Evening star., 1918-09-22

V'rsf'ghf 1918, by Frank G. Carpcatcr) =.
Mis- is a story of liberty
bond! 1t is the story OF your
bond and mine 1t is the story
OF the twenty million bonds
which have been sold to that MANY
people Of the United States within
the past year, and of the twenty We
millions more to which We shall sub
scribe during tho next few weeks.
Each. of these bonds is only a SCRAP
OF paper. but it is worth more than
Its weight Iii South African diamonds
THIS alone indicates that it was not
made in Germany, and that. the Sig
nature upon 1t is not that of the
kaiser. The value of this bond Is
paseu upon the wealth. brains and
muscle. of the most prosperous section
or Gods green earth and upon tho
honor OF the United States. which has
never been Questioned. It is the sig
natures upon the bond that. make up
It's values, and alse. the fact that the
paper ink and engraving are such that
they cannbt be counterfeited. '.i
. Take first the paper and see how It
IS made: Its adventures. begin, in
. sSSRe$A.RSVu pdfIS 4OI 1lo cacths.
The most of 1t originates In the ilax
nelda OF Europe, and 1t comes to this
country in pure linen rags, It has
aready. served It's first purpose In. tho
shape OF handkerchiefs. tablecloths, lin
gerie and dresses Of one kind or another.
and. It is as refuse that 1t is shipped.
across the ocean and sent to a: nest
in the Berkshire hills Of Massnchu. %
Ss.1s set ,yn, where the paper is made. It Is
tharea othsr BUSINESS In rna Mills which DO 70
M Mglve large bond anl tho making Of
tiis paper Tor any other use than that
OF the United States is considered a
CRIME equal to counterfeiting.
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When the rags reach the mill thew
are cut into bits by women skilled at
the trade. The women use scythelike
knives and the rags are. chopped fine.
They are next .disinfected, then
blesched by the use Of chloride of
lime, and then mixed with the purest
spring water. which comes. from. an
a5tesian a!h;s an, vel! far back in the hills.
paper er-ma!Sing water on earth. It was
bored 'fof the purpose, a nd 1t is guard
Ga from contam:natlon,. the water be-
ing carried in underground pipes TO the
mill.
AS It flows through. the macerated
white rags the water churns the tlbtry
until they are reduced to pulp which
. looks like whipped cream or that In "a
freezer just before freezing. It-seems
clean enough 10 eat. and you feet like
dipping up a spoonful and taking a
! TASTE. Tho pulp contains absolutely
no.hing ntrin Dnt the linen and this .purest
dropped ON the rolls. from Which 1t
comes forth as:white paper.
There Is, however, an important
process that has to be added, in Or
der to make the paper Impossible to.
counterfeit. This IS introducing tho
little silk threads which run here and
there Through it, II you. will look
carefully at bond, you Will see that
there are lines Of fine red and blue
SILK threads scattered here and there
over At, and that these threads go
through the signature and the chief
parts Of the engraving The thread.
comes. from Japan. 1t Is made there
by silk worms which are fed on mui-
berry leaves, and which spin the CO.
This silk. is twisted. into a. very thin
thread in which form it comes to
the government mill. 1t is there dyed
red or blue with colors specially
into lengths OF about quarter Of all
inch. These silk lengths are fed into
the linen pulp az 1t is spread on the
rolls. and that in such way that
they run straight and form a part
Of the paper. 1t is impossible to
initiate this by any other method
than that used in the mills.
All of these processes of paper n,als-
ing are performed under government
inspection and in factories equipped
with government guards. Men armed
with rifles stand at the doors. and
Uncle Sans agents SEQ that noth-
ing is lost. Every bit Of paper made
is measured and counted, IL a scrap
is torn from a sheet or IL roll ii must
he found the same day and no one
is permitted to depart from the mills
until every bit is accounted for and
back in it's place.
After the paper comes from the rolls
It goes through Il drying and iinish-
ing process. and it is then cut into
the sheets used for printing the
bonds. Each sheet is large enough
for six bonds. These sheets arc
packed UP In pine boxes firmly fas-
tened and bound around with wire.
Each box contains just 10000 sheets
and its weight is 600 pounds. When
packed IL is sent by guarded express
to the bureau of engraving and print
ing at Washington. and there stored
away in the yau,is until used.
The papcr is counted before 1t
lrnyts ;h" Inilis uf Massachusetts.
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