The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-10
Labor Saving Devices Recent
" installed In Treasury De.
partment Throw Many Out
Of Employment.
Machine LABOR IS MUCH
MORE SATISFACTORY
The Resulting Savings by EIim-
ination Of Employees Is Esti.
mated at approximately
$130, 900 per annum.
~ JONATHAN WINFIELD.


~ JONATHAN WINFIELD.
Warrington. July 0-LAbor saving
devices recently installed In the treas
ury department. resulting In throwing
out Of wrk about 500 employees.
have been the subject OF considerable
study by ohicials Of that department.
The great question that has confronted
Secretary Macveagh during the last
few months, has been the proposition
OF taking care OF the employees who
have lost their positions. Through
conferences with his subordinates and
oficials Of other departments he has
been able to secure positions for these
persons. Some Of them have been
forced to accept positions that were
not q remunerative a. those they for
merly had, but announcements have
been made that nearly all Of them
have been provided for.
A number OF the employees who were
slated to 20 were in the omces OF the
treasurer of the United States where
perhaps more labor saving devices
have been installed than in any 9th.
or branch Of the treasury department.
These machines are principally used
In amxing the numeral and the seal to
United States notes. Announcement 10
nov made that after July the trans
fer OF the work Of imprinting the mum.
erals. sealing and separating notes and
certificates from the treasury to the
bureau Of engraving and printing will
bs completed. Heretofore In prepar-
Ing United States notes and gold and
silver certificates the work of the bu.
reau Of engraving and printing has
not included the final processes Of I'm
printing the numeral. sealing the
the notes and separating the sheets
into Individual notes. but the sheets
have been carried over to the Treas
ury department, where they have been
separated and marked with the seal
and numeral in the division OF issue.
This means that the notes will hero
after be entirely finished at the bu-
reau Of engraving and printing and
delivered to the treasury ready for use
thereby effecting large economies.
Suggestion was recently made to
the Secretary Of the Treasury Mac
veagh that both the seals and the nu-
merals could be printed on the notes
simultaneously on the same press. Ex-
periments were conducted by Director
Ralph Of the bureau Of engraving and
printing with the result that 1t was
deemed practical to seal and number
the notes at one operation. and also
to trim them. II was found that tho
machine could be further improved by
the attachment OF device which sep
arated 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.
A Great Saving.
At the present time there are in
operation twelve presses of this kind
at the bureau. and contracts have been
let for the installation of several
more. Through the installation Of
these machines, . reduction In the
personnel of the treasury force was
necessary. Under the old method of
trimming. collating and separating
these notes. force Of clerks were re-
Quired both at the treasury depart
ment and at the bureau. the various
processes through which the notes
vent requiring six female operatives
and two pressmen. Under the new
way those operations are performed
on two new style machines by three
female operatives and one pressmar.
The resulting savings by the elimina-
tion Of 1875 employees who operated
the eighteen printing presses and
twenty-six separating machines used
IN the division Of issue Of the treasury
will be approximately S13S.O0O per an
num.
Secretary Macveagh states that the
estimated saving from the elimination
OF the work in the treasury Is but a
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 an
ticipated and that consequently a
greater number OF notes may be pro.
duced with the present equipment.
Asuumber Of other changes are also
contemplated by the treasury depart.
ment after the beginning of the fiscal
year. BY arrangements introduced
IN the once OF the auditor Of the post.
once department seventy seven pos
sitioos have been vacated. This means
that this force can be housed in 4
federal building instead OF In rented
quarters. thereby efsecting . saving of
about $500 annually. In this divis-
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