New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-03
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suQs estons in my last concerning the cost OF the State
Printing / will venture to make some more.
If il ia "Unde Lyman's" real object to do some
thing practical in the why of eectng results, would
suQe est that he can accomplish that object in no way
more certain or direct than by nsistng that every
resolution ordering legislative printing shall have these
or words to the sane unmistakable import, added,
viz: "The printing hereby ordered shall be executed
under the contract between the State and Charles
ysn Benthuyten for Legislative Printing! the State
shall be subjected TO no charge beyond CT aside from
the gross sum of $50 coo named in said contract Tor
which the entire of said legislative printing is stpu-
lated to be doDe' Something like this nay stop
cathode, something more costly. AT any rate, no
harm can come from having this addition made to the
usual resolution, particularly when the large jobs
snch as the Agricultural and Institute Reports, the
port of the State Medical Society, and other pleth-
oric documents are ordered to be printed, with the
extras.
word or two about the Agricultural and Institute
repors OF course would not be understood as init
mating that the worthy gentleman who, as Secretary,
ia little less than tho Agricultural Society ITSELF and
the State Printer have ever couded to swell the an
nua report of said Society to the largest dimensions,
in order TO promote some particular interest Doubt
LEES there is not single page lne or word, in all the
fret volume that could safely be omitted. Neverthe-
less, several dull people have before now wondered
why 60 much matter which, to their dull agricultural
appIehensons appeared useless, was printed. Some
have been card TO declare that more than twothirds
of the book was tie merest trash in the world; but
they probably better judges OF bulls than books
But lot state Ii the printing OF the State
Agricultural Society Report costs annually $4,000
0ook at the figures in the Controllers Office and il
I not fruda he mai hV
one third Of the expense can be saved by Ju-
djcious management of the contents, instead OF
pitchforkng everything in, as at present without
much regard to what the matter s, only the more the
better; and il 81 900 would amply pay some competent
person for the labor Of sitting arranging, and prepar
ing all that was valuable for publication, would not
the State save 900 by the operation Clearly 80
And further, if by restricting the number ordered 70
corresponding economical standard a similar amount
might be saved, would not there be total
saving Of not much short Of s8,OOo or $lO,eoo
on this single job venture the assertion that OF the
edition OF this Report printed last year a search
would discover at least one'ourth of the whole mum
Der of copies stored away in gsrres Offices and shops
of members who voted themselves the same IN the
State Printing office, and Secretary Of States Office
TIE same is equally true of the American Institute
Report The simple truth is, that these and few
other things have for years been regarded as jobs on
which the Stats has annually squandered not less than
$4,000. If Senator Truman or anybody else desires
to do something practical, and effect saving Dy cor
rectpg an abuse which lies Just under the surface and
ia therefore easily enough reached let him take in hand
the matter of printing these two documents Lst elm
have the matter to be printed conded to hand that
will sft the chat from the wheat; let that be printed
only then let the number printed be reduced onehs,
or 10 what will be rsasonable and let the same process
DO applied to the Institute Report, and perhaps other
documents that have long been nursed petted, ana
pued to the largest dimensions as tue latest sort Oh
Jobs Under the present contract, however, II hon
esly observed there would be no Lecesslty ior TINS
pruning operation. The State is bound to pay $50 600
any way, and all il has to do to see that what Is
dol is not by some hook or crook paid for to some
extent at least, outside of the erosB sIni 81 S3Uuv
and the expense sweled to $3.50 OOO a, is ged was
paid last year. To effect this You have bat 10 guard
well the resolutions you pass ordering printing 70 be
DONE repeat, let Senator Truman look TO this pre-
cise thing, add he will effect than he hope
for in any other way. Then let the reports be thick,
and the numbers large. and you will see squlrmng
somewhere. BY way Of enforcing this idea, will
reteat what j stated in my last, viz: Last Winter,
notwithstanding the $4,000 contract in force, in
the case of the Agricultural Report, yolumnous
document and super-extra numbers were desired
by the Printer, while the resolution directed the
printing to be done "under the direction Of the
'' Secretary Vt State" II would have sent o
cold chill down somebody's back had there been
an addition made TO the resolution recurring the work
to be done as part OF the $9o,OVO contract. More
than one-thrd of the entire sum would have been
swamped by the siDge job. Let Senator Truman look
TO this thing next time. There win be those who will
keep good watch on him to If he don't forget.
the watch. In the Senate proceedings on Friday last,
1hs journal reports the following resolutions:
Mr. GosThai the Clerk furnish each Page Of tie Senate
Mr. spnoa sskd the Senator to accept an anendep-th..
the bound si edge &c accepted resolution
adopted.
Thus that little amendment of Senator Spnola only
showed what is going on. Full bound, gilt edge,
&c.'-your regular twenty shilling affairs For
further particulars see Supply BILL the last night Of
the session, and when found, make note Of" Two
years ago, Red Books alone cost about $1,000 under
this sort of "glt edged, &C., orders. Wake up, my
old friend and you will almost any day see these little
jokers lodging all about you. Remember, that in the
matter Of Red-Books, the II 900 paid to hush up
the competition which ruined the business last WINTER
must be got back, as well as the loss OF the usual
:" good thing" in consequence thereof made up and
it il these full bound gilt edged &C.,, orders that
are doing the business every day. Again, l say, see
the Supply BILL ana IN time!
Now that Senator Truman has bis hand in, l VII
take the liberty 10 put him on scent. understand
him to be scker for all he il justly entitled to- and
that as senator he applies the same rule TO the State
All right Now let me put him on the scent and in due
time let him say what he has found II his memory Is
good he Will remember that toward the close Of the
session. two Winters ago. large good-looking volume
made ts appearance on the desks OF members and SEN
aore the tile 10 which indicated that the second
volume Of the Railway COMMISSIONER Report
Where is the frst roinniel "Thats the question"
Did he ever zee it Did he ever zee the man who
ever saw copy venture to say he never did.
Where tbep Is it, and what is there about the thing
That is the precise point wish he would inquire into.
In matters OF State Printing where any information is
most vented, the most natural thing is to go TO the
State Printer. As the present State Printer is gentle
man above reproach and Of answering truthfalness
probably should this investigating Senator seek to know
all there is TO be known this subject he be &C
commodated any day. If no fails, let that fact be
known, and will confer in private with tho Senator
for the space OF ten minutes.
There il a large volume TO which the State is en-
titled which has not had, and whether not it is