Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-24
CAPT MooRE's ANSWER TO MIR. RIVE

CAPT M00RES ANSWER TO MR.. RIVES
Herewith we present the readers of the Sta,
with second installment Of this paper, con-
thinning it from the point where we were
forced to cut it off yesterday:
Here follows the tabular statement of Mr.
Towers, which l omit, to save space It est
mates that Mr.. Riyes would make profit OF
$249 A on the proposed additional subscrip.
ton of 1929 copies Of the Congressional Globe
Mr.. Towers concludes his letter in the follow.
ing words;
1t appears from the letters of MIR. Riyes
and others that a large loss is incurred BIZ
him at present in the execution Of his con.
tract with the Senate, and he asks this addi.
tonai subscription, which he supposes will
remunerate him for b IS labor, on account OF
'the profit accruing On it. How far the pres
ent contract with Mr.. Rives may be remuner.
ating, or otherwise. would require much time
and labor to ascertain and | think it would
be indicate in me, to say the least, to ex-
press any opinion 1 may entertain on the
subject until L am prepared to support it by
facts and figures. u
In an explanatory note Mr. Towers adds
g 1t should be borne in mind that have
made no allowance for capital invested, nor
have L taken into the estimate Of the cost
any expenses incurred by the printer in
reaching the point at which l commence g.
being that point at which the Senate sub
scription to the Congressional Globe and APP
'pendix now ceases I have confined myself
simply TO the inquiry az to the n,t cost to
the prtMter IF increasing the edition of his
publication to the several numbers suggested
by you and the profit thereon y
Mr.. Rives, dissenting from Mr.. Towers g
estimate, (Which the former had reduced to
S22,67s by rectify!ns some errors of computa-
tior,) proceeds in his circular to give his own
views upon the subject, which arc set forth in
tabular statements, accompanied with expla-
natory remarks. l copy from that circular
the following, viz:
STATEMENT No l.
"a CORRECT CALcULATIoN.-The Congress
sional Globe and Appendix made 5.454 pages
during the last Congress. 1t has been proved
by the oaths of the foreman and principal
clerk OF the Globe Office that for the first
sixty nine days of this session (up to the time
they made their calculations on the 18th of
February the Office had lost So IS column
on the proceedings up to that time by pub
fishing them at s. so, when it cost the Office
81 .35 column. At this rate, if the pro-
'ceedings of this Congress shall make as much
as these of the last, 7,499 coiumns,-and it
Is probable that they will make at least as
much--the Office will lose on the t,co Houses
this Congress, by publishing their proceedings
at 81 90 Il column, SIS, 81 Is, of which the
'Se"ate IS chargsabte NTH k0if, as its pro-
ceedings make as many columns as those of
the House do.
"Ihe account against the Senate for 1920
copies should be as follows, including all ex-
penses:
" For half the loss incurred by publishing the
proceedings in Daily Globe, at
=. $3.50 column. .$14435 81
For half the cost of lights and fuel =
for two years, not included in the
above. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 7l2 so
For half the taxes and insurance
for two years. 525 81
. For half the cost of making up
5,454 pages of the Congressional
Globe and Appendix from the
columns of the Daily Globe, at
the rate Of s. 50 for S96 pages . 766 81
" For 3,493 reams and 465 sheets
paper, at $50 q ream.......... 1911 O5
For per cent. loss on paper by
short quires and waste and spoil
ed sheets: ......:::......... s35 A.
" For printing and folding l3,4I7
tokens, az 81 Ii token, the price
nov paid by Congress. l3.4l7 90
." Iotal cast ct Congress .syrt css . S45 063 Ss
i Deduct the price paid by Congress
for 1920 CORES. ...... ... 4.25o 0O
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Tie phbttshsr FURNISHES fo, tess
man Congress p'teeS........... $2,7la S3