Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-18
Honolulu NeWspaperman Says He's Rapidly Becoming Crank
Which Care for Wisconsin Believes in Publicity

building just nearing completion. Il
cost some millions Of dollars and the
people got, full value for their money
I am told. II gays to rut up snch
splendid buildings. II is an inspira
ton TO the young and old Of the state
and TO their fellow citizens from other
states. -.
The Trials Of University.
Madison has great. university,
which q misguided legislature has
sought to curb and narrow. But nc
doubt the, next legislature win wake
up. They got an expert on efficiency
by the name Of Allen to 1opk int,
things at the university. He said the
class rooms were not used enough
There should be. less rooms and more
hours OF use. : A. professor asked the
expert II he had bath in his housf
end II he. arranged the family 50 the
bath and its equipmentSwould never
be idle. The answer Is not recorded
Madison through its university has
some unassumins and great men
Great men are always nnassuming
Madison isn't long On street cars but
Il has some grand auto drives and
three or mere lakes for boating and
swimming IN summer, and I suppose
skating and ice boating in the win
ter. >. - So -. -, - "a
Madison has two newspapers. 0ns
a good one for general news matter.
as Judged by an outsider. and anofbe
which the passing outsider judges
needs q dose of green paint or some
thing like that Of stir up its news
values ] don't know whether that is
the Judgment OF the town. These
small city papers have TO con1peth
With the early editions of 81 Pauland
Chicago papers, so they have to figure
things pretty closely formed nv
opinions before the editor OF the good
live paper took me out for most de
lightful auto ride. r. 81,
Madison has some of the best
equipped and up-to.date print shops /
have yet encountered. I was very
much surprised to note the quantity
Of printing done IN Madison, and also
greatly pleased with thu character Of
the men and women handling the bust
ness and doing the work. Here one
sees women pressfeeders and linotype
operators on every hand, III q
Dp-to-date Printing. 81 !. ,. i X. & t
The Office or the Madison Democrat.
is a very complete newspaper and
printing plant, with q department for
the newspaper, q sdepartnent and sen.
arate machines for the legislative and
other book work, department with
separate equipment for general job
work; also two binderies and de,
partment for library and Office sun
plies. 4 did not 80 % thoroughly
through this plant - q would Ike but
I stayed long enough TOT learn that IL
bfary supplies went ont ID our countrsS
according to the foreman and they
rebind old library volumes at from SO
to SO cents . volume and admit that
when they do II at that price 1t IL
hardly SUFFICIENT 10 carry Overhead
Same old story. The bindefy doesn't
pay unless It is loaded with work to
reduce unit cost, and So they take IN
work at cost or less to keep II going
He didn't say that, but smother print:
er IN Madison, q most progressing
printer. too, chucked his bindery and
ruling machines out because he coutd
get It done by another cheaper than
he could do It. Catch the point? !
mean the bindery In so far as II re.
lates to .rebinding and ruling.
The state; printing In Madison is q
big. very big, proposition Il %lfs now
divided between two Of the print
shops T visited, the Madison Democrat
and the CaHtwell Brothers, There is
q mass OF what we would call book
work IN Il. Il The method Of figuring
the work Is much more complex than
ours In Hawaii, but / should say that
the printers get more Tor legislative
work than do the printers in Hawaii
This progressive state appears to be
willing to admit that a printer is en-
titled to q profit except the bindery.
But there are other differences. LIMO
type operators, for instance, get SIS
to $50 to $24 per week. -. 20 p
III you. want to I be ratified around
like dice In q box, take train 80, Buff
falo to Boston, There's a curve just
back here that think we slid around
on two wheels. It's the last curve
before You get to the first slow down,
otSeI Noeiieseei'
And these linotype operators set
type. ! saw the record OF some OF
them. The poorest showed for the
week an average of over 5000 an hour
and two Of them went over 5000 and
5000. Plugging along at that rate day
after day. The girls are Just as fast
as the men and the foreman in charge
Of the newspaper said they were moro
reliable. One Of the Monetype rec
ords showed a 5000 average, that Is
on the keyboard.
Believes In Printers Ink.
The laws passed by the legislature
Of Wisconsin are printed in newspag
per form under a special contract
with the printer. Then each paper oil
the state is paid $1O0 If it will send
out the laws thus printed In one issue.
This sends q COPY of the laws to every