The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-07

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ersd h ibs county having no soansxion with the
H. OILY lsal,y which we h.ss ever had with the
popetogs Of the late Globe establishment arose when
the frat deferred payment became due Interest was
demanded, amounting Y 90 he frst deferred install
meDt 70 $780, and onths second 10 SlsA00. We Knew
was alike igSofaht. 1--WE were ii Richmond when the
bagain Tor The sale q ls GGSs was made and The ne
gSsG s ys egndSsss Sy Msqs Hens ss s e,
entered into stated that credit Of AMI two years
would Dc given for two thirds Of the
those who Conducted The oation Tor Us, that there
was no verbal understanding which modified the written
terms e " @ were ss,etiiss as.s95 re-
management OF the dispute entirely our then partner,
Major Hess, The matter was finally referred 70 aIbitia
torsM essrs Richard s. Coke and Daniel Radcliffe, who
decided that no interest was due and Blair Ryes had
TO pay the cost OF the arbitration Mr. Hives should
have rendered deed when he received the rst payment
OF Sll'e6o Had he done so'ino dincuiiy womb nave
But this transaction was not in our mind when we
wrote the article q the 10th q September 10 reply to
the business in which Mr. Rves is now engaged, we
made noaliusion TO did we intimate, even IN the
most remote degree thai be was ENGAGED n any
the reputation OF the late frtn OF Blair q Rves Inc
Evening Post. the coiaborer Of Mr. Rves and Mr. BEN
ton in the task of efaming u.s. had alleged that
waste and progacy had lie public printing
while Richie Heiss were public printers. rms 0cca
stoned us % state that we were not worth oneouh as
democratic party the business partner OF the late
Globe establishment This statement Is unfortunately too
ue also stated that Messrs Blair Rivcs hadenoyed
the public printing FOR nearly twelve years, and that they
had been paid the prices of 1919 except for one Congress
during which those rates were reduced 10 per cent and
that the highest prices paid to Richie Helss were lower
than the lowest ever paid 10 Blair Rives Mr. Rives
tax es exception to this statement and avera that he en-
oyed the public printing for only six years. and that Is
per cent was deducted from ne rates q 81 ts
the alleged against us yet we cannot perceive now
it calculated to inure the reputation OF the extinct
men, % Of Mr.. John G. Rves. unless that gentleman is
haunted by the lear that may occur to Congress thai pc
has been recipient o patronage long enough,
and that it time TO drive him from the public treasury
Had il been our purpose to nnre Mr. Rves BY suggesting
this idea we surely would have omitted to mention the
he had realized from printing the blanks and
called attention q he ioos petod during which he had
enjoyed the department printing and binding under the
administrations Of General jackson and Mr. Van Buren,
We can at this time make estimate OF the sums re-
ceved from the department. printing by Messrs Blair &
Riyes but shall endesv0T TO furnish ourselves with
the proper data L. ihs mean time We sSs! ths ion9w
Mr.. Joseph 4. e. Kennedy, secretary q ,he. Census
Board stated before the special printing c0mmtee that
the contractors for the blanks for the census 81 had
engaged print them paper costing I dollars arean'
for ten dollars reanthus allowing four dollars Tor
press work, the composition being mere tlfie. He
then goes on to say: +Iisst4 st7.5sg. y0fb t
as good as these re required be, either In paper Or
printing Witness has the bills for the blanks Of ls4v,
and they show Or twenty dollars and throns Gents
a Ieam.' tsrS..o sss,s m Fl stqpF q Abn alGod az
Thus il appears that, had Mr. Rves furnished as good
paper as that furnished be still received S4 81
wo, s.sS ss
committee that he common price Of press work in this
city is 50 centsa token Of ESQ sheets Of sixteen pages
shoua i man has @ q egpa s.
paper contains 4s6 sheets, which. at so cents token
y oud be Sc cents q ream. But we will be liberal
and put the press.wo OF census blanks al 81 so
ream. Then the account may be stated thus: sa5 (
Pa per At S6, press.work at 81 80 ga Sc
Bui rend.r rod t,the government ~ 81
Ne, prof, per r,am e. w @ ~ y. n, n, So 81
We make no allowance for the compositions as con-
sists OF only page, aud Is nappreciaoe when lhou
sands OF Impressions are struck on -ea. ,,aag, 90
printing His late Jeremiad against us conains the fo
lowing assertion. aimed al Messs. Gideon Color
b mortal mr.
Rives and any part oil the public printing ssl sd.
81 do k~oW tina, could make more money With three
hand.a man and two boy.on ,he o'snxs ., M e xo
lands resolution, than ever made IN one on he Pfh'
ing u Congress" -
The rates in Mr. Borlsnd resolution wsfe The rates o.
llsi9, with twenty per cent deduction Now, MI Raves
coniesees that Blair Rves, printed for both houses o.
Congress for one year At the u rates Of 1879 yet nov
he says the Post Office blanks alone would al 20 re-
cent ess ban those rates, be profitable that he could
with one man and two boys-and OF course one hand
press--mske money than he ever made dunng on'
On he pnnE q 1ss %
pIoed by the departments while he printed for them ant
the public can make estimate Of the enormous sums ~
has received from the treasury until publication maas
Of the accounts for department printing and until thu
Appropriations for the purchase OF books, IN which Mr.
Rves il interested, are summed up.sE ervan sn 80
| > As MIR. Rves has charged as with over1estmatnf
1 the time Blair Rrves public printers we will stat
the amounts which that firm received Tor congressiona
printing as we find them in the appendix 10 the evidence
ltakea before Mr. Wentworh's committee. The Item
arc - .xv.rr taaf sset
lsss 10 1855, Blair & Rive. s2lsI