The Raymer enterprise., 1916-03-02

In no other form Of printing can the beautiful
soft and YET strong effects In black and white be
obtained in steel engraving The introdue-
tion nf cheap mechanical process work has super
seeded the beautiful creations of our master en-.
graver 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 is so divided and classified that the engray.
ers individually become skilled in some particular
branch of the art Therefore. 1t Is that they are
classified as portrait. script square letter and
ornamental engravers When the classification
and division have been made each workman is
made to contine himself to his own speciality and
so II Is that he becomes extraordinarily expert
The result of this system Is 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 is issued from the engraving
department of Uncle Sans bureau combines eyi.
denees of the individual skill and characteristics of
number Of men lnasmuch the handwork
of several men appears upon each plate 1t readily
can be understood how difficult thing 1t 10 for
any one engraver to make perfect reproduction
of one of these plates The combination of differ
tHl slyits Vi NpIhHldHsuip. all hAGsllenl, on
single plate makes coInterfeting one of the most
difficult things possible.
In the halls OF the bureau specimens of the
work to be and examples of the money
shown in different stages of the progress OF
the work No one is allowed to the engravers at
their work. IL Is absolutely necessary that the
plates should be guarded against theft, and so II
is that they under watch all through daylight
hours. and at night they are safely placed within
great vaults. One curious thing is TO bs noted.
the government never prints from the original
plate. duplicate of IT is made and this is used
for the printing II this we're not done and some.
thing should happen to the plate first made. its
place would have to be taken by one. and
even II the skill of the engraver should produce
one almost exactly like the original, 1t would at
best be only copy Of It, and anything that
printed from the plate would in way be
counterfeit. provided, Of course. the original plate
had been uset for printing purposes.
Visitors to the bureau are shown the printing of
the notes There are six or seven hundred en-
plbyees engaged in this work. The paper is a silk.
fbered material and the process of its manu-.
facture is safeguarded, because ii must be kept as
trade secret. Anyone who is found with paper
of this kind in his possession imitation of IT,
is volater of the law.
All OF the printing is done on hand presses. A
with woman assistant are at each press.
There are four notes to each sheet, and each
pressman turns out about five hundred sheets a
day printed on one side only. A most careful
count is kept OF the sheets. The counting is done
by several persons and after 1t is done the notes
are sent to numbering machines. where blue ink
is used to mark the series letter and each notes
number
Every day in the year except Sunday steel
conveyance goes from the bureau OF engraving and
printing to th treasury department carrying as Its