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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04
MODEL PRINT SHOP.
Located at Washington and Con-
Quoted by Uncle Sam.
Soon 1t VIII he Housed in . Masnifi-
cent New Homework Done at
the Government Printing
ONCE.

DERHAPS the most complete
printing and binding plant in
the world is the government
printing Office at Washington. At
present this grand establishment is
housed in an antiquated structure.
With branches in the various execu-
tive departments, but before the
close of the present fiscal year it
viii occupy one of the finest build
ings in the capital city, with front
age of IT'S feet on North Capitol
street and $50 feet on G street, and
a height of rs feet from curb to
cornice.
Before entering into detailed de-
scription Of the new edifice, it might
be we'll to consider the Importance
of the government printing office
and the amount of work done by it..
According to figures supplied by
Hon. F. w. Palmer, public printer
of the United States, the total floor
space occupied by the office and its
branches, at the present time, is
242, 500 square feet. The new build
ing, now nearing completion at a
cost Of $2,000,OO0, will increase this
area $4,000 square feet. The num-
Der of employees is, in round num-
bers, about 1000, divided as follows:
Executive officers, AZ; main compos-
ing room. s24; bindery, ss5; main
press room, 217; job press room, 100;
job composing room, JOG; electro
type room, go; specification room,
271; folding room, 665; congression-
al record room. 100; chief engineers
division, SIS; branch in treasury de-
partment, 81; branch in library of
congress, 81; branch in department
of interior, So; branch in navy de-
partment, 81; branch in department
of state, 80; branch in war depart
ment, 81; branch in department of
agriculture, II; public documents di-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04

ision, 40. The rest is employed in
miscellaneous divisions of the serv-
!ce.
The number of presses in use is
,27, the output of which is 1000, 900
Impressions per day of eight hours.
Among these presses is a wonderful
,iece of machinery, capable of print
ng cards on both sides from web
If bristol board at the rate of 65,-
100 cards per hour. Equally interest
ng are four envelope presses, whose
,utput is 10000 printed envelopes
each per hour.
The total horsepower of the en-
rines is $500; of the boilers, 2,4O0.
The sizes of the electric generators
are one Of 300 kiIowatts, one of 1877
kilowatts and two of 600 kilowatts.
There are PSI electric motors in use.
having an aggregate of s27 horse
power. The quantity of type used is
about 1900, 900 pounds, or $50 tons.
The aggregate expenses of the Office
fourths of which is paid to en-
ployes for labor.
The quantity of raw material used
is almost beyond comprehension. In
one year the Office consumed 5000
tons Of paper; $4,000 pounds of glue;
1000 packs of gold leaf for titles
and decorative purposes; $4,000
square feet OF imitation Russia
leather; $4,000 skins claw Sheep"
$500 gallons lubricating oil; $500
pounds molding wax; $500 pounds
plumbago for electrotyping; 10000
pounds printing ink; 5000 pounds
sulphate of copper; 1000 pounds
thread; 5000 pounds tin foil; 1000
title leather skins; 1000 turkey
morocco skins; 5000 pounds anti
mony and tin; 20o. 900 pounds bar
lead: 10000 pounds bar tin; 1000
gallons benzine; 100000 pounds bind
ers' board; 5000 pieces book muslin;
5000 yards canvas for covering
books; 5000 pounds cast-iron filings;
IL. 900 pounds copper battery plates;
so 600 yards muslin; 10000 pounds
cotton waste. and 5000 tons of coal
Number of pages of matter issued in
one year is nearly 100000.
Under the management of Mr. Pal
mer the government printing Office
has maintained its reputation of be-
ing the best-managed print shop in
the world. One OF the striking illus
trations of the capabilities of the of
fee for executing orders-and one of
which the officials may be justly
p-nud-vas the printing of the mes-
sage of President Mckinley trans
hitting the report of the naval court
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04

therance of their ideas. The Panama
canal people have plenty of money.
They live al first class hotels, give din
ners and banquets, entertain literally
and lavishlys and all of that takes spot
cash. Moreover, for a large salary
they have employed an ex-statesman
of eminence who is now practicing law,
and under his guidance they are check
ing the Nicaraguan canal bill in the
senate most effectively.
It is not likely that there will be
shipping subsidy bill enacted, although
it may pass the senate. The legitimate
opponents of the bill are numerous.
and then there are enemies of the bill
who have fought it for personal spite
work, because of their antipat thy to one
of the senator's who favors it. They
know how easy it is to kill bill.
There has been at no time any pur-
pose to enact any tariff legislation
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04

