New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-20
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The Committee OF the opinion that this large sun
has expended in opposition TO the law following
the practice before there any law regulating IT. and
which sought TO be Justified upon the ground thst e
Treasury II Is but Just to the Commissioner to say that
he claims his action to have met the approval OF the
SECRETARY Of the Interior large part OF this sum
amounting 70 s4566 49, is for composition and press
with Phillips Solomon the 18th day OF July, 1868
This contract provided for printing 10 copies O
each specification for cents per 100 words
for each additional copy one cent per lO
words The contract provided that the type for the specl
ncatOns should be set In double columns for each page
Before any furnished under the contract specimen
samples were printed and shown the Commissioner; one
most artistic" and decided 20 have the work done IN
that form This change added to the cost OF the worl
when done by the piece and the Commissioner, without
making any new arrangement paid the contractors an
traordinary feature OF the contract that the Com
missioner furnished the paper for this printing Its what
the cost OF $50 per 1000 sheets when in the opinion
your Committee, $50 per 1000 sheets would have been
very liberal price and very much above what three OF the
four bidders agreed contract to furnish for IN june
1863 The amount Of this paper used IN printing specmc
al least $50 per day The Interior Department. which con-
tracts for stationery the Patent Office invited no com
petition for this Bond Paper" until 1868, and the
Committee OF the Department to award contracts for sta
onery for 1865 state in their report TO the Cet clerk OF
ty on hand an order had been given for three hundred
thousand sheets which had been furnished when the Dds
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the Patent Office the day theiCommittee was aware,
and which he made known TO the COMMITTEE" or the
four parties bidding furnish the Department. with sta
uonery Blanchard Il Mohun bid to furnish three thou.
sand sheets OF Bond Paper" FOR $4,000 philips Solo
OToole for $4,000 yet in addition % the quantity on
hand" an order was given and hlled before tue plds
were opened" for the amount for $4,000 The Com
mtee OF the Interior Department go on to say mat as
the Patent Office would not need any more OF the article
in question:" the bids abOyementoned were properly
dsregariedp What will prevent the Patent Office from
again paying $4,000 for tho same quantity before te
bids are opened ana n again ssreesrded
The manner in which supplies for the whole Interior De-
arment are estimated. when advertising Tor contracts
will be when We state that oyering the highest ana
lowest bids the whole amount advertised Tor was oIeeu
to be furnished for t0T5S a. while the Patent once
alone paid for paper for printing in fifteen months VA
a74 So The contract for printing speclneaOns was naue
without Advertising Cr wp"md be red9red Parties
were informed verbally and the contract was made 10
for resortng to tho Government once was tnat tne
work was very Important Intricate and dnlca sueh as
the Government ONCE would not be likely able to per-
form IN the manner and at the time required ana mat
was such experiment that failure would ne ulsas'
rous and therefore none Dut Io Us. ben
and probably up TO the specimen seleeleu " tae
Commissioning but the committee have been unable 70
discover anything but an ordinary speeeh vi bilntnS
which In style reflects Its credit upon tue mechahca,
bureau Of tho country and when could DC set up hnu
worked OFF, by most apprentices In country printing
office. The accounting officers OF tue IIeasaiy seem TO
have passed these bills Tor printing oorse 'Ie
ment ofiee, BECAUSE they ToEH paw out W to pnV'
fund and not like other printing subject 10 tue law re-
1uiripg all printing Tor tile Executive ana Juucla Dc
partments TO DO done ut the Government Office Inc
amendment 10 the appropriation bill, during the exam
nation has provided againss the continuance OF TINS eN
by again ordering all printing 70 be done at the govern
uent Office and covering all patent funds INTO te lIens
ury rs all other money there aud no further remedy
is proposed That legislation required IN regard 70
the patent fund.- tho above statement taken IN cohhec
ton with that which follows, will not be doubted In
1863 there were 1864 applications for patents ana gS
caveats filed In the Patent Oce ana 0oe pates ssueu'
1867, there 2l27u applications anu oo oas,
and l3Ol5 patents issued The cash receps IN 1900 were
is 79I 81 and In 1867 there were S6i66sl W. EXPENSES
1865 were s2l l99 81 and In 1867 there were 5s2OJ 81
These figures show that while the business ana receipts
were lust about doubled the expenses we're very nearly
trebled reversing the ordinary rule that increase OF
business does require proportional increase OF ex
penditure While the amount Of business was doubled
The profits diminished from l2 so IN 1868 to SlS c. In
1857 The Committee did not investigate beyond the
seone of the resolution but out accidentally that
considerable amount had been incurred for furniture
Nv drecon of the Secretary OF the Interior and
tet made m the same that for printing and the
~ he Commissioner OF Patents made u the Senate
n January 1868 shows the contingent expenses OF the
office for the year 1867 to have been $GOSl2 49, beside
ps for permanent improvements S659 90 for nus
rous of report aud same, ana sJ4ll is FOR other ex-
nenses When we found $4,000 paid for Manila envel-
nnes by IA inches inclusive OF printing the Commission
frank $40 per thousand for printed cards for patents,
aud 500 20 for small printed by cards while the best
paper % by 80 inches is bid for mt cent
er sheet il would seem proper that some change should
he made In the Interest OF the Treasury for furnishing
stationery supplles for the several departments Of the
GoyernmenL No bills for printing specifications have
boon paid since Febiuar Last