Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-01

For i2 3 Of 2.375 sheets Of nsnar e. % -
Daily GLOBE, at the rate Of one cent
| sneet-. Observation-Disclosures. IN "a
For working l2-2s Of ten tokens of the
Daily Giehe, at ff'y cents each... 2I2
So 81
b. pay for twelve columns at 81 50.... 90 so
Instead nj a loss, this shows profit Of near.
ly IS If howeves, the fSsf item is made te
repi esent three-hour speech in the Senate
or three one-hour speeches in The House then
'ae sum oi 500 ss attached TO that item 10
fSht, and ihe table would exhibit a loss of
nearly S5o upon the publication Of columns
~ the "paliy "loee, snpposng Congress to
be willing 10 pay for all-the papers furpisbe I'D
TO all Of its subscribers, "a therein CHARGED
and for which no credit is allowed
But, as set-Of TO any Toss that might be
shown on the 3 Daily Globe we have vet To
estimate the proft on the Congressional
Uiobe, and this it is which gives Mr. Rives
an advantage in publishing the debate. over
all the other establishments in this city That
| par; of the table which relates to the pubIics-
uon Of twelve columns equal to nine pages in
1 the 'Congre'sionabie Globe" should stand
| thus:
For making up niue pages Of Congress
i"nal Globe, at twenty eight cents
cach. Observation-Disclosures. 80 -
For GIG of ii 600 sheets paper for Con.
For working GIG Of ! |, Geo sheets, at ff-
" cents token.... Il Is
For folding lG of II ,0O0 sheets, at
twelve cents for every 25G....... 2S
So OG
Crcdft.-By pay for 9-l6 of 1900
copies of Congressional Globe. :. SIs3 81
This exhibit Of the " Congressional Globen
shows an excess Of pay of SSl.3l on Ii 900
con cnfr
tie short Of one hundred per cent. In the
table above quoted from Mr.. Riyes, it will DO
observed, he has charged the whole of the
" Congressional Globe" againt Congress, and
omitted to give any credit on account of the
receipts therefor If be will add the credit of
Sio. 81, which Is the proper proportion for
S-i5 of ! 900 copies Of nine pages. his table.
instead of showing balance against him of
oil2, Will show balance Of S5I 81 in his
favor
So much for Mr.. Rves's last table, according
TO which. by his own showing when both ae.
couGts come TO be credited, his aggregate
ploit on both ncarks would be $42 .IO6 25. out
oI "nieh sum ne would have to compensate his
own labor, and pay for the weir and tear of .
hi' Office, the interest upon his capital, and
oiher Incidental expenses. The aggregate of
al these expenses, as estimated in Mr. Riyes's
circular Of March, is stated at the high price
OF so, ,l55-still leaving an excess Of nearly
$4,000.
L pass over without remark such portion, Of
Mr RlTes's reJoinder as might be supposed to
have personal bearing L cannot refrain.
however, from repeating that / have no pecu-
mary ntereSf whatever in this controversy
L am not a competitor with Mr. Rivos for the
work; the proprietors of the establishment in
Wiilc.i L am employed are not competitors 10
c atIve or friend OF mine is competitor; nor do
l know Of any person who desires to supplapt
ar hltcS IN his business would not break
down his establishment If could for really
place a nigh value upon his work, and do not
tEink that any contractor could do il better
he question at issue is one concerning which
L nnotSurrender my opinions, or permit them
to he Inva'idated by sophistry, without doing
injustice to my professional reputation as we'll
a. 10 the profession itself
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WM. w. MOORE.
McSDAr, May 29-Since the foregoing was
put III type L have seen the - Daily Globe of
to day, 10 which Mr.. Rives acknowledges his
error in denying what had stated in regard
to the mode of paying for the reporting Of the
House. lie now says:
" CoRRECTIoN.-I stated, in an article an
sweTing Mr. Moore, which was published in
ths morning edition of the Globe of the 23d,
snd the evenings edition of the 18th inst, as
follows
Inc ISpoIltEs eAaClly tQe same price
fer the speeches written out by the members
that do for them when WI tten out by the re-
portcrs from their own notes. / could not pro-
care the services of the bes, shorthand writers
without making this agreement with them
. This is strictly true az regards the Senate,
where Senators rarely write out their speeches;
and when they do, they seldom write out more
til they speak. sometimes loss. But learn
rom the Superintendent of the reporting 10
the House that when a member there speaks
ohe hour and writes more than five columns,
he pays the reporters for FIVE columns only,
because but few members can either speak or
read more than that much within an hour
About four columns is the average quantity
spoken within an hour
These paragraphs confirm all have said on
he subject Is il not strange that Mr. Rivee
should have contested this point with me with
out really knowing how the matter was regu-
lated!
A FISH SToRY.-Four clergymen, a
Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, and
Roman Catholic, met by agreement to
dine on fish. Soon as grace was said the
Catholic rose, armed with knife and fork,
and taking about one-third of the fish,
comprehending the head, removed it to
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