Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-03-10

I'm no other form OF printing can the beautiful
soft and yet strong effects In black and white be
obtained in steel engraving. The introduc
tion of cheap mechanical process work has super
seeded the beautiful creations OF our master en-
grayer commercially, and now we find the art
limited TO the engraving Of securities as applied
in the governments bureau OF engraving and
printing"
In the engraving division Of the big shop the
work IL 30 divided and classified that the engrav.
ers individually become skilled In some particular
branch OF the art. Therefore. II Ii that they are
classified portrait. script. square letter. and
ornamental engravers When the classification
and division have been made each workman IL
made to confine himself 20 his own speciality. and
so It Is that he becomes extraordinarily expert
The result of this system IL that not only better
execution Is secured, but much greater amount
Is turned out In . given time and what, Of course.
is OF much greater importance, increased safety
for Uncle Sans belongings Is obtained
Everything which IN issued from the engraving
department of Uncle Sans bureau combines evi-
dences of the individual skill and chaFacterstics OF
q number OF men. Inasmuch AZ the handiwOrk
of several appears upon each plate. II readily
can be understood how dflcult thing II IL for
any engraver TO make perfect reproduction
OF one of these plates. The combination OF differ-
ent styles of workmanship. ali Excellent on 3
single plate makes counterfeiting one OF the most
dificult things possible.
In the halls OF the bureau specimens of the
work are 70 be seen and examples OF the money
are shown in different stages OF the progress OF
the work No Is allowed to see tho engravers at
their work It is absolutely necessary that the
plates should be guarded against theft. and SO It
is that they are under watch all through daylight
hours and at night they are safely placed within
great vaults One curious thing IN To be noted.
the government prints from the original
plate duplicate Of It Is made and this 10 used
for the printing. II this were not done and some.
thing should happen to the plate first made. its
place would have to be taken by new one. and
even il the skill OF the engraver should produce
one almost exactly like the original II would at
best be only copy OF IT. and anything that was
printed from the new plate would in way be
counterfeit provided. OF course, the original plate
had been used for printing purposes.
Visitors to the bureau shown the printing OF
the notes There six or seven hundred EN-
pIoyees engaged in this work. The paper Ia silk
nbered material and the process Of its manu-
facture is safeguarded because II must be kept aa
a trade secret Anyone who 10 found with paper
of this kind In hts possession or imitation Of II.
Is violater Of the Law.
All OF the printing IL done on hand presses.
man with woman assistant are nj each press.
There are four notes to each sheet. and each
pressman turns out about I'VE hundred sheets
day printed on one side only NEST careful
count ls kept Of the sheets. The counting IL done
by several pera ,ns and after IL II done the notes
are sent to numbering machines. where blue ink
il used 10 mark the series letter and each notes
number
Every day in tfss year except Sunday steel
conveyance goes from the bureau Of engraving and
printing to tn treasury department carrying it