DIVISION OF rUBLICATlONS. 779 



KECOMMENDATIONS. 

 SALARIES. 



The editorial assistants in this division do not now and never have 

 received adc([uatc compensation for the work they so cheerfully and 

 efficiently perform. They have had the s])ecial technical training 

 and experience wliich is absolutely necessary in publicrtion work, 

 and it is due largely to their expert knowledge that the publication 

 work and printing of all kinds is so economically and promptly exe- 

 cuted. An increase of S250 in the salary of the editor and assistant 

 chief and of $200 in those of the editorial assistants now receiving 

 only $1,600 is most earnestly recommended. 



The division has but three draftsmen and they are overworked and 

 underpaid, and an increase in their salaries would be but justice for 

 the excellent work they perform. An additional draftsman at $1,200 

 is needed to keep the work up to date. 



The salaries of at least three of the clerks in the administration 

 office should be increased from $1,200 to $1,400 on account of the 

 exceptionally efficient service they are rendering. 



INCREASE IN PRINTING FUND, 



The printing fund for the department for the fiscal year 1913 is 

 $475,000, divided for expenditure as follows: 



Weather Bureau $47, 000 



Farmers' Bulletins 125, 000 



General printing and binding 303, 000 



Total 475,000 



An increase of $12,500 for Farmers' Bulletins will be required to 

 furnish quotas of 12,500 co|)ios to the 43 additional Senators and 

 Representatives of the Sixty-tliird Congress. An additional $25,000 

 is needed for general printing and binding. Early in the month of 

 June, 1912, the fund for printing was exhausted, which caused the 

 suspension of numerous new publications and administrative blanks, 

 causing delay and inconvenience. The amount asked is less than 

 the amount of the work which could not be ordered or completed the 

 last fiscal year, 



PUBLICATIONS FOR USE OF SCHOOLS. 



The use of the department's pubhcations by schools of all grades 

 and universities continues to increase, the demand being far in excess 

 of our ability to su[)ply. An increase of the printing fund or a spe- 

 cial appropriation for printing certain publications for this specific use 

 is recommended. 



