The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-17

proper to say, that be had the compositors
set mp the bills solid, by which process the
cost Of type setting to him aoas only for 1900
ems to page.
Mr.. Marshall, therefore, was entitled to
charge on one page bill Tor 2400 ems, which
at 63 cents would be. ............$l 81
For press work on one token. GO
press work of Observation-Disclosures. 80 IL
Mr.. Marshalll's actual charge for a one
page bill, as per reference to various
bills on file, was. ...................$s r.
Leaving an amount Of ................ So 81
From which the expense of paper, (being
$50 half sheets of foolscap,) should be de-
Quoted. Now if Mr.. MARsHALLs bill is
correct be must have charged the State at
the rate or $3S. ~ per ream for .tooLscap
paper.
A word of explanation, upon Mr.. MAR
STALLS figures. concerning bill of MIR.
GooDR1cH's, dated Oct. %, 1858. l quote
from the Press:
of five items, one of which is as follows:
5000 copies. 472 pages, 1879 reams of
paper at 50 ...-................. l25 10
Now let us try this part of Goodrich's meth.
cd of computation 80 pages make a sheet.
Az will therefore make l44 sheets. In 5000
copies, then, there will be A 000 sheets. Di-
vide this, now, by 480, the number of sheets in
a ream and we find the whole number of reams
consumed in the work in question to have
no hnf of no
and virtuous Earle charged the State for 1873,
or more than twice the amount of paper actu.
ally consumed according to his own compute.
ton. go.
Let us put these facts side by side again {:
Amount charged by Goodrich, 1879
Amount consumed according to his
own rule of computation, is 81 1900
AT 20. 653 W
Showing clear swindle by his own
confession in this one item of...... SSH 80
But we will try him now upon some count
not by the rule invented to suit purpose of
| temporary convenience, but byrules universal
with the craft everywhere. BY these rules he
had conceded right to charge the State with
ten per cent. of every ream used. to cover de.
fciencies and waste, which would make the
amount of paper legitimately chargeable to
the State in this transaction lO2-42 reams.
Now, if Mr.. MARSHALL will allow Is sheets
of 80 pages each, instead of l434 sheets,
because the working of the sheet so as to
save the one-tourth was impossible,) he will
find it to yield 1914 reams of double medi-
um paper, Or 1879 rsoms of medium paper,
The amount actually charged for as above
stated.
| 1t is well known to all Book Printers
that Book paper is invariably computed by
them atmedaum size; and this is the uni
form rule adopted in the Pioneer Office, in
all its estimates for book work |; and was
the rule in charging for all paper furnished
to the State. The rate charged was Sc
per ream. for medium paper, of 19 by "a
inches, one sheet containing l6 pages;
which was about equal to Mr.. MARSHALL 8
charge of last year, of $40 per ream for
double medium paper, of "a by SO inches.
Mr.. MARSHALL insists that Mr.. Coop
RICH shall be allowed for wastage about 10
per cent. which would make an excess,
taking Mr.. MARsHALL's fgures) OF l7%
reams of medium paper more Than was act
ually charged, or $1O5 less than should have
been paid by the Slate and to which, there>
fore, Mr.. Goodrich is fairly entitled from
the Treasury.
With reference to Press-work, MIR. Coop
RIcHs bill was for 78O tokens. By adopt
ing the universal rule of token measurement,
we find that in form of 5000 copies there
are Ii tokens, and in the book 10 question
there were 60 forms of press>work, making
Just 78O tokens. And here again, Mr..
MARSHALL urges that l6 pages should be
counted to form, while the universal
usage is eight pages, and all Mr.. MAR~
STALLS press-work, is based by himself,
and has been based by the PIONEER, in these
articles, upon eight pages to form.
D. RAMALEY.
January 8, 1861.