Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1895-09-12
MAKING. MONEY.
How Uncle Sam Prints III.
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WAsnNGroS, sept 10
All the paper money now used IN
the United States IL engraved and
printed at the bureau OF engraving
and Printing in Washington, ID G..
The plates, described in a former let.
ter, irora wiith the money Is print. It.
arc stored by The ton la an enormous
vault ON the ground II nor Of the bull.
ding. Here, short time before W. k
hours begin, the printers form IL line
and receive from the custodian he
plates they are 10 use for the DAY.
lhese plates are duly numbered, anl
each man gives a receipt for his pr,-
cicus charge.
The presses, some two hundred ~
number, are all hand presses. a.
each requires the attendance OF ,pI
persons, the printer and hi, assistant.
usually a young lady, whose dui, a.
Is to place the sheet upon the ,co.
Tor printing, and then lremove tr
same aud exaiLine II 10 see il III, So,
preston taken is satisfactory. I :,
assistants receive s % per day wty.s
which is deducted from the pay OF !,
printer They are appointed thru. f,
the civil service commission aud
ally are laced under tho chang
the printers and remain with thes u,r
ones who have instructed them ia Il
duties OF the trade.
Tne paper, in ,heeis large enough
10Y four bllls comes from the Trea,u
~ department, in bundles of 900
shects. When il arrives il is couli,l
into packages OF one hundred shc,l.
each, and thoroughly moistened, ,cI
that 1t will absorb The ink.
The printer apPlys irk TO the pla
With baud roller, wipss with cloth
aud then polshes it with the olvt
palm of his hand. No salisfactnr,
substitute has been discovered for the
human hand fir this finishing touch
IN preparing the rls,e fr prin,,u.
the steel eugraying-. aud Tor that req.
sou hne work can mt b, done on thu
steam presses,
The design Is cut down into IT,.
plate aud the tue lines are filled With
ink, Each plate has To be- studied b,
itself. for the skill Of the printer he
Ieuds ON his knowledge OF the " D.
way in which the particular plate
should be rubbed. No two plst,s re-
luire the same treatment When th,
plate Is polished of the attendant
places sheet upon the sane, aut
hen by farming wheel the tabl,
AIRY Ing the plate !. passed beneath
Oller under great pressure, and the
"a in the hues adheres to The paper.
Every imPerfectly printed sheet is
brown aside, aud tor each prrss an
allowance Is msde Of one poor sheet
'at OF every hundred. II the mum.
'sr Spoiled exceeds this, the printer is
Aargcd NTH the cslim ,ted cost ct the
'sPer, aud ali the work pd, ON i, up ,
. the time the Injury Is done. The
asks arr print~l drsi, thea after 3 .
easoniug aud remoisteniag the faces.
ben the numbers are sppl,ei, and |
aally the mi seal is affixed and tie
Ills are cut apart
The PtiaTei sheets, god ssd bad
re turned IN and counted. II q sheet
missing the printer has to pay the !
,vernment the full face vslae Of Z
,e four bills. no matter how high {
,e ienominAtion. The sheets are
'uRsea some sixty times irom bsgin- {
ing - end. ard The system Of xo.k
- psriccilv arranged tia, il % al 9
81 an uukaoNn ,hisg 10 6ad : mis-
ke made anywhere. {
\ god PRINTER Prir,s about zine :
injre,i sheSts CAV. though occs- .
'asl'y an extra uPid vOrsst cas- =
su OF a thoasApd, Tie pay s bv :
= dAy, ami 3sleuds ups The uork N
ae. Altar ds4assing the wages II q
Z assistant the Psia,sF has iron soar "a
SIX do,'srs a DAY lsit for be s<rvs- b
3 The printers are roo sntiilsi 10
cave Il sleesCS for tsirty DAYS PER ID
ar. toe same a. other goverUmSnt Ia
.rks, sn3 jar,'s tais tine ,bey ~ n
vs tAe avvrags snNuag earned fsr 4,
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