The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-05-25

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Iele-
g,upA, writing from Washington, about
the waste and extravaganza In the several I
Offices says of the publishing department.:
Under the Hall of Representatives. are
the Folding-rooms where the Pub. Docs.
are prepared for mailing. There are tons
Of these documents stored away in these
rooms Of NO earthly use to any one. al
though they cost the GoveTn na snnare a,
imaginable subjects {: Reports on tho pro-
ceedipgs Of Congress, Diplomatic Reports,
Messages Of the President, Reports on the
affairs Of che Treasury, War, Navy, State
and other Department., on Agricultural
| Indian, Railroads and Coast,Survey affairs.
| Trials of Andrew johnson, Sur,att, Wirz,
etc, "a hundreda different kinds. These.
are published at the Government Printing
ONCE, at q cost of from 500. to $50 vol
/ ume and are for free distribution among
I the people by the Departments and Com
gressmen. Now there never'was q bigger
/ fraud on the people, in my opinion. than
this wholesale free book business,L The
Z Agricultural Report, and one or tive others,
may possibly be published and distribated
by Government with advantage, ,bnt the
Some are valuable to particular classes,
but the members Of the classess are those
WHO are able to buy their books. 3 Besides
these books, SO far as they are OF value,
r are given TO the personal 9friends and fav'
orites of Congressmenis and not equally
dfstribdeed.a - A sufleient number of tAs
Agricultural Report is published for Rll
but even here there is 'favoritsana shown,
: the farmer gets his copy in cheap eloth
: biuding, while the favorite gets his bount
= in fine morocco, library sstyle.a Ii is oni!
iustice to say that the Incorporated libra
ries are furnished >witllF0 good copy o
D every Government pubiication Anotbe
), cause for fault-fndiDg in this matter 10 tina
Q the secondhand book dealers here can al
Il ways procure for you, at reasonable price
. copies of public documents which you can
9 not get from the Department or from you
Congressman, because they ars ont c
: print ~, or he can get you copy or
: hundred copies for the same .ceneideratio
. before they are ready for distribution Il
T, Are not the second hand book sellers an
e ments too intimate 2 said to one Of thea
. merchants the other day "When will 20
y have the Medical History of the War 4
Of II can't touch them yet" said he 'the
l. want too much for them. They are to.
> scarce, there are only eight copies to eac
y They are nearly the size of the ur
le abridged dictionary and cost the Cover
Or ment from fifty to one hundred dollars
m volume. Take your Cincnnati district II
al example who will receive the eight col
It, les allotted to it. Without knowing, bt
Is. Judging from analogy, Imay, without rasl
r ness, say, not one person who ought to r
as Eceiye them. Instead of publishing <, 81
be copies of this history the Government shon
/; have given its manuscript to some epte
o. prising publisher who swOuld have print!
n 900 copies at q reasonable price.
of this way the good aimed at by our legisl
re tors would have been accomplished in
"a eminent degree, while instead of being
he enormous expense TO the people, it Won
I'll have been source Of revenue. So it a
-or pears to me, at least, but am no poll
IN cal economist and i may be In error Fl,