The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-08
THE PUBLIC PRINTING swINDLE.

t Speaking of journal in Natchitoches, til
Viadicator, which complains of the non-actiol
OF the Legislature upon the matter of thu
3 public printing. the Republican says:
; Let the patient go quietly away to some
) watering place and await the passage of bill
, for Its relief by more Democratic Legisla.
ture. There are other White League organs
not yet rewarded for their efforts to overthrow
the State government, but only in mai ority
OF cases have they expected or desired help
from the State government which they did
not succeed in overthrowing They are 60
ing to wait, those that are obliged to, and
there is hope yet, while there is dollar of
taxable property left. Brave boys and Vindi-
c1tor should never say die.
! We quote this merely to suggest that the
Democratic papers OF the State expect no for
tunes from public printing. 1t is the wish of
| the representatives of Democratic, Conserva-
tive and non-political journals that the print
ing of State laws and documents, minutes of
the General Assembly, State proc amations
and advertisements, city ordinances, Council
minutes and notices, sheTiffs' sales and adver-
lis sments, tax-collectors' advertisements, sales
lists and notices, etc., ETC., may be left open
for fair competition, and be awarded to the
lowest responsible bidders, or left to the
choice Of the persons Immediately interested.
by cunning system of acts all these are
now massed in one gigantic monopoly, which
during the past seven years has produced |
several Independent fortunes on the profits Of
exclusive printing at enormous prices, fixed |
oy its owners through the ring to which they
belong. Other journals, deprived of their
natural share Of this public business, have
suffered and languished in consequence, while
the work which ought to have been impair
Tally distributed to them, has been monopc-
lied by the mammoth party stipendiary.
The millions that have been wrung from
taxpayers in Louisiana for one party org N
nave been expended in the North or in
europe. Under an honest system there would
lave been less than half as much public
printing done, land that half would have been
lone at greatly reduced rates, making the
otal cost to the State about one fourth, or
ven less, OF what it has cost each year,since
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But even this quarter of what has been +
aid distributed among our city journals {
'ould have helped them very considerably in r
heir long, hard struggle with adversely.
complaint in this matter is, that f
le people are forced to pay for twice as much Ii
rinting as necessary, to pay double prices
r it all, and to pay those prices into the
lnds OF those who are hostile to them and !;
all their true interests. st
1t is shame that our City Council are OF
reed by wicked law to publish their acts
ID documents in paper hostile to them and
the people whom they represent. 1t is
sgrace, even to degraded party, that men ye
business are forced to consult journal
,ich they loathe in order to learn what oc
opsrty is offered at Sheriff's sales. It is ." ."
'ne sufficient to brand the leaders of the
ideal party with infamy that the No
ople should be forced to pay tribute ye'
the support Of party organ. 90
e printing laws of Radical Legislatures of
s State, are alone sufficient to convict those NJ
dies OF deliberate. persevering and re- CO. G.,
useless robbery of the people. ]
t the gigantic printing swindle of Louisi- ten
does unbounded wrong to the people, it res
do this incidental good-it will forever after 'nu
gust the Lawmakers of Louisiana with any
% OF printing monopoly