The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-13

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He stated the plan to be to allow mills
per lineal foot of car room when The mails
are carried less than twenty-five miles an
hour, and six mills when car
ried over that rate of speed.
Mr. Harrison, of Illinois, moved to in
crease the item by 100000 He spoke Of
the great Importance Of keeping up the
fast mail system.
Mr. Reagan offered as an amendment,
that no railroad company shall receive
more than $3.50 per mile per annnm for
carrying mails. He stated that the railroad
company on the route between New York
and Chicago would receive for fast mails
over $1,000 per mile per year, il they were
paid cents a mile per lineal foot of space.
After a long discussion all the amend
ments but that offered by Mr.. Holman,
we're rejected. Mr.. Holman's was adopt
ed. Without disposiDg' of the bill, the
committee rose, when Mr.. Vance of Ohio,
chairman of the committee on printing,
made b partial report on the subject Of the
government printing office. The report
states that the. congressional printer has
charged for work Of the executive depart
meDts an excess, ranging from 80 TO 1876
per cent. beyond the regular rates that
he has been paying more than the ordinary
retail market prices for many Of the articles
purchased tor the office; that he has invari-
ably purchased supplies from middlemen,
allowing to them heavy profit that the
prices paid for labor arc greatly in excess
of tho,e Of other establishments, while
days work is eight hours against ten hours
in private establishments ard that, as at
present managed, the printing and binding
for congress and departments costs more
money than it would be done for by re-
sponsible private parties. The waste in
gold leaf for the last seven years which has
been appropriated by the superintendent of
the binding department is estimated at
S14 900.
The report declares that system of uu-
PARALLEL extfavagance pervades every de-
partment of the government printing office.
In regard to the printing of the ''Congres-
sonal Record" the COMMITTEES is of opinion
that it would be in the interest of economy
to remove its publication from the govern
ment printing office and give the contract
to Mr. Franklin Rives. The report de-
scribes the bookkeeping to have been OF SO
loose character as to be entirely unreliable,
and Gays that the congressional printer de-
monstrated fully to the mind Of the com
mittee his utter disqualification for the
proper discharge os his duties, and that his
subordinates arc very little better in that
respect than their chief The interior
management of the office i, represented as
worse, If possible than the bookkeeping,
and as being of such character as would
ruin the most substantial private es tablish-
ment in the country.
This Encouragement comprised lending
machinery and material TO private parties;
employment Of men on account of political
influence who we're totally unfit TO earn
their wages; payment of employees while
absent at elections selling records and
documents on credit in violation Of the
law execution of work tor private part
les forcing balances and Justification of
accounts. In conclusion the committee
expresses the opinion that the work at the
government printing Office costs half mil
lion dollars year more than 1t would cost
If done by responsible private parties under
the proper contract system, and that it is
wise to take immediate steps for the die
continuance Of the office.
The committee also recommends that the
proposition OF Franklin Rives OF the 2d of
May, 1876, for printing and binding the
reports of congress be accepted, and con-
tract entered into to lake effect at the be-
ginning of the next session and the, the
printing and binding fol. the departments
shall be under the control of the heads of
those departments, aud shall be executed
under contract. The report closes with
resolutions insructing the speaker to GER
tify to the testimony 10 district authorities
to the end that the congressional printer may
be indicted and prosecuted instructing
the Judiciary committee to inquire whether
be is officer who may be Inpeached; and
inslructipg the committee on appropria-
tons to.report IN sundry civil appropriation
bills sections for the abolition of govern
ment printing office, and providing for the
printing and binding for all departments of
the government. The report was ordered
printed and recommitted.
The speakers leave Of absence was ex-
tended for ten days. The house then, at
6 o'clock, adjourned until tomorrow.