302 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
Mr. Hix. In addition to the expenses of my Division. For 
instance—— : 
The Cuarrman. And in excess of anything that appears on the Agri- 
cultural appropriation bill? 
Mr. Hiu. Yes, sir; the entire editing has involved so much extra 
work on the part of all of us it is getting to be more than we can stand, 
almost. 
Mr. Bowiz. How much time do you have to give at night to the 
editorial work? 
Mr. Hix. It will run from November until April, which is our 
busiest time, four or five nights in a week, and from one to three 
hours an evening, for my share. My helpers have to do a good share 
of all extra work. 
Mr. Grarr. You do not mean to be understood, Mr. Hill, that you 
write, for instance, all of these bulletins and all of the articles that 
appear in the 
Mr. Hit. That I write them? 
Mr. Grarr. Write them, or that your Bureau writes them? 
Mr. Hitz. Oh, no, sir. The manuscript comes to us in all its native 
purity and strength, and we have to edit it. The first duty I have is 
to read it for the Secretary, to see that there is nothing there, for 
instance, that might conflict with his policy, nothing that he might 
prefer not to give to the public just yet. He may think they are pre- 
mature; that these gentlemen are claiming too much. He expects me 
to call his attention to everything in the manuscript of the bulletin 
that is proper for him to see before it is printed; and then we do the 
usual editing, such as is done in every magazine. 
Mr. Apams. You do the same work as the editorial manager of a 
newspaper ? 
Mr. Hitt. As the managing editor of a newspaper. 
Mr. Grarr. You act under the direction of the Secretary of Agri- 
culture? 
Mr. Hitu. Yes, sir; he is our umpire. For instance, an author and 
I come together about a difference of opinion as to what is permitted; 
it is the Secretary of Agriculture 
Mr. Grarr. Your duties are not confined to the writing of original 
matter. 
Mr. Hruu. No, sir; we have done a little occasional writing of orig- 
inal matter, but not usually. It is the supervision of the printing or 
the administration of the fund. 
Mr. Haueen. How many thousand pages do you edit? 
Mr. Hitt. Last year we edited 23,000, and it is running bigger than 
that this year. 
Mr. Scorr. J would like to inquire what your practice is when 
proofs come back from the Printing Office, in regard to the report. I 
am told at the Government Printing Office that one of the largest 
items of expense over there arises from the changes in manuscript 
that are made-—— 
Mr. Hitt. Do they make that complaint of us now? 
Mr. Scorr (continuing). That are made in the proofs sent out. I 
wondered if you had got things fixed in your Department so as to 
eliminate that. 
Mr. Hirt. We have eliminated it very largely. It was a very seri- 
ous expense when I first took hold of the editorial work. Ihave known 
