Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-22
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n of course you are familiar with
- terms of your own contract? \.
Yes, sir.
n Have you a copy Of your contract
,s.o i. nave moi, gave Mr.. Will
,io,,son n coy. but | think | am suffi-
"1ntIv familiar with it To determine
oi,nost everything you may ask me
about it.
n You did bring a copy here? A.
Yes. sir.
r;.,nt in evidence.
a Nuw is there uniform usage of
49,. business in Massachusetts. l will
a,aak IF Massachusetts first. as applied
On rubIic printing contracts, and 10
'ooo,racts generally: A. There is.
a With reference 20 the refusing of
.or,J tvpe Or standing matter? A.
rhcra i, a general business usage out
aid. of The matter of the contract. as
inning. Of course. there is no express
.onditjon in the contract there is an
;unlipd condition following the prin-
.",'. mage in a contract the same as
+, . uri,at. matter, that all saved type
n +bt. uronerty of the printer. there be-
NO no orh.r superstition. and there
torc is subject to 'he printers right
10 USE again.
n Thu same charge as if he did not
.ove it, but set il up new? A. Yes.
q That is a uniform practice in tn :
business? A. Yes. sir.
o Has that been the usage ever
o;n.e You have been connected with the
business? \. 1t has. l may say my
connection with the o,,slness goes back
n,i1r 10 my connection with the com
nanv. | have been connected with it
for 80 years
O Your practical knowledge Of the
business dates back about 80 years?
4. Yes. sir.
O. For Il years of that time you
have been connected with this particu-
lar company A. Yes. sir.
0. And with the public contract?
A Yes, sir.
O. Has that same custom prevailed
through all the 80 years of your actual
knowledge of the business? A. Yes,
sir il has
O. viii YOU state TO the committee
whether the usage of the business in
other sections, wher"vf.' you are fami-
liar with it, is the same as that? A.
II is. | may say that questions allie!
TO that condition have been discussed
in trade meetings all over the country;
and while there has been no necessity
for any specific statement regarding
that, it is generally accepted opinion.
and used in that manner throughout
all the large states whore ! have been.
Printers have invariably made use of
that right. it being type used again
whenever they could Gull out or select
It fr,m such matter as they chose TO
keep starding.
Q. The theory, of course. on which
they proceed is that the business risk
they take is for their advantage in
their own minds that they will have
TIE use of II again. either in whole ~
in Fart and they save 1t on that ac-
count? A. Yes.
Q. Now. if their judgment proves
erroneous, and they ar" disappointed
finally they have lost the use Of the
type; aud herce it is an incidental ex-
penser a. That is l frequent result:
the losses happen just as wen as the
gains
q. ON the Other hand. if it is used.
they got the full benefit? A. Yes, sir:
except they have to stand the expense
Of keeping and using and preparing
that type for the second Use.
q. II is frequently the case where
you leave standing matter and set type.
that while you may he able to use the
most OF it. you have to risk many
cGapgcs? A. Quite 4 great deal.
q And to pick it out? A. Yes. sir.
g. That of course Giminishes the
benefit! A. 1t does.
q. Whatever benefit there may be is
to the rrinter' a. Yes. sir.
q. If he don't get 4 duplicate order
he loses it? A. Yes. sir
q Does that same usage apply in
case instead Of savin4, the type he over
prints. for instance. he nlints ahead ?
a. Certainly. the SAM law.
q. The same thing prevails? A.
Yes, sir.
.. II he loses he loses. and if he
makes he makes. OF course the risk is
larger where he prints ahead" A. Yes.
sir: certainly.
.. Now FOR instance. suppose one
does pint ahead on the belief IN
his own mind that he will get A
duplicate order; and suppose he
gets a duplicate order; and suppose
they want to make small variation in
mat "Tder-that destroys the whole
'hlng? A. | have an unfortunate ex-
perience of that kind in mind where the
whole thing was gone.
u And a man says-I would like
me same thing again, but l want a
little different paper? A. 1t is all
gone.
u OF course. under those circum-
stances you have no claim whatever
u" your customers? A. None what
ever.
v And does that usage vary at all,
nepend III al upon the degree of the
rVoahihty of the duplicate order
""t Is to say. suppose you feel 10 u
""'ai certainty that an order will be
'uplcated-that does not lessen your
'sht to full pay? a. Not in the
Slightest.
" In Massachusetts you have to
ray rate of wages-down here it is
stated AT from $40 to SIS a week
'odt rates in Massachusetts. | suppose