Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-07-23
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Mr. Crawford stated. in his speech that we
had charged seO,s5 for lot of blank he could
have got for s.. In looking over our books we
find that the city has never been charged s2O,s5
for any one lot Of blanks He may, by taking
ten or twelve different jobs of blanks and lump
ing them make out the s2O,s5 Taken at our
highest contract prices, 1900 or 1000 blanks
would be required to make out charpe of
s2O,s5. The Herald last year charged the city
sl5foT fifteen hundred blanks, gnarter sheer sise,
from which it viii be seen that the printer from
whom Mr.. Crawford derived his information,
placed his prices too low in his anxiety to make
point against US. However, if Mr.. Crawford
will get US the same number of blanks of the
same size and forms, as well printed and ruled
for 50 that he alleges we charged the city
s2O,s5, we will pay for them ourselves. and give
him an opportunity of proving his assertion at
10 expense. Agaid: he displayed to the
Council samples of note circulars which
he claimed we bad overeharged, as he
had taken them to printers and ascertained
that fact These circulars when thew left
our office had hy-leaves- The samples displayed
had the Fy-lserss torn of. 1t may have
been accidental, but it seems little singu-
lar that both samples should be mutilated in the
same manner
The 1000 slips, consisting of Questions in
Geography. one of which was displayed by
Crawford and claimed TO have been oVercharg-
ed, was in fact but part of one of the slips
in question The following note from Mr..
Freese viii explain that matter:
At Mr.. WinslOw's request, | furnished him
with slips Of questions, printed for Us BY the
late City Printers. They were first printed on
slips Of paper about 10 to l2 inches lsng, on
which were printed questions in arithmetic,
grammar. geography, and history. These slips
were cut up by me into four pieces, and such
were the condition in which delivered them to
Alr. Winslow. / make this explanation in Jus
tiee to Messrs. E. COwles & Co., to show that
they charged for printing slips with four sets of
questions on them, instead Of small slips with
one set Of questions. A FREESE.
The rest Of Mr.. Crawford's statements are
not all properly correct. Not having the sam
Piles before Us, we are unable to particularize.
It may be that half dozen or a DOZEN items, in
a running account of over a years duration,
and containing over 400 items Of charges, may
have been charged higher than others charge
Such things happen in all business.
Mr.. Winsow in bis speech to the Council is
reported by the Herald to have said:
"He had an interest outside of his duty, be-
cause his character had been wantonly attacked
I By E. Cowies himself He had discovered er-
rors in the accounts, and reported them, for
which z. Cowles denounced him in his paper
as liar and ssoundrel."
Mr.. WinslOw is respectfully informed that
Mr.. Cowles never called him "liar and scoun-
drel'' IN his psper or any where else. He is
challenged to point to paragraph in the
LEADER applying to hin those epitheis Mr.
W. again says:
Before the Special Committee he found
Cowles. Mr.. Winslow then offered to bring
proof before the committee, but E. Cowles saiG
It was unnecessary, as he admitted the truth o.
the charges which be had denounced him as
liar for making"
Mr.. cowles never admitted to Mr.. Winslov
that he had made Overcharges. The fact tina
Mr.. COwles has defended himself in his charges
is sufficient to disprOve this assertion Of Mr.
winslOv.
BE complains of charging IS for advertising
in the Daily and Weekly, when the cOntrac
price IS only 90 cents. Our contract was 70
Advertising in the Daily only, and when th
city ordered advertisements to be inserted in tn
I
: Weekly our charges were made at regular ad
vertising rates. He speaks also Of our eharg
! ''s5i hours waiting for copy" 1t should haV
! been charged in the bill as alterations from th