AfjuK rr/rrRAi. appuophiation bili^ He*. 41 



until this ynir, s«» llmf tlu' iillolnu'ut this y«Mir is piiiit; to l)o inute- 

 liiilly i('»|iirt'«l 1)} this j-aiTV ovrr. 



Ml-. .Vndkhson. Alt' tln'iv iiny fpM'stions^ 



.Mr. HrciiANAV. \<>. 



Mr. .Vndf.hson. Dors tliMt tiiiisli you. .Mr. Colili^f 



Ml. Coims. ^'('s, sir: I think that hiii.shi's iiif. 



.Assistant Srcrt'tary l'n;si,K.v. Thoit' is n stat»'iiu'nt that .Mr. CoIjIh 

 has of thi' work done hist year. I woiuh'f if you wonhl lik»' to have 

 tliat in thf rt'coi'd, 



Mr. .\ .M>KKs«»x. Yt'S. I'wt ii in. 



.Mr. (^»lms. It hrin^ out just a few of the saliont fcatmcs, and I 

 wouhl like to have it po in as an c.xliibit. 



.\('TtVITir> dV ntVI^ION OK IMI:i I( ATIONS. 

 llu- l>i\i^M>ii III rillilioii iiiliv ;i> I iill>l il lllcil ;ii |ili— (III i.> iiiiil;.;«i| Witll tll«* 



duty of (Hlitiii^'. illastratiuL'. itiiiitiii;:. aixl distriliut in;.' nil putillcatlons of tin* 

 tU'partnu'iit cxct'iit iHTindicjils. .\ liir;.'<' duplii -af in;; soctlori l.s also iiiaintainod 

 for tlio nso of till' v)irion>; Itiirt'iius of tlio drpartiiiciit. 



.Ml pul)li<-Mtions, witll the oxcoption of llio iM-rioditiiis, after ltein;r appnived by 

 file .Kssi.st.int Se<TPtary in char^io of publication activities, are sent to this divi- 

 sion for (Mlltin;:. Here they are read for <'orrectness of fart, <lepartni«'ntal 

 policy, and proper diction and style. The necessity for such a careful and eon- 

 sfiiK'tive editin;: is sliown by a nunilier of eases in winch more or less s«'rious 

 <liscn>pancies of fact as well as policy have been ih'teeted during the i)ast .vear. 

 Kxaniination of this sort prevents the <lepartnieut from beeomini; involved In 

 controversies or in Issuin;.' statements which can not be sustaineil. The illiis- 

 rrations are also examined to determine their suitability for the particidar «*on- 

 dirionx they are supposed to show, and tiie photo;:ra|)hs are prepared for n-pro- 

 duction. The manuscript is marked fnr the printer, attention b«'in;r pai«l to the 

 possibility of slu>rteiiiii;: or condensiii;: it to the most economical form of printin;; 

 consistent with the re<piirenients of the publication. .Ml contacts with the 

 <;ovcrmnent rrinlin;; ofllci' in re;.:ard to priiitiii;: and fleliwry of publications 

 arc maile thniUL'ii this division. 



\y I .!• • '"', JlI-( )K M HI) w ' '■ ' I ( 1- 1 • \ 11 ^ I I •( I ^ < 1 1 ! r I ■ I r I »v 1 1 \i >• 



.\n imiu-rtant aitnity is the sciMitiiiy di an icnns pnnica ny liie dei>aniiient 

 in an etT(U-t to effect economy. .\ practical i)riiiter. who is an exiM>rt on sto«-ks 

 of papi'i', is em|)loyed, whose duty it is to determine whether the quality of 

 paper called for by re([uisitions oriirimitin;: in tiie various bureaus is suitable 

 for the pur|Hise for which it is intended. This exam'nation results in a eon- 

 -iderable s:ivini,' of the print ini,' 1'inid each y«';ir, as it is very often foiind jm^s- 

 sihle to substitute for hi;rli-quality, expensive jiajters sptvitied in requisitions 

 other muili less expensive pai>er eipially well adapted for the intended use. 



I'l'IU.UATH)NS KKCKIVKI) AM) DKLIVEKKO. 



\A'hen the publications are delivered !iy the (Sovermnent Printing.' otliee the 

 dillicul: and inqiortaii't task of seeing' that they jjet into the hands of those 

 per.>!ons who neiil .and can use them to (he b(>st advaiita^re is earriiil on by the 

 distribution .se<Mion of the division. I>urin« the i)ast tiseal year more tlian 

 j:{.(KK>.(MM» copies of publications. indudiiiL' ]ierio<lic;ils. w<'re dislribute<l. This 

 lejircsented an increase of about .'50 per ceut over the fiscal year 1021. Many 

 of the jiublications were sent out to the names on mailin;: lists maintaiiu'd by 

 the various bureaus of the department, lait a much lar;rer number wen* di.s- 

 iributed to individual applicants who wrote to the division fi»r bulletins in 

 which they were intercste«l. The ilivi<iou likewise assisted Members of Con- 

 ■_'ress in distribuf ini: more than 1 K<HKt.(MM» f.irmers' bulleiins of the ronirn>s- 

 >ional quotas. .Ml told. (U.I.^tJf) conununications in retrard to the publications 

 of the department were rtn-eived and handled duriu".: the fiscal year. These 

 lijiures ;rive some ideal of the enormous volume of the work involvwl in the 

 • listribution of department publi<ations. Indeed the distribution worl< is one 

 of ilie most important meth<Hls of contact with tlu' jiublic which the depart- 

 ment has. 



