Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-11
THE STAMP DELAY.
CIT Is UNAVOIDABLE" SAYS iNTEH-
NAL REVENUE DEPARTMENT..
DELAYS IN PUBLIC PRINTING.
These Are n Cause of Great COM
p,nint. and of Protest Against DIS
.,.ye of Printers, Under the Cir
cumstanccs.
cumstanccs.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. August w.
snecial)-Inquiry at the once OF '''
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue u
aav as 70 the delay IN Issuing revenue
s,amnS for cigarettes and cigars reso''eu
a. ,ho ron,v that "the delay was unaVoiu-
able" Under the new law "hieh o"''
went into effect July Gath last eh'ire io"
cots of stamos OF various denominations
had ,o be made To begin WIN coi"pe
,or, artists had 10 furnish designs which
had 20 be approved by the Commissioner
"a secretary OF the Treasury. Next
eane the engraving, and, following 'h'''
the proofng and. perhaps correcting 30
~ TO conform strictly with the requ"
ments OF the Dingley tariff law iaS''y
comes the printing. Nearly an o~0.P'
,he nrinting. has been done. and the ue-
,artmcnt Is using every possible e"0i
20 expedite the work. The bureau
Engraving and Printing has been W.,
,n, over-hours for the past TWO
a.. order IN Get out the stamps anu '"'
omc,als in the Internal Revenue Depdi
mon, expect 20 be able 70 supply the NC
,n,,ds for them. which have been pour
=. tro,o all parts OF the country III
tho next few days. g..
They say there should be no reason 80,
Tho discharge OF operatives IN I"0' -
ON this account, as the supply oii 49, 49,
Was probably equal 70 the deInanus Vi ', ~
trade. and the operatives ought mus ~
be kept COINS for the snort ''''o 80
In the unavoidable delay
p1-BIIC PRINTING DELAYS
COMPLAINTS are being daiiy ~
here from members OF CohbiISS aoc,,-
cord TO the delay in having puono or
,ocrte priptcd and delivered inc 3cdl
~" So and Pubnc-Printer Palihc'
:. heino sharply criticised on tI'9
- I-h,s official IS dischaIslhB P'HIC
80 ON Inc ground that there IS no Wolh
or thom 10 do. and because CO''S 49,
H. moi i'm session. IL wouIu SCUM -.
Cor that II these dischargeu ~
were nut 10 work in the dllleicmt
partnents Of the government .,,,C-rt
office. some material ilhPi oNoi,0' ~, I'm
- ,,ode ,n the work turned out ~
~ ,o5d,rc-rooros at the Capitol ueIi
80 nov employed wrapping ana scIr o
a., an, documcnts that nave just 'O'il0
80, tho printing otiice, ana II Is SUM
,,,,at astonishing TO understand 'iio'
10 documents instead of being up-to-
80 orc those of the tlity-secohu anu
a few Of the Fifty-third Congress No.
=, a. eaid that some members OF Non
erees are protesting against the |
charge OF printers. ana some are -
ing that a larger force sndH po 80
,iie,,ed 81 as to get the work on manu-
Il',,ntcted On reasonable time. II Is
-, said that. Notwithstanding the uI9
cnorges in the printing ONCE some -
,,t,tu,ents oe faVorites are beihS maui
49,. 4, is expected that the pressure ~
.,,,to,. a large force cannot much IohS
-, ne withstood. and some Rlchmohl
comnositors may again be called INTO
service
personal, AND POSTAL
LOWS @ Bell and j. =. Bell, of Lyncn-
nm Va and j. G. Meekins oil Norm
,aroiira. are at the Metropolitan.
r. Wilson, Charlot,esville' Na'-iio'0i
Emerich. .,, ,o,o,ob
&. c. W. Entwistie Roanoke; " W.
Morrow. Jr.. Virgnia-St. James.
W NJ Teunis NorfOlk-Jeilerson.
Among Inc fo1rtn-ciass postmasters
commissioned to-day are the following:
r,toodore +. Gaver. Hillsboro', Va; Juu-
cor w whitney, 1Tyon, y. C.-mohey-
order offices: Thomas ). McNluer' Ni"P"-
noke. n. c.; Hardy A. GOODMAN
Dnrant's. \. G.; Walter r. Smith, Crimes
land n. c.; Alex. J.. Dryman. Honiny
creek. n. c.; Emma v. Wynns, Po"ei!s-
enc n. C.-not money-order offices.
New offices have been established as
follows: Parkcrsde, Pitt county N I"
with John +. Boyd as postmaster
I,roaddus. Nelson county, Va, with ho-
hert n. Saunders as postmaster ana
Keigatc. brunswick county va, with
Ianoce q Shelbourne as postmaster.