Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-09


comes in as silk fiber paper until it is
ready for delivery to the Treasury.
This time is necessary for the numer-
GUS processes through which it passes
and that the different colorings may
become dry.
There are l,4OO employees in the
Bureau and its fourteen departments,
and each piece of work passes through
the hands of thirty different people.
An elaborate system of receiptlng,
checking and counter-checking pre-.
walls and at the closing hour of the
day everything is delivered into the
hands of the custodians, and every
count verified and checked before the
force is dismissed, or before any per-
person thus engaged can leave this
place Of duty. This system is primar-
lily to guard against error and is for
the protection of those who are en-
gagged in the work, as we'll as the Gov
ernment. If an error is discovered
it is traced back at once to the place
where it occurred, and consequently
there can be no such thing as an error
passing undetected. This rule prevails
not only here, but in the issue and re-
demption division in the Treasury
building. An error is therefore ex-
tremely infrequent, and one of the
great things over which this depart
partment rejoices is its care in count
ing and exchanging bills in transit.
From the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing the currency is taken to the
Treasury at 9 o'clock every morning
a million dollars day-in large wa
gon built of double plated chilled steel,
attended by force of guards, and de-
livered to the Division of Issue at the
Treasury. Here, first Of all, it is again
counted, three experts verifying the
contents of the thousand sheets going
to each package, each sheet being
composed of four notes of uniform de-
nomination. Thus it will be seen that
all that is necessary is to count the
sheets. Then the sheets are sent to
the sealing room, where the red seal
of the Register OF the Treasury is
stamped upon them by six presses,
four of which may be seen by the Wis.
itor.
The red seal bears the legend "The.
saur, Amer. Sept. Sigil.," which is re-
ally An abbreviation for Thesauri
Americae Septentrionalis Sigillum-
Seal of the Treasury of North America.
This is brief history of the way in
which the currency of the United
States is manufactured. The interest
that gathers round this building is
very great in consequence of its being
the source from which all paper obli-
cations of this government are manu-
factured. There is a sort of high
toned aristocracy that seems to per-
wade the entire building, and it is con-
sidered great honor to be employed
in this department OF the government.
We call attention here to a very pc.
culiar circumstance. 1t is the fact
that women are employed in counting
all the money in the Bureau of En-.
craving and Printing and in the
Treasury. We also call attention to
the further fact of the wonderful &C.
curacy that prevails here. Upon in
quiry we find that women are en-
ployed in counting all the money at
the various mints of the United
States, and that this has been kept up
for a great many years. Without
anyone intending it, it is gseat COM
pliment to women. Especially is this
true when it is stated there never has
been a woman detected in trying to
steal from any of the departments or
from the mints.
There is another fact to which our
attention was called, that in the de-
struction of all moneys men alone are
employed; and yet this destruction
does not require as much physical
work as does the counting. 1t is
strange coincidence that the policy
should be pursued in every depart
ment of the government to have wo.
men to count the mouey, no man be.
ing permitted to be present while the
count is being made. So when you
receive any currency or money obi.
CATION of the government you can al
ways remember the fact that it was
counted by women, and that no mans
fingers were permitted to touch it un-
til it was pronounced by women
to be correct in numbers and amount
and perfect in its construction. Here
woman, as in nature, is really the
life-giver and the one that pronounces
the decision on the right to exist.
There is no other building in the
world as large and so we'll constructed
for the manufacture and issue OF obi
cations to pay money as the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing.
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