The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-16

/ Pebble Printer Caar a stililss ISN'T
/ letting Vice President Raynor or the
other members or employees OF the odd
/ Audit System run about the Government
Printing Office where they are with is
/ by Mr.. sulings' invlauon, doing nothing
and getting paid a consid rable amount
! therefor.
That wouldn't Doe bit Ike our Public
/ Printer. because he has NOT only re-
marked. sort of casual ike. that ne is
/ there t0 set on. the work. but DE said
/ he expected every man TO DO his duty.
Without questioning our Public Printers
apparent infringement upon that remark
about duty. which most every one knows
/ Lord Nelson originated some years ago,
during an mnleas3u.ness between Ems
/ land and France, let US pursue the course
/ of truth for an Instant aad try Go see if
I The odd Audit System Is doing It's duty.
During the Regime.
Well some time since, during the regime
of Mr. Charles A. Sunlngs. there hap
pened o. DE O certain department of the
/ government which wanted an annual re-
+ port or something of that kind printed
+ by the Government Printing Office The
/ departments arc at the mercy of that
office. so far as matter of choice goes.
+ This department had, let as say, about
S2I5,C10 To spend ON that report
oar Public Printer, Air Charles a.
/ StiIlngs, of course took the report. sent
/ it Co one OF his clerks-or possibly Tas
Audit System itself-for an estimate The
estimate was made. tha work started
merrily. and 1ir. Charles A. stunss
turned his busy brain TO the pursuit of
awards without competition or other more
pleasWeahle sid5llELts Of his vocation.
After a sufficient number OF days, The
Government Printing Office which is
under the sole direction az Mr. Charles
A. Stiungs, your Public Printer turned
out tie work hut found Oh figuring IL.
up. that IL had cost something like $1,000.
Now 1T is possible the Government PrinJ-
ing Office did not know how much the
department had to spend ON that one re-
port. and it Is also possible t did know.
But il is asserted that Mr Charles a.
Sulllngs sent Ia bill or notice % the
department iu question. 20 the effect that
che Job would cost Them about $4,000
Naturally, the department Kicked. To
hadn't that much money to spare.
What did that admirably equipped Pub
lie Printer do or what did that best of
all cost and audit systems. our odd Audit
System. doc Now il is asserted oH good
authority that AIr. Sulunes or some of
his employees. or some member Of the odd
Audit system. when It was ascertaiuad
that the money 10 De expended on dis
report didn't gee with what the Gov
eminent Printing Office is said to- have
spent in doing the work got busy.
Some One Got Busy.
It is asserted that some one got SO
busy and so successfully busy that DE
fixed the cost of that job. which was pre-
yiously said TO have beta $z-lGla.
so that It now appears TO have cost but
S2l5ef which the department had 20
spend ON it,
Nobody has asserted so that amy one
who is running this typewriter could
hear. that there was anything wrong
strictly speaking, about that correction.
However. employees have asked, How did
Mr.. Sulngs or the odd Audit System
arrange the time OF men and other items
expended in preparing thar report. SO that
this alleged remarkable sarinkaga OF
about $4,000. was shown on the books
is this alleged transaction "a proof that
the odd Audit System or our Public
Printer, AR Charles A. Sullings. have
improved the work Of estimating, cost.
audit, inventory, &c, in che Government
Printing Office?
Ii must Dee an enhancing pursuit 10 De
able 10 shrink figures up this way SO
that I'm a report 20 Congress things would
look as 81 you were keeping within your
estimates, cutting down expenses, ana
generally making yourself useful
What a wonderful invention an eraser
is and what truly remarkable things may
be done with figures.