Evening star., 1921-08-14

section or the building where II
is dried for a period of twelve hours.
1t is then turned over to a number
of women with extremely deft fingers
who separate the drying sheets from
the paper on which one impression
has been made. The bundles of money
paper are then passed to. another
group Of women who again count 1t.
peated twenty-five times the package
OF partly prepared bills. numbering
100, has a little slip of brown paper
placed on il.
The main examining division is un-
der the supervision of Misses Beall
and Sheehann. Here the money is
examined for imperfections and the
by pressure of 5000 pounds to the
square inch. Here we find young
women operating machines that cut
off all superfiuous paper. This pa
per, after being examined. is sent to
the macerating machines after having
been thoroughly checked and inspect
ed and is reduced to pulp. 1t sells
for $40 a ton. This pulp is used for
making souvenirs and novelties by
private companies.
You then go to the department pre-
sided over by z. A. Eaulsir. and ii Is
there that the money is made ready
for distribution by the Treasury De-
pdFtHneht. INSPECT Tie IHdCHlucS
that will complete the work. for there
yet remains TO be placed on the bills
surface the seal which bears the fol-
lowing inscription: S'fThesauri Ameri-
cae SeptentrionaIis Sigillum. the
translation OF which iss"The Seal Of
the Treasury Of North America" The
inscription is not technically correct.
ed States. There must also be placed
the serial number and other cabalis-
tic signs which are used to denote
certain things the nature of which is
another government secret.
The sheets have come to the ma
chine with the impressions of four
bills and as the. are fed into this ae-
ratchets and other devices they are
picked un as IL By human hands. car
ried on through the body of the ma
chine. numbered. cut. registered and
stacked with rapidity that reminds
one of the manipulation of a highly
competent magician.
Again the notes are examined and
checked and again each bill is exam
ined separately. On the face of some
Of the bills you will find certain marks
that indicate the federal reserve bank
for which the money has been print
ed. SO that each one of the twelve fed
eral reserve banks can tell in an in
stant if the federal bank note that
comes into its possession is one that
has been printed for it or not. Oc-
casionally you will pick up a piece of
paper money and see on its surface a
star. but you don't find many of them
in circulation. Those bearing on their
surface a star are used to replace bills
that are not even at this stage. con-
sidered to be perfect. so a number of
substitute bills. each carefully guard
ed and checked. are provided to take
the place Of the ones in which imper-
fections have been found. and if at
some time when you visit the bureau
and become possessed with the idea
that "yau are going to Slip anything
over on any of the examiners. who
scrutinize the money or you are going
to get away with something while
visiting Mr.. Baulsir's section, you had
better change your mind.
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A FTER the final examination the
money is then assembled in pack
ages of four thousand bills, irrespec-
tive of what denomination they may
be, and is taken by the young women
to men who operate COMPRISING ma
chimes which reduce the volume of
money to desired proportions and at
the same time place around the pack
age stout cord retainers Money thus
bound is placed in packages carefully
sealed and numbered and sent either
to the Treasury or the federal reserve
banks. The money destined to be
used in the Philippines is packed in
wooden boxes lined with tin and her.
metically sealed. This precaution is
taken to protect against insects or
damage from other causes.
In number of the rooms in which
Ill <1nx,
money are being carried on are rum
ways elevated about ten or twelve
feet above the workers SO that visi-
tors may have an opportunity of see
ding how their money is made.
The employees. both men and
their lunch hour. They have q lunch
room run on the cooperative plan.
and meal, consisting of soup. a
meat, vegetables. tea or coffee and
dessert. is served for 25 cents. There
are two roof gardens on the building.
surrounding parks or river may be
obtained. The employees eat in relays
from IL to, !. Rest rooms are pro-
vided and q doctor, with trained
nurses. constantly in attendance. In
juries of a major character are rare.
because all possible care has been
taken to safeguard the worker. -,
The electroiytic reproduction of
engraved printing plates is another
triumph for America. It demonstrated
that our citizens can always be relied
upon to meet an emergency, and,
while the technical description of the
process may be a trifle long. it Is most
interesting.
During the past few years the
printing requirements Of the bureau
Of engraving and printing have in
creased greatly, owing to the large
issues Of bonds and other securities
and to o'the1ncreased demand for cur
rency.. In .c6nsequence 1T was found
difficult to prepare the required mum.
ber of printing plates BY mechanical
transfer process, which was previous.