The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-10-04

which the taxpayers are to pronounce
against, when they bear in mind "the folly
and extravaganza " of the thing, after
remembering that they can go to Elkton and
obtain i'll the Court House or Commissioners
Office, tor the reading. that which would
cost the county, by publishing in the papers,
"fre hHmire't and eighiy5tre dsiiars." Our
country people know that it costs nothing to
visit EIkton on official business. But to the
figures of Mr.. Crawford, which are slightly
in error. In the first place. this pet
" Analysis > that nobody cares to read and
no law authorizes the publication Of. is
counted at - squares and estimated ut
$3.50 by him, but which measures 20
squares and is estimated by the Editor of
The Wig at $1,000. The next result Mr..
Crawford arrives at by his arithmetic, is
2nS squares, and S312.000. In turning to
II Levy List published by Mr.. Ricketts, in a
back volume of The Wing, we find it to con.
tain 81 squares, and by referring to the
Levy List Of Allcgany county for the present
year, and which has every name given of
those receiving money from the county. we
find it to contain 81 squares. The List for
Kent county, the present year, contains "A
squares, but is printed principally with
long primer type, which is a courscr
type than "brcvicr,' that used on The Wing.
We have no other county papers at hand
containing Levy Lists to refer to, but these
are about the average, and Cccil's List
would not be larger than other counties. -
With reference to price, these unsatisfactory
and consequently useless Anal Uses" in.
vented by the present Commissioners Clerk.
require ''justifying," as the printers term
it, which takes Il third more work. to set up
the same number of squares that u plain and
full statement requires. Printing the Levy
List of Cecil county then, as published in
other counties Of the State, land which
would be satisfactory to every rcadcr) would
cost onc-third less per square than the
justified "Anay sis" of Cecil, which EST
mated by that of other counties as published
the present year would fall short of one hun-
del do'ln's for each paper, in place Of the
" iro hu.d'ed amt nincfy-tuo dollars and .fHy
cents - in favor Of Condensation, the result
Of Mr.. Craw(ord's figuring. The "error .
is thus " discovered -" shown up and
we hope that Mr.. c. is enabled to "see it,
We make this plain statement of facts and
figures to vcutilatc the matter, and show the
people the true state of the case. We don t
care whether the Commissioners ever publish
~ ~
Our business is with the public. They take
The Wig to lcarn what is going on in the coun-
ty, and we mean to crilicisc the official acts
fits public men whenever we think proper.
They are the servants Of the people, and the
Representatives of the people have laid
down the law for their guidance. If that
law is disobcycJ the people expect it of a
pubic journal to expose such things, and
we mean to do it, and try the question.
whom the people will sustain. As to the
matter of expense, on which so much stress
is laid by the Clerk to the Board, we have
offered to publish monthly statements of the
county business, free of all charge but that
has been refused. or at least no encourage.
mcnt given to do so. II Il full statement Of
the county business is cramped into an
" Analysis . for the sole purpose of econ
omy, then why not give the printer full
monthly statement, when the publication
would cost nothing?