Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-06

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The Department. has. with the help
OF the Printing Gommissien5I which,
the Council of State and the Commits
sioner of Labor andsPFintings put into
practice a system of orders and dup11-
Gates which makes it possible for this
Office to keep a check upon which iE
being done. Formerly anybody could
order anything wanted, and this office
knew nothing of it, until the printer
PRESENTED his bill. Now the orders
come through this Office, where every
possible principle of economy in pro-
duction is applied, and a record made
of the quantity ordered. This is the
basis on which all claims for~prlnt1ng
are adjusted.
The Legislature itself is the only
division which we have not been~able
to induce to join in this simple require
ment. The principal clerks of both
branches are furnished with orders
direct on the printers IN order to save
time on rush jobs, but we find charged
to the Legislative Experimentation
that have been ordered by the +
geant-at-arms. minor clerks, anu
! others. The Department has no other
record of these, and must handle
them as best it can.
For the first time within our know
leGge the cost of the States printing
for the two-yeaF !perioda hasT hoWpg a
decrease as ~againstEa preceding IKE
period. While this would appear as a
matter of qualification, in reality II IS
only such in so far as it shows the ap-
plication of economy in cost OF pro-
duction. -
1t has been our purpose to reduce
to an economical basis the Work ina
had to be done, and to discourage the
production and attendant expense OF
work that seemed to be without pro-
per reason.
Our printing cost is, approximately
$4,000 a year. The Department ON
Gals believe that at least ten per CEN
Of this could be saved, without detrl-
ment to a single cause represented.
They believe that the amount OF IN
necessary printing amounts to even
more than that. Some divisions OF the
State Government are in noW1se re-
stricted in the amount of printing they
use, and do not appear to seriously
consider the question OF Ii
ILLS GSp0cL. -
We are glad to be able to report that
the condition of the States printing Is
now in better shape than at any tune
within our experience. There ARE
fewer delays and more satisfactory
service. Our work is the equal ID
quality of any State in the Union, ana
we have nothing to fear from a com
parison with the output of q H4nplteo
States Government itself.
While the Department a Drought
to bear every principle of economy at
It's command, and has saved e cent
that could be saved, both in the pur-
chase of stock used and in laying out
the methods to be followed in the ex-
ecution of the work, that could be,
this will not overcome the increase IN
printing naturally REQUIRED by the
growth and extension 4of the States
business. The Department would
have the public understand that it a
no desire to interfere with the needs
OF the State along these lines; but we
ask those interested nn eQaaIeafnesaa
ness. to understand that we enter u
protest against that part Of the print
ing that we think we can demonstrate
IS not essential to the proper progress
u the State. Following this there