Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-01-29
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yosd fair spd lisiay pssq dp9p The ~ yer(ce
e. A. - hsleAee q th4 @Hf, YOU ceNcaa
would refer to the bonus os s0ms 49, 80 geid
sio"si allowance: Ma. - sSss soy .Ssss priSsisI
had been tsken II prices below living proae.--
Your comnsittee wos.lt also pointio ~ appiie4ld
for relief BY Wendell = Van nenthuysen the presea'
contSactors, 1t this tiae pending sesors Csaersss
and also to NE vulnerable. and alsso:s snre9d.ass
manner In which the pubic cengses soasl prtntiag
OF the United states - now performed ~ then M
der the contract system.
For fnrthef infofeation \ se1essncs to the exc
cution ef lths pahlit printing usder The c0nssacs
system, your committee beg leave TO refer 70 The
proceedings or the lower H0use Of Congress o. 10
l7th january last and 10 " found IN Ahe cDn9tes-
sionai Globe, page IA and is3. NJ. Evsns d ma
ryiand then said that ne wretcnea execnion g ~
sbsss crying loudly for remedy. The pat,ef Vas g
the mott inferior description, being such % Wa
used IN the gr0cerg shops for ordinary Wsarpin1s
fun Of blurss, bicmtsAes auA impurities, sna see
type and rrcss.work WINS what we might sxpeCe
from the paper.r Mr.. McClesnsnd. m the saset
connection, went into n0re extended statenpehe,
He said ha nadcr the co0tsace sysecnl ne coss q
public printing was almost : pssse II ~ tn0sse
MoNev. The history 0fpubiic printing was instruc-
tive In The point OF economy il that connerfion..
Upcn the rcAovsi IL the Government front rhtsdei
phis 70 Washington, Mr.. Duane was elected lNhlec
printer. The systssa esiablsshej hy that caeceten
SVuttuUSQ VuSJl 2tOUt 1871 WuGU ~ Wv0 o00ysus0e
~ the contract sysse, which cossisusl pntil iste
when Il was fstscteds rerudisteA - defereyes 40
saw =. g is,s e g'sss 1ss
- ss en- NJ; - s;;sso
requiring Tyler ~ lei The rSthtlpg 81 tie ExSeO
BY contract. This movement originated, rfbeehfy,
is personal hosfil.ty TO President Tyler. n isSs
the lrin ing Of Congress, which time Il had
been in operation. And what cftts Oucrati"nS u
is unden,abe that our p' hitting has bsen w,etchedly
executed--wretcheily executed In manner and in
regard 70 time. NOften came oO-lase Tor public
usei and when It came ii came upon Inferior rn,'cr
aud in inferior style. THIS had been predicted by
skiful men In the first place, and Il was now pre-
dicted that the pnbc printing executed under this
system would hate TO be renewed IN tho course Of
few years. The. ihk would spread and the Inn
preston fade, aud Ecprnt he ors,ereti. II lsrola
bly, would be economy to abolish the system at once
--evea al the expense VI some $s0OO, 100000 or
81 5000 paid on indfmnifys
Declarations and state pents similar 81 tho above
might lie mui, piied from this and other quarters, in
reference ~ the ihcciency and of
the contract system IN practical operation. The
above facts, however, are deemed suffcient Tor q
body who Wish to be guided BY the light and exre-
ricnce Of the past and u take advantage III the an
formation gaincd.through the misguided legislation
III others.
In regard to that portion Of the instructions Of
your committee which imposes upon them the du-
Inc Office 81 State Printer,s your Committee bee
leave most 10 represent that they have
not encountered the first reasonable Ojcction elth
CT in or out Of this body, to the manner or the dn
pa. "a with which the printing has been executed
during the present Of the General Assc Sbly
Every one must admit that 10 not ony done much
more speedily, but in better manner than ever be-
FIRE dome here sine, tie form lton u territorial
government, no, understanding the successive rcauc-
lions which have been made In the prices during
that time-drst, from ~ SO per 1000 andp"r token
in 1889 to $,c5, then TO 90, snd lastly in 1913 70
Is cents per i9O0 ems and PER token Of press work,
a. Of present existing. This imprs'vsn'eni, your
committee are Of opinion, 10 in consequence Of the
abandonment Of the old territorial system under
which the printing was given out at ths above sta
ted prccs, Indifferent individuals thu Ough"ut diff
ent parts Of the State or tea rtorl, none OF whom
could he justified (elther BIZ the amount received
in precasious expectancy In preparing themselves
fully for ats executions. sFE
Your COMMITTEES would also beE leave 10 refer 10
the publication ofthe late Reports Of the Supreme