, 1877-04-07
unde. the present management Whether an
other Public Printer could do butter Is an open

Q5os'ona' Hee0.h - pf!ntcd nheEe ua.lI tlurN1
the sessions OF Congress. TIC COMMITTEE CT
atnlncd number Of expert printers anil binI'
ers, Who com pared the prices charged tie ecs-
esal Executive and Congressional pc. .'artments
for work tlono BY tho Public r!fnter VT. 9 tt9
fur tho sarne work. 1lerc Is a sample: 4 r.
charged It tt st.s;G4s. III. Dc vi"ne, oi Nov
York testified TINT lis 5rtsc .t for te sae 9n work
ylatee,l At sl,s5l.i0; De vinne's pf,ce was
following result: One OF 5o5.N as agaInst
s. fG Sssi 1a'ts, e sss sss:, ss ss''it @ tetsi
Public Printer hatlclarrc,s s13 D ~, Mr: De VIM
nc would hayot!ons the sa'1le work Tor ", ,osAt,*
e's wss s,snso e O. peF f. cent m syo sTS
Tint tie Punll: trinter has oil his material. hts
rent, tnaurance, ett., furnished hin+ willie
Mr. Do linnc has to pay his out oI tho profits he
w"a e ms.s ss y s 9g e PuG ses efstE p., a.
Iu tbe booK-blnd!n9 department the sairo ex-
eesslve charges were found, tho rate o. exrcss
over the priccs at Which tho work could have
been done by pirate sor,tFact varying irom D
II was also shawn that there VIA fearful
WASTE OF MATERIAL
In every branch u tho business. No proner ne.
counting was kept Of tAc ,Hmensc quantity Of
Wit VIII issoI, tsrmea tic @ @Sssss.t .; itsa's
Of expense, and tho waste wns fcarfal
70 eonte,nnlatc: Indeed. 10 tne s'n3,e s! Item ot
. sass ., rsf .hprE s, 81, S ',,1 Gsp' m
wnrIs Of s5loN ycar during the sevc'. years
Of hts In u,nhcn-y. Another item. especially
alluded to was tu ffe matter Of golt-leaf. Over
&50,0. Q wo. til ot Eul1-1eaf had bevn cunsumed
In tho bfnuery. Ttc Tnstu lru.n thfs, n!rur.lEn1
to tho testimony Ut e1lcrts, sho,Il iIave bcen
s1luu. Mr.. CIapp lad t1crcr accounted for
nnY, hut permitted the rmpl'yes tn dispose of
1t. A small quantity whicI! t'a.l been returned
realize t. This was ali there was to show ior
$1,000. Tls paper tsel Is bou.ht BY Joint
tor furnishing It to tho lowest bidder. All uthcr
ea ID to orer s3,oS5, go. Il it, was m A sSos.,
that lie bought auy OF i'fs favorttes,
mainly ,,,a, Ct Ncw & Yo5k .,I, Am; H., T9o Il;
9 oric1.. thcy bought u u taa maauia nan d :tarels, @
cl.arRn. tue rul, |. Printer fr.3tn 10 to 10 pr
cent for their trouble. O.'e member Of this firm
testified that 1t WAS hts pratt to charge tho
S f. 3 as n,"ss5 etf fen s.os 70 to 81 t cup qs e e
that Ae WIS siot Ia tho habit OF ln1usFlng the
market prices # the articles Of whicn he stood
In need, but ordered from this firm. There wns
no cieck whatever upon tteextrnyagancC Of this
department uf uovcsn1ncnt manufactured. BY
fa.S, the Public Printer was 70 iulrc.l 10 rtport
quarterly to the SECRETARY OF tic Treasury. 10
tie Secretary oi the Interior annually. anI to
Congress at each session. The 0rst two rep,rts
were never n,ade dur!pG tho whole Of Mr..
