Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-30

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SUPPLY DIVISION
On April II, 1897, Michael W. Louis,
of Cincinnati, was appointed cashier in
the Kansas City, Mo-, pOstoflce, and
was detailed TO the department as act
ing superintendent of the supply utvi-
sion. The civil service oommmii sion
was asked to except the position rom
the classified service. This the uom.
mission declined; but in July following
it did give a special examination, allow
ing Louis a rating Of so points for
experience acquired during the three
months he had been In charge of the
division. AS q result OF this rating
Louis passed a successful examination
aud was appointed
CONTRACT FOR CANCELING INK.
Shortly after Louis was placed in
charge Of postofiice supplies the con-
tract for conceling ink was awarded to
Ault 4 Wiborg company, of CncIn-
natl, Ohio, at "a cents per pound, cents
higher than other bids. Much OF the
ink furnished by the new contractors
was Of inferior quality but instead of
being returned to the company II was
paid for ana burned or thrown away
on the city dump. During the fiscal
year 5l,0O0 POUNDS OF cancellng ink
We're bought from the Ault a Wborg
company, costing Si4, SSI52, while dur
ing the previous year but $1,000 pounds
had been used, at cost OF 81 ,302.65
For the fiscal year lS9S-99 no contract
was awarded for canceling ink, and
from March, 1899, until the beginning
OF the fiscal year 1923, Louis bought
canceling ink from the Ault & Wiporg
company at 30 cents per pound. cents
higher than the last competitive bid,
10 cents higher than was paid before
Louis became superintendent and from
to cents higher than present cost
mixing PADS,
For the fiscal year beginning July l,
1898, upon false statements of Louis the
contract for linking pads was awarded
10 W. G. Long, at IS cents each, in
Preference TO li-cent pads offered by
Herman Baumgarten. Long was not a
manufacturer, so he bought an Inferior
pad from Baumgarten at l2h cents
each. Long received a net rake OF
Of 1895 on the years business.
For the fiscal year lS0O-190l, NJ, d.
Sl095 per hundred pounds FOR the fol-
lowing tscGl year the price dropped to
St,45, During the closing months of the
year 1901 when the price of Irvine was
Sl095, and after the contract had been
given from the succeeding year at $145.
Louis bought large quantities of the
Irvine at $l0.95, which was carried over
into the next fiscal year.
lie was removed oct q, 1903.
PURCHASE OF MANIFOLD BOOKS.
In September, 1901, George l.. Nor
ton, representative Of the General Man
itod company Of Franklin. Pa, submit
ted a proposition 10 furnish manifold
books made Of patented duplicating
paper Tor the registry system, w. IA.
Landyoigt was then superintendent OF
The system. After Morton submitted
This proposition but before any books
were ordered, he proposed 90 secure
Landvoigts son employment with the
president Of the General Manifold com.
pany The proposition was accepted by
landyoigt who considered It great
personal favor
IL was Landyoigt's duty to pass upon
me merits and quality OF the supplies
furnished by this company, and the ac-
ceptance therefore, OF favor OF this
character was considered highly i'm
proper and his resignation was re-
quested and accepted.
The law required the department to
purchase manifold supplies from the
public printer but the public printer
could not buy completed books, Morton
succeeded IN having the law changed SO
as 10 authorize the public printer to
buy completed manifold books" After
lnls the use of books of the General
Manifold company was extended 80 as
To include all hooks used In registry
service.
ON June /, 1902 Louis Kempner be-
came superintendent of the registry
system and under his administration
DOCKS made by the General Manifold
company have been used I'm a lavish
manner. Tie original proposition was
TO furnish book containing 500 receipts
Tor 22la cents each. This book howev-
err was never used, but In its stead a
book containing 1000 receipts, which
cost Sl10.
Prior TO Kempner's appointment as
superintendent of the registry system,
manifold books were not furnished to
offices where less than 1000 pieces of
registered mail We're handled per an
num- kempner disregarded this rule
ana sent these expensive manifoh
1N'Nn w NUlIu ana lOuftn CLASS OIlctSi
The books are made OF material iequir-
ing careful handling yet they have
Deen sent tn hundreds of offices
throughout the country that are kept
IN small country stores and farmhous-
es where not more than % pieces of
mail are registered IN a year.
The result has been that the cost OF
manifold supplies for the fiscal year
1923 was SS4, 1883, as against S4i 400 a
Tor the fiscal year 1901, when supplied
by The public printer an increase Of
43.2696l, After the books were once
adopted for general use the company
advanced the prices; TO illustrate:
on Oct 2, 1902, % hooks Were ordered
for Atlanta, Ga, nj cost OF s33. while
on the 18th OF November five weeks
later, % books, exactly the Same were
ordered for Ogden, Utah, for which the
company charged $3.50 on oct 10,
1902. 10 books were ordered for Boston,
Mass. for which the company charged
Sl2650. while In April, 1909 100 OF the
same books were ordered for the same
city for which sl55 was charged.
During the investigation II was learn
ed that kempner had been receiving
from cuba numerous packages OF eli
gars without paying duty as required
hy law. Bv an order Of the president.
Nov. TO- 1899, anyone employed in the
United States service IN cuba was per-
mitted 10 send gifts or souvenirs to