The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-06

class. there is a back for
zach state in the 1882 issue and the
name, place and charter number dill
fer in each case.
After the parts have all been as
sembled on the original die a certain
mOu of hand work is done by the
letter and ornament TO
unite h different parts INTO an ar,
tistic whole, after which the oTIgInai
die is hardened and a roll is made On
which all the lines on the actual bank
note appear in relief.
Banks Charged For Plates.
From this are made HI plates
which are employed in printing the
rOtes. The banks are charged $50
each for these plates. which
to about their actua: cost, but all the
ether work is done by the government
free Of charge.
In addition to the $40e. 006. 900 in
emergency currency which was or
dered from the bureau, the United
States Treasury had on hand sse4.-
eco, 900 when the first indications of
| 4 panic were seen al the outbreak OF
| the war. This has meant that the
| enormous sum Of 1924. O00. 000 in ac-
| tuaI currency, over and above that in
| ordinary circulation, has been placed
in the hands Of the American finan-
cierS to avert any possible danger to
| the country which might have arisen
from a stringency in the money mar
ket. 1t amounts to practically 40 per
cent of the entire capitalization of the
national banks of the United States.
The plate printers of the bureau
are skilled in a trade in which the
United States is recognized as being
ahead Of all other nations, earn big
wages and the conditions under which
they work are almost ideal. The new
building into which the bureau was
moved only a few mOnts age, is one
of the handsOmeSt structures in Wash
ington and fitted with every possible
device which can render the employees
comfortable while they are at their
work.
HI plate printers are paid by i.iece
work, the men working on the hand
presses being given 85 cents per thou
sand for printing the faces Of the
notes and Is cents per hundred FOL
printing the backs. They average
about $12 a day, when working twelve
hours, as in the present rush. On the
power presses the pay is set at 81 pei
thousand and here the men average
about $500 sheets per day. making
their wage for twelve hours SD.
The lowest a given any person il
lC 6OOo W Xxx 1lIlC4 CD
%sistants, who are generally youns
girls, and are given $1.75 per day
They have comforts which the ordin
airy working girl would never expect
One Of the special features of thi
kind is the cooperative lunch DON
at which meals are served to practi
, cally all of the 1900 employees eacl
day. The meals are simple and alOnl
; practical lines, but cost only a part O
what the city restaurants demand.
/ Another feature Of the plant is it
| hospital. Here from twenty to thirt,
? minor cases are treated each day
most of chem women Two doctors
. one Of whom is a omar handle thi
! WCrk, which is naturally heavie dur
r ing the no: weather than 1t any othe
. ime An operating room is provided
with an equipment of instrument
which cannot be excelled. Anothe
feature, which is by no means tn
e least valuable in keeping the EN-
8 plOyes happy and cOntented, is foun
9 on the recreation roofs" Here thos
who are waiting to go to work ma
meet and enjoy themselves, dancin
e to the music of a photograph.
e When the German steamer Kron
y prinzessin Cecelie turned back to Ba
q Harbor, after the outbreak of wa
he fact that she had SO, 900. 900 i
money on board was considere
n worthy Of headlines in every news
paper in the country. A single auto
mobile truck. however. running fro1
e the bureau on the Potomac basin t
81 the Treasury building at 18th stree
IS and Pennsylvania venue often cal
ries as much as SIS, 900, 600. with il
n guard Of four policemen and on
member of the United States seer.
IL service. It's passage through tt
" streets excites no comment; in fac
l. not one person out of fifty notict
s. that it is the official treasure WACO,
The Bureaus Home.
* The bureaus home is a remarkably
eF handsome building from an archite1
tural standpoint. There is one tin
ne when it reaches it's full glory-at mig
le Then. with the brilliant lights fla,