The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
CONTINUED FROM FIRsr PAGE.

I NhNcts a Iyipd Ol private uettttifts MAIN
tanned by the Public Printer 10 spy or
their actions and make private reports 10
/ him. Mr.. Stillings, on the other hand
claims that these inspectors are for the
purpose Of watching the points which. IN
/ so large place as the Government Print
( ing Office he could not possibly watch
himself. The employees say that this In
/ spection force is drawing pay that should
/ by rights not be charged against the seTv-
! i've rendered by the printing Office.
/ The Inspection Division, as it is called
comprises sixteen men and one woman.
( The Chief Inspector is Charles s. Brown
at salary of $500 per annum. Mr.
Brown is the inventor Of a new system
OF inventory ard audit. by which az any
/ time any large establishment can tell at a
glance the amount Of supplies. machinery
and finished product on hand. It is, so
experienced printers say, an excellent de-
vice; a time and money saver. It Is a de-
vice that will cost the Government Print
ing Office deal of money to establish.
but will in the long run, they say, save
money BY its operation. Charles 5. Brown
approached the Public Printer with a view
/ 10 installing his system, and as a result
Mr.. Stllings. through representations 10
President Roosevelt, secured an order per-
mittng him TO engage Brown at the
aforementioned salary.
The rest Of the inspection force is made
up Of Russell o. Beene. statistician, at
s., coo a year; Harry r. Ashton and DIT.
William J. Manning. at 5000; Elbert c.
GearhaTt, clerk and stenographer, at 81
600; Thomas F. Harris Calvin F. Hum
merl. clerks. and Edward IL Ryan. proof
reader. at 5000: Presley Alice. Byron W.
Bonney. Elmer +. SchOoley. and George
+. Clark, clerks. at 81. 600: Miss Alice Dra-
ney, helper. at $1,000 and Alfred Brown.
Robert ". Morse. Charles ". Smith, and
John $. Smith. laborers, at Sf26 year
The total expense for the Inspection Di-
vision is. according TO Mr.. Stillings, S2s, IS
per annum.
Watching the work as Well as Men
But this" he says must not be re-
garded as the net cost Nine Of these in
spectors are only temporary, and viii
soon cease inspection work. OF the others
Mr. Beene the staustician. was already
getting 81 800 a year. Mr.. Ashton and Dr.
Manning were receiving $3.50. Mr. Gear
hart is an addition 10 the force. as Is the
chief inspector. Charles s. Brown, whose
appointment was permitted by special
order Of the President. II must not be
understood. either" continued the Public
Printer. that these inspectors are en-
pioyed simply 20 watch the men. they
have 10 inspect the work. the use Of ma
teTlals. and SO on. and their work IS
very necessary 10 the welfare of this
Office"
Il found this Office in a state Of de-
moralization when I took hold OF it,
says Mr. Sullings. "and II has been my
task 10 run q on business principles and
put II IN good working shape. When l
late to work every morning. and half Of
these We're not reported 70 me. The truth
of e is that the Office was in such
shape that the foremen were afraid to
handle the men. and things were allowed
to run as best they could This is a new
building. and it ought to have been as
clean as a new pin. ! found il disgust
nely dirty, conditions inssnitary. and /
was forced 20 make regulations to better
things As il is now, We have very few
employees late in the morning. We had
only i've this morning. That shows thai
our work is resulting in something.
some 'PIafn HoodIums."
Most OF the men we have employed in
the printing office are flrst-class Well
behaved men-honest workers, and gen
tlemen. But there are some here who
are just plain hoodlums Some complaint
has crept into the public press about an
order / made looking 70 the comfort of
the women employees In this Office. II has
all been magnided and distorted. Ny
order was misunderstood. and one night,
when, through a misapprehension. the
men and women left work together, there
was a good deal OF cTowding and some
The next morning II was
corrected. It was trifllng error that
would not have been thought Of second
time had not disgruntled men sought 70
make the worst Of IL. The trouble is that
the good men have 10 suffer-so far as
opinion goes-with the bad They for
merly used all the elevators in common
unit. I got word from my inspectors. and
they were backed UP BY the complaints Of
some Of the women, that when men and
women were crowded into the elevators
together there was improper conduct on
the part of the men. As q result" he
continued, Il have had 10 promulgate an
order setting aside certain of the ele-
vators for the use Of women TO protect
them from insult
Another matter that has caused i'll 4
feeling. though I did ii to better the serv-
Ice, is the matter Of the financial obliga-
tons Of some of the employees Of this de- :
partment- I found many of them deeply
N debt to merchants, and some Of the
-radesmen complained TO me and wanted /
help TO collect their money. l found that
men who were worrying about the money 4
-ney owed could not devote their best en- {
ergieS 10 their work. and so I arranged /.
hat they must pay of their debts I !
helped them ali ! could, told them that 1
hey must cease from eXtravagance. set
aside certain proportion Of their pav to 4
iquidate their debts, and that they must
get clear. / hold that a man who does
Tot pay his debts is not honest, and ! +
ion't want dishonest men working under
ne.
SympOsiums and HandbOOkS.
When l came here, too, / found +,
'peration these loan sympOsiums which
upphed unlucky employees with small
ums or money at usurious interest. and
IS II worked a great hardship and Gre
tied bad feeling 4 broke these svmnosi-
inns up. I told those in debt to nav OFF
heir loans at the legal rate OF 8 Der cent
'er annum. and they have been paving
hem OF according to my plan. When I
ame here various employees owed con-
lderabiy over 5000 TO these symposiums.
'oday they owe less than 500
There is no reason why emploves of
his Office should not pay their bills. The
ay IN this office runs about y per cent
more than the same labor is paid outside
nd there is no sense in wOrkmen living
o far beyond their means that they are /
nable to attend to their work because
I worry l want you to understand too
hat the work l did. and it took some
lme, in Strengthening up this debt busi-
ess Of the men was done outside of NV
flee hours. II l got paid for all the extra
ours | have put in here to get good re-
ults, would be earning about SIS 600 a
ear.
Another abuse which I found here-and
think il is still here to some extent