, 1866-10-29

PRICE nF PAPER AND HOOKS.
Ne have recclred the following letter from
Mr.. /. D. 1ngersoll, editor Of The daily
journal at Muscatine. lie Is the author OF q
History Of lows Troops IN the late war,
large octaro volume, which WAS reviewed at
some length in our columns in. March last:
"McscArsE, Iowa, October 81, 1856.
.Edttors Chicago Tribune: .-.
1GES71IAKx-t is 4 thing for which you ought
10 receive the distinguished consideration sno
thanks Of the public, that you have reopencd TIC
paper question. II has happened hist l lave
had somc practical experience In the Practical
workings oi the present laws On the su1tect-1ori
take It thst the slight change made by the last ses
sion OF Congress has had DO perccptible ELECT
and 1t rnag not be without usefulness TO state some
facts. many Of which 1 saw AID part Of which
MA
~ spent two months and more, last winter, In
Ph1lsdclphEa, attending to the pnblfcatton Of
historical work pertaining 10 tho gallant part ta-
ken By tie troops ofthc State OF iowa in con-
onesing the tlasehotdctu' rebellion | spent
much OF the time in the publishing house Of J. B.
uppiucott j. Co., and, t-uat without impcrtincnt
curiosity, leaned good deal about the book
and papct trade- When the work speak Of was
etc,eotypcd there were found to he 743 pages.
An edition OF g Q, it will be seen, would require
= good deal Of paper, good deal OF muslin. a
good dea1 Of leather. and Of all the other things
used III the process Of book making. Notwiih-
standing the met that the honee of LlppIncott g.
Co. published tie work as low as could have
bad it done at any respectable house. and lower
than eouid have had It done. with c1ua} me-
ehanica1 excellence, in New York. discovered
that mIpht have gone ~ London and saved sew
cral hundred dollars on the edition by having 1t
published at the British metropolis. I could
| have pald rny passase In Cnnara steamship
:crosa tho Atlantic and back, paid ill personal
| ,xpcneee. brought back all edition Of The work,
md put It On the market with several hundred
! tiol1a,a In my exhausted pursCt Every tntelli
gent publisher in America knows tha1 this Is so.
Sr. IipNincott has been iii Europe many months,
for no oiheF purpose than to bny ard ship TO lhtE
country what may sse!l be called whole edition:
| OF foreign works-works upon which there il nj
Amcricnn copyright, fur which not single ptany
has 10 be paid 10 their authors, and which, lhe7c
fore, ought to be puh1tshcd cheaper hrrc thar
abroad, and would be but for the miserable
Craftsmanship fGod save the nnrk y which, In tht
asserted influence OF 'home Interests, builds NJ
the great publishing houses Of fa:esnoslcr Row
and, 10 proport,onate extent, teara down thos
Of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati
and Chicago. .-.
~Now, II Ills thing existed as to 4 mater TIA
PEOPLE ruzzlcd down their thrnats, VI even wor
upon their bacIa, thrust on thu outside OF thel
beads; II Il existed rs TO what IL called whissey
or br1ody, or ane e'iks anu Ra.ihs, a,''ncls'.
haohe'tons sa'e1la' et :, e's, m ms s.,, y. uA n,
o"u @ess't =. "1u.e =. "eM .s,a " : .,.~;.,
a..ss.a.''..,.,, .,rt,t,a ,,onov IN II,
nursfs or FOREIGNERS. Il ia inc worst Of q
iazcs, q 4nx On knowledge It Is great shan,
tllut this american statestnanshir' enrichcs II
fese!s1, ruetiehsts Of the works Of caelsle At ID
czperse oi nc publishers o. INC @ VOLS ol ENC ,e
soh; 'aa' :. en'lsues ~: ~. y. ~. :.
a.,,sts, h. ~ ~" .,.n,, A,rcric.n ,ro,, NJ H.,
r,n,, s,G - m ard 50 on. ali n,ouua lie s.,c1
But ia et,ll r1catcr ehamc that this huubr
called tAu,csican statrsma,4hip,' etill p1ac
cal's in TIC interest Of foreign ionscs. shonsd y
up tue price ol onr own school oooEs anu The w
NanIc* 1soH "hstA VIC ho'nA We 'eatA tos"os