South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1834-06-28

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press, snjoys for years monopoly in sup
plyingbhe department with articles to the
great prcfit of the contractor, the fact was
designed 10 be shown, in order that the
public night judge ofthe extent and in
fuencsof the Executive patronage over
the prdss so controlled. But so far from
accomp shiog this, or any other proper
object 6ibis part of the resolution, it has
been the means OF elici!ing report from
the PostOfice Department precisely cal
culatedpo misIead the public in reference
to the Whole Subject.
On thshst Of printers in the Glue Book
True e. freen prspfietors aud printers ofihe
Boston Statesman, are thus stated to be en-
True & Green, for printing blanks, s 500 70
For advetising proposals, zoo SO
Total cbnpensation reported in the
Blue Book, $500 Is
But tie exhibit now made by the account
of the department, hereto appended, shows
that ther have Teen employed during the
whole tipe, las tie present Postmaster Gen
eral had lin fact, pr years before employed
them,) il Furnishing paper, printed blanks &
Irvine, to ,he amnnt Of 90 ,9O7 rs
See the amoun Of the following items
1922, Janu#y Is. True and Greene Is
compensation FIJI furnishing blanks, paper &
Irvine. 10 varioB post offices in New York
and elsewhere from LIST October to 3lst De.
cembef, 1881 abusive, 3,944 1C
Mays Tire g. Greenes cons
pensa,ion for Finishing paper and
Irvine, &c, frtn LIST of January to
the 3ist of Ma ch 1889, inclusive, LA s.
August27 rrue & Greene, do.
for blanks, paer and twine, from
|3oth June, 1872, 1894 10
Dec. 10. frue 4 Greene, do.
for blanks. poer and Irvine, from
lat of July tothe 30Ih September,
1882, 2,455 O5
1888. MICH %. True and
Greene, do. fir blanks, paper and
twine, from 1t Oct. 1882, to 3lst
December. 1872, 2,Ie4 So
April %. True & Greene, do.
for blanks, ppar and Irvine, from
tst October, 1882, to 18th April,
1888, s,727 90
July "a. True & Greene, for
paper, blank and Irvine, from LIST
Oct 1882, tg3otn Sept, 1898, 3,oq2 1s
Oct. l6. rrue u Greene, for
blanks, papesand Irvine, from ist
April to LIST october, 1888, e,e25 o5
Real compensation, 29,9O7 rs
So that the printers OF .Hihe Boston
Statesman thus employed by the de-
partmen., received compensation for the
articles wbrh they were employed to fur
oish, wiihis the period named in the res
olution, exceeding by $2s,ooS so, the
sums published by the department in The
Blue Book
And fron an accurate examination of the
original vdlchers for these payments to them
the following facts appear:
First. that the real sum paid for s'the
prin ed banks" (iDcludlng the press work
type setting, and the paper on which the
blanks were actually printed J was, IS ,463 rs
And thatthe real sum paid for
wrapping paper and twine, was l3,444 SO
26,eo7 rs
So that the sum paid for the
printed blanks alone exceeds the
sums published in the Blue Book
by 1854 90
Secondly. 1t appears that the only ev.
idenceupon which these large sums were
paid isthe Certificate of Nathaniel Greene
the postmaster at Boston. He is the
brother of Charles Greene, Of the firm Of
True g. Greene. He undertakes to CERT,
fly, in all cases, that blanks, paper, anc
twine, were furnished to the various post.
masters in s'New York and elsewhere" tc
the precise amount stated in all vouch.
ers. He is the same person who ediiec
''the Boston Statesman" before that pres.
was transferred TO its present proprietors
and, from the information we have had
1t appears TO us that the postmaster him
self was interested in it at the time o
granting his certificates.
This is but one of class of cases pre-
sented by 's,he Incidental expenses" ant
we think il proper to remark that, profita
bic as such contracts are, there is no com
petition admitted for them no advertise
ment or other notice invites other person
10 enter the lists in rivalry with the favor
ed newspaper editor upon whom sucl
compensation is to be bestowed. Estab
lished in city where its patronage from
other sources than Executive favor wa
probably not very great, the press of "lh
Boston Statesman" appears BY the vouch
ers and receipts TO have been sustained il
the year 1882, when the last Presidentia