Evening star., 1921-12-01
i. s. SUSPENDS a.
FREE PUBLICATIONS
Estimated Saving Between
$500, 900 and s1,OOO,O0O
Annually.

Uncle Sam today suspends the pub
lication of forty-one of his best
known magazines which have been
given free circulation among the peo-
pie. 1t is variously estimated that
this will mean an actual saving of
from half million to million dol
lars annually
The time for allowing these aznes
To be published expired today. They
cannot again be issued until there is
new legislation on the subject or un-
til the joint committee on printing.
after hearings, has determined that
these are not periodicals. journals.
magazines or other such publications.
Two years ago when President Will
son vetoed the paragraph in the sun
dry civil appropriation bill which
would shut off publication of some
of these magazines ii was then fig
ured that there were 266 being print
ed. Senator Smoot on the floor of the
Senate said that the cost was $1,000
600 year to publish these e66. Since
then Ill have been discontinued with
an estimated saving of $1,000, 600. That
would make the remaining 155 cost
approximately s1,300.O00.
Naval Magazines Included.
Among the magazines which will be
discontinued are Public Roads. Jour
nal of Agricultural Research. Expert
ment Station Record, Monthly Labor
Review. School Life. eight or ten
printed by Indian schools and num-
Der issued by the Navy on board ship.
Commerce reports, issued by the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce. are not included because
they are specifically authorized by
law
1t was admitted in the Office of the
joint committee on printing today
that it may be possible that more
than forty-one magazines will be dis
continued because the joint commit
tee as now, organized has never gone
over the list of government publica-
tions or definitely determined just
which ones We're to be suspended
When an effort was made to extend
the time of publication it was defeat
ed by Representative Johnson of
Washington through a minority re-
port. He argued on the score of
economy. Representative johnson
pointed out that persuant to the act
of March /, 1919, the joint committee
on printing made careful investiga-
tion of all government periodicals.
which showed that 266 journals, mag
azines and periodicals We're being
published by various branches of the
government at a cost of s2.500,000
Runs Wild Ten Years.
Representative Johnson emphasized
that a saving of S1.200.000 was made
by the discontinuance of Ill of these
pubI'cati tions, and that many govern
ment agencies on account of the fight
being made against them voluntarily
withdrew their publications. Since
then, by agreement, about seventy
five government newspapers or maga-
zines have been discontinued. Repre-
sentative Johnson said the joint COM
mittee on printing has. on file. appli-
cations for the continuance of forty
one publications. There are forty
more probably which need attention.
There were on June 80 last a total of
S42 government printing plants in the
United States and dependencies with
an appraised value of S1,026.000. not
including the government printing
office.
For ten years the printing of gov
ernment publications has run wild"
said Representative johnson.