The Portland daily press., 1899-11-09

msxnstude OF the Busfness OF the Cow
eminent Printing OMce.

(washinston Lsttsr to Boston Transcript.
The proportions of the new govsrnmsnt
printing ofisoe are Of more than local
int rest When c,mpist,d tse strurturs
will convey graphic idsa Of the size
which Uncls Sans business 10 types ttsr
and bookbiuder has rsached. This new
priu ting offios viii cost more than "a
600, oO0, and yet the fear Is already ak
pressed tsat 1t will not be large enough
to meet the demands upon 1t, and that
an addition will have +, be undertaken
about a. soon ms tAs keys Of the new
building ara turned over 10 It, occupant.
This fear might, however. prove ground
less n Congress would only give tss pub :
Lilo printr the modern appliances, inciud-
log typesettlng machines, which other
printing oflioes now make use Of. these
appliances would be equivalent to the
addition of large amount Of door space.
Tkey may be introduced In . Iound-about
way through the osnsus printing ofice.
which will be stocked with all the newest
modern machinery. When the oensus 10
completed and its reports published, psr-
hnps Uncls sam will decide to turn this
machinery over to the government print
1ne new building will b eight stories
In heisht, including basement. and the
flour space will amount to about nine
acres. Steel columns 70 the number OF
$40 will enable the foors to sustain load
Of 50, 100. 900 pounds. This, 10 the opin-
ion Of ensi neers. is stronger than VIII Dc
necessary under any circumstances. In
. printing Office 1t 10 this piles OF paper
a nd bound books which weigh most
heavily, and mot the machinery. This
building will be constructed 20 that IL
could almost be packed solid with paper
rolls There win be ~ electric elevators.
1000 incandescsnt lights and system OF
telephones. some OF the novel features
will be an Ice plant to furnish cold hl-
tered wa ter for drinking pun poses In
every part OF the building. ana cremn.
tvry to destroy refuss. the combustion OF
which will heat tbs water needed Tor
binding and other mechanical operations
Whenever publishing companies. oele-
rate Goth or other Anniversaries OF their
sstn blishmsnt thsy are able 70 show as.
tonishing strides In the Development OF
their business. The Springfield hepubli-
can recently presented In an anniversary
mum Der q visw Of that journal and OF It's
publishing plant ~ various stages In It's
history. In the same way the United
6ttttt ouoW s"O ~@1s
nous increase In its business rs . pub
Usher, and probably for much the same
reason that newspaper, magazine, snu
book publishing has made such ra pid hd
vancea But in addition TO the economic
reason underlying this general advance,
the growing tendency OF the government
to exercise q more paternal care over its
people In very marked. The governmsns
now runs several "daiiies.." One ts
made up of consular reports. Issued each
business day In the year, mainly for tbs
benefit of manufacturers and jobbers who
seek the export trade. During the session
of Congress the Record, a congressional
daily, is published. and various state
ments 20 out from the treasury and othe.
departments daily or nearly ~ frequently.
The scientific bureaus are Rraat publish
ers, and 90 10 the agricultural depart
ment. They properly maintain that
their invest cations are Of use only when
they reach the public. and that printers
ink is the way to accomplish this. In
almost every line, map-making, iliustrat-
ing, etc., the publications OF this govern
msnt excel thoss of any other. Our he
beiiion Records Is perhaps the greatest
publication in the world; It has alrsady
cos. nearly 81, 0OO, 900. some Of the best
text books In International law, In
finance, In fnrestry and In agricultural
science are published by the United
States government. II 20 yeais hence
Uncle Sam should be publishing Kip
ling's stories ami the Beacon biographies
IL would not seem auy more surprising
than his present undertaking would have
seemed IS years ago.