Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-03-15

s,,;.. !,-xcud the possibility vi comb. lHase
icts ar, ina, the !:siiiss ;ur flniin- arc 'u''
n y Than l.,ul,r nv Sum the reason ass'S'cu .!
lin 4 colin i.jf II: OBI! ii. iI::' aud p'es
for The Wh!c pubic pH;.r 5aih"i o'ciHii' - ~
received 62S CENTS but not rlsht ana proper ~" -, a
Democratic public printer, w. r. Richie 10 receive lne
same coupons ton AS 10 facilities ~ printing every QUO
know- there has been achInc YET invented py
which /, ne cun DO ur. 1t must and suppose always
viii hs set up b. the hand There have been some improve
rni in prinng presses is uc but then il appeas from
the evidence that Sheppard himself part Of the time ne
va nuc printer had those ami was more.
ovo, sIoed bv Peter d. Bernard prominent Wing printer
IN rhs CIV OF Richmond and By other Witnesses that the
improved presses nIe mol Of n'ucl, auan.aap ~ e t",,
nrinler except on "argc editions or large numbers Say
ram five 10 ten thousand copies OF me same work bu'
m, nubiic printer very seldom prints iifee colons OF
"long numbers" Of document " " "
usual number printed. ,; ,ho o~,mir,
But ,ere was another fact elected during us
un Of witnesses which is relied on as DECISIVE ~ VIZ ;
lion NJ issue; and that is the fact thai H. n Ely SUI ,dn6
The recorja of The Court Appeals al ioy Gents per
ems The gentleman from Patrick says mat hlys ' M
handsome profit at such rates ana Is @ - h. satisfied
win fifty cents per 1000 Now, Mr. Speaker suon'
10 III. gentleman from Patrick who was the chalrman o.
select committee appointed on his own motien' 10 .uin
10 the House upon the subject OF pnbc
printing whether he should not have been more cautious
Than 10 have yenlured assert hs Elyson makes hahu
snme profit a. forty CENTS "heh the'o 10 ~ ef'ue'o ~
''S Mir STAPLES desire know of the gentleman from
Amelia wha, authority he has Tor inpIng 10 NE s"Gm ,
statement do not li.ihh s'u "'"' i'''' 0' ~ -
Mr BorroN Ii the gentleman will refer 10 PAGES ana
f m. rrnor which submitted on The part 81 the hio
~ he will there find the language that haze ascroc'
i, him Now think, Mr. Speaker that can prove by the
testimony Of Elyson himself that he neither makes manu-
b Cmrt Of Appeals at 40 cts. He says page IS OF EY
dence that in printing the records n inc Court oil Appears
Il, 40 c!s., he makes No adlohh! c'IEe lo
napcr folding stchug and On page ~ OF lehce ne
LAWS that he employs lhs best woknen and pays Them the
nrccs established by the Richmond Typographical S3ceiy
which are the prices paid in all The Offices IN ts cry ny
r..r.nc. To Tie Bg Laws Of the Typographical society II
will he Seen cOmpOsitors are pa' 81 CTS per ooo M
or $40 when employed By the week Now, n 90 c's ica
o6O rms ,e EQUAL To $40 The week Az cts pr UUO ems are
eoIuI s3 cts per week So Elyson makes IS $50 'e
week for composition But as he charges nothing o1 press
work and yet pays MS pies in a hi q scs Sc 66 cts nr
week Bat have also letter written by hpson 10 judge
Catr after he undertook the printing or e "ut :"
Appeals in which he complains Of inc coh"c anu e
had m ,de nothing ON the Job several month ana lIetc
tore he desires small modification OF the contact "uIh
IA not uy increase Of price nine.ten!is oi ie records
but only in lew that may chance u contain RUE ana fe
work" The modified as he desired II; ana
he makes handsome profit or any PRINT AZ Al upon ''''
| inS il must be upon tenth Of the records
But SUPPOSE does make money al ~ CTS ipF
vnrinu tho records Court q" Appeals II furnishes no
criterion by which TO estimate The worth OF me pn"c print
inu There il nul much particularly required III Pnune
the records and be moreover doe n tedRc WHEN j.
