The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-28

With perfectly uniform pressur.
The advocates OF printing by hand
claim that only. the human touch can
regulate this pressure in such man.
ner as to obtain the best results. For
printing the percentage of backs that
may be produced by power, the same
kind OF four plate power presses are
used as In printing stamps. The only
important difference is that the bills
are printed in sheets Of four each, in
stead Of four hundred, as in the case
OF stamps.
After both sides OF the notes have
been printed, they are sent TO the ex-
animation room. where experts go
over them for imperfections. The
slightest flaw in the printing causes
the rejection OF the bill. Each work.
man is permitted certain percentage
Of errors-usually two per cent-and.
all errors above this amount must be
paid for at the face value of the note
printed. Needless to say. this regl-
lation Is conductive to the utmost
care on the part OF employees.
All of the presses are equipped
with devices which register each
printing. The printers must give a
receipt for all of the sheets they
handle, and these receipts must tally
with the record OF the register. Thus,
responsibility for loss is carried d.
rectly to the individual.
The last stage in the production of
bills consists In the separation of the
sheets into bills, the stamping of them
with the serial number and the seal
of the government, and the collating
of them into groupes. All OF these
processes are accomplished by sin
gle machine, which is the invention of
Joseph E. Ralph, the director OF the
bureau.
Since the money is here perfected
and becomes legal tender, this depart
ment must be conduetc With the ut
most care. Visitors are not allowed
upon this floor except by special per-
mission of the director, which is,
however, generally extended to those
seriously studying the work Of the
bureau.
You are led down long aisle, with
small iron cages on either side. In
each Of these cages is locked one of
the machines that perfects the money,
and the three persons who operate 1t.
They are not allowed to leave their
posts at any time during the day, and
any loss can, Of course, be traced inn
mediately. to the cage where 1t oc-
Cured. 1t is strictly system which
creates honesty by absolutely remov-
ing temptation. There are literally
millions Of dollars in sight all OF the
time. Bills Of large denominations
leap from the wonderful little ma
chimes in steady stream. But it
would be impossible to take or steal
one of those bills and escape detection
as to fitch the light from star.
! Just outside OF each cage stands a
tall chest Of narrow drawers; much
like those in which thread is kept in
a department store. These are filed
with the completed money, which is
ready to be packed and sent out for
circulation.
A numerical statement OF the daily
output Of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing is not impressive, because
THE numbers are so large that the
average person sannot conceive them.
Thus forty million postage stamps are
manufactured every day, and sent to
10000 postoffices A more vivid idea
/ of their amount is conveyed by cal
culation made by Director Ralph that
this daily output, II spread out fiat,
would cover eight acres Of land, or
placed end to end would make a chain
1908 miles long.