. guam canal route for many years,
says: THE people of France, the
common people of France, have in
vested about 1000, 0OO, 900 of francs in
the Panama route. If we buy that
route from these people claiming the
right to sell, our government would
ultimately be called upon to pay all
those poor people in France who have
been swindled. We cannot afford to
buy this alleged franchise"
Now, whether the Nicaraguan route
is the better or not, is not within the
province of the narrator to say. A
duly appointed commission Of able and
competent gentlemen have examined
both of the routes. They have unani-
mously reported in favor of the Mica
raguan route; and then they have
unanimously reported also in favor of
the Panama route. Who shall tell
which is the proper place for the 18TH
milan canal?
One of the strongest characterize
tions ever uttered was an exclama-
ton of Senator Davis, of Minnesota,
five years ago: Panama is rock
ribbed. Buy it, and have something
substantial. To invest in Nicaraguan
stock would be like taking a mortgage
on an earthquake" And that idea
seems to be elaborated in the two
contradictory reports of the canal
commission.
When the statement is made that
there will be no canal legislation
statesmen take into considera ton the
fact that the Pacific railroads are
fighting canal legislation with every
means in their power. Usually the
railroad corporations stand together,
SO that when the Pacific railroads at
tack a measure they are able to bring
all other railroads to their support.
There is scarcely a senator or repre-
sentative in congress who is not under
obligations, in some way, to some rail-
road corporation. Consequently, when
the railroads become interested in
lobby work they are quiet, unseen, but
extremely potential. With the under
standing that the Pacific railroads are
o fighting canal legislation, you will APP
preciate Senator Morgan's smile. He
says:
-Four centuries ago the tribes on
this continent were set to fighting each
other, and the pale faces furnished the
fire water which led them to kill off
each other. The Senecas went To
slaughterlng MohaWks, ana the white
men furnished the fire water. Finally
they fought away beyond the Missis-
sippi river, where the Sioux and Win
nebagoes went to killing each other,
and the white men furnished the fire
water. Now the Nicaraguan and Pan
anna tribes have been set to war with
each other, and the Pacific railroads
are furnishing the fire water"
AdHnca teS of the NiearS oman canal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04
HYpNoT1z1No FROGS.
Experiments OF Great Scientific
Value Conducted by n Belgian
Woman Investigator.

1t is regretable that in the study
of psychological phenomena, and
more particularly of thosesmanifezta-
lions. real orimagined, thatare known
under the general name of hypnotism.
that experimentation has not been
carried on more extensively with ami
mails. For, though results obtained
with them would necessarily fall far
short of those reached with human be-
ings, they would nevertheless be free
from any possible conscious or uncon-
scious collision between the patient
and the operator.
At the fifth international congress
of psychology, which met in Turin.
Miss NJ. Stefanowski, of Brussels. de-
ivered an address in which she re-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04
HANDY CONTINUANCE.
Simple Apparatus for the Collection
of Atmospheric Dust for Micro
scopic Examination.

In the accompanying Illustration a
simple and inexpensive apparatus for
collecting atmospheric dust is shown,
which will probably be of some inter-
est both to bacteriologists and anna
teur microscopes.
The apparatus consists ESSENTIALLY
of a wire, the middle portion of
which is coiled into spiral to fit
over and turn on a vertical support.
One end of the wire is bent so as to
hold strip of glass, and the other
End is bent so as to clamp a piece of
cardboard, serving the purpose Of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04