Of very great advantage 10 printer tor n"n sncn i
can l done when hands would b. without e
nIov nr For these reasons. employing pnte WIZ
sometimes consent printing al lie very prices
ina. paid his ourneyncu rather than De nhor me ne
cessty OF dischnreing them
But TIE gentleman from Patrick not relying upon The
evidence taken before cumnec, as 4" tho woih OF
printing in Virginia. directed The attention {" IN" i""s "
The Prices paid ny Congress ~ us Fnl. aI cohttnnc'
hn They ae less than provnir! by inc ol .so" SO
far as II able 10 make he c"ichlith' nnu 'nc
prices do Congress pays o! us aocuS CT w
n-r nscr .ut each page required cont in 1910
Now by The Of proportion. lGu0 ems sioo lVo eu's:
62S The Ice paid our pahic printer An" IN ''ens wei
the c,e,.ing Of Congress, observed hh t following
nt rrs regard 10 printing the returns o' inc cen
sls, recently adopted by Tho Hsus' q hp'''"'''eS
ry o 1T yeus 10 81 nsys
'Rrscpcd TIM, nothing more nor les tan inc returns
ordered Ia a akcE by uct Of May, leu he printed ey
the pu5r prinei and Innt ;ie;" De printed ~ Iu'Pn u
the u.a number documents ordered ny eich i1nsc
10 pGU coies Ir he oi Iii" House .! represent
and rupls The "i the Senate provided ina ne foS
of compysitior for plain matter SHAH no! tTceed me
- fr;rfuhrO ana az half cents per 1000 ems IL;
tabular n moi 10 exceed tic sum o. seventy en-
ant The ,res> work no. 10 cicer' ths sum o. Cents
| per lGU0 luaiIr pages
ia var,r- Northern Satc that cur Plohc PRINTED
is paid much II scems 10 mo ia II We az 20 enquire
other what prices We should pay our puzzle ph'e
there WON'T be- much more p.oprety in directing our Giten
lion 10 H." Southern State, where lie chdscs ia ctc'
the price Of printing somewhat similar lni uhl IN
arknn4a- the State priner IL allowed 81 62 cents per
page plinlng The ncis o. The General Assembly o"s
public pntc AZ In" lat ptr'rd -..u f's,r m' .l,e
dncun.ri. u "ict "aa, u % '"- pr lyUo ,s
a the slime io folding, tcing &' 81 VS. w
fl would nave cos;, ci'ard /" Arkansas, 30 so
10 print number ni pages. llt IL io"ihg s'
lion OF ch,p!r Isl D. - o .nc code :" A'bah on nc $40
Iect Of p".lic rrlrii'g
Nm uFJpo.as must ncce pied abn.. The following rates:
For n,pr of h, acts and Joint resolutions blGGinE m
rrnui.rr number ncuid, three drl,E- and eighty
cents page oil the journals an revenue ia"- TWO
dars moi ,phty five cents f blanks printed paper.
onc dollar per quirr; Tor blanks put.d parchment one
dollar ans iiy per qirr Tor rlnng dune ot each
HOUSE srss!on for ot'r printing Tor compost,
ton PER 1000 ems plain mn;le nrtl 'hS; h2Gi' "o"
per 1000 Ems, SIPS" Sc.
1t will thus be that the maximum prce n''"wr" III
Alabama is nearly eight cent, more than 10 f"I"s
ed by tho bill be allowed public printct nave ~
doubt that if the prices paid BY other Southern States wC
have adopted the contract SYSTEM could b, asceinc1
il will found that they Of least rq!a IL those pio'a
Ell by The bill.
Mr. Speaker Tie gentleman from Patrick thought proper
to charc Legislature OF Virginia not only with careless
ners aud 1nncc bu with inter dis ceard o! HE p"
he interest," relative to The p'in"g ." The STATE: :"H 20
sustain charge rtfeeucr is made 10 The publication %
he New Code. The p"wine IL an extract Iron" tc "rs Oh
the t. gislalurc The Price IL 81 paid ny me C"nh"n
wealth the said copies az OOO copies "i the code sh'
be- not two than Thiee dollars ana with
in these ms shall he fixed by the upon upon the
i, livery portion theirni. The public PRINT
er shall have the option OF furnishing the same "!tu Ill"
lime ard III: terms a!nrt said. provided ne shall M
one month after the passage of This ct give bond, WIN sh
Gciedt security &c And II is further provided that such
nund be given within month after the passage :"
tie act governor shall advertise for proposals. &C. ie
public p;incr did, however within the lime prescribed by
the ACT bond with sufficient security and the Gov
crno n. lie authorized by the act, gave hn the io III
SO per volume Yet the gentleman from Patrick is 81 in
cu..cn as to charge Legislature with closing the
door against al! competition in order In reward iaVnT
ties" while the time, he charges the Governor with
| Inconsistency Of the acc usa,iun is its reutaun
hny. hns Mr. Speaker hastily reviewed the leading ar
eun.nrs that were urged by the gentleman from Patrick
and cannot believe hi. House VIII adopt the ni.ald
Is policy Of iuacquacly compcnsang liiu officer To-
thu responsible duties he is required 10 perform II was sta
tel before the committee that the public printing ri VIM r.
Richie us OF very high order, equal 10 that ui The
standard works published in Amcica And the q'i's-
lion il whether we shall pay the public printer the H-
and reasonable compensation provided by the BILL and thus
con n"r Ia have printing OF "a very high order, ar
whether we shall adopt the amendment and hereafter nave
prin.in. unworthy Of the Commonwealth
| TIE PUBLIC FEINT!NG-We observe that the pub
lie printing attracting considerable: attention at Rich
mand being made 10 reduce the price u
the work II IL less strange than true that tG i.a'vc
b dies are ready commence reforms nj the small end
lacy will clra The wages ii! mechanics and al The sane
ru iur,case the diaries Of officers This may h. iii gh
bu We can't see The pubic printing Of this State is
we'll cxcrut very reasonable rates but II lcgis'a
u1c is anxious hnred with bad and pen:s lnr