Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-23

bin passes les. t n 9g5l. many hands. Its
After the design for nan. ,,,
completed 1t is sent to the Treas,'. '.' -
approval. II is discussed go, OF
critically, compared wirb -'--.-,l'.
drawings for bills, and 6nail,. Jus .oas
back with the approval Of ths tn .-I'
ury. The artist then finishes II nm
After the finished design has 90.
back from the artist 20 the tree .,-, st .to
real work begins. Ths desig- ,i.o
pass through the engraving vs., 30.
and so carefully is This done "a
magnificent is the finished die H.. -
a matter Of months Of work eor m, ~.
partment. The preSen, new for,-- NM
which is expected OUT In ADrf Ia. ~ o-.'
fourteen months in the ergrave~-,
hands or fourteen months since +, r.,,
completed by Mr.. Low. and +. 10 80
turned off yet for the public Tho cS-o
and time spent upon r. give neor,,s a..
idea of the work required m count
felt a bill. So intricate ana al,boro.,
is the new bill that coun .erfef.irq NIL
be impossible.
AS the work progresses a proof NJ +ba
finished portion is sent 10 the artist
who designed it. He notes the finished
work carefully, and ii there has bso1
an accident in the engraving he notf.
fies the government engraving danar+.
ment, and the work is done over arain
SO it goes on until the BIN is finished
1t is a noteworthy insane. NJ Tho
shrewdness of Uncle Sans Heuten,nts
that never do they allow The ar.is, -
see more than a part of The finished
proof. The entire bin. reduced on.
graved and printed. he never sees mill
it is a dollar bill Ike any other bin in
his pocket
AS another instance Of Uncle SIMS
shrewdness, be IT noted that no m3e,-
zine, newspaper or individuals allowed
10 copy the design upon bin In in
completeness, and though "-ae man
who makes money" kindly supplied tba
material for his talk and showed Inc
writer copy OF the original design NJ
the bill, Il could not be copied for Dr.nt-
ing in with this article.
N.@A@N 4 VIVA Z i@AAi taN
A description Of it is an the rcven.
ment allows. Their theory is than ia
plate were made for printing bin in
a newspaper 1t might accidentally fan
into the hands of INSCRIPTIONS persons
who might dispose Of 10 TO coan,er-.ir-
ers who would pay a large sum Of
money for it.
The United States bonds that arr ey-
citing so much interas, are turned m
carefully in the government printing
office. Each one must be perfect n
one is blurred, or sighted. or printed
crooked, it IS destroyed and another one
printed in place of it. Each inch of he
government parchment and banknote
paper must be accounted for and If an
extra piece is taken. either the blurred
bond, or a sharp record of it. must ba
inserted to take the place of the addi-
tional piece Of paper used. Nooue can
trifie with bank note papr r.
When the bonds and bills 20 to press.
as printing them is called. the work Of
the artist is done. In the ease OF 4
bond issue, the printing of the bond q
fNlg NiAt4Ndl WI Is. LaiN OF Us ullfu-
bered, counted and watched by q s-aff
Of treasury officials whose record ia
above suspicion. Wtcn The bonds are
turned off they are tied in packaga and
given into the custody Of a treasury Of
fetal, who, with an escort. takes them
to the man who has bought them He
conducts them in p fson. as The ON ems
crown is taken back to the crown jcw-
els.
The matter Of Ii. transfer -
bonds is done quietly In the last
issue it is said that no lfss responsible
individual than Logan Carlisle. a son
OF the Secretary personally conducted
them to the purchaser
"The man who makes money is never
a rich man, for he makes il for his
country and keeps but little himself
But he is necessarily q patriot 0- he
could not be imbued with the patriotic
sentiment that is necessary for the de-
signing of aUnited States bank note or
bond. JAMES BARTON.
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