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extension work before he came here, and, ui fact, that was one reason 

 why I was particuhirh- anxious that he should come — that is, because 

 of nis experience in extension work and pubhcation work as well. 

 He has given tlie major part of his attention to that Avork. and, as a 

 result, we have made real progress under the present plan, but it has 

 been working toward this reorganizetion all the time. 



or<f;.\NizATiox of a stkonc pum,n ation seuvice. 



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The other position for which we are asking a salary of So, 000 is 

 for a man who will be, you might say, a managing editor or editor in 

 chief of the publication organization. Our work in that respect has 

 never been as strong as it should be. The salary for that position ^; 



has been, as I remember it, but S3, 000, and when you reflect upon ; 



the amount of money we are ex])ending and the tremendous im- i 



portance of our publication work, the manner in which the publica- f 



tions are put up, and the manner in which the material is presented, .^ 



I think 3'ou wilt agree with me that we really ought to be able to pay I 



$20,000 or $25,000, if necessary, to get the right sort of man to do "^ 



that work. Even at that, he would save us money. I suspect that 

 if we can get a really capable man for the amount suggested here, 

 and I think we can, and give him six months or a j'ear in which to .j 



get thoroughly acquainted with it, we will be able to make a saving 

 of from $50,000 to $100,000 a year in our })ublication work. That 

 would be just my guess from my knowledge of the publishing business. 

 He will be able to save on what you might call the mechanical side 

 of the work, but, more than that, he will be able to save in the manner 

 in which the various publications are presented. He will be able to 

 save in the matter of pages. 



We have made several substantial savings, for example, during 

 the past year just from understanding the mechanics of the business. 

 The Printing Office can print most economicallj^ in certain units 

 of folios, and we found that there had been a great mass of waste 

 through the sending out of publications that might run over that 



fjrofitable unit just one page. In that case, it might be necessary 

 or them to add three other pages, or, in some other cases, seven 

 pages, and all because there had not been close cooperation between 

 the one who prepared tlie manuscript and the man who did tht 

 actual printing. 



Mr. IJucuANAX. That is, in the matter of printing units ? 



vSecretary Wallace. Yes; in the matter of the mechanical printing 

 units, and the editor is the man who should look after that, ^or 

 instance, we will say, a publication would make 17 pages, but a 

 competent editor could rean'ange it and cut it down so as to get it 

 within the unit of 16 pages; or, if it should run 19 pages, he might 

 print a 20 or 21 page pamphlet as a result of that arrangement. 

 There is great waste in that respect. There would be a ([uestion 

 of whether it could be reduced to 10 pages, or, if that could not be 

 done, how those additional pages could be used to tlie best advantaj^e 

 so as to get something out of them instead of waste paj)er. It is 

 inij)ortant that we have a capable man at the head of this editorial 

 work, andl am verv anxious that this position shall be authorized. 

 I know that it would be in the interest of economy and of the efficient 

 conduct (if oui- husiness as well 



