The Washington times., 1905-07-11

tation in the office. and the occasion
of damaging discipline, and that for the
good Of the service it was necessary TO
dispense with his services. That would
have been strictly true. and 1t would
have been ample II would, moreover,
have avoided the embarrassment which
followed the raising OF tn ewhoIe ques-
ton of the relations of the unions and
the Government.
President Roosevelt did the only thing
he could do when it was put TO him; he
issued his famous order making Govern
ment shops open shops. The union men,
realizing that he did the only thing he
could possibly do. stood by him. No
candidate for President ever got a larger
share of the votes of printers.
But the President, Ii is very well
known, was ircensed against Mr.. Pal
mer for raising such an embarrassing is
sue and forcing his hand The printers
did not feel any more kindly The result
was that II came pretty directly from
the White House to the Printing Office
that there was going to be a change in
Public Printers before long"
In this situation. politics became more
active than ever in the big Office The
Lanston people got busy in the effort
TO land their contract before Palmer
should go out of office.
Not even the most severe critic OF the
policy of the Public Printer In this mai
ter impute5 bad motives 70 him. The
worst that Is said Is that he allowed
himself TO be unduly influenced by SUI
bordinates. who had been. in various
doubtful ways lined up as thick-and-
thin supper terS of the Lanston company.
Holders of Stock.
How generally the I.anston stock has
been dealt in by these influential subordi-
mates of the Public Printer Is still mat
ter more or less Of conjecture The
commission of inquiry has been asking
questions of all witnesses along this
| lire, and has brought out considerable
striking evidence.
! The stories of the social attentions
| paid by the Lanston officials TO Print
ing Office people whose influence would
/ be valuable, has been brought out IN
much detail 1t is said that when
Foreman Cottell, one of the devoted
| friends of the Lanston people, first let
out on the stand the story of the social
! functions which were resigned to in
! spire friendship in influential quarters
| toward the Lanston. there was con-
| sternatfon among the supporters of that
| side.
The fof1r-hour examination of Levi
c. Hay, one of the forenen at the
Printing Office, was conducted with
that Mr.. Hay was opposed to the Lam
| ton machines, and the Lanston people
! had brought from New York an expert
| In their machine Sales Agent Nathan
| President Dove, of the Lanston com
J pany, was absent from this hearing on
/ account OF the death OF mis- mother
Mr. Hay told in detail of the methods
| by which the comparative showing as
between the Monotype and the Mergen-
/ thaler was made. In the fifth division
ten MonotypeS have been at work since
! last September, on very ''phat tabu-
lar work In the Gazette division.
! eighteen of the same machines have
been at work. in the hands OF skilled
| operators, setting matter with a L.
point body, 4-polnt face, measured as
l2-point type This, 1t was explained,
| trary rule of measurement long in force
| in the office.
Under this system of measurement
| Mr.. Hay explained, so ems of type ac-
tually set was measured as equal to
LOCO ems. In the Fifth division tabular
/ work and quadded and leadered '-phat"
matter. was measured at double price.
| Thus, he insisted, the monotype got a
| good deal more than a fair show on
| both sides of the test.
unfavorable Test.
On the other hand the test of the
IMergenthalers. in the Congressional Rec
ord division, was made under urfavor-
| able conditions, according to Mr. Hays
explanation. In the forenoon one set
of operators, who were learning to use
the machines, and who could set very
chimes; in the afternoon another shift
of the same class of unssilled operators
used the machines; and, finally, in the
evening, when the rush work on the
| Record demanded attention, a force of
journeymen operators, some Of whom
| however, were not yet really skilled
workmen, was put at work Then the
output Of these three shifts was meas
ured. and averaged, and used in s"spe-
cial report No. o" as a repl asentation
of the capacity of the Mergenthaler ma
chimes
In the comparison, on the basis of
these two tests which Mr. Hay de-
clared were both utterly unfair, the
Lanston machine made the better show
ing Public Printer Palmer, adhering
TO the report, bought Lanstons, and
now stands on the report as his justi-
| fcation.
John Berg, foreman of the Record
division, testified TO the same matters.
In good deal of detail
The explanation Of the composition
OF the committee that prepared the re-
port No. has been carefully set forth
by various witnesses, and the charac-
ter of this report has been impeached
by the opponents Of the I4anStons and
vigorously defended by the represen-
tatfves and witnesses for that com
pany. 1t is insisted that the Lanston
genthaler for tabular work
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