Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-18
The Loose Management of the Gov.
ernmeAt Printing OffiCe-POOr MIR.
Rounds.

The Loose Management of the Gov.
ernmeMt Printing Office-POOr MIR.
Rounds.
To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:
Matters in this Office have been 80 lucidly and
truthfully discussed in THE STAR by another
correspondent that very little can be said by me
that has not already been touched upon. Never
theless, the more the administration of Mr.
Helm Oerhaps l should say Mr.. Rounds) un-
folds the beauties Of its business theories, the
greater is the establishment, If not delight, of
the beholder What strikes the observer most
fOrciby, perhaps, is the matter-Of- fact way IN
which the resources of the establishment are
utilized for the private benefit of those tempo
rarily (and for but brief period, let us hope),
in control Of the office They act for all the
world like the beggar on horseback, and if they
ride to the same destination it will be strictly in
accord with precedent. From Mr.. Rounds down
to the lower strata of bosses, the horses, the
buggies, the workmen even of the office. are
utilized for the convenience of individuals
What think you of young Mr.. Rounds Empress
ing q labOrer to walk behind him with the
market basket Of Captain Brian, having the
windows of his residence washed by an en-
pl0ye Of the government during working hours:
at the government printing Office by the
government carpenter in government time,
with government lumber? Small potatoes. is
1t not? And does it not look very much as If
Rounds was not "used to anything" before he
burst upon our astOnished vision as full-blown
public printer But the king bee in the list of
frauds and impositions developed under this
model business management is our own, our
only Helm. Nothing like him has ever
been beheld here before, and nothing to equal
his brass and his impudence, We trust, will ever
offend our vision after he, king hog of greedy
crowd, shaiEhaye been expedited" out OF this
temple of Faust. I will say this for Helm. how
ever: he does not often modest the Office by
to leave his orders with the nominal head of the
Governments Printing Office, the bulk of his
time and energy is devoted to his duties as
business manager rOf the star route organ.
Said duties, 1t is needless to say are not heavy,
consisting chiefly In signing his somewhat no.
torious name on Mi Larcombe's pay-roil' for
and in consideration of six dollars per day. He
makes no extra charge, strange to saw for his
supervision over MIR. Rounds. 1 presume he
considers the fun equal to the outlay of time
unselfish for his own good, will mention that
he has no scruples whatever about accepting
tokens of regard, sub rosa, and as soon as /
get my data arranged will ,astonish you (and
also, dare say, Mr. Heinz with q list of them,
so far as theyhave come under my observation.
While Mr.. Helm ID no longer citizen of Ohio,
little nearer acquaintance with the great man
will convince you that he has not forgotten the
teachings acquired in that thrifty state.
There is something wrong here about money
formation to warrant me in speaking what
think, but maybe may become better posted
ere long. There's trouble ahead, unless the
storm that seems brewing proves the most de-
ceiying bune. of wind-clouds that ever dark
ened the horizon. In his desperation Rounds
assemblies his captains and c0rpOrals and thun-
ders at them the vital Importance Of spending
less money in their respective rooms This, as
they say in certain class Of novels, sis his
toric."
By the way, the workmen who sometime ago
were discharged because they had no votes are
still unemployed. They are becoming more
hopeless and more detected day by day. They
are too poor to leave, and it seems the determf-
nation of the heartlcss wretches who run this
Office that they shalt NOT again be employed.
And at this very time. mark the cruelty. be-
hold the inf;anN 1.-The efns.5ses Of this ONCE
are compelled 4 erasEst { i. wi',hes OF m0st--to
labor ten. tsse.vs, fsssstsea heirs .lag! Isit
w0ader that 50 many CIR, In their agony and
DESPAIR, how long 81 Lard heN Ioaaz g