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JDOVeS bljUIil iciOkf ^ — - 4Tund staoks them up in a pile. ~This process gives the results o,f liana press work. Half a dozen press** working together, each earning oat; 100,000 stamps an hour, can produce a good many millions In a day. Three hands are required, for each press—the printer, who docs the . polishing, and two girls.Tim printer must account for e\ cry sheetof blank- paper that ho received. These sheets arc counted In Che wetting division hOfqrc thcv are delivered to ldiu. After tbev arc printed they are counted before they are sent to the examining division, where they are counted again.Spoiled sheets are counted as carefully • as Txsrfcct ones, because they represent money, X£ lost or stolen, they could bo used. On each shr.ct appears the spcciul 'mark of the printer who turned it out. An allowance of 1 )4 per cent is made to him tor spoilage.If ho exceeds the allowance, he ir.ustjiny for the extra less at the actual cost of paper. ink and labor represented. If the person responsible cannot be found, the division which last- handled the sheet mostPUNo loophole is left for the loss of a single 1 cent stum?. ~ After being examined the sheets arc counted again and aro put between scrawboards under a hydraulic press to make them lie Gut. Thus they are counted more easily and can be made up into smaller bundles.After.undergoing this process they arc counted or.es more and ore sent down, stairs to bo gummed and perforated. ThQ method of gumming is a noveuy, being wholly different from Lhct uulizeu luchacto in such work. „ . . ,It is much mom rapid and cmeienfc, ana before long will doubtless supersede the old plan, which is even now applied to tho gumming of cigarette stamps for thei internal revenue. Tho paste Is applied to the cigarette stamp by hand with brushes. As fast as they are gummed they aro laid sheet by sheet on sluiced fraaws* which arc pilccl Iji stacks.The stocks ore wheeled on tracks into n room where they ore placed in front of electric fans, ho that the cool air may dry them Hot air would accomplish tho purpose more quickly, but it would be hard on tho workwomen. Foe this reason tho slower process is adopted. The now method to be applied to chc postage stamps will bo an immense improvement in everyvro y ,' Tho machines for this purpose have jnso been sot up. There arc r.wo of them, exactly alike, ar-d one will do for description. Imagine a wooden box nearly w feet long, 4 feet high and 3 feet wide. From end to end tuns what might be vok-cn for the skeleton of a trough.•riiJc crolot-nn nrolects from tho box lor
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Racine Journal
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Nov 07, 1894
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