The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-06-07
Government Printing Ab-
serbs Six Million a Year.
Wise Economies and Judicicns
Management Putat on Par With
Be& Private Plants.

OF the government pi1MlnS oijire, from
which the Washington, ~. CO. star
makes some extracts. Mr.. tiasl,in says:
The United States h.s .ure largest
ami finest printing office in the world
u represents an expenditure Of more
ucsn sioOo.tso for cnnstrua,ion and
equipment and an annual expenditure
of more uhsn s6oa,.o for maintenance
and operation. a thcuStai different
important books and Pamphlets are pub
hshc,i by II every year, t. SAY nothing
of the large number and variety of cir
mars. hills and other small jobs which
TO Ia make up the years work of the
government, printing office. 1t issues
daily -snd weekly Journals. monthly
periodicals and a large number 'of
ycarIy publications These range in
frequsncy and imJ,crtance from the .isil
Congressional Record 90 the annual
report Of small buneau officials and In
subject matter from DIN abstract yepcrt
of the bureau OF st.sxiards uron tho
Standardization of pyrometrs r. a
horse book by the Denartm OF yss,ri-
culture, or a jcrfarsons Bible s,y the
authority of Concross
The government printing office In
I9io>rs,t up more thur million Images
pages Of matter.tc Siy nothing cf nssx:y
7co.cs,eo blanks. schedules. cards.
"a. 72.oo,co ict,efiseads and enve-
apes and other usrgs in pssporA. On.
Nearly milkn and a half copies of
various publications. were bound The
0omisnsition cs.sis -saone were nearly
S20a0o
In spite Of The fsot that cvuy krsnwn
practical lal.or-sssNin Ing device ~ used at
the government printing ofns>e. ulore
chan aea.Uco a. war is paid out In
wages. and 81 requires more tasln sseo-
ef0sa year to nay To- the extra help re-
pIirei when the rag,,lar fore goss
ats vacation. IL rsunires m"rx tlnIn n
srinrn dollars worth OF palsar and
upwards of sOsheS vS-prth of oiner
terial for a year operation III the big
printing office In single snsnth II
was able to turn ont 156o00.0p p.st@Is
cards. The annual ass,p suysAly ross
S20OD. while So WORTH OF screw-sarivers
So worth Of pens. $3.50 worth of lsasd
pencils s2.0S worth, of nnrhtse OIL
twenty four tons of psntcr's ink ana
other fhings in puoporl-ion are ms ii
Waste paper Is r-duca1 "a a n,isHxnnuaa
every ,nrssible piece beng utilized in
>,the operations OF the I6jg print shop
and yet $4,000 worth of II Is sold an
nuaAly. Simply 10y olSaaging the style
If the Congressional Record Index a
saving of $4,000 MAS affected. Hy
saving M $4,000 was affsat.d.
One room contains about eighty line
typ nnlciines. the largest nunbsr 4"
M found Ia a single pam IN the world.
In another room is a SERVES of presses.
Whose conhtlcd output " more than
million impressions every hour.
Printer's ink " applied 10 forty tons of
paper every eight hours. Waere are
sard presses. which turn out million
cards each day. The job office Is one
of the most remarkable In existence.
1t turns ont nlojs work In a sb,sle day
than the average iSb office of the com-
mercial world could turn out In full |
week. The most pa'feot equipments that !
money can buy is to be found thrSugh-
out the entire plant.
When the naval court of inquiry in
TO the destruction Of toe Maine made /
its report President Mckinley trans
mittod the documont Ia Congress one
afternoon. The next morning II was
printed and in the hands Of every men,
Der of the Senate and House. and OF
the various members of the press. II
contained twenty-four full-pase illus
trations. one Autograph in colors, and
nearly 800 pages OF printed matter.
making an Investigation into the matter
of hazing at West Point the Govern
ment printing office was able, In thirty
six hours. to print and deliver to Con-
kress the 2OOO-page report, of that
Inquiry Congress makes heavier de-
unands upon the government printing
office than any other branch of the gov
ernment. Its annual printing bill
amounts 70 more than E.ooov0. The
Confessional Record and the printing
Of hearings. committee reports and bips
cover Ahe major portion Of this amount
During . single year the government
printing office printed for Congress
more than Q million copies Of octave
publications.. 1900 copies of the Con-
rssAanS RsNprd every day. some go
eoaiss esch Of m0rs u,sp $1,000 bills