The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-09-30

tunity presented itself, and charged to
the general expenses of the house.
(c) Binding in book form. The diff
ference of S44 in this item is due, not
only to the high cost of labor and ma
terial, but also to the fact that the
original journal of 1919, containing
1856 pages, was bound in two vol
umes, and that of 1921, with 1921
pages, was bound in three.
Printed journal
(a) Advertising. In 1919 the ten
ders were called by the s~ecretary's Of
flee and paid for out of the federal
fund; hence it does not appear in the
foregoing statement. Last session
(1921) tenders were called twice and
paid for out of the territorial fund,
amounting to S44.35, as represented
above.
(b) Clerk hire. This item shows
a decrease of $400.5O in 1921 below
the figures for 1919. This difference
is due in part to what has already
been said under the item CLERK hire,
original journal" AS a rule the
clerk of the House, with his staff, is
allowed by resolution from 20 to 80
days after the session, with full pay,
to complete and file away the records
of the House. Without the journal
work, the regular staff work, the reg
ular staff will be engaged solely on
the House records for the time al
lowed under said resolution. But
with the additional duties required of
the clerk on the House Journal, the
regular staff is then required to take
up the journal work, as opportunity
permitted, which is charged to the
general expenses of hte House. After
the time allowed by said resolution,
then this work properly becomes a
claim against the House, allowed IN
der the same resolution. which is
then charged direct to the journal
committee.
(c) Printing and binding. This
item shows an excess of 81, 397.S2 IN
1921 over the figures for 1919. This
difference is due in part to the high
cost of labor and material. The con.
tract price per page, $500, in 1921,
is Sc C over the contract price per
page, 1924, for 1919, showing an in,
crease of 37R%; also, the printed
journal of 1919 contains 1877 pages,
while hat of 1921 contains 1890
pages, the largest since hte Home
Rule Session of 1901.
The Printing Equipment
1t has been fully demonstrated that
the best printing establishments are
the fastest and, perhaps the cheap
est to turn out all kinds of printing
work with any degree of satisfaction.
This is especially true of the journal
work when properly handled. Past
experiences, however. have shown
that such establishments are not al
ways the fastest in so far as the
journal is concerned. This is large
ly due to the pressure of other i'm
portant jobs which had to be rushed;
thus, oftentimes, the journal work is
sidetracked OF lost in the shuttle I'M
til the rush is over. This is not the
case with a small printing house. Al
though not as well equipped, it has
not the pressure and rush of the
large printing establishments, and is
therefore better able to handle the
work.
(a) Difference in time. The best
time ever made by any large print |
ing establishment was by the Para
disc of the Pacific, which had the con-
tract for the printing of the House
journal Of 1919. The work was COM
menced early in March of that year,
whiel the session vas IN, and COM
pleted during the latter part of July
of the same year, covering a period
of five months.
The contract for the printing of the
House journal of 1921 was awarded
to the Maui Publishing Co., the low
est successful bidder. The work was
commenced May IS, 1921, and COM
pleted September 20, 1921, covering
a period of four months, and showing
difference of one month in favor
of the Maui Publishing Co.
90 Difference in cost. Had the
contract for the printing of the House
journal of 1921 been awarded to the
Paradise of the Pacific, the lowest
bidder at the time of the first call
for tenders, the cost of the same,
which contains 1890 pages, at the
price bid, $4.96 per page, would have
amounted to $7,886.40. The work
probably would have started soon af-
ter the date when the bids were re-
ceiyed March 10Y. saw on March TX. |