The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-04-17

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me. Good bye Mr. Clement, Return
TO your shop and remember that your ar
rogance and ipgrattitudo have lost you
that which will never again DO placed
within your reach, 10. H.. ..... IF.
The old man gave his foolish nephew
hundred francs, TO indemnify him for
! the expense Of the trip. took leave Of him
at the door Of the depot, and return.
cd home, The feelings of the youth
may be readily imagined. but as the yOl-
low covered novel says. "they cannot be
described" ! think this true story Is an
apt illustration of the axiom--"neyer hal
loo until you are out Of the woods,%;u
Cincinnati Rats Annoying tho CoontrY
] .. Printers.
The Commissioners Of Warren county
on the 2Jth ult.. awarded the contract for
printing the assessors, and other county
blanks to q 6rm in Cincinnati, whose
\ name sounds about as follows. "Mor6
i Wildcats. Keys & Cos They agreed TO
print all the blanks Of the county, for
twenty-five cents qulre and furnish pa.
\ lRerl--a price, which every printer knows
will scarcely quit cost. But, while n
greeting to do the printing Tor nothing,
they had the cunning 70 make up, on the
statiopery--the ccntfact for which they
also obtained what they lost on the
blanks. They charge from 80 to 75 cts,
a roam more for cap, letter, legal and
other paper, than Messrs, Nixon u Good +.
man, Wholesale Paper Dealers, Of Ciu-
Oinnali, agree to furnish the same quality
and description OF paper for, SO these
gentlemen. are guilty, at one aud the same
time, OF rafting aud extortion. We sup
pose they have been playing of tho same
lgame on the commissioners and printers
Of other counties: provided the former,
as in Warren, mistook their duty Ia ad
4 yertising for printing at all, and especial,
Ily, in iayiIing competition from large
capitalists against home labor. In our O.
pinion, their action in regard 70 the coun.
ty printing, WAS not warranted by the
law, and the whole contract, instead ofa
y saving, will DO q loss to the county We
are very sure, the Legislature never in
tended TO rob country printers in this way
to accommodate rat monoPolisIS in The
. cities. ~, ........ '".
u We copy the above from the Lobauor
! Star. Il is too hard for country printers
and editors to be put under the pressure
: Of such rule as the one which has beef
adopted by the officials Of Warren coun
ty. In our judgment. this whole system
: Of advertising for bids to do county prin
Z ting is wrong, and particularly is it s
4 when in the depression of the count,
+ printer. and adds to the prosperity o
\ others who do not live in The same coun.
|. ty, but who are willing to cut under fai
: rates. Why should printing be put ou
n to the lowest bidder at alp Why shoul
i it be farmed out ard hawked around, an
!, moro than any other kind Of business?-
!. There are we'll known and establishe
rates for printing, and every county an
/. every State which has printing to d
- ought to be ready and willing to pa
a those rates. They need not be afrai
h that the country editor and printer wi
!. get oEer-riob by the jobs, for where !
4 there an editor or a printer in Ohio, out
4 side of one or tWo Of the big cities, VIII
9 has amassed even a competence by hi
/. professiop2 rr. .y,, ..., .-.t-.'
IS What would bo said il the people werl
to advertise for County Commissioner
h or members of the Legislature, at th
a lowest cash ratesY We have no doub
that there could be found in every count
|, in the State, hostsof men who wonld b,
/. willing to serve rs Commissioners, mem
"a bers OF Congress, Senators, Representa-
ir tiyes, Auditors. Governors, Treasureri
j Judges down TO Constable at rates muc
less than those established by law, VIII
# not apply the rule toDoptors, Lawyers
A and Ministers, apd, advertise Tor th
/, cheapest as is thecase Whenever aliIll
q printing is done. ros 10 NJ ,,esiI, J,i.
p This sy stem is all wrong, and II ha
y done much 70 belittle aud debase th
!. Press. In every election the editor i
!. expected 10 labor day and night to elec
his party candidates, who, when, elected
Il enjoy fixed salaries and honorable pos
i tons, Why Should nots2me. Of tbe prot
- its, At least, 90 to-tbe pripterY Why tax
from him the printing IN bis own count
a where he lives and whore he pays hi
4 taxes, sDd give il 70 others living 10 ott
u or parts Of the State. who do Z OF contrib
Z ute q dime 10 the taxation aud the mate
"a rial prosperityof the county? .-~--7 IA
4 ao ourthsory is, that fair rates should ;
,e given ufor printingvrnot the lowest, f.
, the lowest is hardly ever fair-And Whe
: Democratic officers are in power, let ther
q give she printing which they must bay
a done, 10 their friends, and WheR the Re
n publioans are in power give she same {
u their friends. and get rid Of this plear
miseFly, grinding system Of adyeriisn
10 printing contracts, which, in niue O.
!, ses out Of ten. depriyes honest labor (
N It's legitimate reward ,and which,ip ever
q. instahes, operates hard upon the couptr
dsditor and printer. eiia frdl fsbi-
a. ayIf thefeis is suoh a law as the ono spo
n ken Of by She Stsro il should be repealeC
NJ and the country editors haye itip the
! power to make the change. lin 10 OF
I er way Let them resolve to- support I
IA othetcandidate FOR the Legislature
"a Eeitberparty, who is not in favor Of pay
4. lingVripters fair days wages for a IA
: days work. and they would soon get n
lof these mercenary maxims which grin
is and oppresa them
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