, 1859-04-15
39rtss Trihu1tt.
OH GO.
Corporation ADVERTISING.

The Chicago 1tHteS processes u tlnilA t''at |
tie prices paid for Corporation Advertising
should be reduced. since salaries have been |
cut down. !, says that the printing for city |
last wear cost $4,000, and that ii {lhc Taiss)
was only paid s4.sou tile year it was corror'-
tipn 1,a,pr. 1t strikes lis that the Times has |
fallen intu sol!c rrrors.
When the Times was Corporation Printer
under Overs administration, it was paid tue
large sum ot s22,!5o for publishing the Coun-
ell Proceedings from the middle oi March un-
til tie middle of January, aud for the whole
year it received fur this service alone not n'ch
less than $1,000. II charged full advertising
rates for publishing them.
Ou the 10th Of Marrll 1857. an ordinance
WIS passed reducing the compensation Of tile
Corporation Printer for publishing the Council
proceedings down to the bare cost oj type sst-
Tina, Which l. not one fifth as much as the
7sn.s charged. Docs it think that the price
should lie reduced still lower? The only fur
1her reduction tie Council could conveniently
make would be to ask the corporation paper
10 publish their proceedings for nothing, ard
7,.y the expense Of type setting itself, Which
il cxartly c.aiyalcn. to asking man 10 work
for nothing anl hoard himself When the
Times was corporation paper it set no sac!'
sc|f-sacritieins example.
Tic ordnance pays fur publishing advertise
mtnts f,r the city tile cost Of type setting,
which is 7.ine cents square! or flfty-lo''f
cants squire for a week. ThcS" rates are
no, tuc-tt,l:rtcr w}la: citizens pay to the Times
for advertising an c'iual space Tor the same
period.
Far ra1lislin. sidewalk notices six dollars
ar2 no,ninally allowed but rs tile great major'
ity q" persons h.lild or repair tlwr own side
walks tilc corporation paper gets n"fit'AJ i"F
advertising them. l'hrsc sidewalk notices
hardly average dollar Il piece tn tl'c printer.
though they 1nust he published ten times.
The truth Of tue whole matter is. that the
prices paid by the city for its publishing and
advertising arc sha.ncfully low. They arc bnt
Il small fraction Of what individuals lay for
cuual advertising space and time. If Vent
yor1l, received thirteen thousand dollars tic
y, .st wear :s the Tn.s alleges. it is mystery
10 H. how he got il.
W1lcn the T,a"s WAS corporation printer IL
CHARGE full rates t,r nil ia corporation adyrr-
Using a,,d received f,ur to six lines is much
as is now allowed E'r III, c'lu:tl amount ["
service. The present prices were established
,vbcu Wentworth became Mayor. lie cutlt
not conveniently be Mayor anu City rrlnter at
the sa,ac sine; therefore, !lc cu, dawn tllc
=, ices 10 oue-G,,1r:!, u what lie lad always
thA.recd the c;tv when lie WIS Corporation
3,;r ter. His Object WAS 10 make 4 little cheap
,,n,., m and render the Office as nearly worth
,c,s IA Tire Ir~<s as possible. Last year lie
was u1rblc TO sct tlsc prices raised and l';J 10
take Ills ow II l'!yslc.
Wages OF Policemen.
There has Dcen iu certain quarters one long
continued snarl since the wages o' the police
mru of tl,c city werc reduced to niur dollars Il
week. We propose TO state fact OF t""' aud
let the GROWERS gr"sl on.
I. The majority Of tue policemen "t Chicago
-w.rc )aLurcrs before They went into the police
In rec.
a.. i.,l,o,crs arc now paid q, TO - CENTS day
IN Il ordinary business. In tic South DIVISION
tho r, ~ is yayin;, streeths1'sls one d"ar, p"'
,mn1o, : them III Two ::angs. cac one n week oi
upd Il wAek of.
>. skilled mechanics arc paid 81 to s1':' nn'
in exceptional cases, :1.5"rcr daE' Inc la'se'
t;vurc commands the services ut the best car
ncntc,x. blacksnlitl-. carriage.makers, ctc'' VIII
cau bp hired. Maspns and bEick-!ayers areEa''
IA trit!c more.
4 Nine dollars week now will buy more
III uccrs>arirs Of life than could have bcc'
co,. ,:,,ludcd By $1:. in ls;',-s'orc meat, bread
fuel unl lager.
:. Taxpayers could better nf1ord to pay 81
II w.r.t tn policemen two years ago, tllah III
.ur, m liked upon by the Council.
T},csc arc sufficient, :ls they cover the Gust
When ME !, have light and easy employment an
sur. nav, US policemen, aud arc gwen all I'M
tho mast careful, intelligent, aud l'a'ns-tak'n
mechanic can earn; whrn they get better wat'
, c,,,,ar,d Will. the Gust nf living than they In
!, flush fines; when, If they should quit tt
plcc, they could gct no other as rc'nunera'1'
.nn,oy,ncut Wien hundreds Of just us g"t
;, IN as they stand ready III take their places
,-,.urcd WAGES. there is surely but little ca">:
com nlaint.
Thc Detroit billiard x1umbu.s
Editors PMS anil Tt1tuhr:
The p.spers have been filled for Il n''ntl' p'
with articles abuut the great billiard match u