The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-02-04
The Public Printing.
is PUBLISHED WEEKLY HY
VylH1la.a HsS, e. usAyhS


The Public Printing.
Tho Republican Printing Company
consists OF the clerks Of the two
Houses and certain Mcmbnrs of the
Legislature. We were shown by II
person once connected with business
list of senators who had received
dividends in certain year. There
were thirteen of them, and they were
charged with sums varying from
81 800 to 50 900 each. These sums
we've paid IN several ways. One
bought pair Of horses and gave an
order on the company for the amount
another ordered law books from
New York and paid for thcm with Il
draft "n the c"mpany ; somc ,ook
cash, and so 1t wcnt. We believe
that every prominent Rcpn nii.an
.cnat" a..l rt.N.,' "a NC tnS sh red
u.r."u, j,-#. Ia iuj& :.r!.r,ur Mus
t ro1 'uHrcr,.t.,'. re ajso Kept
vutc g., -,vi"@ iati. nng" to their
cou,u. ra!, =, I'D ~ title pcrun,-
SITES Ia h" sH* pc nj in1!i,' Pop. sap
ii"A ~ any pu'n'.'y :" mrm;cts,
god r,rS, Eaivcs. pa'cut yi"ck% ahI
,nN~,an,;~, &C.. TN,.c ,hin.~ are
paid Tor either hy %f!n;.ng n.lIs, or
"y j.lnt pay certificates. Iii" two
c,crk> aiG IL, crs:ary tor either ni
these modes, "ud the neu.nor, are
necessarily vcry "uch attached to
thcm.
We have oht.iuc1 from >cvc.
lai State !rcn>Etcr> the Arnuuut paid
in their respective States for printing
lie! Us c. mpu.c them w.;h what II
Gusts 5 nth Carolina.
J. G. Thomr>on, i sq.-Sir: Yours
Of the l7th is received. The public
printing Of Iowa cost last year Sl2l,.
OGS, which includes the cost OF pubs
fishing the laws in all the paper, Of
the S;aic which expense h.n been
saved by nhohshiug thc custom.
NI:.ilAM CnHlsrr,
Treasurer OF Iowa.
MAssacHUsErrS.
j. G. Thompson, E$q.,--Thc sum
pail for public prin'irg IN the year
lS72was $,S9, ,IGG 80 inciaAing sp ,cial
printing OF two rcpor;s, - $50 33
for that Of the board ut { !ucatlon nl
$4,000 for the board of agricnltNrc.
CnAs. ENDIcorT,
.AuLlIor.
PENNSYLVANIA
}. G. Thompson, E,q. Dear Sir
The total amount paid for the public
printing Of the STAGE Of pcnn>ylvpni.
for 1872, Was S73,317 n.
R. NJ. MAcKEY,
State Treasurer.
OHIO.
}. G. Thompson, Es1.-Dcar Sir
enclose copy OF the supervisors
report which shows the cost OF public
printing tor Ohio, in l572, TO be
So, 1928 So.
isaac WELSH,
S,atc Treasurer.
The aggregate amount paid for
printing i'll these four States is s,3l7,-
J33 95. This is actually less than
the printing bIlls made up for South
Carolina in 1878. The aggregate
population of these four States is
%,Sl2,TGl, while the POI ulation of
South Carolina IS 705,GOG 50 that
VIC pay for public printing in the
proportion Of twelve to one. The
State of Mary land mere nearly ap.
proaches us in population than other
States. let us compare her printing
account with ours.
j. G. Thompson, ESD. The
amount paid by the State of Mary
land for public printing for the year
1872 was $,3S,0OO.
LEVIN WooLroRD,
Compt. Of Treas.
So that South Caroilna pays ten
times more for printing than Nary
land, whose population is about
$4,000 greater. Even here another
comparison may be made against us.
Maryland, with n population OF $780,.
O9l, has a taxable value Of Si23, $780,
9lS, or two and ii quarter tunes more
ability t. pay than We. 1t is only
by sucn comparisons as these that
'he enorn"ty is made apparent.
We commend thcs, figures to Treas.
urcr Cardozo. He is the one TO
break up this ring. What we ask
of HIM Is to give us the vouchers
upon which he paid out over two
hundred thousand dollars last year
while he left the asyluns withou,
funds and the public officers with
salaries droadfully in arrears.
There is yet room for the spread o
knowledge in our land. A young
woman recently entered photograph
ic saloon IN Massachusetts, to ask
meekly and innoccntiy, GLOW long
does it take to. get photograph after
you leave your measure 7"