New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-12

@ 81 ' ha sovYS he limited to statement OF It's
operations for the year. notice OF the
for such additional legislation rs these Oh
called for by the needs OF the ser'i0o' ~
should be treated with DreVlv'
1t necessary the Senator continues 'ns'
the various Departments be printed
They arc not only necessary for present use pu' va
aba for futnre reference. And when they ao ~ ~ ~
the additional cost OF printing aomnapatiyey small so
Tar there is no abuse. This commences Wne . CO..
tons are printed for popular distribution when te
nnent assumes the duty OF supplying the people Wltn
hooks and they arc sent out with nttle n
S a. . pa Where the printing should The best way
10 reform the abuse is TO stop the practlce IN @ hs
bn1ebt al moderate price Our law allows any ono 10
order of the Printer documents IN
Of their publication the cost OF printing inns PRIV.
iega has been taken advantage of only to limited ex
tent as might be expected. When books are given away
by the thousands people not likely to BUY tne "'
whatever price,
Mr. Anthony then considers the most costly pubic doc
umens printed namely the reports OF the Agricultural
Committee and that of the Patent Commissioner:
These two great documents, the agricultIra report
prnng ordered by the two Houses Congress Near one
nth OF the whole OF maintaining the GovefnGGon n
Printing Office is absorbed by these two documents Of
ceding their value is it WISE in the present eohdiio
the Treasury to make them public cnargei IS those
best TO estimate their value by the Willingness VI and
directly interested to pay the bare cost oil paper the
pTessSork leaving the an bo TIVE Sos'
Mr. Anthony then calls attention to the aeI 'nar red
Of WI
On without authority from Congress Inc piinc
Of Agriculture publishes monthly report the P pE
OF Tntn st S az and the Patent Office publishes the
monthly list Of claims, TO which have aireary @
ana Tc9 THs eTatutousy and although
that issued by the Patent ONCE is paid for py oso
receive H. the proceeds do not reach the GOVeIhsnG
Printing Office SO OF the receipts by the Patent once
for specifications the printing OF WhIcn GUSTS az '
Government Printing once So''O'o'
In the latter case the Government is charged with the
on
Anthony then condemns the printing Of the laws OF
Congress- In so many newspapers needless expense
In several OF the reconstructed States tho number OF
papers authorized to publish the laws was increased ana
fbe laws Of sessions ordered 10 be prncu
and the result total OF sOOO0-the additional cost
being incurred in order that the people Of Louisiana ana
other States might know how much has been appfopIl-
aed two years ago to the Kckapoos and the Asnlpones
ana the Caapooias and the other tribes OF Indians Win
similar information OF equal value. 49, . $780,. -
The biennial publication Of the Official Register, or
Blue Book. as it is populary called seems 70 DC anone
the officers and agents. civil, military, ana naval IN te
of the United States with the compensation paa
TO them and except the postmasters, the states IN
which they were born, and from which they were ap-
tea Inc oeet 81 s onSe compee list Of
the personnel Of the Government Only $50 copies are
ever an expensive kind OF printing being rule and figure
work, and the preparation of must be CONSIDERABLE
expense.
Furthermore the Senator shows that nearly all the in
formation to be obtained from the Blue Book can be
found in other Government publications.
One thing has materially increased the cost of the pub
lie printing for the past and the current year Congress
DAYS work in all the mechanical departments OF the
public service. The rule in the Government fIllins
ing offices And distinction of this kind giving an ad-
vantage to those the Government service over mat OF
Inc summer not only adds to the expense of the ser
vice but by making it more attractive, brings those
cal relations with the Government The com
nensati0n of a printer in the Government Printing
dali ia "A
that Of a CLERK Of the first class in the Departments
Naturally, the places are much sought alG are claimed
chanical excellence This systemls sufficiently democrat
zlng the administrative departments OF the Govern
| poyment in the Government Printing once is maze
elsewhere without requiring higher excellence IL de-
grades the service from the dignity OF mechanic ar
closely allied 10 the fine arts ana reduces u toward tAe
| level Of OfficeseekiDg.
Mr. Anthony then considers the question OF Govern.
ment advertising for proposals for supplies and suggests
that there why such advertisements should
not be confined to single paper to contain no political
matter nor anything beyond the advertisements OF tho
Government, except appointments, promotions, and de-
patmental intelligence BY the present plan 1t is neees'
sary pay the cost OF bringing the advertisements be-
fore hundreds Of thousands OF readers in order TO bring
them TO the OF the few hundreds to whom alone
they are valuable, and who alone wish TO sec them His
proposed plan that has long prevailed in the British
Government and has proved adequate. He concluded
by saying:
Shond tlis bill meet the favor OF Congress, think
that it Wond save SOM haSd1Sss .sll.,o
10 the u0vefuniet at tune when economy, always de-
srabe is pressed upon us by highest deratons
II will relieve the PostOfce of great burdens i VIII
although somewhat checked 10 large proportions
and liable, at any me to become still more foImld
able.
Mr.. Latin said:
Mr. Speaker early in the XXXIXth Congress the atten
tion of the Committee Printing directed TO the
very extravagant expense in connection with the Gov
that attracted their attention that IN connection
with the so.caed PsAent Office Report: It was found
that the House Of Representatives ordered for itself 10000
copies OF these Patent Ofice Reports and an examlna
ton into the expense connected with that report
it did not entirely stop, at least 10 cuttah the
publication of this report Accordingly as C9afna
1906 to present resolution to the House reducing the
number of copies heretofore ordered OF mat report rom
10000 10 $1,000 making reduction OF 90 per cent IN re-
@ dad ~ zee mat announced TO the House that the
passage Of that resolution for that year alone
would save this Government 100 II not only applied
to the resolution requiring the printing of books for that
year. but IL retrospective in It's character ana ap'
piled to the books for the years 1863 and 1864
The House. Mr.. Latin Observed sanctioned the
mendaon, and expenses were coTrespondngy reduced.
Mr. Latin then finds on looking into the report Of the
Congressional Printer that Of the $4,000 charged for
the printing ordered by the House of Representatives,
S21s O or almost onehalf of tho whole amount IS to be
credited to the printing Of this Patent Office report AZ
ter noticing the Patent Office reports are generally
considered valuees for the reasonhat they fail to give
the people that information which such book ought to
| give Mr.. Latin continues:
| / come to explain TO the House the manner IN
which we propose TO all these difficulties and az the
same time suserye the interests Of the inventors OF the
neope and of the Government. We propose TO give 10
Inc people full complete entire transcript OF the rec
ords OF the Patent Office in connection with those
natents Instead OF giving the claims and mere ali
stract of the specifications, intend 10 give them IN
full Instead OF giving partial drawings ana liustta
tinns we propose give the fun drawings OF the ma
chinery with reference To which the patent used Sc
| that man on taking up the illustration may see not
only The patent which has been patented but may see
also a drawing OF the machinery to when the patent