Ciapp's seven years, and the report to Congress
was SHOWN to 10 falsitlod in many important por-
tt:ulars. Thus Tit
Pitt3n
was run tn the toosest p,ss!blc manner, c1trav-
axanre and pca;llatiun lurking In every eurucr,
and without any check wItateyer upon It. No
wonder the Committee reported t'tlat the
}ff,xn jS4u
incunpctent manner; that Its gencr.l manage
.nent Ia cxtrnyagant to degree TINT would
bankrupt nnv rrlvat3 establishment III tho
couutsy." The COMMITTEES saw .learly that the
mint Without Inviting just su IL cxtrayaganee
aud pe:ulaton ~ tllat laid to Mr. clapl,'s door,
anil therefore recommended that hereafter tho
Government printing be given out l,y private
contract. But tho cry was ut on;c r1Ised that
this vas partisan rep 1T, got up by Democrats
to Iniuru the R.pabll:a Is, anu ns .unse-
quencc, nothing wis dung with the Co,nmlsscus
rscaptnenaasions, and MIR. Clap2 !s slll Puullc
partisan thu Commttee might nase bee !, u
how selfish it, motives. tho Testimony which
rondgrane1 the management Of the publls
Printing Olllre was tho testimony. not Of pull.
tlean but Ut practical printers. bn,dcrs, bust-
ness men, and expert accountants, wu.lo Nj.
C}aor's oWn testimony showed tho inis1pprs,-
priatlon Ut pub'le insiLs. have goaa lnto hts
repuEt somewhat at lcng.h, without BY. any
t3lE4Nb GALnubtllk bnc @NQlcEt1 4ktuRtf HtE.1{ldG
it Is tie onIy report I baso nj nanl tu substan,
tatc my statements. that thu Govcrntncnt .an-
nut enter lnto competition with private eatrr-
prise except at heaYy loss to ttscli, opcnln4
up
AVENUES ron REGULATION AND FRAUD
mid 1cnoialking tho bran b OF Industry upon
w.,tcll t ,tru,lcs itself. know that similar
Reports have been made regarding tho EavT-
Ya:Is. tie building III Government Vessels. the
nanufaetu.e vi arms, the engraving OF bank
Inn, In nj Il ta1p a
rep0rts arc not nyaitubss to me- at present. Thu
Gnyesument Printing Uiisc Ia ialr sasnple of
utheT Government ma.,u. .uctIf[nY Gutopr.ses,
an,a prvbl..1y neittcr bsttor NOR v 'Tse than any
other In which tie uuyernti1ent figures as 4
principal. TAr - y*tcm IL vi wruuE, 4nd should
l'u rr!ornotl. do not know u q si1gtu article
which thu Government mlkes for ito own use
lhnt n not 10 obtained moru economically from
nth1r Manufacturers, thus saytllg tllU money Ut
t y tixpaycrs, nild, at tho saEnc thu. st4t1Iu.
1attng pirate enterprise. Attempts Asyu Le III
tna.e lsret0 oFs tu TO awav With sni,1u Vi tho
Government manu- acturiug establishments, hut
tlu politicians haVu 4oauu them tuJ rtcA platGrs
tpr tIlclr favortes to' Dig IN to give them up 10
readily. It il by means u thee tlat tue army
ef late y.ars. Mr.: cIapp n ~ icstllnuiy
obilxe'a to tlaEs plrcs In tie Government
rfiue.ne ON tor thu pul u>al fsIen14 Of bis
p.,l teal friends, thus sl1l!.u: hltusei. With
employees WIN wesu utterly 'rtnloss " nfIt,.
Dtlcr manufacturing establishments of tho
Government Theru seems nU better work for
tho present. Administrator to 10 than to lay
TIE AZ Or CIVIL HRHvicH REYuMA
to thE root vi tnesG abLses, ulInia.iating ut
untc and lorever nil these great u.verntiIent
Workshops, where extrayasan o al',l fraud nre
sabplng tue yita1s o. prvaie enterprise. Abol-
lsh tbs uoscruinent s'tlpsafsis, 11iaetine shops
pr'nting Of! cs, and at other Iraushes .. uaa-
sumera u Government subsidies, aud then let
the Iropcr o!lisers 80 suto tlo InsExet
requ rcs at market rates. Competition Is
> sure guarantee asainst imposition, and psf:
vate enterprise will psuvo luors faithful ind
Trustworthy scryant tAnn oa'aperul la.ks.ln.
atllue, Who live not for the Government but !'Y
It. Tiers IL al lptiula,tou already tllat the
War, Nary, and Interior departments proposu
T. .,*s the!r nrsase, ~ t. ~ arsa
a4d asarl.. Let thls sy.tem be psr.:.tent'y
a,lArleI 10 for one year and It will te batls-
lacto1ily demonstrated tint tho 0ovcsH!nentt ~
manufacturer. y Mt susec.a It shuull 70
laid down u a fundamental ru!e OF rly!l-service
reform that the Government sn2nid maui:
faetuEc n..t4fng wllteh Il ean bur. Thereby will
Sb.1d