Cuba, before we extend special benefits
to Cuba, the ungrateful."
All of the regular appropriat ton bills
will be passed, in due session, and they
will carry an aggregate of about $780,
100000 for all of the expenses of the
national government. for one year.
Our government is a good one, but it
comes high. There will be Philippine
tariff bill, but it would be futile to un-
dertake now to outline the features of
those measures. There will be legis-
lation for the extension and develop
ment of the national capital on the
original lines of L'Enfant, the genius
who planned it.
1t is easier to tell what will not be
done than to foretell what will be done
in congress, for the reason that it is
very easy to defeat legisla ton, and
very hard to accomplish anything.
One senator can delay a measure in
definitely, and, with the aid of few
others. can completely block legisla-
ton. SMITH D. FRY,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04
WILL NOT Do MUCH.
Congress to Do Lots of Talking, But
Little Legislating.
One Bill An Seventy-Five Has q
Chance OF Being Enacted Into q
Law-ProbabIe Fate Of
Canal Bills.
Especial Washington letter.

Especial Washington letter.
UPWARDS of Is, 900 bills have been
introduced in the senate and
house of representatives. Prob
ably 200 of them will be enacted into
laws. Each bill has about one chance
in rs. Small chance.
a The majority of these bills, almost
all of them, are of personal ia Their than
nationalinterest. They are private pen
sioRs, small individual claims, and for
every conceive BILE scheme for getting
money out of the treasury. Very few
of them will ever be reported from COM
mittees; and, in fact, some of the bills
which are of national and interna tional
interest will not be passed.
For example, there is the Nicara-
guam canal bill, which was passed by
the house of Representatives almost
unanimously. 1t will not be enacted
into law. Neither will there be enacted
a bill fog the construction of the Pana-
ma canal by this country. That is the
consensus of all political leaders, re-
CARELESS of their political affiliations.
The putative owners of the Panama
canal route have been trying to in
duce this government to buy their
hole in the ground for almost 20 years,
without success. But they have been
able to exert influences which have
prevented the passage of the Nicara-
guam canal bill; because so long as
there is no Nicaraguan canal ordered
their alleged stock may be worth
something, They have wanted $780,
100000 for their alleged rights. They
have come down to $10O,O0O,O00. And
now, when the house of representa-
tives has started the Nicaraguan ca
nal bill along by almost a unanimous
vote, the Panama people come here
offering to sell their alleged rights for
$4o,ooo,0oo. The question is whether
or not they have anything but gold
brick"or green goods for sale.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, who
has been the champion of the Nicara-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04

until recently; and the actions of the
house committee on ways and means
were defensive rather than aggressive
when they prepared the revenue re-
duction bill. The senate proposes to
substitute reciprocity for revenue re-
duction. Congressman Babcock, of
Wisconsin, courageously undertook to
chop down the tariff, but he received no
cooperation when congress convened;
so he dropped his ak and left the mat
ter to the other statesmen. Every
body knows that our revenues are
much greater than our expenditures,
but there are prudent statesmen who
believe in letting well enough alone.
There will be no new pension legis-
lation, although there are numerous
bills on file, looking to the correction
of some of the alleged errors in exist
ing statutes. The committees on pen
sions are now diligently engaged in
staving off claims of Spanish war vet
Grams for pension legislation. The he
roes of hundred days, over 2O0,0 900 of
whom never smelled powder, are try
ing to get their clutches on the pension
office.
Something like 1000 men are trying
to have the charge of -desertion- re-
moved from their civil war records, in
order that they may get on the pen
sion roll. The clerk of the committee
on military affairs will furnish some
interesting details concerning them
for future letter. There will be no
legislation of that kind during this ses-
sion, because the committee carefully
scans each bill; and usually finds an
imposter back of it.
The committee on public buildings
and grounds has before it for consid-
Grafton 100 bills proposing new public
buildings, which would cost in the ag-
gregate about $40,Ooo,O00. There will
be no legisla ton of that character
either.
There will be no reciprocity with
Cuba, if the house of Representatives
can have its way. Congressman Taw-
ney, of Minnesota, says: Eve should
first reduce the war taxes from our
own people, the taxes imposed to free
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04

