1626 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
December 8, 1892—House. 
Public Printing bill under consideration. 
Mr. James D. Ricnarpson. In the Smithsonian Report there is a 
reduction of from 19,000 to 10,000 copies. . 
Mr. Joun A. PickLER. What is the estimate as to the number of 
volumes or documents that this will take away froma member? How 
much does it cut down the number to be distributed? How many less 
documents will a member have for distribution than he has now? 
Mr. Ricuarpson. Not one single solitary scrap of paper will be 
taken from a member which he has now. 
Mr. Pickter. Where does all this reduction come in on the ethno- 
logical reports and the reports of the Smithsonian Institution? Is not 
the number of them cut down considerably ? 
Mr. Ricuarpson. Yes. 
Mr. Pickier. Then it does curtail the number which a member 
can get. 
Mr. RicHarpson. The law will curtail the number printed. That 
is all that is done. 
Mr. Pickier. That is the question Iam asking. How much will 
it curtail the list of documents that a member will be entitled to send 
out? 
Mr. Rrcnarpson. In the case of the ethnological reports 
Mr. Pickter. Well, taking everything together. 
Mr. RicHarpson. I have not made any estimate in that respect. It 
cuts down the number largely, and there is no other way to reduce the 
printing except by cutting down the number printed. 
Mr. Ricuarp P. BLanp. Cut it down one-half, and that would not 
be too much. 
Mr. Ricwarpson. That is what we have done. We have cut down 
the Ethnological Report 8,000. 
Mr. Pickiter. From the list the gentleman read here, it seems that 
they struck the scientific departments of the Government altogether. 
Mr. RicHarpson. Oh, no. 
Mr. Picker. I should be glad if the gentleman could state from - 
his list the number of the Smithsonian Reports. 
Mr. Ricuarpson. I do not know what the number is, as I have not 
my figures on that document before me. 
February 6, 1893—Senate. 
Mr. J. S. Morrtiyi introduced concurrent resolution, ‘‘to print 
10,000 extra copies of the Reports of the Smithsonian Institution 
and of the National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1892, in 
two octavo volumes, 1,000 copies for the Senate, 2,000 for the House, 
5,000 for the Smithsonian Institution, and 2,000 for the National 
Museum.” 
Referred to Committee on Printing. 
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