The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-11-15
The Printing.

The Chronicle, makes malignant at
tack upon the Pioneer, which we GER
tainly would not notice for any other
purpose than TO contradict some state
ments in it, that are maliciously false
We shall now, once for all, give L true
statement Of facts III regard to the pub
he printing. In the first place then,
every man in Minnesota knows, that the
Pioneer had friends enough in the Leg
islaturc, to have given US all the pub
lie printing, that it was purely Il matter
of concession on the part of the Pion-
eer, that any portion Of Il was given to
Mclean, Owens and Quay. That is a
fact, whoever may contradict IT, But
concession Of part of the printing sccs
made to those publishers, put in writing
and signed by James NJ. Goodhuc and
Mclean, Owens and Quay lis that the
=" jousasnman printer which any one
can see who wishes; and in that agree
ment, tie parties say, 1t Is understood
that we are not t. receive less for print
ing than the prices usually paid at the
first organization Of Territorial Legis-
laturos." The Chronicle then tried TO
withdraw bid which they had put in
to do the work at less than the usual
rates III new Territories, saying, that it
was too low--that it was put in in con-
temptation Of doing all the worll--that
they could not and would not abide by
it--that it was put in only to defeat the
Pioneer sc. All this is true and can be
proved as well as that they repeatedly
declared that they would ask for more
than was finally allowed for printing.
Ii is also well known that they claimed
and received the same price for printing
that was paid to the Pioneer. Now we
are prepared to prove, what Mr.. Me-
Lean. Quay and Co have often assert
ed, that the least price ever paid for print
ing at the organization Of Territory. is
greatcr than the price specified in the bill
which became "a law. If the price paid
is too much then. three times too much.
we have their written.agreelnent to ask
for three times TOO much-they hare asked
for IT and have had it allowed to them.
Truly these are nice people! But anoth-
or misrepresentation is this--that the
Council raced the prices introduced in
the bill; whereas in fact, the prices
named in the bill, were increased by the
Council ID and onc-third cents per 1000
ems, as the journals will show; and
were raced afterwards, 25 cents by The
House, so that as much is now allowed
by law for printing this year, as was
provided for in the original bill, within
8 cents and one-thrd per 1000 ems and
precisely the same price, for printing
Gj'er this year--(a matter however
which little concerns the Chronicle J
Now in regard to measures. These
Chronicle men, not one of whom is
practical printer enough to make accu-
rate measurement of composition, have
assumed most falsely that the committee
who undertook to determine the amount
of printing we had done, found that false
scales of measurement were used by the
foreman of this office. A more mali
cious ialsehood was never uttered
The measures were compared by the
committee v it'll those used at the
Chronicle office and found to cores
pond. The committee expressed their
accuratc-and proceeded with the
measurement, until they found the a.
mount of composition actually ovcr-run.
ni..g the amount charged for and they
reported, which was the truth, that they
had net .i;mc to complete the measure
ment. but welc satisfied to the amouu
Of ,O30, 900 ems: bit did not pretent
to say there was no mOrc-for nesidt
the German and French messages, ti.Irt
was much composition which they hat
not begun to measure The statement
we made TO the Legislature, that there
was not time to measure all, was true
it was also true that our foreman rd
and is ready to swear that the compost
ton was not oyercharged; he was {
proper person to do it, being far th'
most practical workman then in town
being an honest man, having CAREFUL.
measured the composition and having M
interest whatever in the matter There
are rules, established and recognized
for measuring prin,ing--ruics of which