The Washington herald., 1908-01-03


said that The Audit System has been at
work finding lost motion in the Gov
eminent Printing Office for Several
months" and ought 10 be through in d
few more
Vice President Raynor. Of The Audit
System, has said that his system has
been working for at least a year, ahd
ought to be in the Government Pyfnting
Office for at least five years longer
On the same day that Mr.. Raynor told
ia reporter for The Washington Herald
that his system had been at work for
about one year in uprooting affairs in the
big printing establishment. he also casu-
ally remarked that he had been in Wash
ingt0n for two years or thereabouts.
Raynor I'm Washington.
Now Vice President Raynor, of The
Audit System, ought to be a fairly busy
man. His system, - according to his own
statement. is pretty busy in other places.
What, then, vas Vice President Raynor.
whose company is busy-'losing money
right now-doing in Washington for al
most year previous 10 the time It got
the contract from the Public Printer to
install The Audit system in the Govern
ment Printing Office?
People who were connected with tbe
Office as long ago almost as two years
say that Vice President Raynor, of The
Audit System. was in the Government
Printing Office for some months. in soma
capacity, before his company got the con-
tract Was Vice President Raynor giving
his time and experience TO the govern
ment merely because he loved the service,
or Charles A. StIIings, the Public Printer?
The same people who are pretty sure
/ that they saw Vice President Raynor
lowering about the Government Printing
+ Office so long ago also say that he was
not unassisted in the work which he must
/ have been doing Therefore, The Audit
System. or some one who must have been
| interested in audit work-which seems to
/ be a very peculiar sort Of work-was in
the Government Printing Office before
/ Public Printer Charles A SulHngs con-
vinced Congress that IT ought TO appro-
pirate money to purchase. install" DC,
a cost, audit, and inventory system"
4 work of Art
A letter-head Of The Audit System IS
an interesting affair, even aside from its
unquesuoned beauty Of design. The one
/ Of which this is descriptive. so far as a
poor typewriter is able to put il on paper.
| IS really a work of art
/ Up in the left hand corner. in modestly
small black letters, is the name Of IVY.
N. Raynor." After it is the. title. "vice
president" while below that name and
| title are the words "and general man
ager."
In the center of the top of the letter
/ head the words. The Audit System" in
glaringiy bright red letters. are set out.
Below this comes a description of what
/ The Audit System is. or does It runs
| like this. Accountants. auditors, econo-
mists, oTiginators OF cost and inventory
! systems, manufacturers Of Office sup
plies. Then under a nice red line comes
I the company's address. IL would seem.
"Fifty-two Duane street, New York City;
Munsey Building Washington, D. c.
piece, separated only by a nice black
dash, known among printers as a ''3-m
DASH come the words. again in nice red.
Government Printing Office"
Just over TO the left of tlss last nice
sounding phrase, also written in red, ars
the w9rds-underscored by two red lines
/ System Department
Too Much system.
| It might be taken from the last two
| paragraphs that the System Depart
ment alone was in the Government
Printing Office, but not so. apparently,
after a second look.
Underneath the words System De-
partment" comes a long string OF "sys-
tens, costs systems. ledgers books. rec
ords binders &c. Evidently, then, the
System Department" above this long
line of things. means that this Is what
the System Department" can furnish.
Those three words. Government Print
ing Office" must mean that anybody
wanting TO do business with The Audit
System can find somebody in govern
ment building who is willing to bid on
supplies fcr him.
OF course. The Audit System. which is
SAID 10 get ITS OEiC6S IN Ine Government
Printing Office free, may respectfully de-
cline to do any business from these
offices with some one outside. may refer
any anxious inquirer to the Munsey Build
ing. It may.
Now, The Audit System, in its nice
letterhead. which the typewriter has Just
described with many inward groans Of
protest, says that it has an Office at
''ffty-twO Duane street, New York City
Lying close TO the typewriter, so that
reporter. by exercising the right OF sight,
can read it intelIigently. IS copy of q
letter which ought to prove interesting
reading when il comes to The Odd Audit
System.
The Audit System, Nunsey Bldg.
Washington d. C.. April -, lSll.
Gentlemen: WIZ son kindly send us your cata-
loguo ami best discounts f0r use II or oontract
department.
Our business IS general contractors for stationery
aud Office supplies. similar to the J. W Pratt Co,
Of New Yort We should be pleased 70 have you ex-
tend TO MS the same courtesy in the matter 81 IFies
and 1foteetioR as you do IN them.
We also refer you TO the J. ". Pratt Co. %
Duane street who can give you an idea Of ths
character Of work that now handling here.
Yours truly THE AUDIT sYsrEAf,
" M RAYNOR, Gen. 3igr.
Some Pertinent Facts,
Leaving out the obviously bad grammar
of saving that the business - general