The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-01-17
old BOOKS TO
BE GIVEN AWAY
Handsome Volumes Soon
Will Flood Kentucky.
Must Pass Off As Gifts Or Go To
Junk Dealers As Waste
Paper.

Washington. Jan. 1.-THE State Of
Kentucky soon will be irindatsl JWiL
tons These books will he sarf oJt
gratis through the kentucky Senntcrs
ami Representatives. Slnny of nsm Lr5
ha.11snmely bound in clot1. daft l.Ahrr
fun LEATHER, half sheep,srlaep or burki'ar'l
ami present stunning asr,acu ance wine.
lined rq2 on "a library shelf.
Perlo lically Ii becomls imparativfGy
necessary To enPyty The sore luanEs
where public dyaurnt nts are housed IN
Washington aud in prifkar to ct rid
of TIRE fast accumula.. Ions of DOCUMENTS
members of Congress are permitted t.
wask thsgn off on ttr@ir inofGansive ami
dsfentseless constituencies. Those thai
remain are sold as waste Isaasr at a
the Government.
prana are four flushels'' among hooks
as we'll as among politicians. Many III
the 1ygul fjc =nt-b-oklng documents dress
ed UP in splendid and costly binding,
are no. wcr.h carrying home unless I;
be To use as paplr weights % hls kind
ling for tile frrral>e fue. Trey ars drs
and musty Government reporl;s, ftllel
with Information ard statistics bong
since ubso,e,,e.
AT prfs nt there is an aocumuNatin7
of 200 900 Volumes ia ule hAsslnent oi
the Government Printing Office. They
must be got rid Of. TIE pasi-r in dl4n
cost the Govapnrntnt 6nnm three tn six
cents a roun1 nnd U1e highest prize
that can De obtained if they ARE Ho5i
as waste paper is half a clnte "a pound
Each of the K,entueky Senators and
every anen.bgr OF tine House from the
B.lNs,nss Sta'e has rsrsived from Sent
t,r Rsed Smoot of Utah letter which
says:
The publiaprinter has requested tlit
JosilI Oh pil-h thie W epSSA'
rize him ito sell as Waste paper laige
number of Government publications tha
have accumulated in ehs Go ernmen'
Printing Office from various Elources an
which are in excoss of its neAis The
space occupied by this accumulation
is required lor the work OF the print
ing office
Before .dsngc:dng the destruction o;
all thase PUBLICATIONS., the Joint Com
mittee ION Printing has decided to euo
NIT list of 1al-m to each msmhsr oi
congress for such selections ngs NE may
desire to make. The .aa,ompanN.ng lis
shows the publications. that are avail
able in this accumulation.
"Ilrey wiz DE subject to Tire request
of any Senator or R2pressntqive In
the ordar in whleh applboation is madi
on or before Mnnday, january 20, 1913
In case the requests for a narttcu,al
publication are in excess of the nopie'
available an eqna dis1rihution will
be made among the appltoants Cor sucr
publication. Distribution of the excess
january 20, 1913, as it is possible Cor
the public prtntsr to Nave the a0aumn'
lation sorted in accord with the re-
quests reoeived.''
Senator Smoot is chairman of the
Joint Committee on Printing.
Among the many pnactiaAlly Nablales'
publications contained in the list o.
10000 ,oallmes are a number of Ken
lucky intAnest. The dist Includes elev-f
volumes of tine eulugies delivered in
Congress ON the late Ablalam L.ncplF
Brick. who for Years represented us
South Bend DISTRICT in the House.
Among the books now available for
distribution through this order of the
Joint oommltuee on Pripains aee vol
umes of uhe Congressional Globe. M1hi,s
antsiated the Congressional Raoosi'
reports of the Coast and Gsodstic Sur
vey us tar back as 1855. etc, etc
Soon the mails will be loaded down
with books of this character. for the
opportunity is open to nh ssnatprs anc
Representatives. neeaapdAsss OF palitcs
The cost of transportation will be paid
by patient Uncle sam. Many mamhers q
a.