IN printing Unitcl
states treasury note, and the devices
thus fraudulently obtain~l were actual.
ly us.-i to produce . spurious treasury
note. which wa in many r'sTs'cts an "a.
at duplicate - the original. That risk
lei % the adoption q n new plan by
which. when the government got any
notes printed, the contractors wrr- com
pellel to surrender all the designs, pat.
terms, dies anil plates u-.l to produce
the issue. - that they could not by any
possibility b. u--d for any bat legiti.
mate purposes.
Ultimately that lei 20 the establish.
ment ~ the bureau ~ engraving AMI
printing. and the government now con-
trols all the patterns ~ IT, paper money
In the same way that u controls the dies
of IT, metal coinage. The eIpsnss ~
.te.l engraving i ~ great that IL Is only
by Duplicating AMI using the same de-
sign again anil again that it i made
profitable to u-s such b.autitul designs
A. are used In commercial work. A. no,es,
bonds. balls ~ exchange, etc.
ABOUT DUrLIcATIs.
The pattern room u . great machine
shop Or locomotive works or engine
builder contains the Accumulation q
years % improvement and invention.
A. a machine j. DEVELOPED and changed
the patterns are altered and u-sl over
and over again. To produce the patterns
new every ,ise new machine l. wanted
would reluire great eII.n-e. a hre In
a pattern shop i therefore great calam'
ity. for It destroys patterns that can
hardly IL replaced.
IL often hapIsns that one spoon or a
fork of an old 1T l. lost CT stolen. II t'is
silyersmith has preserved the die a new
spoon OF fork may b. male az trifing
cot. but II new lie has to b. cut, the
exp-ns- l. very great
There are a thousand anl one ways %
using the same pattern for duplication
In various branches of industry. Ths
mo-, beautiful prolncts Of the sculptor's
art are duplicated In plaster. The mol
ern parlor stove u marvel of the usc u
models In castings
Lots Of thing. are stamped. All kinds
II brass and tin ware-pots, pans, ket-
ties, ash cans. waters, dishes and the
thousand articles - domestic U.S. that
are made from metals-go through the
stamping machine. The very best talent
l. therefore used 10 produce the original
patterns Sometimes artists % very high
repute. who would H. very much ayerss
to have u known that they 10 purely
commercial work. are tempted to fur
nish designs or picturr- for advertising
purposes. and occasionally they are -
COOL that their excellence betrays the
author
Stealing patterns Is one Of the unpun'
ishesi crime. of the age. When great
tirn oi American jewellers showed at the
Paris exposition an entirely novel s-t of
jcwelry made to ipitats the rarest and
most eKquisitely formed and colored or
chids. the frenchmen stole the idea at
once and hal copies out In few weeks.
New York sun.
Nsw ssg.r Process
II Il claimed that q new process has
recently been made In the manufacture