Show I COPY FROM AMERICA CHINA TO HAVE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING EN-GRAVING AND PRINTING New Chapter In Modernism That Is Influencing the Great Oriental Na tlonTo Employ Artisans from United States Washington Following tho lines of the American government and markIng mark-Ing a notable chapter In the Invasion of modernism Into the Orient China Is arranging the establishment of a fullfledged bureau of engraving and printing as part of its fiscal system The empire already has contracted for 200000 worth of machinery and materials to be sent from this country coun-try for the big plant which will be put Into operation as soon as the necessary nec-essary details of the construction work And Installation of equipment can be completed China will utilize the services ser-vices of American artisans who will teach the natives how to run tho business busi-ness Lorenzo J Hatch formerly an expert In the bureau of engraving and printing print-ing will have charge of the Chinese bureau He will instruct the Chinese In nil that pertains to the service the new methods the freehand drawing sketching steel engraving etc Mr Hatch will take with him D J Gull foyle a portrait engraver and William A Grant of New York a letter engraver I en-graver I The plans for the system are being formulated In this country where Chinese Chi-nese government representatives have been looking into the subject for sometime some-time The commissioners sent to this country coun-try were so Impressed with the results of their inspection of the bureau of engraving and printing here that they decided to reproduce Its machinery methods of checking and other parts of the work as carried on by the United Uni-ted States China will use the same quality of linenbond paper as Is used In this country Their notes however will not have the silk fibers which distinguish distin-guish American paper money This will be the first time that any engravIng engrav-ing work has been done with official equipment by the Peking government All of the foreign governments that have adopted a system for engraving securities have inaugurated the work by means of American artisans except ex-cept Japan which sent students to familiarize themselves with American methods In charge of the Japanese system Is Mr 9 > ama of Yokohama a nephew of the old Japanese general Oyama who worked here for six or seven years closely observing every phase of tho work of the bureau where he became well acquainted with its present head Director Ralph |