The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-03-16
TIE VALLEY WING STATE PRIN
TING

A recent No. of the Keokuk Valley VIII
contained long editorial, disappearing, an
c"ndemning in strong terms, the high price
pld for State printing We had intended /
reply at length TO this article, but; the daty ha
been SO ably, frcibly and correctly performed
by the editor OF the Dispatch, that we copy
entire, that the public may know to wha
lengths tha, rahid partisan journal will go Th
Dispatch says:
Wiif,sl FaIsehOOd Exposed.
We clip the following paragraph from the las
valley Whig," in relation 10 State printing
The positive proof should always be interesting
to the public, whatever the subject matter may
be.
/ We shonld deem it unnecessary, however, tc
expose any particular untrutb, however gross
as Affecting the character Of the "Whig;" but
in this case, as figures have been given to the
public, it is desirable, for the information of the
few who may be interested, that they should be
! given correctly.
| The "Whig" says:
| You have no idea that we believe what we
soy Mr. Express! Now be it known to you
that we never Utter intentional falsehood, and in
this instance we will give you some Of the reas.
ons for the faith that is in US.
During the last four years, the State printing
has amounted to some thirty thousand dollars if
we are not mistaken.
The compositIcn on this printing paid
for by he S ate at the rate of IS cents per thnu-
sand ems. |, costs the s S'ate printer IS cents
per Thousand ems. The State paid Is cents per
Z ken for press work, the State Printer paid
about 80, covering all expense.
For paper the State paid the State printer 81
cents per token for eight page form, and he paid
the paper dealer 40 cents for the same. For
folding, binding, &c, the pamphlets, laws, and
journals, The State paid IL cents per copy and
the State Printer paid ftom three to tour cents.
Thus it will be seen that, upon ell the material
items of the cost of printing, as we'll as pauer
and binding, the State Printers received more
than double the amount of their outlay.
About this, there can be no question; for The
prices of work paid by the Slate fixed by law,
and the prices paid for work in the printing Of
fees of the State are quite uniform, and will
known to all editors and printers.
These statements are made by the editors Of
the "Valley Whg,' with the act of February
4th, 1851 before them, under which the State
printing has been done for the past two years,
and which fixes prices as follows:
For composition SGT cents per thousand ems.
ins tend OF rs c,n,s as falsely asserted by the
"Whis"
For press work SGT cents instead Of "75
cents.
For paper, per token of an eight page form
654 cents instead ofssS7 cents" as asserted by
the editors Of the sWhig.'
For folding, binding, &c, pamphlets, Laws
and journals, u cents per copy instead of"ten
cents per copy, as alleged
These and corresponding rates are the prices
actually paid by the State for the State printing
for two years past. as any one can learn by refer
with the act before them, deliberately represent
that the prices were % cent higher than the
State actually aid-and this too, in an article
wherein they advertise the novel announcement
That they never "u.ter intentona! fasehood y
The statement the sums for which the
work has been done for the State printer are
probably incorrect also, but not having any per-
sanal knowledge on this subject, we shall not
vouch Tor the represen ations made 10 us.
1t will be Remembered that the law passed last
winter has cut down the prices nearly 20 per
cent, lower stil--so low that we are advised by
the most dsinterested practical printers that no
profit can be made upon them.
We have alluded to these random untruths in
anything extraordinary in a newspaper, with
which veraciiy is uot the rule of the exception
We shall! not be bestrayed into any other than
moderate language, except, as in the last Dis
PATCH, by way ofilustration or imitation.