The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-02-14
IWLDCTYONs OF THE EDITOR
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tween breakfast and noon. BY tn
use of the equipment in any ON
shop in the county at the presen
time, it would take from two to 81,
days to do the job, tho by setting tn,
form In one shop and doing the pres
work in another. 1t could be don,
quicker. That would not be YER,
practical because the public, by thel
manner of ordering printed matter
would interrupt the press work b,
askine for some rush job to h. don,
wihtl waiting for the completion o.
ti,c one on the press. Tliuting ha.
se,er been specialized in tho count,
80 that one shop would supply the
little jobs of short press runs and
another the jobs requiring long press
runs. Every printer has his Gus.
tones, who are accustomed to run.
ming in and ordering something that
has TO be delivered the same day OF
within an hour or two, and whatever
IL being printed at the time either
delays the rush Job or has to be
taken OF and, the makeready de-
stroyed to make way for the rush
order. Then the other job has to be
put on the press again and all the
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nothing. Any printer who would take
an order for 100000 copies If any
thing under present conditions,
customers while 1t was on the pres
or else keep losing money by inter-
rupting the work and destroying his
makeready, SO all of that character
OF work Is sent away to other places
to be done, and all the work Of pad
ding, trimming and packing for de-
livery Is giving employment to young
people In other counties than Bing-
ham. One swift rotary automatic
feeder press well patronixed In this
community, would give employment
to quite force of compositors and
bindery folks. This office generally
has waiting list of people, who
want employment of that kind, but
we can't employ them because we
have not the press to do that kind
of work.
What 1 want to buy and what l
will buy If public interest and CO.
operation seem to justify 1t is a
Mehle (me ly) vertical press. a re-
cent invention that is quiet, simple
and swift of movement as an electric
motor is superior to a steam en-
CINE. Most of you would not under
stand description of its superiority
over other presses, but want to
tell you how it feeds itself.
A fly walks on a window or cell
ing by creating a vacuum in the
hollow of its feet when they touch
the surface. When it wants to let
go 1t let's the air into the hollow. The
self feeder press has some rubber fly
feet that touch the sheet of paper to
be picked up. 1t applies a suction,
lifts the sheet, passes 1t to position,
the suction and drops the
sheet. While the sheet is being
printed and passed on, the fly feet
get another sheet of paper and place
1t. The alternate suction and re-
lease of air are governed as pre-
cisely as the explosions in the cylin-
ders of your car. 1t goes on picking
up and laying down sheets OF paper
at the rate of $500 an hour without
any mistake or getting tired.
SO long as your car has oil and water
and gas 1t speeds on, but II it runs
put of gas you will receive notice. So
ong as this rotary press has oil and |
power and paper it sits and purs
and prints, but If it can't find any
more paper or If it drops a sheet |
wrong, it rings bell and stops feed
ng until 1t is touched by a human
land at the feed button.
Air, then, feeds the paper into the
press, and air Is cheap and plentiful.
Every press now operating in Bing-
lam county is fed by an individual,
md most of 1t is done by men draw
ng from $35 to $45 week for do
ng It,; that is from 70 to SO cents
IN hour, and the customers have it
o pay. The rotary press can print
asst enough to keep a number of
killed persons employed preparing
orms for printing, and in tabbing,
binding and otherwise completing
he printed forms for the use of the
customers after leaving the press
operating a printing house is oper-
ting a factory, but lacking the press
4 suitable kind, ell of the processes
re at standstill. Much of the
rinting from this county Is being
one in other communities and all
he factory work besides the actual
ress work is being done by the
eople of those communities and we
re- paying for 1t. Some young peo-
lie have been taught the printing
rade or parts of 1t in The Republi-
an office, and then they have had
D go away to get employment
]oung fellows who learned printing
1 Blackfoot are employed in other
tiles and sometimes do printing for
bingham county people. At The
.epublican office we have quit put ]
ng on apprentices and teaching ]
lem the trade because we cannot \
eep them employed. The home {
eople send their printing away and
le home boys follow to where It Is /