The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-02
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
-vrpsEsDAY MORNING. APRIL =. 1851.


- Under OATH in 1870. when he was public printer,
nj, own cor yensaton was nj stake But we did not
him entire Justice; and intend now to complete
EXPOSITION, by giving certain calculations and certain
,,s. from Mr. Ryess oatas and assertions, which will
..us TO expose still further the motives which acuate
h. conduct e5## .aa t0 u..N.a# eaa ~
Oar last article devoted 10 this person contained his es
n,s Of the cost OF the Patent Office report by which
attempted 10 prove that profit could be made on it.
a. will now present calculation Of the cost of lhat doc
ot making no estimate ourselves for uncertain ites
!, u,ing Mr. Riyess statements under oath to the
ost Of such items In the report which we have 80
A,ep quoted. (Rep No 29s, Of the Goth Congress- Isl
ssion Mr. Rives states, page 40. that IN lS4O the
RACES Of ourneymen printers were $ll week during
N session, and $40 week during the recess Those
ssss continued up to December last MIR Rves further
|uss under oath, (same document and same pageO
The prices by the piece are fixed as near as il can be
ae TO make them correspond to the prices by the Wesk
have therefore. Mr. Rives's authority for estimating
composition Of the Patent Office report, or Of any
sr document. according to the piecsomk prices Of the
biographical Society The piecc-work prices of the
biographical Society for composition up to December
vi were as follows:
mall plea plain 80 So page
kua plea rule "' 06
BREWER plain SS +"
Brewer rule 10 :"
50 much for composition AS TO the OF press acsrk
ve will take Mr.. Rives's OATH, made when he used
B. ndencal presses and the identical steam engine now
ned at the Union Office. On the seth page OF the doc
nsnt already mentioned we find the following state
psnt sustained by the oath of Mr.. John c. Rves The
onpositon Of what is called plain work costs us, be-
sys from 30 cents to 81 so per thousand, when we
lave the ordinary work for all the hands, AND THE
arswoRK FROM SO TO SO CENTS TOKEN DOUBLE ROY
u consists Of $50 sheets; token consists of
80 sheets "Fifly three to eighty cents token" there
se amounts to from 81 to 81 Al a ream Now, we are
ady for the misunderstanding Mr.. Rives's own esti
s the quantity Of paper, the number OF pages and
h.ype used.
imposition of ZOOS pages small plea PLAN,
At 50 cents 1884 "a
imposition OF page small plea :ue 06
Imposition OF 81 pages BREWER plan, at IS
cents is As
imposition Of l7a pages BREWER rule 81 7o 300 70
lper for regular numbers-l,4 400 for the rf
House, and ! $50 for the Senate--2O7 reams
ESi sheets. at - rs 9s5 90
4a for extra numbers on mechanical part
5000 copies, 626 pages each, taking 1919
rams 42a sheets, at So 80 ream s,742 90
,rl Tor extra numbers on agricultural part,
$4,000 copies. $40 pages each, taking 1876
rams, at 80 80 ream l6.Os7 so
r&work, 1871 Teams, at sl-the lowest
actual cost OF presswork sworn to by Mr..
Rives in 1910 1881 90
TOTAL -S3i.402 90
Aa ~ per cent ior contingencies 3,d40 90
34,o42 40
onlraet pnce las stated By Mr.. Rives) 36,lO0 10
Loss to printer Sl,74l so
The above estimate, be il remembered. does not con-
bin any allowance for folding, which would amount to
pore than 50 ooO-nothng for waste. wear and tear, rent,
urance or proof reading. and other expenses, which,
he aggregate, would amount. according to Mr. Rves's
sinony, 10 al least 81 oo0-maksng the loss upuards
x~n thousand dollars on the very document selected
MI. Rives as the mos, profitable
III. calculation, the reader will perceive, is based not
hs mere statements Of MIR Rves. but on evidence given
hr R'rss under OATH when he was public printer,
id when his own compensation was at stake Now
"a same person comes forward and. in order TO crafty
r'snge endeavors TO induce the people to believe that
Us work could have been execated at profit OF up
'ns Of four thousand dollars and in order TO give the
nsance OF truth 10 his forced estimates. he offers TO
sue the copies OF the Paen, Office report for the last
snou
lie plain now, that il MIR Rives did moi commit wilful
deliberate perjury in ls4o, in making estimates OF
cost Of congressional printing. he has made false
euanon nou, in order TO njure the editor OF the
''n' and tina, his malice has so far trumphed over
auarice to induce him to follow the we'll known
anps Of Blair Rives, and anl money in order to in.
81 ayrha L.
Flow and debased sometimes entertain for the high
~ e vH'uous-halred engendered by the fetid cor
1phon Of the heart which harbors it,
nome time since the editor OF the Union published
EQUATION oil the cost of executing the Congressional
zoe and hpptndir. In that estimate he allowed the
M cost OF reporting, and the rates OF the Typozraph.
asociety Tor composition. He male liberal allow.
ior waste on paper, proofreadag, and folding lie
sed PresswoTk at 81 token OF sixteen pases-the
anber OF pages on each sheet Of the Congressional
ds and 4pptndir-and then he allowed 10 per cen,
the aggregate Of all these items for contingent en-
0ss MI Rves ayerred in his paper that that estimate.
'eA more liberal than the one we have given above,
!" 100 low. Alter quoting that estimate, MIR. Rive,
'ssed aeans, il a, far loo low, and enumerated
a and tear, rent interest, insurance. ink, and many
w hems as items not covered by the l0-per-cent al
vance on every item, including composition, paper,
"0o'k, and folding He even made il too low by
'ehan one-half His language was as follows:
"a Sa,, see what element Mr. Of his calculation
e1 out the ink believe "ieee- ink in print
sWksi aud what used forty twenty
=" on hts "estra numbcfs" will charge anything
Sn Ne len out the and n my materials viii
WIN he ink He left the taxes and insurance
1"d nod'aas amounting 70 shout 800 per annum Il,
% ths ink and the and Of the materials. He
Yrst on q
ana maeras, which amounts $3.50. Well, I will