The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-11

now prints the Official Postal Guide,
beginning to do Il in the fiscal year
Of 1921. This book, with supplements
Issued by the postoftlce department.
has for many years been published
by a private printing company at
Albany, y. Y. on April II, 1921. the
joint committee on printing author
lied the public printer 10 undertake
he priuIug of the guide and in all
probability the printing office will
continue to handle t. The first is
sue was In record time.
The first installment was not re-
ceived by the printing office until
May 3, and corrections were made up
to July ], but despite the difficulties
under which the work was done, a
bound edition was placed in the
hands of the postmaster general on
july Q, fully two weeks ahead OF the
schedule agreed upon with the post
office department. The entire edition
OF 91,71l copies, OF 92S pages. in the
complete guide. and 10000 copies Of
the abridged edition Of 62S pages,
together with 49,CQ0 copies OF the
state list Of 422 pages was run off
in July.
Besides that the printing office
now prints nearly $4,000 copies OF
the monthly supplement TO the Pos
tai Guide, which averages As pages
an issue and does It on schedule
time. Naturally one expects to be
told that this work represents a saw
ing to the government, and 1t does.
The subscription price OF the Postal
Guide has been reduced from $3.50
20 81 for the bound volume, and the
supplement has been lowered in
price from rs cents to so cents. The
agricultural yearbook, on which the
printing office has been working for
a while past. concentrating on II
more duy.ng the recess of congress,
has a wide circulation, and represents
a big Job for the printing office. The
circulation runs over $4,000, ana
tho Issue averages nearly nine hum
dred pages a volume. Although 1t is
put out in a l,rge-sized volume, ana
is attractivolv bound. II is possible
to put the low price OF $l.25 on this
yearbook.
Varied Nature Of Publications.
Then, a variety Of departmental
printing is done by the government
printing office. There are printed
the daily bulletins Of the consular
service and such weekly pubaica-
lions as The Agricultural Weekly
News Letter, Journal Of Agricul-
'uarl Research. Market Reporter,
Iotice to Mariners, photographic
Bulletin, Postoffice General orders,
also labor statistics, treasury deci-
sions. Income Tax Digest, weather
Review, Federal Reserve Board
Bulletin, Educational Record, be-
sides commerce sc!eu lflc and gen
eral publications OF the government
The material required for such
huge volume OF work Is, OF course,
great. In a year the government
printing offices uses 5O,000,OOO
pounds OF paper-enough TO pave a
city as large as Philadelphia with
paper, or with German marks, TO
speak Of a commodity with low
cost. Then there is the Item OF Ink.
And TO try TO imagine just what
the quantity used by the govern
ment printing office would be Ike
great pool would make one imagine
thai this world, after all. Is pretty
dark place. and tina. the government
must have a very black record to
require 100, 900 pounds Of this inky
stuff In one year, II is Of still more
Interest TO know that Is is all made
right at the printing office.
The annual stock OF paper and
envelopes sound Ike enough paper
for the en- ire American expedition
arv force 10 have written to every
known relative during all the time
IL was on the other side. In year
tho printing office uses more than
$4,000, 600 worth OF paper stock, IN
cluding that used for posal cards
and money orie s. which require .
81 100000 worth alone, II bound .
into octave books and piled one on .
another, this paper would reach a
height of 500 miles. or about 5000
times as high az the Washington