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with the idea of members being able to take out an article 



without taking any print on the other side; because if that 

 book had been printed in the ordinary method its paging 

 would have been reduced considerably, and would not have 

 ci >st as much. 



Secretary : It might have been reduced 30 pages or so. 



Mr. Fearing: 1 counted them. It would have reduced it 

 considerably more than 30 pages. 



Secretary: The preparation of this report, I think', 

 represents the very latest idea in artistic book making. 



Mr. Fearing: I simply asked, because a great main of 

 the foreign societies publish their transactions in that man- 

 ner. The idea seems a very good one, for you can take out 

 the article as a separate if so desired. 



President: I presume you paid for the blank pages the 

 same as if they were printed. 



Mr. Fearing : I think there are over 40 such pages. 



Secretary: Yes, something like 40. A reduced rate 

 was made by the printer for the blank pages which appear in 

 the report. The work was under the direction of the chair- 

 man of the Publication Committee. Dr. H. M. Smith, who 

 has charge of the preparation of the federal publications 

 on similar matters. I believe the expense was fully justified, 

 and that anyone who examines the book critically will be 

 of the same opinion. 



Referring to Mr. bearing's remark's, we could have at 

 the immediate conclusion of a paper started in with another 

 title, but that would not have been a fair sample of the 

 up-to-date book-maker's art. 



Mr. Fearing: I thought the idea was to take separate 

 articles out, and if so I think it is a very advisable method 

 to pursue. 



Secretakv : That was the principal idea in view. 



Treasurer: Our Secretary states that the expense of 

 getting out this report was about $1,200. I think that the 

 cost of stenographic work at the meetings should be included 

 as part of the expense of getting out the reports. It is quite 



