The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-03

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can doubt that the first bill was lSeasr
ured BY the Comtef's regular scale tor
measuring squares, whatever that may
be, for each item specifies the mum
Der Of squares and the time it was
published. What that scale of meas
urement was, We will let the Courier
state for itself. In its issue of July
14th, in defending the correctness of
the bill first made out, the Courier
said:
Every item upon the bill present,
ed to the Council was made out and
charged according to the tabular rates
agreed to between the Courier and
Journal Companies"
Again in its issue of July 10th, we
6ndthe following language with ref
erence to this same subject:
sThe JOURNAL says there never
"has been any tabular rates agreed 10
b~etweeuthe Journal and Courier Com
panies.D We may have been mistaken
In saving that any fixed rates had
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been G0reed to between the two papers,
INT. the pointi is immaterial since both
papers. as every advertiser knows,
have always professed to charge pre-
| ciselyt the same rates. FL aas9
Now, eonceding all these state
ments to be true, how ear anybody
account for the second bill made out
by the Courier, which was submitted
in place Of the first. By comparing
the two, it will be seen that every
item in the second bill is made to cor.
respond with MIR. RGLKER's recon
mendations, except items Nos. as, 10
16 and Is. In four Of these the price
has been largely increased, and in the
other actually diminished. Now how
is this to be accounted for honestly
How does it happen that il
the second bill. items /, 2, 3. 6. 8, 9
II. IS, 10, 20, 81, p, %, "a, are all re-
dueed as compared with the first bill
What reason can be assigned for re
Hacfng the rate on fourteen items o.
the first bill and increasing them or
only six items? By what kind of no.
Gus pocus in item Nc. 4 is 3 squares
6 weeks In the first bill made to read
5 squares 6 weeks in the second, and
increased from $50 90 to $39 90
while in item No. 4, 4 squares
weeks only accomplishes a simila'
amount Of stretching, and is made t.
measure the same 8 squares 6 weeks
Equally wonderful, item No. 16. il
the first bill, without changing tn
pnumber of squares or the time. in tn,
second bill, actually increases tn
amount, while item Is, under a simi
lar condition, changing neither tn
time nor the space, actually reduce
the amount. All these are inter
esting Inconsistencies, but, of course
they all mean honesty. Ofcours
there was no deception intended. an
none accomplished.
In justice to Mr.. STEELE, who re
vised the second bill, we understan
that in presenting the bill. he re
marked that by the first measure
ment of the Courier, Mr.. RGLKER'
report was correct, but that i
the second bill the Courier Compan
claimed they had changed the measure
ment, increasing it, by CALI g a les
number of lines a square. If tina
was conceded to be correct by tn,
Council, he would have 10 report tn
bbill to be correct. The Council be
coming FESTIVE under the Courier
lashing, was willing to. concede mos
anything, and so the bill was allowed
notwithstanding all its glaring incon
s~isteneies and manifest inaccuracies
Il BillsNo. 2, it will be observed
had an item at the bottom add
ing fifteen per cent. for discoun
in city orders. This was struc.
out by the Committee and not in
sisted upon by the Courier. -
The above is a fair sample of tn
way in which our Council is dom
business. Noother body, within GU
knowledge, would permit itself to b,
humbugged and cheated as the Coaa'
ieas evidently has In the above trans
action. The dodge of increasing tn,
number of squares in four or FIVE in
stances, was so transparent that
ought to haXe deceived no one. WheI
our good friends in the country fail I,
realize in our market as much out O
their butter as theyexpeeted, and at
tempt TO make up the deficiency b,
reducing the weight of their pretended
Ipouad Jumps, the market master, b,
order of the Council, pounces upoI
them and confiscates their entir'
stock. Why the Council should appl,
one rule to the poor market womel
and an entirely different one to tn,
Courier, we cannot explain. Perhaps
it can. QloL IS
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