The Washington herald., 1908-01-03


the government work in several months,
can leave that work TO write letters from
the Munsey Building some other facts
shown in the letter are interesting
For all this typewriter knows, fifty
two Duane street" may be a 0ne-stOry
fiat, but il is certain that there are Offices
In the building, whatever its kind or
shape or size
The Audit system has that address on
its own letter head. IN the letter above
reproduced it also refers to 50 Duane
street True. in the letter it resorts to
figures, bat the meaning 10 evidently the
same
In the letter we find that at lfty-two
(52) Duane street there is some one by
the name Of ]. W. Pratt Co. who. from
the CONTEXT. must do a business similar
10 general contractors" which is "our
business or that of The Audit System,
which is alleged to have signed the letter
1t Isn't at all strange that The Audit
System, which. as has already been
shown, is willing 10 do business Of many
kinds, furnish varied supplies. and in
fact constitute itself about everything.
should have an Office at Fifty-two Duane
street, New York City.
II Is not strange that the j. w Pratt
/
to have said does a general contractors
business. similar TO ours also has Of
fees at 50 Duane street Ii may not be
strange that The Audit System and the
]. w. Pratt Co. having similar ends in
view and having Offices at the same ad-
dress, II is alleged. should get together
on some Of the same business.
Knew Few Things.
But when The Audit System says that
the J. W Pratt Co "can give you an
idea Of the character Of work we are now
handling here it looks as if the latter
company knew right well what was going
on In Washington.
The letter was written in the Munsey
Building, according 10 the address given
on IT, but il was signed by the vice pres-
dent OF The Audit System. who is some
times, at least. down at the Government
Printing Office. II is hardly unfair TO as
sumo that the vice president. alternating
swiftly. perhaps between the building at
North Capitol and G streets and the Mum
sey Building on Pennsylvania avenue. did
not throw away the knowledge he had Of
what the government might be going TO
need, when he left the former and went
to the latter 10 write letters.
Possibly The Audit System in Wash
| ingtOn, thought that the J. ". Pratt Co,
at s. Duane street. which had ideas"
about the character of The Audit Sys-
TENS work. might not be able to get ali
contracts.
Easy matter Have Vice President Ray
nor write. on nice stationery 10 different
| firms which might be able or might be
| desirous Of dipping into government con-
tracts. and tell them about il In a letter.
Maybe the J. W Pratt Co. with It's
ideas, could tell a man who wanted 10
| know, how TO get Ia on some Of the con-
| tracts for supplies for the Government
| Printing Office.
/ Perhaps IFS alleged close proximity TO
/ the Offices of The Audit System. one being
at fifty-tw0 Duane street, New York city.
and the other at 50 Duane street, might
enable the J. W Pratt Co. 20 become fa-
mi!'ar with the work Of furnishing the
government a small portion OF supplies
/ through contracts, which Public Printer
/ Charles A Stilllngs might be induced to
J sign.
Worth Keeping Tab
Even the walls are said TO have ears
/ Why not the walls at Sc or Fifty-two
Duane street? Il isn't likely that The
Audit System would go down TO the Of
/ fees Of the J. ". Pratt CO. and tell it
about the work In Washington.
| Perhaps The Audit System is running
an eleemosynary institution over at Fifty
/ two Duane street. New York City, and
desired to help the J. W. Pratt Company
out. How kind OF the odd Audit System.
how typical.
| Possibly you may think that the odd
Audit System. which may be a sort OF
I 81 an S.
not very wise when II gets down to
/ Washington and starts in 70 work out a
system OF costs, audits. and inventory
/ for the Government Printing Office Do
not be fooled. All pretentions 10 being a
great and good eleemosynary institution
/ in New York are laid aside in the fair
| Capital. Aside from the fact that it is
/ losing money and ought to be In the
/ Office five years more Il could not pos
sibly work here for nothing. because il
/ has important work waiting for ii else
where, no doubt
! But cannot this great and good and odd
Audit System get the best out of the Gov
/ ernment Printing Office? Certainly il
may; and surely it can. Hasn't Il a friend
/ IN Public Printer Charles a. Stillings,
/ who selected it for the work il is doing
with variously estimated degrees Of sue
cess2
! The Government Printing Office gets
/ out lots of printed matter which goes
/ into lots Of places in this city and in
/ other cities and hamlets, too Why not
! advertise the odd Audit System on some
/ Of the governments books or pamphlets
/ or stationery? Would that not be a nice
/ way of getting even for losing money,
| and having 10 get out in several
Z
five years more" and is, maybe, running
an eleemosynary institution over in New
/ York city. somewhere around Fifty-two
/ Duane street?
/ That would surely be heaplng Goals Of
! fire on the head Of the Public Printer,
! wouldn't it? Here. after he has only had
The Audit System working for him "sev-
/ eral months" or about a year" or near
| ~ two years. he might be persuaded 10
let it advertise its own merits on govern
! ment work.
Some Strange DOings.
Such revenge must, indeed, be sweet.
/ Think of Public Printer Charles A. Still
| ings, who doesn't like the limelight. per-
mitting the queerly odd Audit System to
! show so much in the Government Print
! ing Offices printed limelight
| Does the unique Audit System pay the
! government for these advertisements-for
/ such they must virtually be-Which, Il is
/ alleged, are on some government printed
matter? Is that the reason il is losing
money? Would its bills for what are
/ alleged to be advertisements on govern
ment stationery make It lose money?
| It must be admitted that It is delightful
| in fact, the quintessence of a noble
| revenge-fOr the Public Printer. who Ger
| tainly must occasionally see one of these
alleged advertisements, to permit the
queer and truly odd Audit System to thus
| ly get some recompense for losing
] monex.u being in dangar of gettinz fred