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It in not any to unnemtnnd whnt on Immense ~Mnt 0! work In necessitnted by the advent of Inow'otyles In this postal currency-what with the men who manufacture the paper, tho two outhree jhounnnd men nod women who mist in printing .hulwming the stomps. the toilets who help in ’an the new produc' s of the printing ore-n- II. find the éighty thousand poet-masters and dork! who“)! the stamps to the public. it is estimated thnt folly one hundred thousand persons hove n m M‘mrm'hnn~mmmp “apeu,fNE-"~ u.“ w“ , _ _ , It tare [ofi My; can be tan-fed on at la cost. «if 1350‘ may five cents thqumnd. dad;.gppanutly the bin]: note. companies? which 'fai-merly auppliéd Mp3 have oondl'udfiivtmt than would be no préJ jt/in thee Wannactvion’vnb‘ such 3 'price. 0! has yourmthe Unified Skye. bu dropped_ into the fuhlon pf chin'ing the (lain. of its mniling kinks morn fivqeunllv In any other nation. and [Mull] the first repuuuo of tho new world bu don. nth. proud fiositlou o! pone-sing posture “In” that no more uni-1k: thnn thou lent out an. 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' 'v‘ ~17”, rrvwwwr VFMHE- w Formpgurds at; deem the nati’pnnl gem- m'nt, has bun printing its own; po, cage stamps-â€" thdt is. the'work has been and n; the big institu- tion 3t Wuhtngtpu, known I8 fife Bureau of Printg in; and Era-gravity. which is a. bunch of the Tren- any Department. and designed primatilv {or the fifinfli‘g’ df ‘ natlobal currencyâ€"but. the gigantic ml: any at Iny time revert to private individuals Orb corporation, if a (imposition is: shown to do the work‘ehupag than the government. can do it. ‘ Every var the Post Office Department Edvard!» es for bids for furnishing the postage stamps, and the Treasury Dvpartment submits a proposmon in exactly me same manner as the other bidders», bfit the‘pylgnt'b! the big money facfigrv at the natiouhl capital is bo’perteefly equipped that lhg mauuiw Volume 20 “ad by the advent 'of "racy-whit with the mper, tho two quhree who mistin priming 1 VIA/KING bnmp “Opening.“ national gown- HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS. MARCH , V _ WV ‘-‘Fâ€"r“_'"~"' “'“fr' -â€"mml tam-comm.‘ ‘daiqm comm “1!!de ton-wit um thumb-uh,“ our- nfllion dollars. non «ump- n duy. tho But“: an and], more than keep pun with tho mainydmud; in} the If placed end to end, the stamps printed for the American people each year ould girdlerthe giobe‘ nearly four times. U . V r normal conditions be- tween ten million Ind twenty million stampi are printed at the building during an ordinnry work- ing day of eight bout-l. but under Its-ens of mutual conditions, when the crest print shop ha been in operation duy and night, tn usage of our forty million stumps bus in“ produced every twenty- fonr noun. Inn-mucky the our... consumption 6! amp: u the mount “up“ “out tinsel: uni- iouninfpui dupin- W ya man not. i.»- limp ,_ _. am an human-M an im: ”vim“ M . “V.“ . \ . an duel-fining a.» , fun ' quarterly, 1n winter son gum}: used, name in summers. hardcr'mde is applied to the 'poitage stamps, and “fig highly importanynlwuyi kaeep a sharp watch/on the mueflége touit‘mure B‘rffiifnality lent likely toctuse the sheet to stick together by réason of the dampness ‘in the gatmoxphere. The 'mucilage is prepared in accordance to a. time-honor- ed formula, and for boiling the strange cbncoction there are installed in the basement. of the Bureau of Eugi'aying three giant kettles. each of which will hold fully one hundrgd gallon! To meet the differfnt mnditions of the Mann: of the year. the qnulit’y of the. gum in “W quarterly, In’ winter son