The Washington herald., 1908-01-01

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/ continued from rage Oues
! that he has got rid of many employees
since he assumed charge.
Mr.. Stilings' saving on paper. material.
lithographing, &c. were good. His saving
on salaries, If the basis taken may be as
sumed as correct at approximately $500
900, should. however, have been clear. In
his 1906 report, however, as given above,
MIR. stillings only saved a little over
s2OO.0
High SaIaried Assistants.
In the meantime, Mr.. sulnngs, In for
warding the work of The Audit System,
it is alleged, has put in ali sorts of ex-
ecutive officers. Many of these are rated
at $500 a year Still others get 5000.
and more get between S2.OO0 and $500
And. besides, In forwarding the work of
The Audit System. Mr.. Stillings has in
creased the number Of executive clerks.
&c
Employees Of thes Office who are In a
position to know. say that these ex-
ecutive officers and clerks alone cost
the government at present close to s4e0
90 year. Dividing that amount by halt
/ and making II the basis for the year 1906
/ it win be seen that Mr.. Stillings increased
/ his expenditures through the salaries Of
those in executive positions something
/ like 100000.
/ Therefore, while he discharged enough
people to reduce his pay roll possibly be-
/ tween 10000 and $500 900. it is alleged
/ that he gradually increased the number
/ of executive officers uatil his curtailment
In this particular was only a little over
/ $90o,ooo. or practically his own figures foI
+ that year
He told a reporter that he will have
saved, during 1907, approximately $4,000
Using the figures already made, he viii
/ have saved on the salaries Of discharged
/ employees during this year approximately
/ $4,000 Granting him a ratio OF de
/ crease of a little more than two, his
salary estimate will have shrunk In hi,
+ 1907 report about $3g0el8 more. making
/ S501,0oG In all
He will therefore have cut expenditures
/ in salaries by approximately S900O10. more
/ or less, and will in his report for 191-
show probably about 100000. unless his
executive force and clerks show under
/ pay OF employees" i'm that report Mr
Sullings will. therefore, have discharged
enough people to cut his estimate about
100000 but VIII have employed enough
I other people 10 discount almost half this
amount
This sum will possibly be around 500
ffE 4 u fg Ha gufFv l.
several men of the cost Of the executive
employees since Mr. StHlings assumed
charge.
Cost of the system
In the same preface TO the 1866 report
Mr.. suIlings says: To enable the Public
Printer and his principal officers to take
quick and intelligent action upon the
many perplexing propositions continually
being presented. the reorganization Of ths
official force was found TO be necessary
Only the more important positions have
at the present writing been filled.
In carrying out the solution Of thess
} 'perplexlng propositions therefore. Mr.
Sullings has probably expended some
thing like yl00000.
Why has Mr. Stillings found it neces
saTy SO to increase his executive force
he was put into the Office, he said. t5
get out the work" He found, he said
evil conditions. lack of supervision. Hs
was not able 10 cope with these c0ndl
tiOns in such a plant-as very probably nc
one man couid-so he requested the au
th0Tity Of Congress for money for tht
purchase and installation OF, and instruc
tion in, cost, audit, and inventory sys
tens"
Il looked over the field" said Mr.. Still
lings and selected The Audit System
of New York" When asked when Tn,
Audit System started working-the ques
ton was asked last week-Mr StnIing,
said several months. Vice president
Rainer, Of The Audit System. later. OF
the same day, said that his company has
been working for over year.
Mr.. Stillings. in response 20 a question
said that The Audit System would b.
through probably In a few months Mr.
Rainer said il ought TO continue the wOrE
for FIVE years longer.
Locating Lost Notion"
Mr. SuHings said that ii has been nee
essary for The Audit System 10 g,
down in under" all the work and fne
who was responsible Tor misappIied en-
ergy. The Audit System. in other words
was to be the chief mechanic Of the
Office, and find what machinsts tern
the lost motion. Lost motion" mean,
that somewhere some piece of machinery
is not doing all 1t was mean, to do. II
consequence the whole piece suffers II
energy
The Audit System, which. it is alleged
has quarters, with heat and light, tele
phones. and other things. in the govern
| ment building. for which. IL is said. il
pays no charges, has been finding thl
lost motion in one building for Ovel
one year, and it ought to take fv'
/ more"
Employees. not those who have beer
discharged, but those who still work fot
Mr. Sullings and the government, as
sert that The Audit System has the ab
solute say. or possibly recommendation
for all promotions that are made in tn,
Government Printing Office. The Audi
| System, its vice president explained 10
reporter. has installed a system Of check.
on all men and others employed In tn,
establishment. This checking system has
its good points, and, perhaps its baC
! ones.
It's object. according to both Mr.. Still
ings and the vice president, is to find In.
lost motion, the leaks of energy. Mos
probably it has found many In such al
office as this there must be many
| These. no doubt, 1t has corrected. 70,
| Mr.. Sdllings himself said that no soonel
had The Audit System found something
wrong than it is necessary for it 10 de
wise some scheme for its remedy.
BY its system of checking, The Audit
| System. il was explained to the reporter
has practically eliminated any oppoT.
tunity for the men In the plant to sol
der as men will. no doubt, do.
RamificatIOnS of Red Tape.
Every employe outside of the execuuy
/ ntHcas tho rannIa of which th. Vic.