Several years ago an agitation was
started to do away with the govern
ment printing Office. There is no
doubt that lots of the stuff printed at
public expense is not worth the paper
wasted upon it; but the critics fail to
take cognizance of the fact that if the
same stuff were given out to outside
printers, under a government con-
tract, it would cost fully IS per cent.
more. AS long as congressman will
talk. they will insist upon seeing their
names in print, and government sci
enlist and experimenters consider
themselves entitled to general circu-
lation of their bulletins. A great
country like ours cannot afford to be
stingy in the printing bill, nor can the
government give too wide publicity to
the utterances of its statesmen and
the essays of it's men of science.
There may be lots of chaff, but occa-
sionally a grain of wisdom is scat
tered abroad by means of government
reports which enlightens the public or
brings prosperity within reach of
farmer, trader or manufacturer
The printers of America are Justly
proud of the government establish
l1Cht. OCCd uSO III TeHocCS credit
upon their honorable craft; second,
because the hints they receive from its
management are helpful to the con-
duct of even the smallest shop. There
is not a government on earth whose
printing equals ours; not a single blue
book which can be compared to the
most ordinary department report is
sued at Washington. Everything
about our public printing is perfect:
The type is clean and clear; the press
work is just right; the margins re-
spectacle; the binding neat and sub
stantia1; maps and diagrams correct,
and drawings artistic.
A famous European royal lady once
said that she judged a woman by the
stationery she used. Should the same
discerning woman judge nations by
their printing she would pronounce
the United States Of America the neat
est, cleverest and most powerful coun-
try, which, we know, it is.
G. w. WEIPPIERT.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04

of inquiry upon the destruction o.
the battleship Maine in Havana
harbor. This publication consisted
of 29s pages Of text, "a full-page
engravmgs and one Autograph in
colors; and although the originals
of the illustrations were not in the
possession of the Office until three
o'clock p. IN. of March %, and the
manuscript of the text was not re-
ceived until six p. m. of the same
day, complete printed copies, in pa
per covers, were placed upon the
desks of senators and representa-
tives by ten o'clock the following
morning.
In planning the new printing Office
the architect, by the advice of the pub
lie printer, has paid particular atten-
ton to light and ventilation. Light is
supplied by thousand windows, many
of which face a spacious inner court,
with additional ventilation from a
complete exhaust system. Heat is
supplied by the latest system of di-
rect-indirect steam.
Alphabetically the building is one
of the finest specimens of the steel
skeleton class. The metal framing,
which represents a weight of 5000
tons, is completely covered by fire.
proof material. The brick is of the
best variety, including a large guam
tity of the white enameled kind, to be
used for dadoes around the room walls
and for lining stair and elevator wells
and toilet rooms. The edifice will con-
tain $4,000 square feet of grano1ithic
and asphalt pavement and Il. 500 yards
of concrete. All the "baseboards" will
be cast iron, and this metal will also
be employed for door and window
frames. The roof framing is of steel,
and on this will be placed covering of
glazed tile, to produce harmonious
color scheme. The building will be
seven stories, with storage rooms in
the basement.
Lieut.. John. Stephen Sewell, of the
United States engineer corps, who has
charge of the construction of the new
printing Office, reports that it will be
finished during the present year, and
within the authorized limit cost. The
last sentence is a powerful argument
for those who advocate the erection
of all public buildings under the SUI
pervision of army engineers and de-
nounce the employment of profess
sional contractors.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04

keeping the plane of the glass at
right angles to the direction of the
wind. The support comprises a ten
penny nail driven into block of lead.
Soldered upon the head of the driven
nail is the head of a second nail. The
heads thus placed in juXta position
serve as a shoulder upon which the
coil of wire rests.
The glass plate is smeared with
glycerine upon which the dust ad
heres. The. apparatus can be set in
any convenient place where the wind
blows, and the plate examined from
time to- time-Thomas r. Baker, in
Scientific American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04
Disease. of Motorneu

The Berlin electric tramway con.
ductors, or "wattmen," as they are
called on the continent, are subjecs
to special ailments. One is an oph-
thalmia, caused by the air current;
another is an inflammation of the
knee, due to ringing the alarm. ben,
and summer disease is kind or
sunburn with blisters on the hands.
owing to their exposure to the su,
in controlling the car.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04
Fellow Creatur~

A tender-hearted youth was once
present at an Oxford supper, where
the fathers of those assembled were
being roundly abused for their parsf-
mony in supplying the demands of
their sons. At last, after having
long kept silence, he lifted up his
voice in mild protest. after all,
gentlemen" he said, '1et us remem.
Der that they are our fe.low-crea-
tures."-Argonaut.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04
MIX reduced to Powder.

