The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-11
THE TAXES
Remedy For Evils Of the Public Printing-A system Of
Economy that takes the out Of Graft and Regu-
laies Effort Automatically. Better Service for Less
Money--Peoph and Publishers Equal.
Chapter Fifty-one

+ We have devoted four chapters exposing and explaining
the waste in the public printing and of that kind of
work would be complete effective unless remedies could be pointed
they could be applied the wrongs In this chapter
offer the remedy for the wrongs of the present system
Remedy for Waste in Legal Blanks
! With the beginning of the administration, committee
public printing might be formed consist of the county clerk
the probate judge and member of the board
his committee should take inventory of all legal blanks and
things that need to be kept hand for the economical admna
ton of the business of the several Offices and should
made of the number that will probably be needed
within year years. of those that nearly of stock
and needing be repenshed When the committee decides upon
the kinds and of certain printed that it advisable
purchase should learn the commercial prices such work
by comparison of price lists of reliable firms other localities and
give the work home printers prices that reasonable
within small margins of stardard prices elsewhere
There very little printed matter that be purchased
few weeks advance of the time for using and many emba
will be avoided by having the goods when needed be-
sides making saving each Of the following particulars:
T7Uelve Spaial Advanages
Securing the goods in quantities that enable the printer
to give the county the Quantity price.
Getting the seasons printing of given line done
time so that stock for be bought and shipped the
economical way the printers Under present SYSTEM each print
house carry large and varied stock order be ready
fill any kind of ORDERS he must suffer the loss of ordering
lin haste and shipping in by express fill rush order In such
the printer the county pay the oss and he carries
the large stock the order to other firm for or
two and the large stock still be carried to purpose.
Under the present SYSTEM many of the orders for printed
matter placed with the request attached I'VE entirely out
and have them possible Under these ondonsl
the printer likely do poor work. let mistakes pass
He may deliver the goods before the ink well dried and hard
ened and the beauty of the work marred of it,
A. When number of orders being filled at the same
time and they of similar design especially legal blanks
often possible of the pye from form print
of the of several succeeding FORMS In every step
of the work of printing dozen orders of legal blanks there
advantage of kind be derived which would be IMPOSSIBLE
they printed different times Such advantage amounts
very substantial part of the and the printer
and the county might just we'll make that saving
There periods in the when business dull
with the printing trades and the printing committee considered
that matter they could get substantial part of their orders filled
during the dull from January April advantage
all concerned printer do better and prohtabe
work if he has his orders for work early enough him plenty
of carry the different processes to completion and to dol
similar processes of the work at the same time.
Under this system or ordering goods orders Will not bel
duplicated by ordering goods that already stock ufhcent
quantity, but not shown on the inventory.
p Goods that can be supplied "rom the shelf of some
printing house shelf prices will be supplied that instead oil
higher price attaching special order that has to be printed
8. Officials will be ordering goods from their printer
friends just help them public money nor as sop o
induce the publisher print something his newspaper laudn
the fitness of the official for position he seeks In other
words it will political "hogwash at public expense
twill prevent mourning printing bills for work that should
be done by hand with the typewriter and will be check against
the orders of officials with poor judgment.
Io 1t will stop the selling of accounts to the banks until
the questions of authority quantity quality and price have been
passed upon and settled by those who will ultimately pay the bill
or dsapprove it.
H. 1t will remove the opportunity for printer to deliver
rush orders by pecemea and thus deliver short quantity
under conditions that make hard for the official to discover it.
r. All goods of copies should be delivered in
sealed packages of eac and labeled to show what in the
package and by whom furnished and when This enables the
fetal preserve them in good condition. free from dust and
damage until the last used Lack OF such rule has
caused much damage present supplies when furnished by printers
who do not how such goods should be packed who
too trifang to do it well.
The County Publishing
The law provides that the county commissioners must pub
sh their own official such brief and concise form that the
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