, 1874-08-25
THE DEFENSE,

pitAl, aud thoso who rccaivo retlof from tho
County Agent. Hospital supplies arc neecgsas!ly
OF batter quality than thoso iaBual to healthy
peop1o, aud consequently two, thrco, aud somo-
tImna SIX, gra1cs OF tho sano article arc Furnished
by tho contractor. tho prices for sugar, Tor in-
stance. varying from 655 conta for poor sugar
to u conts for cut loaf sugar. Now, Atr. Periolat
alleges that. as a consequence Of tho complaints
madn in tho newspapers last spring relative to
tho poor qun,ity Of tho supplies furnished TIM
inmates Of the Poor Houso and thoso aided by
tho County Agent, ,-complaluts ro-echood BY tho
poraons in charge Of tllcss establishments, tho
Committee on Poor-H House and Hospital directed
In many instances that articles OF boltor qusl-
ity bo furnished tllan had previously boeu tho
case.
The County Agent was issuing to tho poor au
article Of tea for which tho contractor received
II oonss pound. It was so outragoonsy info
rior, as might have been expected. that general
complaints wore made, and It's isauo stopped.
Th,s iB also said to DO truo Of tho sugar, sirup.
and aomo othor articles which hayo beon sup
pliad.
In brief The point which 1lr. Porio1at dearcs
to mako Is, that ho haH contracted to furnish
several grados Of the same article at varying
prlcca; that thoro Ia not QUO "contracs price
for sugar, but ten "con+raot prices" aud that
the o.ficors OF tho Insaue Aayium, Poor~IIouso.
aud Hospital lava scot. fit to ordor from lim
articles Of tho highest Erado at oil oronts high
or than tho lowest grades. l1o aalogos that tho
rice which ho contracted to furnish for Q 4 conta
prico. aud which tho county officers chose to
tako rather than tho quality Of rice which no
contracted to furnish at OK cent?.
Upon comparing sfr. pcriolat's contract with
it was found that this explauatiou seemed to
hold good In nearly nil tho cases. Thoro wero,
however, tho following discrepancies Tho
price paid for young hyaop IL Slio, wl,l'o dl tho
Sa sSntaot h. pr'Ss e. AfG sga soSpssv0y 1s' S aa
sl.os. Thore il hero, therefore, . plain over
charge Of conts over tho highest contract price.
Worcestershire aAuco is charged at Si.20. while
the contract prico is only 81. Mustard is charged
at cents above tho highest contract price; !;
gal aoda at V OF q cont above tho highest CON-
tract price 1yo Is cents aboyo tho highest con-
tract prlca; strip IL apparently ! cent higher
than the contract price OF thu article furnished.
nLr. Perolat himaolf called attentton to one or
two Of these overchareos, which he said wero
clerical errors and would be corrected 11a also
stated that while ho had contracted to furnish
extract OF beef at $40 per case, he had actually
besn supplying It at q per. case,
prica Of that article, and that ha had thoreby
given tho county apout s2aS mouth, which he
conceived woull ashnly covee all accidental ovor-
charges. This, however. Ia nota proper way Of
transactlng buBinesg.
It is nlyo alleged by Mr.. Perio'as that whom tho
contracts were awarded, the mombers Of the
Committee having tic matter iu Charge were OF
an economical turn Of mind. and weut in fur Tho
cheapest posai5lo articles. articles so cheap tlat
they wero subsequently driven to abandon their
uHo.
Assuming h1r. perolat's explanation to bo
o5rrect, still tiafo arc Soma new charges as
stated above which it will DO tho duty OF tho
COMMITTEES to examine. But their fret task will
DO to cali before tlom tho porsona in charge OF
the county institutions. and ascertain from them
whether as A1r. periotat alleges. the BUNS paid
him reprosent articles OF tho quality which he
agleod TO furnish therefor. II 80. thon, tho
responsibility rests with their officers who hnvo
ordered these higher priced articles, and with
tho Committees which hayo sanctioned their
purchase
In order to give an idea OF thoss contracts the
following summary il appended. This will also
serso to explain Commissioner Bogue's schedule
gsugs5 W It ID per sG pGpH"e y esats. n M 81 o.
sirup 1t, per gallon. at IS. 49, 81, A. 50, IS, 50
cents, and sl.20. No mention Of my at 45
cents as per l,st
SssS /; e. Rs9sf St S. u D. j. s T. 5f u e. 81 g.
cents,
! 94 conts.
Young Hyson tea IT. per pound, ut IS, 2s. 80.
43, 90, GO, 10, ~ cents, and $l.G9. No meution
malo OF any 1T $l.10, al pas list.
Pickles at per 100 pounds. at so conts and S1.00
no mention bong msde Of any at 90 ceats, as in
lHt aboye.
Soap at, por pound, ~. s5S, ~, ~, b}66,
81, W, G}G, 81, 101t3, II, IL to 26. No mon
tion Of any at az ceMta ~ per !sAt.
kerosene at, per gallon, u, 1G, 28 cents.
Rico at, per poana, a11, oe4, GN, 7, ~, ~, 8,
cents.
Worcester sauce st, per dozen, -, instead Of
| sl.2Q, aa per list.
Pals Ut, per dozen, s2.15 and s2.4o.
Royal baking powder, 38 aud not 10 cents. as
por list.
Brooms at, per dozen, s2.25, $3.50, ea.25,
| $3.50. $780, No mention 1nado Of any at $500,
| ~ por list.
Mustard at, por pound. l6, 20. Is, 90, as, 50
cants. No mention mado Of any at Is conts, aa
per list.
Dried apples ut. per pound, 111. q, 7, 8. az.
| SO, 0}5 conts.
| Maekerel at, per TOO pounds, s7.75, 60, ss75,
1l2. No mention made Of any at s19, per list.
Pltted ohorrtoa at, par pound, 90 oants No
mention Of any ut 40 contB. as per Hat.
8al soda st, par pound, 315 ceuta. No men.
| tion OF any at ~ cents, as per |lst.
| Lro at, per case, $3.50. No mention Of any Ut
| $7.76, n8 per list. ..
Starch at, por pound, ~. 7, 871, So, ., o9s,
| 10 cetltH,