The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-02-07

pers. and when the .letterheads are
done, the ink disk and the ink rollers
have to be again chemically washed
to remove all of the bond ink. Only
fraction of what was put on the
machine to get 1t to printing per-
fectly Is consumed in printing a
small order, so most of 1t Is wasted,
plus the cost of washing fluid and
other materials used In cleaning up
gummy coat of ink spread over
delicate rollers and some steel plate.
Then, before the rush order of but
terwrappers can be printed, the but
terwrapper ink Is spread upon the
press and 1t Is operated empty until
1t is flowing" perfectly. The order
may be for only a hundred or q few
hundred Wrappers, and then the
press Is chemically washed again at
some expense. to make 1t ready for
the next job, most of the ink in each
case being wasted and some expense
incurrd in getting it on The higher
the cost of printed matter, the
smaller people make their orders,
and the smaller the orders, the
higher in proportion the printer has
to charge them, both on account of
the typesetting and the cost of cut
ting out small lots of stock for each
one. Paper stock Is packed in car
tons of 500 sheets each, and these
large sheets are put thru the paper
cutter and cut to the size desired by
the customer. When the order Is
small, somebody has to count out
the sheets so the right amount may
be cut, and all of this increases the
expense of the small order
But what / have described is only
part of the waste of the small orders
demanding quick delivery. If the
customer would estimate his needs |
for the year or the season and place |
his order a few days or few weeks /
in advance, giving a date when de- !
livery is wanted the printer would
cut the cost of typesetting and press
work in half if he followed modern |
practice. AS he cast each line of the I
1etterhead or butterwraper he would /
press the repeating lever and the
machine would cast two lines exactly
alike. BY making up double form
and cutting the sheets of paper
double the size desired by the GUS
timer, the pressman could have two
letterheads or two butterwrappers
printed at time-200 printed in the
same time and with the same power
he would otherwise print half as
many. When a change of methods
doubles the output in a given time, r
It increases efficiency and increases
income 100 per cent or about that
II person is working on a salary of
800 a month and by a change of
methods, makes his service worth
C00 q ic .
while. But it takes cooperation to
secure these advantages. Another
advantage in giving the printer
plenty of time to handle the order '
s that he will assemble a good many
obs that will require the same kind S
# paper, the same kind of ink, the I
anne makeready, the same size of
took, he doesn't have to count it,
tut gets the exact amount needed ]
or each order because he knows the t
lumber In each package, and he cuts
ut all of that waste and about half
t the original cost of work by the
Their method described. Those are
ONE of the things l have meant
vhen / have spoken of standardizing n
he printing business. 1t has never h
cen standardized in this county and
very time any attempt has been r,
lade to do it. the effort has been 8
blocked by the exist II
lg system and the lack of under
,anding by the public. Any attempt h
, explain the purpose in a few
ords would be met by the charge
attempting monopoly and the net a,
,sult has been less printing done in "
le county, more of it sent away to 6;
2 done, and the home printers less Sc
Die to do any of 1t well and at COM a,
stitive prices. The advertising
lsiness has been prtly standardized, n
1T only part of the advertisers have h,
1derstood the plans and the ad- m
and there has been much ~
ocking of progress. as
The income for the past week was of
follows: tn
Inscriptions .-$ 1851
sgals $40
Isplav advertising -- 71.50