The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-08
Cost Of reporting q 8410
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Thus il viii be seen that Mr. Rives received for report
ing one dollar and cents column more than TIE
reporting cost himj and for two thousand columns he
received 1900 more than the reporting cost him And
this too, be remembered for printing the proceedings
OF the House oil Repre- senaiiyes in the DAILY Globsa
paper which has no circulation worth mentioning But
this is not all ia
The Senate debates and proceedings COS, Mr. Rivess
the Senate having to pay for the composition $50 cents
Tor thousand BREWER Thus then, the figures stand,
surprising be printed two thousand columns OF the pro-
ceedings OF the Senate l&,
Paid Mr.. Rives for 1000 columns Of House
Com v rssoS ofa 900 columns. Of House pro. $3.50
Composition d 1000 column. ofssaa,e pro- 81.
Reporting porting 1000 column. OF House proceed. ~ y.
ngs at 81 10 $500 $4,000
$1,000
Thus far we find not only that Congress- bore in part
the expense of reporting, but that paid for the House
reports $3 900 more than they costa which was sui
the Senates proceedings, and then leave the sum OF
81 000-a sum exceeding by ten.fod the expense OF
using nonpare type for extracts ayes and noes, and
lii clear then. il there Is any Logic IN mathematics
any truth in hgures that the appropriation Of paid
all the expenses which Mr. Rves incurred in putting in
type the proceedings Of Congress All he had 10 do was
to take the type already set up, put II in another 1.-THE
quaro) form, and then his Congressional Globe and Up
these h
lock would suppose that Mr. Riyes would have been
liberal Congress in furnishing the Congressional Globe
and Appendiz those works cost him nothing but the
press. Work paper, and folding, But let US see
Looking to Mr. Rivess rates for those works., az
contained in his prospectus for the last session. we find
them to be as follows:
For one copy Of the Congregational Globe during the
For one copy ofhe Apeadir during the session 90
For four copies Of eiher part Of both during the - %
For ten copies either, part Of both during the j
vi, III
ten copies OF the Congressional Globe Appendtr or OF
part OF both for ttenty dodrsthat being uo dollars
copy Now Congress subscribed not for ten copies, but
for fue thousand fUs hundred and nsnetytco copies OF
each But did Mr. Rives furnish them according to his
prospectus at two dollars copy By no means Looking
% the civil and diplomatic appropriation ATTIC bill we md an
propating sum OF money to enable the Clerk Of the
House to pay three dollars copy for five thousand five
hundred and copies OF the Congressional Globe
and the price for the number OF copies OF the
Appendir. This sum was exactly ffty per cent higher
than the terms set forth in Mr. Rvess prospectus Any
subscribing for only ten copies and PAYING not IN
could have obtained them for two dollars copy The
following figures will explain this part Of the operations
5.S92 copies Consrenis~ai Globe, at advertised H.
5,5sa cops. Igpssair. a, advertised price ts2 90
acopy) Hiss
S2a 1858
This is the exact amount to which Mr.. Rives was
entitled, according 10 his promise TO the public, and ms
engagement with all his subscribers and patrons The
following items will show how he treated Congress in
the settlement:
6,5s2 copies Appsndir, at So l6,Ts
Amount paid for Co~ps.ionai Globe and Appsn :,
Deduc, sum received, as above ~, 1858
aa# sil,lsi
Thus we have sll.ls4 abstrac,ed from the public
treasurybeing just ty pc, cent. on the sum righfuy
due to Mr. John c. Rrves. Now. Mr. Rves speaks with
he pf
the printers of Congress to make larger profits than he
realized at lower prices than he received when public
printer account of the larger numbers ordered; yet
asa copies Of The Congressional Globe and Apptndr
more than he would charge individual who might sub
scribe for only ten copies!
literally actually cost Mr. Riyes
We have already that the sum appropriated for
Daa the ae Dsoa sSd Noad @ for
their Senate reports We have also shown that the
900 appropriated Sufficient only TO pay the
sbed IN The Congressional Globe and Appendir, and
leave an uDexpended balance The whole cost oil those
publications not provided for by the appropriation
and folding The numbers ordered by Con-
gress all bound al the public charge. and conse-
queny Mr. Rves avoids the cost OF stitching and COLA
ting Let US estimate each item Tor r#
CONGRESSIONAL oLoBE.
l. PAPER.-There are 2.o76 pages in each number OF
this book the last session. and each sheet contains 10
paaes Therefore each copy contains 1891 sheets OF pa
Der Congress pays for $500 copies. Multiplying this
number BY the number OF sheets 10 copy u2si and we
have
Whole number OF sheets printed 725,562
Dividing by $50, (number OF sheets in a ream,)
and we have the number Of reans printed l,5ll
AdJ for waste IS
Number nj reams used for s. 500 copies $40
This calculation gives the quantity oil paper allow
ing ten per cent for waste fly leaves SC, slthough MIR
Ryes's foreman made no such allowance when he was
estimating Tor the investigating committee the cost oil
congressional documents printed at the Union Once
We nave now the quantity OF paper; The next thing 10
consider is the price.
mtiee that be had reduced the quality Of bis paper, and
tha, the PAPER he thea using cost him 80 80 ream
We have his work before us, and the whole OF II,
from the first sheet TO the last is OF inferior paper.
There a no difference in IL, and there is OF il that
q worth The price mentioned. But we will take Mr..
Ryes's figures Then we have sac reams at 80 30 a
Ieam.
n Pagss. woRK--725 $50 sheets printed for the
COPIES of the Congressional Globe. Now, Mr.. Rivess
foreman stated before the investigating committee that
The price of press work in Washington so cents
tok en- Of 10 pages. But will put II al dollar, al
though the committee estimated IL al IS cents token
when Calculating the cost OF work done at the Union
ofbce--a calculation which MIR Rves has endorsed by
endorsing statements contained in Mr. Orfs speech on
the public printing at the close OF the last session
72 B2 sheets contain 29o2 3i-125 tokens, which give
for
Pass WORK, 2,eo2 3l-125 tokens, al 81 s2eo2 ~
a FoIprse The price of folding IL 30 cents for