The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-19
/ rev KIll Gj MONEY.
some More Crisp Notes The
government Likely to Adopt
a Novel Method.

She money which the Government
bnreauof engraving and printing will
hereafter turn ont will be soft and
geIvety, important experiments
which are now being conducted IN the
presence Of treasurY officials for the
nurpose Of demonstrating the advant-
ares OF q novel chemical treatment for
paper. prove satisfactory. The pre-
siesion Is made that the experiments
nj prose satisfactory, as they have
been almost completed. The result Of
SEe adoption Of the new secret process
iH be TO reyoluJionize a portion OF
Ire work connected with the printing
of the papsr money of the United
States. Under the new process it viii
take Just sixty days less time to manu-
facSure a banknose shan under the pre-
Ssnt method, which is regarded as ex-
fremely important in the present COM
marciai era, when new money IS some
times demanded Immediately and 20
supply which the Government has TO
aay most careful plans and keep bank
notes printed ahead.
Besides rendering paper soft and
EsEyesy, the new process also makes
is non -shginkable, an Important ac-
eornplishment which has heretofore
hafHed the ingenuity Of the paper
aanufacsarer, and which, when ap-
nzied TO the printing OF postage stamps
aIone, viii make,a saving Of Just 20
per cent Of stock and work. Because
"a r,er shrinks afteris has received the
smpression OF the head OF George
Washington on the one side, IN the
nanufacsnre OF postage stamps, and
ae coating Of nnacilage on the other,
and because no sWo sheets shrink
aIiase, one-hfth are ruined IN the pro-
cess OF perforating. Experiments Just
Eade under the new process eliminate
AL Of shisloss.
The inYention is the product OF the
combined efforts for The last I've years
o1 e Fowler, chief draughtsman
of she coast and geodetic survey, and
ID. Hoover, cf!ies printer OF that
bureau. When DIR. Fowler took
charge Of the draulyhting division, i've
years ago. he was told by the chief
DrInter that IL was impossible to print
Ehs maps prepared IN the draughting
Tvision, because there was no paper.
10 So had which would not shrink, and
Ems render the maps inaccurate as to
scale, and nsequently OF no SCIENTIFIC
Talue. AL such maps therefore, had
60 De copied by hand on hand made.
linen paper, manufactured especially
OF that purpose. Tn college Mr. Fowler
had taken great interest In chemistry
and be as once began series OF ex-
perimenSs which tyfe years ago result
ed ii the chemical solution which,
when applied to paper materially
changes its quality. Paper 50 treated
IS declared to be s meiloWed and non-
sarinkable. The process IS not ex-:
nensive. Ib has been patented both in
sssss United States and foreign coun-
Eries, and although no publicity has
heretofore been given TO the discovery
Of essrs. Fowler and Hoover, the
large paper manufacturers OF this
country have heard Of the results ac-
c0npIished and are making hastering
oilers TO the inventors for royalty
lights. The japanese Government
hasa also bid for the process, and as Japan
has for centuries been considered the
magician of the world IN the art OF pa
per making, the offer from the Orient
IS regarded asa marked acknowledg-
ment Of merit.
The United States Government,
however, is TO hare the Hrs5 adVant-
ages OF the discovery, and should
me officials now investiga eating the pro-
cess decide that It's vanle is too great
10 be kept under restraint OF patent
laws. she Government may buy the
Batsnt and make the process known
50 the world.
y the application Of the chemical
xnixSure 50 Japanese napkin taat
article becomes as soft and phable as
:a tissue OF silk. The chemical pre-
paration acts as an antlseptsc ana
preserYative. When applied to old
accumenss il seems to knit the hbre
&ogesher and prevent further decay.
Under the present process or printing
ysapar money the paper has TO be tho
roughly dampened IN water. While It is
IN this damp condition one side OF
she bill is printed. The sheet is then
pIaced IN q steam room and kept under
high temperature for thirty days,
Sne time necessary for the ink to dry.
The shet is again oampened as
Il the first instance and the
reverse side of the bill printed.
The thirty-day drying process
then has to be repeated. In cases
where third impression on
she bill is necessary, which is required
uaen the printing is done in two
colors, the wetting and drying process
has 30 be repeated a third time, and
another month is thus consumed in its
production. Besides the delay Of this
process the wetting and drying rot the
Sbre of the paper, and, although it is
sstarched' TO give it the crisp ap-
pearance, the starch soon wears cut
and the bill becomes limp and worn.
In printing bills on paper which has
neen treated by the new process no
wetsing is necessary. The ink loses
none Of Its lusSfe when applied to the
paper, as ander the old process, and
IS shorouhly dry within forty EIGHT
hours after the printing is done. Not
pnIy is the appearance OF the bill
rnnch handsomer than under the old
@.,.as,,of,s bYsf sfs evaarino Qualities are