The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-23


business has been done in a rather hap
hazard way. But he made a guess at /
and provided shelving for 10, 600 books
On consulting recognized authority II
such matters he was told he would nevo
be able to find hooks enough to I'LL so man,
shelves. Well Mr.. Crandall Is today put
ting in the last of the shelves for 10, 00C
books, having some time ago discovered
that his original arrangement was INSULT
| cient. Already there are i'm sight about
| $4,000 books, and the number will soon bC
Increased TO Is, 600 for the printing presses
are busy all the time.
For storage of tho vast number Of 40
cumulated books and documents rs library
stacks" have been built, containing 2, SAC
bins, each of which will hold from rs to
800 books, according to the size of the vol.
umes, giving room for more than 300, 200
documents.
Tho publishing operations of the gov.
ernment are increasing ut an amazing
rate. In 1887 the government printing Of
flee consumed ais tons of paper, which
made 1897, 600 volumes, bound in cloth
and leather, and nearly 300, 600 pamphlets.
During the last year the office has used
4,547 tons of paper, producing 1887, 900
bound volumes and nearly 1900, 600 PAM
phlets. In addition TO these books the OF.
fee turned out an enormous quantity OF
other printing for congress and for the ex.
ecutive departments, including the many
tons of blanks used by the postoffice and
treasury departments
Coz: al Printing.
The Total cost Of the public printing last
year reached the enormous sum of nearly
So, 000, 000-$4, 7l6, 1918, to be exact
Pay OF employees alone required So, $780,
900, and the paper bill $500, 600.
During the last year Uncle Sam paid
out the very large sum Of $50, 900 for Illus
trations for his books, showing that the
government has caught tho modern spirit
OF picture making. Tho most expensively
illustrated book turned out from tho pub
lie printing Office was the atlas for official
records OF the Union and Confederate
armies, and the pictures for this cost SAL
400. Illustrations for proceedings of the
tribunal of arbitration for
the seal fisheries, held in Paris, cost ST.
S65, and for report of the geological survey
nearly $4,000
As book publisher Uncle Sam doesn't
care for expenses. The most expensive
book was the report of tho secretary OF
agriculture for which $500, 900 was appro-
priated. The report of the commissioner
OF education cost Col, 900 for 10, 900 copies.
Three thousand copies of the report of the
chief of engineers of the army cost SILL
325. Three thousand copies of the report
Of the chief OF ordnance cost $40, 470. The
report of the treasury on the commerce
and navigation of the United States cost
SIS, 600 for s. 900 copies. Eleven thousand
copies of the fish commissioners report
cost sla 600. The report of the commits
sioncr q abor on building and loan asso-
Citations Of which 10000 copies were
printed, cost 100000. The report of the
director of the bureau of ethnology cost
$40, G20. The annual report of the director
Of the geological survey cost SEQ. 900 for
Is, 500 copies These are only few items
OF many similar ones showing how the
money goes.
Reams of Paper and Tons OF Ink.
/ have often heard visitors to Washing.
ton, while going through the great depart.
ments, express curiosity as to the amount
OF printing, blanks, books, etc. used In
them. The treasury department uses
more printing than any other, its total
consumption costing considerably more
than 81, 600 a day The treasury S print.
Ing bill during the~last year amount.
ed TO $372, 600. Next to the treasury Is
the patent Office, which consumes an enor.
nous quantity of blanks, the cost of the
whole last year being $237 600 The post.
office department used printing TO the cost
Of SlS6, 600 last year, the war department
1929, 600 and the navy department S7I 900.
Is 1t any wonder that the total cost OF the
greatest printing Office in the world il
nearly s., 600 600 year,
Congress is not slow when it comes TO
money for printing either.
Last year the senate ordered 81 60, 600 worth
of printing and the house 1887 600. In
addition 10 this. the two houses concur
rently ordered or authorized printing cost
Ing S6S7,000
In single year the cost OF the paper
used for the purpose OF taking proofs in
the government printing Office is $40.
In the basement Of the government
printing Office are three miles Of shelves
used for storage Of electrotype plates.
The average number OF EMPLOYEES I'm
the greatest printing Office in the world
Is 1917. More than 800 Of these en-
ployees have been In the office 90 years.
The piece system OF typesetting has
been abolished In the government printing
office, and all the work is done by time
Public Printer Benedict claims this Is
more economical than the "piece" system.
The government printing Office used
asst year $4,000 worth OF ink. SO, $50
worth of glue, 90, 100 worth of thread,
~, $50 worth of twine, 100 barrels of flour
or paste and Sl5, 900 worth of gold leaf in
binding books. WALTER WELLMAE