Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING


to be a development from the expert
cnce OF Porto Rico. and no sacrifice of
efficiency was to be made to adapt Its
form to our theories.
general, TO accomplish the foregoing re-
suits. nave Deen considered at each
session OF Congress since 1910. Such q
Dill was ihtfoduced nj the nrst
session OF this Congress. but II
was Impossible to secure the time
necessary for the passage Of the
nlIi through the senate at the
last session. me Dill IL Sun pending.
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experts OF the department or Com
merce OF the problem OF
better contro,Iipv III.
Oapaclty OF
c+.,- passenger allowance fol
department shows that the pressure tt
carry heavy loads comes quite a,
strongly from the public itself, which
seems to take little or no account OF
the limit of the number of passengers
fixed. as 1t does from the desire OF
their hoats The nrobiem ia 70 deter.
mine a rule of general application
which Will not too severely restric
ton eaperlv sought bv large portion
of our people, while at the same time
1t VIII provide an economic basis or
t,n,,a 81 ~ WI
The experts of the Department OF
Commerce: who are making this thor
ough STUDY say mat the mater Is
complicated because rule applying tt
necessarily nold IN anotner, and RUE
TOT snelteieo waters Is not suitapit
Tor those that are more exposed Al
present tne mater hes In the nands
OF the diHeIeht local ooards OF IN.
spectors, SO that even with the utmost
care on the part OF supervising In
spectors 10 promote uniformity 1t Is
possible to nave vessels in one district
permitted loads dfnering from those In
an adjoining district.
kx
IYnc1e Sans uovarnman+ :. .,d;,.
10 spe""ie
oo"Sioei aoie "ioney each year. perhaps
even more than most
puh1;o ,pr;,4;,. people think for
uoAAe H111uIlAS
Exnend;turae printink. Inc latest
APenuA'oAeS' available figures from
the government printine office show
~. s,., ~, d.. g..
tnae curing the past year just ABOUT
$6.500,O00 was expended for public
printing and binding and for the main
t.r.,oa =, +ha .ovarnr.,. nr,n+ .hon
" '"o ~ mt eAop
In addition to this. no doubt. there
were some other printing and binding
oinS
1t is interesting to note that the total
disbursements and outstanding oohga-
tions chargeanle against the 1915 ap
preparations were $3.50, oo4.12. 1t is
interesting to know also in this con-
nection that. according to officials of
the once, although the overhead ex-
penses Increased IN 1918 over 1910: $a4'-
Dol .33. this included an increase OF $S3. :
329.71 In production machinery and
rious divisions. and slight increase
in leave and holiday pay. and therefore
the expenses Of non-productive d1Vl-
sions actually decreased about 1000.
The cost OF private orders placed by
members of Congress and others during
the year amounted to SS1,So5.3S. The
collections for such work are turned
into the Treasury as credit to mlscel-
laneous receipts. as required by law. the
cost for these orders represented an ex-
penditure out OF the regular appropria-
ton for printing and binding which
was not chargeable to any allotment,
Iudue 70 tHe BoNeI uAehe pi ihAii.S oAiiSS
with the routine of the printery say
that the daily average number OF EN-
proves on the iUii ue ~ 80
age number of employees actually work
ing decreased forty-three. The total
cost OF operaloh' IN 81 nj c"nt
and charges for computed product de-
creased less than per cent. exceeding
the cost OF operation ny ~ ioiS
The records show that for the third
consecutive year every productive dlvl-
sion of the government printing once
operated without loss.
The scale of prices applied TO WORK
produced during the year carried an
actual reduction OF ~ per cent over the :
one in enect IN 1910. " Is tnousne
probable OWING 10 the cost VI aa'ei 10 =
ana supplies entering INTO pI Gu
binding having aoVanceu 50 sIea IL. : !;
that at later GATE an lncrease WI
have to De mace as IN Eve
for some classes OF work;
to distribute lneIr Eli amas
among their constituenes WIZ Se 80 81
upon TO neip peai .uS - ~ StooLs
Things. ior ~ Is sau 'a s,,a.nha. bave
used IN prIns . -, IN No. cent
increased appf wv pN-
*
o,a ~ +ba Interesting divisions of the
IN w. 3: .h,+
interstate commerce. coiiiiiiiesio. - '"A
devoted to carriers ac-