DIR. NJ. Ekenberg, of Gothenburg,
has made discovery which will be of
Importance in dairy farming. He
claims to have invented an apparatus
by which milk can be brought into
the form of a powder, like -four in
appearance, but possessing all the
qualities of milk in concentrated
form, moisture excepted. 1t is said
that this E:.ilk -four is completely SOL
uble in water and can be used for all
purposes for which common milk is
employed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04
Chauneurs Brought to Time.

The French chamber of deputies
s,as agreed upon bill imposing a
hnaximum penalty of two months in
prison and a fine of 500 francs for any
bicyclist or chauffeur OF an automo-
bile who ;.tempts to escape after
causing an accident.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04
Insanity and Learnfn<.

Great wits to madness are allied
An inmate of a 1unatic asylum recent
ly passed his examination at the
Buda-Pesth university. He then re-
turned to the asylum. This seems to
confirm the theory that mental ede-
rangement, in certain cases, affects
a part of the brain that has nothing
to do with the intellect.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04
Loua-vo,ced Phonorr.oh.

A phonograph that shouts so loud
ly that every word can be heard a.
a distance of ten miles has been test.
ed at Brighton
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-08
ACCUSED SWINDbERS
HELD FOR TRIAL
The Mea Suspected OF Insurance
Frauds at FL Paso in a TIGHT
Place.

Ell PASO, Tex, Nov. Richardson,
Gray and Mason, the three men in
prison here on the charge of swindling
the New York Life Insurance company,
have been granted continuance of
their preliminary hearing, to permit
witnesses to arrive from East Texas
and Arkansas. who they allege can aid
in establishing their innocence of
wrong-doing in collecting policies to
the amount of $4,000. The hearing
will probably be held on Monday.
The prisoners are being held in diff
ferent and widely separated cells at the
Jail, to prevent them from conversing
or arranging beforehand for their
course at the trial.
There are, absolutely no new devel-
opments in the case. except that the
company detectives have set out for
Chihuahua TO exhume the bodies of
Devers and Mitchell. who died there
under suspicious circumstances, and
whose insurance policies were collect
ed by members of the gang.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-08
RAILROADS. TO WAR
ON PRIVATE CHRS
Beet Trust Said to Use Its
Mileage Charges to Crush
Rivals

CHICAGO, H., Nov. 8.-The railroad
kings have declared war on private car
lines. J. P. Morgan, E. H. Hartman,
H. H Porter and w. H. Vanderbilt
are behind J. w. Midgely in the effort
he is making to eradicate the owner
ship of cars by shippers. Chicago
packers and the Standard Oil company
are the largest owners of cars.
From a small beginning the private
car system has grown to such magni-
tude that the railroads last year paid
the owners $12 ,000000 in mileage, while
$6,000,000 was paid for the use of re-
frigerator cars. It has become mani
fest that tariffs can not be maintained
SO long as shippers control their
freight cars and are allowed to earn
mileage on them.
A sharp distinction is to be drawn.
it is stated, between the methods OF
the Standard Oil company and the beef
trust. The former. since the enact
ment of the interstante commerce law
has never made an attempt to obtain q
reduced or a secret rate The packers
however. have constantly hammered
the tariffs on dressed and cured meats
until at the present time they are
lower in the west than the rates on
live stock.
1t is shown by Mr.. Midgely how the
packers are able to control the cattle
market. and to compel the wholesale
and retail dealers to buy exclusively OF
them or suffer ruinous competition
Instances were given where dealers
were driven out of business by the
power contained in the private car jul
diciously used. Mr.. Midgely, who Ii
the head of the car mileage bureau fol
the western roads. has been author.
lied to place the facts before the pub
lie, and has issued a pamphlet on the
subject