Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-22

| dement, of the saved type how much
added necessary price would there be
as applied to the conditions in Massa =
chusetts? A. 1t is rather difficult II
tell. The conditions would vary some
what from time to time, but if | were
to approximate it l should say be-
| tween 20 per cent. ard 25 per cent. 1t
| might carry the cost up to $40 or SIS,
Or rather the figures which should feel
that l should have to get in order 10
carry out the contract successfully.
| q. 1t would make an addition of 30
| to 25 per cent. A. 1t would make that
addition to me, and more difference to
! the State, think it would be a loss
to the State to do that.
! @. And why? A. Because it would
be impossible to tell just where the
saved type ended and the new tvpe
began; and in carrying on an account
it would be almost impossible to keep
| track of saved type, and therefore we
| should have to give ourselves the bene-
| fit of the doubt, AMI as d consequence
| there would be IA gre AT deal charged to
| the State.
| Q. Will you repeat what yon have
just SAID! A. In case we We're CON-
PEELED to charge in full for killed type
that is, give the State the benefit Ct
| what we picked out, it would be a
| decided additional expense to the State.
because it is impossible to take out
| the various little pieces thai are saved
| from time to time. and brought i'm the
| second time-it would be almost i'm
| possible to measure them and KEEP
! track of them, and therefor, in charg-
ing up, as they would not all be re-
ported to the Office. and would not be
| from the fifty or hundred compost
| tors that we have working, We would
have to charge the State all that was
| reported to us and no more, and the
| chances are that less would be re-
Eorted to us saved than were saved.
| Q. You never heard of the contract
which was made relating to the de-
struction of the type by the printer?
A. No. sir.-lf l may be allowed
| that is something that was considered
very carefully by us at the time of
| making the contract. Tic only point
at all is as to your power to save the
| type. if the State required such de-
| Struction of human labor as to require
| contractors to do the work all Over
again. But the point is how great
the advantage is to the contractor. and
of how much benefit the State ought
to get in making its contracts: and
think | have explained to you'll
have not made it clear have attempt
| ed tO.-that while it is doubtful
question, it leads into quite per-
| centage of the amount
| Mr.. BAKER. You think, as nearly
as you can approximate it, that it is
somewhere from 20 per cent. to %
per cent. A. / do.
| Q. Apply that, for instance. to the
State price here-$.42. If you call it
Is per cent. by way of easy reckoning
=. a. 1t would be a strong sixty
| cents
| Q. What do you find from your ex-
perience and knowledge of the bust
ness about how many EMS IA day will II
| good workman set and complete and
distribute? A. Location by expert
| enced men does not alter tt, quality
livery much, although in large places.
| in metropolitan centers like Boston
| they are supposed to have a better
| class of workmen. We consider our
best men and women will produce 6.C00
Il day, still. in nine hours a: that, ana
| to verify that from a fact | have h; L
my superintendent and foreman bring
me reports when | get a new work.
| mani have reports brought me of
what they will do-a new broom
sweeps clean and works well at first.
but some months after it might turn
n,, I a
| find that the best will be about 5000
| Il day which they will average they
will average 5000 without question.
At n rush season have to put on dur
ing the Legislative session Il largely
increased force, sometimes 80 or 30 ad
ditional. and they are not always so
good.
Q. How many hours constitute a
day? A. We work eigh: hours.
| q. How. if you have noticed. as to
the amount of work you get from yOur
men. does it cOmpare, whether there is
u reduction from ten to nine. or from
nine to eight A. l think we get de-
| idedly better results from the shorter
day, bat not proport:onate increase
| through the shorter hours. The COM
| positor will not do in eight hours what
he Will do in nine, but he will do it
| more efficiently, and little more in
eight hours in proportion. He gets his
| best work in eight hours: there is no
question about that.
Q. Would it be divulging your priv
ate business if l asked you to say what
you pay your wOrkmen who can set
5000 ems? A. No sir. J am sorry to
say that the conditions under which
| we work really affects the work of our
employees. For instance. we are cont
PEELED 10 pay to POI" WGrkmen as much
| AS TO the best. and have to consider
average workers against the best ones.
| and we .fOn't pay much more than
S1650 to any Of them. There are few
so exceptionally good that We give
! hem a half a dollar or a dollar.
Mr.. BAKER. Your answer to the
question about how many ems ore
| would set IN day was based. as | I'M
derstand. upon a nine hour day? Wit
ness. | did 81 for the purpose of COM
parison.
| u While actually in M1SSaphuSatsS