The National tribune., 1907-11-07
Inspection and Auditing.

duetion an attempt was made to dis
credit him by the inferior quality of
work turned out.
Inspection and Auditing.
The result was wholesale reductions
In the working force and the establish
ment of system by which every mans
daily output was recorded; the work
inspected and every article produced
could be traced back thru the inspector
to the workman. This system has been
extended to every department of the
great establishment by the most perfect
system of auditing which has ever been
devised. II is the invention of great
auditing company, which has made
specially of this matter, and is intro
ducing it into all the great factories of
the country. Every fraction of an hour
of an operatives time is noted and col
lated al the end of the day, so that ii is
known precisely what he has accom-
plished and what is the labor cost of
any given piece of work. The introduce
tion of this system met with resistance.
In every division many men, including
chiefs and sub-chiefs did their best to
make it fail The Public Printer and
the agents of the auditing company
foresaw all this, kept vigisant eye up
on it's operation, and those chiefs and
gub-chiefS who were not favorable to 1t
were adm onished, sometimes discil, lined
1t is now working admirably, much to
the satisfaction of those who want to do
an honest days work, and who have
heretofore suffered from competition
with those who did not, and who, in
spite of that, secured advancement in
position and salary Now, as far as hu-
man foresight can secure it, advance
ment will depend upon efficiency, and
personal favoritisfn WIZ be eliminated.
With all his firmness, Mr.. Stillings has
shown tact and consideration. Where
men have set themselves obstinately
against needed reforms ne mas admon-
ished, and If this was not effectual re-
duced them to lower positions or dis
charged them. There has been all the
time every consideration for a mans
long service, for his physical disabili-
ties and particular regard paid to the
claims of those who served in the Army
or Navy and to their widows and chill
dren These have been favored as far
as they could be favored with due re-
gard TO the interests of the office. Brok-
en-down veterans, who have been un-
able to keep up the pace as frst-class
workmen, have been given lighter du-
ties, with not only personal regard on
the part of the Public Printer for them,
but in accordance with the spirit of the
Presidents wishes that no veteran or
veterans widow shall be set out in the
cold All the time justice has been
ten pered with mercy, for the Public
Printer Is at bottom a wamr-hearted,
sympathetic man, as men of his caliber
and natural leaders are likely TO be.
The Biggest Publishing Mouse I'm the
World.
To understand the magnitude of the
task undertaken by Mr.. Stillings, it
must be understood that the Govern
ment Printing Office Is FAR and away
the largest, finest and best appointed
printing Office in the whole world, and
its product vastly exceeds that of any
other. Altho at the time of its pur-
chase the old Government Printing Of
flee was the largest and best equipped
In the country, IL was markedly insuffi-
cient for the growing demands upon it,
and the inadequacy of any extension to
meet these demands was manifest.
Therefore, ii was decided to build a new
office according to the latest and best
ideas, and which would combine all the
most advanced conceptions as to great
publishing plant. A slperb building
was erected at the corner of North Cap
itol street and G street, within a short
distance of the National Capitol. 1t ha:
a width of 175 feet on North Capito
and 40S feet on G street. Altogether Il
has 101z acres of floor space, not in
ciuding the basement. or about as mucl
as a good farm in the irrigated region
AS 12r as the knowledge OF to-day goes
1t is perfectly fireproof and perfect in al
its sanitary and economic arrangements
The style of architecture is the Italiar
renaissance, magnificent, solid, impos
ing. with a handsome marble-lined en-
trance and richly furnished, commo
dious Offices. The size of the building
can be somewhat understood by sayin!
that 1t required 100000 bricks ant
600 tons of steel to build the whole