Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-12

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one of the most striking examples in
the country of the substitution of ma
.chinery for manual work. In prepar-
ing United States notes and gold and
silver certificates, the work Of the bu-
reau of engraving and printing hith-
.erto has not included the final proc
esses of printing the numeral, sealing
the notes and separating the sheets
into individual notes. This work
has been done at the treasury depart
ment building, several blocks re-
moved from the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing. There a large
number of women have been do
ing this work by hand, slow and
laborious process, despite the dexter
ity which they exhibited after long
practise.
The new machine is the result of
a series of experiments. When orig
inally designed 1t did not appear prac-
ticable to seal and number the notes
at one operation, and to trim them
at the same time. Nor was it con-
templated that the machine would sep
arate and count the notes and turn
them out into packages. The expert
ments continued until an entirely new
style of trimming device has been de-
signed and the separating, collating
and counting feature added. Twelve
of these machines are now installed in
the bureau of engraving and printing,
and three more will be added later
Under the old system only the print
ing and trimming operation were per-
formed at the bureau of engraving and
printing, while the four remaining
processes on the products of each
press were done at the department.
1t took two pressmen and six women
operatives to complete the work on
single note, which work will now be
done by one pressman and three
women.
The new process will result in the
elimination of 1875 employees, who for
merly operated the IS printing presses
and &c separating machines in the di-
vision of issue of the treasurers Of
flee, and the actual money saving will
amount to about $138,000 year.
In addition thereto Secretary of the
Treasury MacVeagh sees farther saw
ing to the government in the fact
that the new machine promises to de-
velop greater speed than the old ones,
thereby materially increasing the out
put of the plant
AS a result of the work of expert
~ hn Of h. onditnr
of the postoffce department there
has been a reduction of II persons in
the force of that office. Not only will
the new system of audit bring about
economies in the expedition and &C
curacy of the audit, but it is estimated
that it will save the government $117,-
600 a year and at the same time per
NIT the removal of the mOney-order
auditors from the Union building,
where an annual rental Of $500 a
year is being paid, and the housing
of the entire force in the postoffice de-
partment.
There are received in the Office of
the auditor between 500 and 500
pounds of money orders daily. This
means that it is necessary to COM
pare in the neighborhood of half a
million money orders daily with the
statements rendered by the postmas-
ters throughout the country. Under
the old system of the visual check 1t
was discovered that thousands of
these orders were being checked as
having been received in the Office and
properly drawn, when as matter OF
fact. they had never reached the au-
ditor's office. By the use of the
adding machine each money order is
now entered separately on the ma
chine and it is impossible for an or
der to be checked unless 1t is on file.