Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-01
DAILY EVENING STAR.
CAPTAIN WIN W. M0oREs RsJoIEDER
TO MR. JOHN C. RIvEs.
:, WASHINGTON, May 81, 1854.
Hon. BENJAMIN FIrzPA1RIcK

=, WASHINGTON. May 81, 1854
Hon. BENJAMIN FITzPArRIcK.
Chairman Of Committee on Printing.
SIR-Perceiying tha, Mr. Rives has renI;s
to my la:e letter by inserting an editorial q,
ticle in the Globe of May 23d, ana republist
ing it in the evening edition of May 25th. an
parently with view to challenge Observable
and s:rutiny, l trust that the Committee O
Printing will indulge me with a brief exam
nation of it; task which L enter upon ,h
more cheerfully because the republication G
this article, the substance of which had pre
viously appeared in the Globe of the eO.b in
duces the hope that Mr.. Rives has at longtl
assumed fixed position ss regards the con
troversy between US.
Standing entirely On the defensive, | hav,
endeayored, and shall still endeavor. 10 avoi,
making any new issue; but feel bound 10 70
fute, so far as facts will enable me to do ~
such errors or erroneous suggestions as Mr.
kives shall put forth to the prejudice o; tb,
estimates which have had the honor 10 plac,
before the committee
In his last publication, Mr.. Riyes does moi
attempt to maintain his former positions bnt
In abandoning them, he covers his retreat b,
resorting to other diversions that are caIcI.
lated to confound and mislead the iudgmen.
lie hrst repeats, what was asserted in the Globe
OF last Saturday, that the type of the InteIIi.
gencer is larger than the type of the Globe
have already informed the committee tba,
while tais assertion is literally true. vet the
difference in the type is so small as to be al
most nothing. l repeat. what | have before
stated on this point by saying that the pro.
ceedipgs OF Congress were printed in the In
teliigencer upon 6serler type, and that the type
upon which they are printed in the Globe :
also drer'er Even types bearing the same
name, when cast at different foundries or in
different matrices, differ slightly in size. to
which printers seldom give any attention when
purchasing, but generally choose that kid
which most suits their fancy as to the cut
OF the type or its promise of durability
The BREWER at present used on the IuteIiipen.
Ger is, in technical phrase, quite a large cut
and that used on the Globe small cut
Ii is to this, no doubt, that Mr. Riyes alIudes
But frcm lS4S to 1851, the time to which M
klvos referred in endeavoring to convict me
OF inconsistency IN my estimates, h. type
used by the 1ntelligencer was smaIl-cnt
a lsge of Sia columns of thai tune contained
about 81 200 ems, for which the intelligence
received forty-fre dollars. A page of serfu
columns OF the present type of the Globe con-
iaIns, according TO my count 81, ,262 or ac
cord TO Mr.. Rives, 34,500 ems, for which the
Globe is paid ffty-taco and q haif dollars
one-sixth more than the Intelligencer was
paid Ito say nothing Of what the Globe is naid
lor the second use Of the same type as made
up in pages for the Con gressonal GIohe y
Notwithstanding this difference of price Y, n
VIII perceive that the contents of a page of
the lnteliigencers former type and a page ,f
the present type of the Globe are very nearly
the same, the difference being half a line per
column according to my count. and less dian
two lines per column according to Mr.. Riyes
In either case, the difference in size is a mat
Ter unworthy of consideration. The diff, renee
III the cost OF setting the extracts in the
RiRtON type Of the Inteligencer and the
1oRpaTiek type Of the Globe would not aver
age hundred dollars a year. and is alike I'M
worthy of consideration.
The next point made by Mr. Rives | have
also before explained. | stated that he did
not pay his reporters four dollars Der column
Tor such speeches made in the House of Ren
reScntatives as are elaborated to six, eight. ten.
and twelses columns. Mr.. Rives replies by
confirming my statement, whilst he seems TO
deny it. He says that he pays exactly the
price tor the specs hes written out BY the mem
bers that he pays for them when written out
b. the reporters. This | do not d;spute
What meant to say was, (and my Iangua ago
VIII bear NJ other interpretation,l that If an
should, by The insertion of extracts
Or he Interpolation OF other matter be elabo-
rated to the extent Of twelve columns. Mr.
Rives would not pay the reporters 81 per col
umn for the whole twelve columns. He an
swcrs by saying that he pays exactly tie
same price for speech mot for each column
Ot Il speechl written out by member that he
does for Il speech written out nv reporter
This is clear admission of what | stated If
an hour speech is written out by reporter,
who can insert nothing which the speaker did
not uttor, it will make only about four col
umnS, for which the reporter would receive
say 1885, but if the member should write il
cut and extend it to twelve columns, the re-
porter would be relieved Of part of hi labor
and still receive SIS.96. In either case, it will
be seen, exactly the same price would be
paid for the speech" whilst in the one case
the reporting would cost Mr.. Rives S474 per
co! umn and in the other case only Sl.5o per
column. There are many speeches written
out or elaborated by members, which reduce
in proportionate degree the outlay on ac-
count of reporting.
Mr.. Rives next says that these long speeches
are the source Of his greatest losses; and, at
ter stating that he prints 2,37J copies of the
- Daily Globe and IL 900 copies of the ''Con-
gressional Globe,' he submits statement of
the cost Of printing IL columns of the q Daily
Glo5e" and 8 pages of the Congressional
Globe 1t must be understood that twelve
columns Of the one work will make nine pages
Of the other. The following statement, there
fore, prepared by Mr.. Rives, is mis- exhibit of
the cost of publishing ia both acorks a single
speech of twelve columns. The traction 1928
designates IL Ct the 2S columns which are con-
tanned in each sheet of the . Daily Globe. >
ard the fraction 9-l6 desiguates of the l6
pages which form sheet of the Congress
sicnal Globe" Here is Mr. Rives's table
M. RireS'S Estimate for trcekpe- column
speech.
For reporting twelve columns, atS4 "a
each $40 80
For setting up and making up the same,
at 81 S7... 3l "a
For 1928 of 2.315 sheets Of paper for
Daily Globe, at the rate of one cent
a sheet. .................... 10 is
For working I2-2S Of ten tokens Of the
Daily Globe, at fifty cents each..... Ii
For making up nine pages Of Congress
siOnal Globe, at tWenty-eight cents
each. ............ ..................... 52
For 9-l6 of IL 900 sheets paper for Con-
gressiOnal Globe, at one cent each. 81 oo
For working GIG of IL 600 sheets, at
30 cents token. en.................... L. IS
For folding GIG Of l | ,00G sheets, at II
cents for every 200. Observation-Disclosures. 2s
Total cost 5000 so
Credit.-By pay for twelve columns, at
81 3D.. .......,.'''...., 5o oU
would lose by the member making the -,