The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-12
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eonaes oa wi1 The pslhiie pTsns ias hare sADehs
more 10 saf On fhs subea4y and then we shall scxiose
!lass s4ianaiss &hsis We Fe'n aFtt sssslst iIe
We have salssay. proved slat s e al ia The pul
printing arose from causes Itch 'sneiGe or fore.
sghl could guad against 1hqss causes YeFes az fhe
evidence aken heiDre The eQDnltlee
l. The delay in organizing the House OF Representa-
lives, and ,ie venseqa pressure otpesry
all The heavy pfnsai toeemen.s oPoauss ~ ss, Il
~ The xs ofihe document and she ex7
81 The delay Of The eagn yers 10 furnish plates ss
The delay occasonsd BY the jolat resolution, passs1
early ~ The last session requiring all docglaepfs over 200
g. The delay in making the cou,racl Tor binding, and
Uniting up establishment capable of executing the
!, Those who have assaei us have akepgreat pains ID
set forth the delays ia furnishing Tie public documents
but they have been particularly cautious ip withholding
from hepu5c the causes, whichmusi have been apparent
toevery printer in Washington An oil them, 10 all their
assaults upon US have withheld and concealed the fact
that the two passeda joint resolution the last ses
sion requiring all lie documents OF 300 pages orore 10
bebound ID lis had there
been Abindery sady established III Washington capabie
OF performing such an amount 81 work with easonabie
expedition, woud have delayed The delivery TO Congress
Of the public doclnents aier the sheets hal been printed
od,, by The Whole length Of the time which was
necessary TO bind them unto yolln But there
was no such bndery In the city. This circumstance
delayed the contract for binding, and, at the same
time, prevented the delivery OF The greater portion
of the printing ppiilaank ezeps'ge lpdr soall pc
mean time, we coud not deliver work to the officers
~ Congress; Tor the aw made Tor us 70 de-
liver IL 10 ihs Hbinder. cause. and ifon fbe
delay in furnishing plates esucil amount sol lprine
matter agcumfed II ibe Unyor office thar the walls Of
The buitipg We're in d,ngerof beng crtisued by the
weight ann other buildings were vented ~ ouler io con-
We have ALREADY mentioned that as soon as ascer
tanned thai the pressrpoweI al our disposal ibongh ann
Ply sufficient % execute promptly the ns1a amount OF
work ordered by Congress- was not sufficient 70 xecute
with dsSach tile Extraordinary quantity Of work
which had ,bren ihrowa upon NJ, we to OBJ
tain additional presspower iFom the North. Failing M
this effort we had no other resource lt but 10 divide
the printing NAH some Office here in Washington, II
Congress would lacnI The work such footing as
would enable us to do 80 Wnhoutthe aid OF Congress,
we could obtain assisiance-or we were without the
means 10 command it, We accordingly endeavored To-
effect some arrangement which would expedite The pubs
lie work Despite our efforts time passed away with.
out any definite acon, either on the ccepancr OF Mr.
B0rlands taton 10 throw az the or on any
other proposition. Several months had elapsed The
end The session was and, as last resort,
we addressed memorial 70 both houses Of Congress,
stating naby 20 with the work and stating,
too that would be enabled the already
executed was RAG for r ,s r,ss @ WIN Re,
al those terms. with per cent deduction The printing
ordered BY the Senate had been executed At
lower than those q 1919 until Richie Hess were
made from those rates by the House Of
preyIcus 20 IS i3, was per cent Mr. Mcss IRON
the Pfnhng committee ~ OF gaming relief
proposition wasiEmediaely assaulted by members oil BIZ
WeAtworIh's comtntee, TWAS said infdebaie thai the
report Of his committee should De maze before any ac
ton taken, and that The comltee could not report
because we were engaged in exmnaing witnesses he
fore H. This statement made oihe 10Th of September
ioaf days after We had commenced pe sxsIlaton
McWiiss pdoposnulis were accordingly relerfed 10 Mr.
Wentworths committee, which was, under the circnn
stances, eQpiva!entf destroying Them We at once
thai every proposition Tor relief would neet The sane
tate If we continued our defence; and we were conse
quentls forced to hurry through it touching onythe
Congress- finally aijournvd on ,bsss,h ser.euaL.s.
without taking any action the printing contracts, and
leaving with large amount ct pc intng on hand u-
executed We were uietly unable 10 proceed, and
would have been forced TO stop the works had not a
friend, whose heart is as large his purse gener.
onsiy come forward and offered rs the means 10
carry the printing during the vacation. H1essF Gales
Sea,oH generously allowed US the OF large press
and what other work could not execute atour
office 10 New York and Philadelphia Almost the whole,
excepting the second par. OF The Patent Office Report, is
ready We had that documentto The North 10 Do sere
oyped; and il would have been before the com
recement Of the session. had It not been that the work
men the stereotype foundry reusedto work until their
wages were increased. Weirust that the Printing Com
Hlees o the two houses will call upon for state
ment OF the condition OF the public printing. We will
then satisfy them and The country that when Congress
adjourned in September last, without giving any re-
lief, they left whoa, the necessary means 10 do an
immense quantity OF work then left our hands; that
independently oil The unparalleled quantity which had been
finished, we had on band mass OF MS, which was
equal 10 the work which had been done some years ago
during whole session. but that set in 10 clear the
decks with spirit rarely equaed, but surpassed
that never much work executed nor better as
well, in the same time. We know we have faithfully
done our duty during the recess making sacrifices, and
paying prices considerably higher than the contract
I'VE have now shown 10 the satisfaction OF any candid
mind that we have used every exertion 10 comply
promptly with the terms OF an onerous contract and thai
we have used all possible expedition in executing the
printing We will now speak OF the manner in which
Mr. Ryes and others have generously made 10 msead
The public mind in this particular. ,Mr Nn "a
Congress printing consists and always has cons sted,
of two kudsihe Irregular numbcIs" OF documents for
the oil the members oil Congress- and TO be preserved
10 the public archives and executive departments and
the extra numbers,r which sent BY mail to various
portions OF the Country momenis reflection will con-
vince any that there is necessity oil executing the
extra nnbeIsin The costly style oi the reg
uar numbers, which Intended t0be bound and pre-
served The public printers, including Blair Rves,
have always made that difference. although The law Of
1919, under which The printing wasdone made no dlslnc
ton We followed the well established and well under.
stood custom that has prevailed for thirty years and
printed the regular numbers on heller payer and with bet
Ter ink than used for the extra numbers. Our AZ
saiants have not denied the custom which we have
mentioned; bat they now urge that the force Of that
custom destroyed since the adoption OF the contract
system. MIR Ryes and others allude 10 the sample ex.
braced in The hrs contracts as description and speclh
cation Of the qualify Of work required Wequote Mr..
Riyes's words when he under oath before The COM
miiiee OF inyesiigaiioni
There was no standard o paper did the
printing until adopted. Hair
ses used Of The double oya size weishns cor the hound
for the and their work and