New-York tribune., 1920-05-27
Charges U. S. Is
Great W aster
OF Newspri1nt
joint Committee, in Report,
Cites Scores of Ways in
Which Paper Might Be
Saved; Costs Millions
l. Ill Journals Abolished
ITO, 600, 900 Pounds is
Estimate Placed Upon
United States Need $
for Current Fiscal Year

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WASHINGTON No,. oe ~. ~
oval ,.o,...~.-.,. ~ -, '''''S "e Gu
lI' 0'o' "'Ie"0 WIZ use approximately
lI0,0o0,000 pounds of newsprint paper
during the current eeco1 voor oooora
;ra - os.i,no+a 49, Se@l' "e'0i u
''f7 '.''''' 'e' "a 'ne JOINT commit
zee on Frintlng, which has charge of
the publication of the Congressional
Record donar4mer+ol ~o4- l
o+5or oo,.1.1,'....+ .',,. P'' '' '''''
~ el'lI'ien' pup4lcaOlohs.
The Joint Committee on Printing re-
Gently has opened bids on 55 0oo 0oO
Wounds of ,,o,,,srri,,+ x..h;o,,
',,;.4..,- - '-.'' "'''0' IS 'ne COM
'''''tVe estimate OF ina amount needed
at the Government Printing Office dur
ing the year ending March 1921
7,bo l.
me Heeu8 o. 'he government PRINT
ing Vf2ce, however, amount to only
about one-half OF the total amount of
paper used bv the Frdnra1 oovornroo,,A. Z.
r,dor ,,ro.o,,. ,.l5. ~
rrovarnma1+ dorar4,no-,t. t4 ne Ssli ~
oreat r9nti+ioI ~ Coi'ti
rn7s t,5 5io ~ " pl e
rano o,11+,ii, - -. us oI pGltl'uS Oh
nor+s stataraay, - '..'e VI p'llHe re-
NO anu o.!el oo0"I"ehVS'
instances OF Waste
Senator Smoot. chairman Of the Jo,rt
Committee on Printing, urged that the
committee be given complete super
vision Of all government printing. If
thst were done, he said. most OF the
So 100000 pounds Of newsprint thar
will be used by the departments and
bureaus for their outside printing and
mimeographing could be turned over to
help relieve the newsprint shortage.
The amendment to the legislative. ex-
ecutive and judicial apnropriation bill
which caused President Wilson 10 veto
that measure would have placed all
government printing under the Joint
committee and would have prevented
needless waste of paper. Senator Smoot
said. The bill is now being renassed
by Congress without the paper saving
provision. to which the President OBJ
iected.
Instances Of waste of rewsnrint naner
arc gen in the annual report Of the
80 &c lo- comm IeJee .i On Prlht!ng. Among
u. S+.et are cIted 1he uollcatlon OF scores
papers ~ army Posts ana hoSpi-
80 '',1 Inc l" 9itIis O. gEeat guam
- - sot II-IiCrO work nay could
0a,pl g' 'i-.e(' a. 1!c 1oNe1hnie4o frlhJlng
49, e.;: @C -tSS expense ana me careless
ul,'sL ny ~ enormous quantities OF re
poI19 @44 otner oePaftHeh h'a! puoIIc2-
1lon5' oli, OF |hIch only a comparatively
9i-'1.I ,.0I'lper Lc, are are olStrl0tteq.
,,.,1i l11oos I,90V;oVo COPIES Oh me Iast an
a.ua. IePoIv u me department or Agrl-
put,uIe were ordered printed but Sec
Sc@'S So -le[ealtn ood was wa quoted as saying
os+l,. o't'I ,V,oVV ere al tnaC ne cou10 non
~ ny, GSe -.
,.l] IUIdng 1ne war paper COS cost the red
5rt ..i!,.it %a.Ioo'oIo ahllual w.
VIZ a. us .i7e, WHen 'fle nj
S,i4+Case oeTai'le acUle, tne J9-Hr om-
,,tiISSe Oh .lt1-ls aOoIIshed 4arge
.Iu-''DeI ol pfoi iIcat!ohS ana cut down
Iic.:l u pI..lins un"eF us Jur1s
No IesoIoltr' was p]O upon
,,,,f;o.3t. Qii 80 - 2lial ecoIG' out INC
Nyl.s ioIit- -
,'4'0 81 'l. -.iiE 4I 1eiis ol 'I.3Usa IS
~or-.5. r ~ speeIiV9 oI iaJn'neis OF
- -o4 UlS - iON ,40H >" 0"ell H0"e
~'''''-0' were ie0uceG,
III Journals Abolished
One hundred and eleven Of the 266
government journals. magazines and
periodicals which were published by the
government were abolished during the