The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-27

u" ivy pr NV Wss snss we PstT p~d ~ soc govern
ntnt 'W oess u he 'We-ncd thc committee Sish tue
ienosips t'st o, Of ron shcn appears that asder
ainec rt'ys.m there might bave been saving effected
oy Onafsss 10 .ne printing alone, durIg that ene,
amoopng TO The g'oes su y OF seven hundred aud
nhy tev'a tbocssnd six hundred and my sghs
dollars and d,'y tive oso's. nos Dciuo'og the Cas'
es,ohai Giats upon which on estimated say
ng OF TOO Dopofed and forty thousand for IKE
pe'ioa n'gns nave ceen made James English,
apedca p'intr and iort man of The Wendell pruning
etti babnens. In wb Oh the work has been do1e for
bou be, ysass Pass, and tn part now done, tsaaed
that 'be rates nov PAID for composition were ons dollar
per page for small pcs collars for brewer oeured,
shd three coare seventy bye cent? for nonpsre sad for
ubch y twenty s,x cens per page for 600 copies, Or
about % token tba. The profit derived BY the pub
lie printer each Of these rates was, on the small plea
ten per cent on brewer thirty per cent, ana tho
boppAyeil forty per cent, WEIGH pvoht. together with
large profit prees work nets To the pubic printer
come nifty Ny five cent clear po0t on tho amount
PAID HIM tor Going the work In support this estimate
Mr.. Rpsl'ah stated that he and hn partner, Mr. Las
CENTS on The collar OF the prices paid b. COneress and
Ut that thsy concluded 10 make fair peoak
HIS testimony, as well as that Of Mr.. weudsn.
was ated by that Of Mr.. John IArcombo prsc
dell establishment ior yeasa william Towers practical
crrsucn OF thst ofce sustained the statements Of Tho
foregoing Witnesses also Joseph Crowe another
suother with The public printing Tor Hneea years
past. Mr. Croweli, in Addiaon 70 this tsssans thai
Tor lumber ss %, q yesrs pas. hs bad saocoa
The prices so.ed ~ law, and ihs BY giving this work
cou save a. set hs,y thousand dollars Der suuum Out
Of the forty or ory i've thousand dollars heretofore paid
for bavle done Tnese wtsueeses ali suoosiS favored
the ts,abnbens OF government printing Office The lat
ter etaa,pg that be had visited the government
Jrintipg oH,ces in England and France while George
w. Bowman. Eq., Wbo present, enjoys the Exe-
cutve spo Senate printing. John Reevts The printer
Of ,be G.grfono Globe and the sub contractor under
Mr. Bow bsn was dong the Executive and Senate print
irR each tesbed in favor Of the present system
Cpl osnn to any material change In IT, and especially In
OPP osroD u Tie establishment government printing
o8ice. hmuti Towers, practical printer, doing ao en-
hptve busDsss In this city favored the giving out OF the
10 'be lowest BIDDER, while Vim. W. Moore, OF
he Nafionot fhtefh9e"oer Office In this caV, also
q practical printer, and as experienced rs Nc.
lo~eis tnongnt nat IN view OF tne operation OF the con-
usct N the past that It would be neither just to
be public or The government TO- reesabish It, His ties
mooy supported by that Of John Duffees, practi
cal printer who was Of the opinion that government
printing Office, properly guarded. Yves the best system
that oond be devised hessrs Ford the House printer
anc Browp one OF the editors OF the Constitution besides
the witnesses named, were each examined before the
committee, without ano'd'Dg any particular Information
upon The subjects under investigation.
Fom the evidence adduced before the committee, they
ba,e concluded that the rates fixed for printing mpos
change but they clearly OF opinion that the prices
low paid on the pees work should be reduced In the ag
present. system, Jour committee, in view of the
conveyed ihroue articles IN Responsible presses ana OF
the cbaIgfs maze oy members upon the hoor OF the
House gave 70 the abuses alleged 70 exit hofougn ex
afntfatno TINS invceugauon developed the iaet shat
these abusee existed chiefly IN The uses MADE OF the ex
etttve pons Derived from the executive pruning wn'n
printing mas been oy CUSTOM ana not oy Jaw conuoneo
by the President OF the United states Direct
evidence on the subject was given by Cornc
lius Wendell, his testimony being corrobora ed
by others here the committee quotes wendell testimony
from the following question, state al the facts In con
peoop With the transfer Of the government organ to Gen
Bow man. down 10 the following answer: " He never
lifted pger except to write to occasionally to accept
crafts for him 10 ADVANCE The report then proceeds
Thur appears that out OF the profits Of this branch OF
the pubic printing usual given By tho President to his
personal avorises and partsaue SO Coo per annum
appropriated TO the support Of his personal in TINS
city his partisan presses in Philadelphia Your
mi,tse propIiety in Congress continuing this
fund devoted by the President to keep existence
paper In this city OF expensive executive character,
sinking nineteen thousand dollars per arnun which Off
organ the government constantly rscing
country by its defamation Of personal character and i
scurrjous attacks upon all who choose differ IRON the