The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-23
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there shall not he an increase Of steam
pla'. printing machines in the Engraving
and Printing Bureau
Tn. director OF the bureau under lac
aut horitv conferred upon him by The ac--
Of Isss and 1857 had installed twenty five
power presses IN IN. bureau In. above
provision IN The -undrv civll act II 1859
practically restrict ID The use of The ma
chimes To IN. printing pf internal revenue
stamps
In ises Their. was a revival Of the talk
about turning out 'he Government not 80
and bonds by power press met hobs The
pla'- printers again brought their inau
"nCe 10 bsar upon Congress with the
result that -h. sindry civil act III 1881
cont aimed this clause:
Provided further. 'ha, hereafter all
bonds. notes and checks shall be printed
from hand roller presses
This provision effectively blocked and
continues 10 block anv efor, to economic
IN he turning nut OF this class of Govern
rusnr printing Seven power presses
winch had been bought by 'h. director
i"rus. IN prin''ngno'.s -. bonds and checks.
az "a cost 81 about SIS .'O0 were sold az JUNK
Tor abou' $50
Not content wIih the above prohibition.
tn" plate printers Jir-ct-d their attack
on m" statutory authorization which
allowed tn. director ot IN. bureau to
pm; internal r-v-nu" stamps by the
power method The director had been
turning out STAMPS from the power pr~ss-s
from 1850 until the following provision
, in m. sundry civil act approved March ,
$50 i"gIsldrrd the presses OuJ Of the
hur.au.
Provided further. that tn. faces Of
All tobacco STAMPS for us.. on paCkag gees
"i -~o pounds ard upward and all beer.
whIsk"y cigars. snuff pl-"nargin- and
special iiluor YAK STAMPS shall hers
after h- printed from engraved plates
upon hand roller plate printing presses
With 'h- Incorporation Of this pro
Vision IN th- -,Indry CIvil act ~ 1899 tine
r.uton victory for III. retention Of the nInd
press method vas com pl..'-
R.v.n,l. stamps a. we'll a. notes. bonds
and checks. w.T. by statut. now 10 be
printed exclusively by IN. hand method
That CONDITION II AFFAIRS continued In-
broken until 1871 when a job .r was slipped
into the sundry 'ivil bill This Jok- r
was placed IN the hill hy tho House 'om-
mirt-" on Appropriations. and did not
become known Ia the union printers or
10 any on. OUTSIDE, Of "A f-v members 81
rh- Commute. until after the bill had
r,.c.i, ed IN. President signature The
Joker vs. entirely blind AZ 10 l,s purpose
snd read a. follows
And th. second provision under this
head IN the s,Indry ciVIl appropriation
act approved March 3. lsys. j. hereby
Repeated
The pro- i-D Repealed was the one which
declared that the faces vi all internal
revenue. stamps should he printed On the
hand roil.r pre-st-- Th. bill containing
this Joker was signed nv President Roo-r-
Welt on March 1. iSy7
The repeal 81 tins provision Permitted
rh- Introduction of bower pr-rsss for
the. printing II Internal revenue stamps
aui "a contract was Immediately made
bv IN. director 81 tn. bureau for twenty
IL these prs~--- The bureau II now
'up-ratIng twenty-five of the pr.-s-- an
turning ont internal revenue stamps. all
! ~ thi- work being done hy that method
THIS has IL coIr-.. resulted in a big
saving to thu Government and AZ the
same time has worked II" hardship on
th.. plat.. printers who for ~ many years
.cotnbat-d the reform The plate printer
az th. bower press makes more money
than dii the plate printer Who turned
uui internal revenue stamps under the
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