New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-30
ALBANY.


REFORM RESUSCTTATED IN THE SENATE.
QUITTING DOWN THE COST OF PRNTNG-sEvENTY
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS STRUCK OFF IN SIN
GLE DAY-No MORE RED BOOKS FOR FREE DIS
TRIBUTIoN.
IFRoM THE REGULAR ICoRREsPoNDENr OF THE TRIBUNE
Albany. April 2e-The Senate did good piece o.
work this morning by looping off at One.blow SO
go from the printing expenses of the state. Ah'
cost of printing for the year ending on the SUN %
September last was $3l1 34S; and for the year pre-
ceding S23S 39s than double what u was zen
years before. The Red Book resolution was hls'
disposed Of and the adverse report of the Comm''eo
on Printing, of which Mr.. Bowen is Chairman was
adopted without dissenting voice. Inc repol'S
against printing the transactions OF the Aneiioan
Institute State Agricultural Society, Eciectic Meu
zeal Society. Homeopathic Medical society anu
State Medical Society, were adopted by large MAJOR
tiles. In every case Mr. Winslow made motion 10
reconsider which was voted down, thus MAKING IL
impossible to bring the subject up again.
The pripting contracts of the State are of an
extremely complicated nature, which makes 1t inn
possibe TO ascertain the charge for any particular
book There is first a contract for the whole OF
the printing ordered by and for the use OF the Legs
Iature at S5SOOO o year. The whole profit of the
State printers is derived from the "extra" work.
extra copies &c, part of which work Is paid Tor at
specified rates. and the remainder at whatever prices
the printers may choose to charge for hthographng'
mapping extra paper, binding, &c. In particular
very heavy charges have been made in times past
by Weed Parsons & Co. for hthographing, plate
printing &C, amounting, in many cases, to down
right extOrton. The latest bills IN the Controllers
Office from which any information can be derived as
to the annual cost of the printing of the books above
described afford the following figures:
Red Book or Legislative Manual $25.559 10
AGRICULTURAL society Report extra" charges 96l9 l9
Homeopathic Med Society, extra charges. 3l0s rs
Eclectic Medical Society, extra charges. 2674 20
State Medical Society, extra charges-.-. s'oIS -
American Institute, extra" charges....---. ScsS 81
Tntal ...............$ 59, 2T3 "a
Add for BOXES. wrappers, postage and express
charges above paid by the state say.....- 6o" W
Total s6527s 81
The above includes no estimate for the proportion
Of the $4,000 paid under the general contract for
printing which ought to be charged against these
books. The charge for Red Books is for those or
dered by the Legislature of 1871, and paid for by
Controller Hopkins in 1872.
The strongest vote in favor Of printing any of the
books was for the resolution relating the report Of
the State Agricultural Society. The following is the
vote on that resolution Democrats in italics):
For PRRTTNG-Messrs. Allen, Baker, Chatfeld, Cock
Narrower, Lewis, Murphy, OBrien, SeoreSbH Weis
AGAINST PRfNrISG-Nressrs Adams Benedict Bowen.
Foster, Graham, johnson, LOwery. Lord, MCGOWAN,
Palmer, Robertson, Tie1IaHn, Wagner, WnsOw, ID. +.
Wood, WOodin-16.
Before the vote was taken, Mr.. d. P. Wood ex-
claimed that the Agricultural Societies already
oeived gifts from the State amounting to $4,000 a
year most of which went to the State Society. If
public money was to be expended in this way, il
would be preferable in every way to give the soce
ties the money and let them take charge of the
printing.
When resolutions similar to those voted down to-
day were before the Senate last year the provisions
for eOpies for officers and reporters struck out
and the resolutions pessed by vote of II TO 9,
follows Democrats in tales:
6EAs-Mcssrs Adams, Allen. Baker Benedict, Bowen,
Chatield. Cock Graham, johnson, Lewis, Palmer, Wag
neT, WeismanD WinslOw, ID. p. Wood, ]. Wood,
WOOdn-l7
NAYs-Dicknson Foster, Narrower. Lord, Lowery,
MCGOWAN. Madden, Robertson, Tiemann-9.
This the vote on the question of printing the
transactions of the American Institute. There were
two votes more in favor of printing the doings Of
the Agricultural Society. Twelve Senators who
voted last year in favor of this waste of the public
money voted against it this year Messrs. Adams,
Benedict, Bowen, Foster, johnson, MCGOWAN,
Palmer, Robertson, Wagner, WinslOw, ID. p Wood,
WOOdin. Mr.. Narrower, who voted against printing
last year, voted for it this year. The comparison is
made on the vote upon printing the Agricultural
Reports.
The gst of the matter is embodied in the remark
Of Senator d. 2. Wood: If these documents are so
useful as they are represented to be- it is not
printed at the expense of the persons wishing TO
make Of them.