316 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
Mr. Scorr. Who determines what bulletins shall be issued and what 
shall not be issued? 
Mr. Hitt. Well, sir, that is mainly the head of the bureau. If he 
says that he has information that is worth printing and ought to go 
out, it is generally conceded to him that it is so. 
Mr. Scorr. Is there any place in the Department where the cost of 
each individual bulletin is figured and placed on record? 
Mr. Hix. Yes, sir, and charged to each bureau. 
Mr. Scorr. Where is that? 
Mr. Hizx. My report will show you the exact amount chargeable 
to the printing fund of each bureau and division in the Department. 
I keep a ledger account with each one of them. : 
Mr. Grarr. Do you mean the amount is deducted from the appro- 
priation and set aside for that particular bureau? 
Mr. Hitz. We have no printing appropriation set aside for each 
bureau. It simply enables me to keep one man from ‘‘ hogging” the 
whole thing. It keeps me posted as to how much each one is spend- 
ing. Sometimes, of course, you will see that one is spending a great 
deal more than another, but there seems to be a good reason. It does 
not become a burning question only until the last three months of the 
fiscal year, when the fund begins to run low, and I have to concede to 
one man who has not had his share for the previous nine months, and, 
pee to the exclusion of another man who has had more than his 
share. 
Mr. Grarr. Do the heads of the different bureaus show a disposi- 
tion to be governed in the issuing of bulletins that—— 
Mr. Hit. I think so, sir. There is another thing. In most of the 
bureau appropriations there is a clause which permits them to pay 
for printing, and we get after them that way—‘‘if you want this, you 
can have it by paying for it yourself, out of your own funds; you can 
not have it out of the general printing fund.” 
The CHatrman. In view of the two orders requiring clerks to work 
a half hour additional every day, you will still recommend that $5,000, 
and eliminate the other portion of it—the $2,000 for labor? 
Mr. Hirx. Between $2,500 and $3,000 is for material. I have run 
short of material this year. I tell you frankly, Mr. Chairman, I hope 
to be able to use that for promotions of from $40 to $50 and from $50 
to $60. I do not expect to add a single person to my force. They 
have handled the work so cheerfully and so well, and so cheerfully 
performed extra work, and all that kind of thing, I ain inclined to 
think we will be able to pull through without increasing the force. 
There are women there who used to write 500 franks a day who have 
gotten so they write 700 or 800. I really find it is more economical 
to increase the efficiency of the force than it is to increase the number. 
There is another thing: I can not increase the number, because I have 
not room, and I must do my best to increase the efficiency of the force, 
and would like very much to have a couple thousand dollars leeway. 
If you will notice the total of my increase, Mr. Chairman, it is barely 
5 per cent increase on this year. 
The Cuatrman. What was the increase last year? : 
Mr. Hix. There was none, sir, except $500 on the total amount, 
except in the printing fund. 
The Cuatrman. Was there not an increase in the lump sum? 
