The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-02-03
THE UNION.


few years the printing would be almost obllerated IRON
II. Anybody who will examine il will the very
great difference of the paper from the standard, at
glance ihls paper costs SO 80 while the slnI'
ard paper understand cannot be obtained for less than
IS a ream.
They use different type They use what is called
plea body with a small plea face They should have
used the small pea type all through The effect OF tins
change IN the type this: they viii have the mum
Der OF lines IN page, but not many letters IN line
The body OF the type being thicker the letters farther
apart The consequence is, that given amount OF mana
SCRIPT matter will occupy more pages than II printed with
small pea body have here sample set up and printed at
the Globe office and may mention that was furnished
with these facts BY two genilemenskilful pntersone
OF them Mr.. Halliday, connected with the Globe office,
and the other, Mr. Trenholm, foreman OF the Union
oihce. They took from the printing OF the present
printers sixteen pages and set it up with the proper
type, such they should have used according to The
contract II occupies but thirteen pages and eight
nlnhs, so that the loss is about 10 per cent Had the
proper type been used the matter which occupies sixteen
pages might have been placed upon thirteen and eight
ninhs; and that ii would have been much more eglble,
anybody that looks at it In this sample OF their
printing, the types show through upon the other sde
which is not the case with the other Senators will see,
by looking at it, that the printing is shockngy done
That is not all, sir. My attention has been call
s Ss TO s the os s s oe
in all my opinions. | was told by him that the rule
and. figure work was badly done mentioned this
to these practical gentlemen whom have named,
and in whose integrity have great coafidence-and
they gave me sample OF the two different modes OF
printing this kind of work The difference would be seen
present printers it the length of page and
is spread out wide. And here is sample of the old
method OF printing that kind of work it runs in the oppo
size direction, and is compact that about three times
the matter is contained in a page OF the old printing
that there is in rage furnished by the present printers
They have received therefore, about three times
much pay for printing rule and figure work as they
should have received under their contract.
Now, sir, with regard TO the delay in furnishing the
common thing TO send papers to the printing Office which
are TO up the next day In such case, the
old printers put Their hands at work at night and the
matter was sent the next morning to the Capitol
These men-her hands not working at nght-frequent-
y delay this work two three days. and perhaps
This information get from the officers Of The Senate
In regard TO the de lay IN the printing OF the large doc
uments ordered at the last session, perhaps njus
ce has been done to these printers. was not aware
that these documents had been delayed for the want of
plates but since such appears to be the fact, far ex
onerate them.
With regard TO the delay in printing the Presidents
message the same excuse may, perhaps be permitted.
] remark, that the communication from the public
printers which to the Secrearys desk this
ing state that eighteen copies of the Presidents
were sent up yesterday morning for delivery. stated
yesterday believe that there had been but three or four
copies of the Presidents message delivered The fact 49,
that six copies only delivered up to yesterday
ing They may have sQn two three copies more, but
had not. on yesterday morning, sent up more than SIX
copies But last night they did send up some additional
copies making seventeen copies in all for the senator's
Now, sir think these facts show that the mode OF ex
eculng the public printing requires modification, and
some further guaranty by which faithful compliance with
wished accomplish by this resolution was to prevent
the opening of the bids Tomorrow that might have
time TO consider and act upon this matter The time is
rather short which the senator from Pennsylvania pro-
poses but will make no objection
Mr. CAMERON. | am very sorry that the senator has
thought proper to make these remarks in relation to the
manner in which the public printers have perforated
their contract at the present time That there defects
in the printing. will not deny. But
Mr. PEARCE, (interposiDg) 1t was necessary for me
to reply TO the paper which they sent in this morning 1t
contradiction of the statements which had made
upon this floor, and wanted 10 show that those state
Mr.. CAMERON. The paper to which the gentleman
alludes sent to and presented It, according to the
request OF the printers The senator is in some respects
mistaken AS 10 the quality of the paper 1t is much bet
ter than we might suppose from his account OF it, He
has selected very good sample OF the ola paper and
very bad one OF the new. We know that sometimes,
in supplying large orders, different qualities of paper
put up together in hurry
1t is a fact that more printing was done at the last
session OF Congress than ever done beore-much
more than they had any to suppose they would
have been called upon to do; and they therefore
Obliged to make some sacrifices TO meet this extra de-
mand.
AS to the night work, the presses have been running
every night during the session OF Congress Now this
have made change which the law warrants to be made
The type they is not the Senator says, plea face
and small plea body. butts small plea type OF partcn
lar size and number There are several numbers, and
this small pica but not of the same number as
used by the former printers. That was wrong. The
printer would have done mach better Tor himself and the
public had he given similar type because-IIhe re-
mainder of the sentence not heard by the
porter
The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the
House have guarded against this In the advertisement
which they have issued, they have marked the and
number OF the type-the number of lines and ems upon
the pagethe quality OF the paper and every other par
tcular that could be thought OF bythelr ingenuity
have doubt that all objections to this method OF print
ing will be obviated under the contract which is to be
made desire to have it continued that may give 1t
fair trial. But while the senator has said much
about the quantity OF matter per he has sAd nothing
about the difference in the amount OF money paid for It,
Mr. PEARCE. | stated thus morning. Qf the senator
will allow me,) an stated yesterday that no doubt the
printing done Tor much less than under the
olaon of 1919 and will state further that think it
is very likely that these had hard bargain This
fact been the why have had the bad print
ing of which have spoken am sure that no print
ing have had executed here has been good that
done by the trade in other places II ought to be OF
better quality than any we have ever had am now
willing that the blank should be filled has been sug
gested by the senator from Pennsylvania.
Mr. DICKINSON. | take very little interest," Mr..
President, this matter, beyond the system itself
regret that the printing has not been better doneha
have not had better printing and that 1t has not been
ecuied promptly But, in the first place, we have
fled with printing, have engraved maps OF our whole
country nearly, between the two oceans The conse-
quence has BEEN considerable delay These gentlemen,
undoubtedly, did not adequately count the cost OF this
matter and bid lower than they should have done They
did the difference between labor where they have
have occurred and the difference between the printing
of State legislature and national Legislature. The
system has not worked entirely they expected. 1t Is
very convenient for gentlemen to fortunes in
single year by the public printing, which merchant
would devote whole life of toll and venture to acquire.