Evening star., 1918-09-22

Jaban to the Hands Of
the Patriotic Buyer. j.
has enabled ,the. bureau to turn out
needed. ~
The ink used to print the bonds
must be Of the exact, color required,
and this is now obtained by the use
of tho colorimeter. n machine whiel.
measures tho exact hue and intensity
or any color and expresses it in fig.
ures. For example. 1t is no longer
necessary. to call II certain red Grim
son. for the colorimmeter shows that
II Is composed of S5 parts red. 10 parts
green and 36 parts blue, or, as ex-
pressed in the code of the colorlmeter.
ISoGl0B36: In the same manner the
ng4rcs RS6G40BS represent very,
bright scarlet. -
AS the appearance Of color Is de-
pendent upon the nature Of the light.
an artificial daylight II used with this
Machlne. This Is q 500.candle-powe,
nitrogen Allied tungsten lamp, with
peculiar blue glass screen that CON :,
verts the, light into q pure wfiite ex-'
actly like daylight.
AS to the printing itself, that is done
muSh m the same as the. printing Of
through small presses moved ,by alec
charge Of an Individual printer. Who
mas TWO Women to ,helpj; him. The Mate
- nrst mixed by . roller, from which
-. s,rnaG moves n.;y ;,Dy machinery to- ths bare
race with. his hands. leaving Inst
enough ink for tho lmpre ssios. After
thls the plate slides on to the feeier.s
d woman. who puts In the bHper, and;
ar,er aoe,.n the printinE. goes "a anotAer'
this II win be seen that every, hdnd
mas to be. handled again and again by
the employees in the ptocess or ,inak-
Ing. and.a tho end Of every. single
operaEion II is counted" and inspected
TO e. see. that It is absolutely correct and.
requ,rements. In the hrst place, The
sheets are counted' whsn they are Is-
sued. They are motsteHSd and counted
again when they 60 to the men who
PRINT tho backs. each printer having
ms own count. After tho baclss are
nixht In the hunidor. OF steam Drying
room ana then counted out to the
printers who, do the press work Tor
the race Of the bonds. IN this drying,
sme ;. sheets are laid on trays IN great
wrapped around with sseafn pipes that
the heat is, equally distIlbuted and
the, bonds come out mellow and iust
dry enough for printing again. re
:. r.. .u"4'+i,.. =: 10
As the sheets como from the face
printers they have to be counted and
dried and then 50 to the binder. whepe
each Is cut into its six individual
bonds. This cutting Is done In blocks
Of 500 sheets. tens ofsthousahds of,
dollars worth Of bonds being cut at.
each turn OF the Wheel. a.. :.
After tho bonds are .cut they .are
delivered over to the office Of ths-
Secretary Of the Treasury in the
basement Of the building. being count
ed by officers Of the Secretary before
the director Of the bureau OF ehgrasy;-
ing getsshis receipt. At this writing.
the bureau Is turning out $4,000 In
dividual bonds every day, Every. ono
Of them has. to go through all OF the
processes have described. The bonds
run in value from $50 to- 500. Don. each.
The official who takes charge OF
the bonds after they are printed is
1ns more thaa ha Sf cneross
name is Houston +. Teshee. and he
comes from Tahlequah, the forner
capital Of tho Cherokee nation, ia
was n soldier In our war with Spain.
and WAS acting as United Statcs dls-
trict attorney for Colorado when AN.
pointed to his present position II is
singular that an Indians signature
should make legitimate the many bill
lion dollars worth OF bonds, now
being Issued by the United States.
But 1t Is true nevertheless. His maine
Is on every one OF the bonds.' and it
is he who directs the putting ON of
the Official seal. The latter is done
by printing on little presses fed bv
boys. There are forty lads, ranging
In age from fourteen to eighfecn
who do this part OF the work. IcncI;
receives $40 n month. and milljona al
dollars worth Of bonds pass thro,,rh
their hands every day. SO far not n
bond has been lost. '.8 " ~
:. After tho seals have bten nut on
they arc examined by other officials
and the bonds are then ready to he
sent to subscribers all over tho
United states. This is done largely.
ihfouSh the post offices. the processes
being SO standardized that hundreds,
M oi ih!iiions can bc sent out In a day.
ne Whoie work is One of remarkable
r,nci"nc%. In which the making nnJ
distribution OF money has been stau,I'
hrdized. much like the making or
cheap automobiles. The saving or
!ime nnd cost goes on all along tho
line, ana there Is scarcely "A lost mo-
ton from the time the pnucr ron.u
to Washington until 1T L. sant out so
bonds to the millions of subsc,,i,o',
throughout the country.
FRANK -. CAi;I'.NTG.R.