Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-06-06
means saving
OF $4,000
Changes in Government
PrintingOffiCe Recommend.
ed in House Report
Position Of Deputy Public
Printer is Regarded as Q
Useless One

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Three.
| quarters of million dollars a year
saved by changes in the government
printing office and in the general
! printing laws is the total of the econ,
omies suggested by the House com.
mittee on printing, which recommend.
ed yesterday to the House the pas
sage. with sundry amendments, OF
the bill for the revision of the print.
ing laws already passed by the Sen
ate. The report strikes out every
increase in salary which the Senate
| passed and speaks of abuses which
have grown up in "the laxity and in
completeness" of the printing laws.
The more important committee
amendments as reported to the House
yesterday are as follows:
Consolidates the positions of depu-
ty public printer and superintendent
of work, and assigns the clerical dut-
les heretofore performed by the depu-
ty public printer to clerk above
class 4.
Strikes out the increase in salaries
Of officials at the government print
ing office.
Makes permanent provision for a
medical and sanitary officer at the
government printing office.
Provides that the sale of all gov
ernment publications, other than
maps and charts, and with certain
other exceptions, shall be centralized
under the superintendent Of docu.
ments, without the 10 per cent added.
Provides that the distribution of all
public documents on the regular
mailing lists of the executive depart
ments, independent offices and estab.
lishments Of the government shall be
centralized at the government print
ing Office.
Provides that either house may
abolish it's folding room.
Provides for the publication OF t1e
official register with the commission
of unnecessary matter.
The bill amends existing law by
fixing $2250 as the maximum annual
salary that may be paid by the pub
lie printer without any specific ap-
preparation therefor. A number of
assistant foremen of work divisions
are now paid by the public printer
a little more than $4,000 year and
the committee thought it wise to
make a limit.
Pay for Skilled Glasses.
The bill fixes the COMPENSATION OF
the principal classes of skilled trades
in the government printing office
comprehended in the general terms
of printers and bookbinders at so
cents an hour.
"These general classes" says the
report, ARE segregated, and higher
compensation allowed those excep-
tional positions. the filling of which
REQUIRES more than ordinary skill or
entails unusual responsibility, which
distinction is in harmony with the
rules of the trade.
1T provides that the compensation
of job compositors. imposers, press
men, gilders, marblers and bookbind:
er-machine operators shall be 5 cents
per hour higher than the compensa-
ton to be paid to the other employees
within the general classification. This
is an increase of cents per hour in
the compensation Of job composltors
and pressmen; all the other employ
es within this special classification
are now paid IS cents per hour; ana
it is further provided that the COM
pensation of proof readers. makers
up, printer-linotype operators, print
er- monotype keyboard operators.
pressmen in charge, stereotypers ana
electrotypers shall be 60 cents per
hour.
Purpose Of Amendment.
"The amendment proposed is IN
tended to do justice to a small group
Of employes Of the government print
ing office, known as folding machine
operators. by providing that the?
shall be included as bookbinders. at
the rate of so cents per hour. This
affects not to exceed fifteen employees,
who are now paid 40 cents an hour:
The classification as bookbinders OF
those folding-machine operators VINO
have served at least four years in
the government printing office is mer-
tied by these faithful employees.
"This section also authorizes the
payment to per diem of per hour en-
ployes of 80 per cent. in addition to
the regular compensation for Sunday
work. which provision has been in
corporated in the sundry civil appro-
priation act.
"This section also provides for the
payment of 20 per cent for night