New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01
DUPLICATION.

1BY TELEGRAPH THE TKIT rNEl
washington Nav 3l-There seems 10 be pros
meet that before the expiration OF the biNth 'on-
rress one measure OF reform which mas peen urt'h
IL needed and loudly demanded Tor years VIII ne
/ adopted On May the House or hepreSen'a'.''S
pa ssed without a dissenting vote Dill "h'o" mas
been unanimously recommended by the COMMITTEES
on Printing ITO Improve the Printing and Binding
Methods of the Public Documents and the Dill Is
now I'm the hands Of the Senate committee u"
Printing That the necessity Of such Improvement
Is Ereat is realized only by every librarian ~
the country in whose library collection OF puphc
documents is kept but by every person VINO mas
occasion 10 refer to or consult such documents ana
Il Is surprising. therefore, to ma that inc pe""
ing bill IL unanimously approved by the A"e''0"''
Library Association. the Massachusetts Ldpra'!
Club the Librarian OF Congress. the Superintendent
of the Boston Public Library and every librarian
who has examined it. well as by Dr. Ames VINO
was for many years Superintendent OF the Dlstriou-
ton of Public Documents In the Interior Depart
ment: William J. Rhees. for forty years III charse
OF the international exchanges in the Smithsonian
Institute: the Public Printer, and by everybody
who has found Il necessary 10 consult pubic oocu-
ments. either in Washington or in public libraries
elsewhere and has experienced the difficulties ana
vexatons which the Perkins bill Is calculated 70
obvate and prevent. In explaining and advocating
the measure in the House of Representatives Chair-
man Perkins of the Committee on Printing terseiy
he said:
prime purpose Of the bill is reduce the vary
ing editions of the same documents now issued from
the departments OF the Government 10 one editioh
and make IL clear 10 any one. by the title OF the
document; exactly the contents OF the document
itself | have before four volumes. TO which |
cali your attention Indicating the Volumes: the
first is the report of the Commissioner OF Educh-
ton the second the report of the Secretary of the
Interior, the third is messages and documents Of
the Interior Department. and this. the fourth one
is House executive documents. Now. then. when |
identical. you will at once see the ncccssly
of the reform which the bill seeks TO accomplish
Instead of issuing this document and Others Ike IL
in four FIVE editions, We propose to issue II IN
one edition. Seeing a library shelf the volume
House Executive Documents no one would mink
find in that volume tie report Of the Commi--
sionor Of Education SO duplicates go everywhere.
one library in this country has culle1 out ana re-
turned 10 the Superintendent Of Documents 80
| volumes of duplicates We propose to prevent ou'
other feature Of the bin is to tax D out oS .;
| furnished to The depository libraries and print
| them at the came time tina, the first edition is
printed As 1t is nov, these volumes that 80 mo
| the reserve are not bound up until after the
conclusion of session OF Congress. so mat 'e
three Years after volume has been issued When
II comes current matters OF interest. Ike The re-
port of the Director Of the Mint the report OF the
| missioner OF the General Land ONCE. the value IN
we take them OUT OF the reserve and bind them
| 8, the time the report 10 first Issued under INC
| Congress TO send copy Of a report other publ,
cation from his quota, and then the secreiaTy OF
the Interior. or 0! any other department. VIII IN
| time send IA copy from his quota Then the re
| serve is finally bound up a year or Two hitei
and the regular copy for the library Is furnished
| We propose to remedy that.
The bill, If enacted will take the annua! rep'r
| Of the different departments. bureaus. onc's ana
| commissions out Of tho numbered Congr ess'onal
| document series and thus make them available ior
library classification and convenient for public use.
| 1t VIII cause the publications Of each department
and OF each independent bureau and commission SIC,
| 10 be bound always in a dstin tive color. 50 That
| Identification will he immediate and easy. 1t VII.
require outside lettering 20 relate 70 the snDJc
matter Of the book. II Will require each bound book
| TO have 4 title and a date on ITS back II VIII re.
quirc the outside lettering and the utle page OF
| every public document to be the same on ana IA
| every copy Of tina; document. II Will provide that
| ,here snail be only edition OF any pubic docu-
| ment except reprints; and II a reprint that TACT
| must be stated the title page.
| Ahou, 100000 copies OF public documents are now
| issued from the Government Printing Office every
| wear and owing to the loose methods now IN vogue
| icO three and often four editions OF the same
| document are published, each having different
| title page and different lettering on the back.