New-York tribune., 1878-12-30
THE PUBLIC PRINTEES REPORT.
sT-NN.Ry OF THE YEARS WORK.

SUMMARY Of HE LEAKS Nohh'
MR.. DfFRERs TELLS WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING
AND HOW MUCH MONEY HE HAS sNEp-ThE
! Nrw AND OLD sYsTFMs-sTATIsTICs WHICH
| CONVEY AN ARGUMENT.
The report OF the public printer which
| has been recently published contains interesting
matter not usually found in that dcsiccaed document
! With paTdonabc cOmpacency Mr. De!rees oeVO'eS a
! few pages TO maguiiyng his Office aud cohi"uhd-
! ing with hard figures the adVefsalles VINO
| would have the Government Work lei out
on contract to private bidders special table has been
prepared tor tie instruction OF that portion OF his fellow
c,izeus - no " r. not aware thai he conducting the
biggest prntln. IN the world, and 1t shows al
glance the amount OF printing ana hindihG c
Ccuted during the fiscal year ending June 80 1873 ihthS
table is set forth the total number Of blanks panphetS
/ documents blank-books ard miscellaneous volumes
printed and bound FOR Cach OftEe Executive Departments
as we'll as the number opcs Documents, etc printed
by authority OF Congress resolutions OF the Senate
and OF the House AID acquisitions from the secretary
aud CLERK OF those bodies respectively Inc loothtso VI
this tai. show that III year the once tufn'u oul I"
grand total Of 7I957G53 blanks, envelopes etc'i :
100 go blank books, aud il.lOj miscellaneous volumes
bound in addition to 12?O23 pages of document matter
printed only.
In this connection. Mr. Defrccs complains That his
quarters are all cramped for the swollen torrent oi
work wuch steadily ushcs through his presses his
cry for more is urgent because the RAPIDLY
accumuang stereotype plates belonging to the Gov
ernment-and which ought 10 be placed beyond peru IN
nre-proof vaults-are already crowdnR "n him. 1hls
necessity Tor more spacious accommodation Is
| all the more pressing since the Government has
purchased the back volumes Of Ihc Congressional
Gob together with the stereotype plates Of that Puo-
cation. This purchase, by the way, was made WIN
view Of supplying tine Libraries oi the country win com
Ilete sets of these valuable reports while 1t was yoi
possible to obtain them. But through the medium or
/ Nr
! that only two complete sets on hand, while
the Plates OF fifteen of the volumes cannot
be found. Sngularly enough, ~ the act max
ing the appropriation there seems to be 10 Spe'lhch
on Tor complete sets OF re Giob", ant II the Gov
ernmcnt is bound 10 pay the 100000 appropriated
for worl, which, in its present condition, Mr. Dcirccs
CharlccrIzcs as " most vauc"ss, except for waste
paper" somebody will res, under the suspicion Of hay
ing pcrp.tratcd an adrOt swindlc upon tho United
States.
Nj Dcfrcos points with pride 10 some new and in
proved presses which multiply th' amount OF WORK
achieved while the number of employees rcqu red 10 man
them is only oncthId a. great The woringo o his min"
bouk-scvuc machines IS also u".rd. Not onlN j. ihr
binding Of the wi.e-ScNcd books more convenient ana
substantial than work ~ the Old m"thodhut the expense
Is greatly reduced II is set forth, in table prepared
for the puIposc that these machines accomplish oTG-
nary work at les. tuan ouc-G IN Of the cos, If done by
hand and the difference OF cost in AnT books I'm favor
of the machines, IS rtiN greater Altogether H
ia estimated that these niue machines taken
in connection with improved method oi
PRESSING recently adopted, VIII save tie ""','A-
mcut more than 50 900 year Nr DriFocs also pIr-
sents 81 ibpratc tabular statements comparing the ,"-i
of public PRINTING ana binding when cNccucdat Ir'""
establishments with It- cost an the Government Fnnt-
ins OGicr. Taking q hasl~ of comparison, ic anN
aud bound editions 81 The congress- "i9b'
a, furnished 10 tnc &I.IId Cougr,-s, and of The
(OHqrcSSOHGi HcClrd FOR the NLNih Congress, ana Re-
duc,Ug me Two uEculO>y, bat as u seems, larry, To
common crs, the result "i the expense Tor pruning
reporting and binding j. summed up "a, follows:
For Tie -, ]' ] ~
Saving 10 Government. Fi'''-'' -
sill more favorable showiGgi IL made In cumpaH
tive 4 ,tcm"Ht Of ~" cost Of 'nnsir-sloual printing
under the old Contract system ana under the prctt
system III" faCtr and hlurrS gwen seem !" $40" I''
although moro than double The Humn,r 81 pages
were printed during the last seven wear. oi
the present system, they cost s9jllJo Ie~7
nf the old system notwithstanding the tact thtt work
men under fuc new Il surn-1tiun were phld wages
llrat.r D, b per cent tndn Ihcy formerly received
slUe, the above. .hrTr are other masses oI Wdh'
a. M TEI tip Uf ~