gum}: used, Vilma in summers. hardcr'mde is applied to the wattage menu room. known u .the "beehive" confining over three hundred hand presu- a-nch requiring for its muipulstiou the mime! "to opent- ovaâ€"one. 1n expert plane printer, and the other his wanna pennant. who” duty it is to food to them the blah shat-up! paper and remove them filer receiving. the input-don. The ink is applied by mm) of a lurid roller, and imbue}: u the varied-hm In'evimhly tinge‘uxe bnidl and me. and ennui; of mama, the immense press room presents a pictnrm=WQ at k» kidoocopie odor. " Gaming the Campaign: gmportant process, and thou penonu who “we?! moisten h posture sump without momentg'ry nneasinen regurdibg fihe possible presence of genus or other é'vils, wofild doubtless be reassured, could they «dine 'fl'w‘many pmmmimdmgr mm and npplication 6! M; “gnu! most, {am-mu to the American tongtié: a gumming index): by an electriafl latching. Ind such sheet or mumps, after rooeiiiug'the baptism of mucilzge. item-fled by an endimbhinkopenting “like a miniature moving siiewflfi,‘filrouth a. long wooden tunnel, where thé tempmmmz‘ifg 1‘30 degreeqtahrenheit and from wt: h the nhggt; emu-ye with the mu- cilagé perfectly (11fo ’ n important, process, I moisten h posu‘re uneasiness ”3.73138 '05 714012 STAMPS Strangensit my appur. Uncle Sun, in the m at My wnmhqmu ' who“ 1‘th if I. ‘n M- A- In. AL__ -Zfl'fl hWMM-Mw. but remand“- mm “It in!» the an... Md 1 who 6! Uncle Sun mintninl a. book-keeping account. with every postmaster in his union, und when tn issue ot‘lhmpn II culled in for retirement. every bit of pupal- received u the pootd Madman-ten mun hemmed and credited to the postman- who NW m Oceania-fly no government m. it- ult «N: n In", m M «wanna! “I-po «lad-adioduuawut Mouton. Tina, *5.“ 0! W Pin-Amish lxpoduoo. AL... “_AA‘_. --- 23. 1907 With his'assistants he 9.me co'nstam. super vision to insure the proper gamma»? by the Treasury Department of the big jot; of .prtn'timr’i’n- ”tilted to it by film Pom. 0er Depuflmem, Be seen to it” mm. the {inper ussd i150! propempumiay. ,that ,fige mucilag‘e has not been ,- > _j on tub tm‘ " "find that the mdoraziowÂ¥um sfrafght. ag Bufimhe dress of each qew consignmeunt, of ”W136, exactlv the maid tint as those whicfi by”: ' :ue before. Finafly, an army of clerks in the lifiitltytiope attend to dispatching? mtg;- menu; of ”3sz lo the Amerigun- post Office's; ' ‘ 'rWhefn an oti‘iénfie of postage stamps is retired and I new‘ seriéa comes to take? its place. there id 3 fruit cqnflagration in mspecially prapared furnm in the hummus of the general post. olflce at Wash- ington, (or here all the “left over” stagnp'o are cre- muted. Munv ireltmlnariu are fin? through vii“: befum lb burnlnc ulte- place-Abe chic! up]; in. of course, the wanting. ' ' The nine mniiokl pneumon- syn-rang; the manufacture of poet-go stamp- that cumin the printing of currency. Inch duet of L " is counted dozen: of times during vb. In}! unn- ufncture. and if a single sheet in I», When the hour urn-Ives for ceasing work, every employs of the division when it, dis. . ‘ rennin in the building and ‘ locks. the doors of which ennui. be opened tfie next morning unless 511 three of the gun in ’chn‘rgfe ‘be present, it being neocdnry for. Mylo mnnipuq late a lock of which he alone knows the combini- trusted'to it by anotiwr branch of theg'ov‘e‘rnmen’l.’ This official is knowu’ “the stamp, agent, andvtho} Ugl‘bed States stamp agency in; probably. in so In» as the public ia concerned; the lust kdow'n of an the great bureaus of‘t/he national govemmenh , V Number 12 II surronfl the at c me @333: i. 1!"! man- > ‘v’ihen the