I wanted to make other changes, for the same reason.
We paid Mr. Flaacke in salary and expense account, about $5,000 per year, and never got advertising enough to pay the bill. I wanted to stop that nonsense, and to put Mr. Flaacke on the commission basis.
I shouldn’t wonder if Col. Mann has, himself, now made that very change.
The Managing Editor was getting $50 per week for doing work which his assistant, Mr. Hoffman, could, as I thought, do as well. I wanted to put the work on Mr. Hoffman, and save the larger salary.
I note with interest that Col. Mann has, himself, made that very change.
Thus THEY, THEMSELVES, VINDICATE ME, unintentionally, from the accusations they make.
Col. Mann approved every change I made while I was in charge, and he now makes the other changes for which I contended.
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When Edgerton went out, it had been demonstrated that the Magazine was not going to “boom” as Colonel Mann had expected, and that economy would be the law of its life.
Seeing that two offices could be combined, at a saving of $45 per week, I made the change, after full consultation with Col. Mann at Col. Mann’s house.