Evening star., 1921-08-21
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 20.-Tremen-
dous wastage in the printing indus
try. which can be best overcome by
cooperative effort, was described IN
a report issued tonight by the COM
mittee on elimination Of waste In in
Council. Overequipment represent.
ing a capital outlay Of hundreds OF
millions of dollars was mentioned
as an important factor. in printing
losses.
The committee, which was named by
Herbert Hoover and which had pre-
viously Investigated various other IN
dustries, declared that individual ell
forts to eliminate waste have proven
impotent. except for the individual
pocketbook" Individual industrial
ism was held a failure as applied 10
the printing industry.
Printing. the report said, repre-
sents a total investment of approx
mately a billion and a half dollais'
and has an annual production OF more
than three billion dollars. These fig.
ures are based upon the Inclusion ol
such dependent industries as print,
ing machinery, ink, type founolnS ana
two-thirds of the paper industry.
Due to Competition.
The report referred to q survey con.
Quoted by the United Typothetae OF
America, which estimated overequlp'
ment at from so to $50 per cens; nI
Strong competition everywhere ana
the necessity for prompt production
were given as causes for this conol-
ton.
The committee criticised SUM
methods used by both employe ana
employer. deploring the pronteelfinag. p fla.;
years and the distortion of the law
of, supply and demand, as well as the
curtailment to which labor has un-
doubtedly resorted." ....
Recommendations were made tnat
the printing unions should .insist
upon reasonable hours and the best
pay obtainable, but that they should
also cooperate and even be aggressive
in insisting upon the determination
and use OF production standards IN
appraising their service. ana tnat
they should lend themselves 10 the
greatest possible iexibiiity in the
utilization Of economy of the service
of their membership"
Points to Labor's Interest.
ut is distinctly to labor's interest
rather than to Its detriment." added
the report. that its service should
not only be as effective as possible.
but also be definitely recorded and
understood"
sibility for waste is notably less In
non-union plants because of lack OF
restrictions enforced by the unions,
and the resulting fiexibility In main.
tanning a balance between labor and
production.
the individual plants still typicaily
individualistic," the report said the
.crux of waste within the Individual
printing establishments is the lack
Of accurate production standards con-
stituting fair basis of appraised for
cation Of equipment was urged.
Urges "Technique of Management"
Concluding its report, the commit
tee makes these recommendations:
ITO the manager of an individual
deyeiop a conscious technique of
management including the develop
ment and use of production quotas.
''To managers of the industry as q
whole. that the United Typothetae OF
4 An1erica undertake the Development
of the smaller printers along the line
of its present work An cost keeping:
that the printing and allied trades.
including the National Association Of
Purchasing Agents, in joint action
develop and adhere to co-ordinated
standards for printing products. ma.
terials and machine equipment and
conduct a publicity campaign for the
education Of the buyers of printing
as to what the standards affecting
them are and the advantage to them
in their use.
"To labor that labor individually
and collectively advocate and CO.