The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-06-07
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and nthor iyanrs in rroJ,otsen.
Tho next most nbcrai patron of tho
rovernmori printing office is the rxdent
officc. The Patent office Gazette Is is
sued We, ky. Zach issue containing the
iyawIs4 and srccin ations Of all pat
onts issued during the preceding wcca.,
and also containing list of trade
marks rraaiod The Department Of
agriculture rauke third. LIS moss Inn
poriant publication Is the annual year
book. Of wilson hn,f million copies are
published. Each book weighs about
three pounds and the total edition
would require more than twnty-fve
freight cars to transport 1t.
Nothing g. too extensive for the gov
ernDont printing office 10 undertake
The war of the rebellion records, pub
hshei in i?s VOLUMES, and requiring a
l.?p rage index, lsrlaps for genera
tions will remain the worlds greatest
rcrorsts contain more than "a hundred
thousand pages of printch matter and
REQUIRED in their publication @,Jn
rc.tnts Of white papar and more than
3!"ec9 o,coo ems OF type. The whole
edition comprises about million and
half volumes. Not only large tasks
are undertaken, hut eNacting nnes as
well. when Congress wanted to pub
lish "a history of The Capitol II demand
ed that the completed volume should
be one of the finest examples Of print
er's art anywhere to be found The
resulting volume u a splendid cNa1nplc
of fine prsnunp When Congress Of
fers to sell a p,stiication 1t never counts
In the cost of the manuscript, the cost
of composition or anything else en-
cept the cost of the paper and other
materials cntsrip into the publication
and labor involved In printing and
binding Yet with the hisssory of the
Capitol being sold on uais 4sssis the
price of che 'wo'k WAS 32A
Unsiss the admin isti.,aion of Public
Printss Samuel Il. Donneilv, 'tse cost Of
performing given piece of work has
been saLtteriauy reduced During ue,e
fiscal year her.vas able to cut down the
scaass cf charar,s per rv,in. ,a6d tp-.,sc-
complisan more work With ySnet " se.1en
less employees During the next year
he reduced this still Iowar by per
cent the sfncipal decrease being 8
cents per thousand crls IN the itorn of
the sefice s,sow the ros of operating
each division and senion. making it
possible for the public printer 10 as
certain the COS. of the varsoas "prnra-
tons and to determine the cpmJrirative
effisdarcy OF the different people In the
office. Under the present plan " ac-
counting the pibiic rrintay is able to
know at the ~ ,sc of each day eNS.atly
how much thu operations of thai day
for t,s remainder of ts< fiscal year
1t u a prevalent ophlion that the
overhead cxpssSses of the gnveruIlent
printing Office ssre not "a ~ sat as mo sc
Of csAs nerciaI establishments. how
ever. these overhead ttsR1s Include
power. cheat. Light. repair Ia buildings
and plant. maintenance OF a delivery
service stock rScms, sanitary .Sccces
and payments Il employees injured i In
the service. Thev also include 5000
Tor wa.shmen. $4,000. for holidays,
$35SOV for leaves of absence and
$4,000 for esiks es The ovenhe,ad
charges anclude all the items entenng
into the expense of operating a ,com-
p,ercial asop with IRE excsptim pf rent
and the Insurance These items arc
more than .offset by the hak mtpAon
dollars required Car huaads1s and
leaves Of absence With the amount
Of money the goveTnnem spends for
holidays ank leaves of absence ant the !
government printing usffice the public
priIucr could pay dive rent assd the