Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22

ceSSlul pupESner AS Is generally known,
Congress has appropriate
Uncle Sam, ed increasingly laEs e
p..L,.,1 amounts Of money for
bookseller. printing documents on
thousands Of. subjects for many years,
but only in recent times has the govern
ment attained much success in selling
the publications which it prints. The
number of books sold and not the number
printed make for the success Of either a
private or public concern, and it is on
this business principle that Uncle Sam
now may be rated as a successful pub
Usher
There has been tremendous increase
In the governments business in selling
publications during the last ten years
which can only be appreciated after a
careful study OF the reports of the SUI
perintendent of documents of the gov
eminent printing Office, the official
through whom all government publica-
tons are sold. Josiah H Brinker. the
present superintendent of documents has
recently completed statements which
show that the public's interest in govern
ment publications is growing monthly and
that this appreciation is being shown
in continuously increased sales of publica-
tons by his office.
Durlng last year the sales of govern
inent documents were nearly 800 per
cent more than the sales of 1904 Ten
years ago the amount of cash received
from sales of government documents was
less than $12,5O0. For each year there
has been steady increase in the gov
ernn1ent DOCK business and during the
fiscal year ending June so. 1913, more
than SlO6.OO0 was received from cash
sales. Supt Drinkers books show that,
for the period beginning July l, 1913. and
endins March ], this year, $50. 900
s worth dd, OF documents were sold. against
previous If the sales continue for the
remainder of the fiscal year as heavy as
they have been for the first eight months,
the government will have sold more than
sl"o,oNo worth of documents before July
l next, which will be more than % per
cent increase over last years sales. and
more than eleven times the amount of
cash sales recorded for the same period
ten years ago.
During the eight months beginning July
l. 1918, and ending March l, 1914, ESQ
letters were received inclosins cash for
one or more documents, an increase of
40 per cent over the returns for the
same period the previous year, when only
$3.50 letters were received. There was
also - per cent increase in ordinary
office correspondence
with the increase of sales Of govern
ment documents there has been an in
crease of all kinds Of business in the
superintendent of documents office Be
sldes sending out all Of the publications
sold by the government for cash, the
Office of the superintendent of documents,
under the present law. also has the
mailing of publications distributed by the
various departments. During the five
months from October to February, inclu-
n 1S- ,l,Y:-
were put into the mails. against less
than 100000 for the same period in
1913. Most publications issued by tho de-
partments are distributed free, and those
which are sold, usually at a very small
charge, must be purchased through the
superintendent of documents. and not al
the department for which the documents
are printed
Notwithstanding the large increase in
the sales of government publications and
the greatly increased amount of work
made necessary by the free distribution
Of publications for the departments. there
has been relatively small increase in
the force of men at the superintendent
of documents Office, which has charse
Of the work If Uncle Sans publishing
business continues to grow, however. in
creased appropriations will be necessary
for it is believed that the limit Of output
has now been reached with the present
force and equipment
X
The first comprehensive investigation of
tuberculosis in relation to all kinds of in
dustries to be I'M
Government Study dertaken by the
of tuberculosis. soon hn s.a ", hv
the United States public health service.
Surgeon General Rupert Blue has de-
tailed Surgeon Dana +. Robinson, one
Of the bureaus most experienced health
officers. to take charge of the investiga-
ton, which will be carried on in Cincin-
natl
The Ohio city has been selected as the
field for the governments studies be-
cause Of the diversity Of the manufac-
lures there. The work will be carried
on in cooperation with the state board
of health of Ohio; the Cincinnati board
of health, the Ohio Anti-Tuberculosis
Society and the Cincinnati Anti-Tuber-
culosis Society.
At various times the public health scrv-
ice has made an investigation of tubercu-
losis in relation to mining and several
other industries, but the study which is
to be undertaken in Cincinnati will be
the first government investigation OF the
kind of a scope broad enough to include
all industries. 1t will require many
lnOntnS TO make the 1nVeStlSatlOn, ana
when the work is completed the results
will be published in a volume for free
distribution by the public health service.
Because of the widespread interest in the
fight against tuberculosis, physicians and
health officers anticipate that the Ohio
investigation will lead to similar studies
in other fields.
DIR. Robinson, who has been chosen by
Surgeon General Blue to take charge OF
the investigation. is considered by health
authorities to be well fitted for the work
which has been assigned to him. He is
known as one of the best Investigators
of the public health service, and has had
extensive experience as public health
officer both in the United States and
abroad. For number Of years he repre-
scented the United States government at
Naples, where he was stationed to exam.
Inc emigrants sailing to this country.
The tuberculosis investigation to be car
ried on in Cincinnati will cover the condi-
tons in the homes of the workers as well
as in the factories where the men and
women are employed. In the past many
Investigations of occupational diseases
have sometimes been confined entirely tc
conditions in the factory. The govern
ment's health officers believe that it Is
not fair to place all the blame on the
manufacturer when. at times, the condi'
tons in many Of the homes are primarily
responsible for tuberculosis.
IT is believed that If manufacturers are