The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-10
MACHINES NOW Do
MUCHOE THE WORK
Many Clerks Lose Positions in
! Treasury Department at
f Washington.
GREAT SAVING EFFECTED
OTHER CHANGES CoNTEMPLAT-
ED DURING FISCAL YEAR.
- IoNATHAN wINFIELD.

by JONATHAN " INF AtsAfA-
washington. July 9.--Labor saving
devices recently installed IN the treas
Jury department. resulting in throw
hng on. OF work about 500 employees,
have been the subject or considerable
htudy by Officials OF that department
i1he great question that has confront
Nd Secretary Macveash during the
Hast few months has been the Dropo-
lsition OF taking care Of the employees
hrho have lost their positions. Through
lcSnfsrcnces had with his subordinates
and officials OF other departments he
haas been able 70 secure positions for
1nera persons Some OF them have
9lcen forced 70 accept positions tnat
Nrers not as remunerative as those
chsy formerly had. but announce
lnents have been made that nearly all
bof them have been provided Tor.
1 A number OF the employees who
k-rera slated 20 20 were in the offices
hof the treasurer Of the United states.
~vhere perhaps more labor saving de-
Vices have been installed than In any
bother branch Of the treasury depart
nnent- These machines are principally
fused IN affixing the mineral and the
zeal 20 United states notes. Announce
1.-The transfer Of the work OF Imprint
ing the numerals. sealing apd separat-
ling notes and certificates from the
ltreasury 70 the bureau Of engraving
and printing viii be completed Here
ltOfore in preparing United states
,notes and gold and silver certificates.
lfhe work OF the bureau OF engraving
land printing has not included the
Tinal processes or imprinting the num-
pera.L scaling. the notes and separating
itha sheets into individual notes. but
r1he sheets have been carried over TO
1.-THE treasury department. where they
have been separated and marked with
rChe seal and mineral I'm the division
iof issue. This means that the notes
fvriu hereafter be entirely finished at
the bureau OF engraving and print
ling and delivered to the treasury
ready for use. thereby effecting large
hsconomies.
plan Was Feasible.
Suggestion was recently made to-
secretary OF the Treasury MacVeagh
that both the seals and the numerals
could be printed on the notes stimuli
taneously on the same press Expert
mcnts were conducted by Director
Ralph Of the bureau or engraving and
printing with the result that II was
deemed practical 20 seal and number
the notes at one operation. and also
90 trim them. 10 was found that the
machine could be further improved by
the attachment Of a device which
separated and counted the notes and
turned them out In packages. Other
experiments have proved that the ma
chine will separate. count and cOllate
the notes. In this way number OF
machines have been substituted for
manual work
At the present time there are in
operation twelve presses OF this kind
90 the bureau. and contracts have
been let for the installation Of sew
eral more. Through the installation |
OF these machines. a reduction IN the /
personnel or the treasury force was
necessary Under the old methods Of
trimming. collating and separating
these notes. a force OF clerks were |
required both at the treasury depart |
mcnt and az the bureau. the various
processes through the notes went re-
curing six female operatives and two /
prcs4ucn- Under The new way these I
operations are performed on two new
style machines by three female opera /
uvcB and one prcssmen. The result |
Ing savings by the elimination OF 1S5
employees who operated the eighteen /
printing presses and twcnty-six sep
aratinR machines used in the division l
OF Issue OF the treasurer's office will |
BE- approximately S13S.OOO per an
num-
Saving VIII he Great.
Secretary MacVeagh states that
The estimated saving from the elm
fnation OF the work I'm the treasury is I
but n part OF the total that will
eventually result from the change.
for the reason that the speed Of the
presses can be made much greater
than originally anticipated and that
consequently greater number Of
notes may be produced with the pres
ent equipment
4 lumber Of other changes are
also ccn emplated by the treasury
department after the beginning OF the
fiscal year BY rearranEcmcnts in
tr6duced in the Office OF the auditor
Of the postoffice department seventy
seven positions have been vacated. |
This means that this force can be
housed I'm a federal building. instead
OF IN rented quarters. thereby effect |
fur n cavirc- OF nhouf y 500 nur7rfaTr,y