Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-05

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may be Of the utmost Importance. The de-
velopments will be watched with an eager
interest.
THE CITY PRINTING QUESTION.
MIR. Bill Kings Minneapolis paper, which he
kindly prints in st. Paul, is pleased to indulge
in the following rehections:
Itappeara that Mr.. Oppenheim is employing
himself in the House of Representatives by OPP
posing bill introduced by Mr.. Mead to pro-
vide that the official printing of St. Paul should
be given to the lowest bidder, and, in support
of his objections, states that the paper that
does the work at present is doing it cheaper
than it WAS ever done before. Also that the
Pioneer Press would not touch the work at the
present price. and that if any change is made
the papers will pool to keep the rate up. These
statements are either wilfully false or made
through ine1cusable ignorance. This
paper desired to put in \ bid to do the city
printing at a price which would have saved the
taxpayers of st. Paul q thousand dollars a
year, but it was not allowed to do so for the
reason given by Col. Allen, of the Merchants
hotel, that the Democratic aldermen wanted to
do something to build up a Democratic paper
here. To accomplish this benign purpose the
city printing bills have been run up to an
enormous figure, one months pay to the DEM
payers, amounting to 81 ,02s OF course the OPP
position to Mr.. Mead's bill comes from those
who desire to foster this little organ, though
by passing that bill the Taxpayers of st. Paul
would save Thousand dollars or more an
nually.
1t gives us pleasure to note this outburst of
virtue in Bill Kings paper as it enables us to
properly present some hard facts. We do not
know what Mr.. Oppenheim claims, but if his
assertions are as alleged, they are correct with
the possible exception of the state
ment that Bill Kings paper would
not, at the present time, make a
cut on the work below what is paid at present.
is therefore especially obnoxious to Bill
Kings Minneapolis paper. If the Mime
apolis Tribune should also come in to bid, still
lower figure might be obtained, even if the
citizens Of Minneapolis had to put their hands
in their pockets to max, up the deficit, as they
did for Kings fair. The question, we take it.,
which interests the public is not what Bill
King might do under existing circumstances,
but is the city being wronged or swindled?
The city pays 40 cents per square for the
first insertion of an advertisement, and %
cents per square for each subsequent insertion.
The rates fixed by law for legal advertising are
Is cents per square for the first insertion, and
371a cents per square for each subsequent in
sertion. All of the advertising which is done
by the State is done at these latter rates. All
legal advertising, mortgage sales, sheriffs'
sales, ETC., is done at the State rates, and if it
is argued that the city, being a large customer
is entitled to reduced rates, it can be replied
that she obtains her work at one third or more
less than legal rates. To any reasonable man
this will demonstrate that no swindle is being
perpetrated on the city.
In 1928 the GLOBE was not in existence.
There was no distinctive Democratic paper and
the printing was let to the lowest bidder. TIE
st.. Paul Press, which was the same as Bill
Kings present paper, obtained the work at sirty
cents per square each insertion. Council pro-
ceedings were also SIXTY cents per square. Now
note the difference. The GLOBE receives forty
cents for first insertion and twenty-eight cents
for each additional insertion as against the
Press sixty cents per square every insertion.
Council proceedings are inserted but once. and
the GLOBE receives twenty EIGHT cents a square.
while the Press received sixty cents-more
oht'"A oouUACs LILO L 1865 LUZ JOU "OEk received
seventy cents per thousand ems,
while the GLOBE now receives but so cents.
The Press received 70 cents per token press
work, while the GLOBE receives but IS cents.
The Press was paid 70 cents per 1000 ems for
composition on the council proceedings in book
form, though the type was lifted from their
paper, where it had been paid for at the rate of
60 cents per square. The GLOBE does not receive
one cent for the composition of council proceed
ings in book form, the payment of % cents per
square for the insertion in the paper being the
entire compensation. The Press received 65
cents per copy for binding council proceed
ings, while the GLOBE receives but As cents The
Press received 80 cents per token for press
work on council proceedings while the GLOBE
receives but 70 cents.
During the ear 1872 and 1873 the Press re-
ceived from the city the sum of seventeen ho,ss-
and sir hundred and four dollars and ,ettyJfve
cents, or nearly nine thousand dollars per an
mum. The GLOBE has had the printing for one
year and received for 1878, four thousand,
seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and
and sixty-three cents, or just about one half
the amount obtained by Bill Kings virtuous
scoundrels in the years named, when
there was no Democratic paper to do the work.
In the light Of these figures how
much honesty is there in the bypocritical
howl of Bill Kings Minneapolis paper that it
wants to do the work below the GLOBE figures.
There was abundant opportunity for that con-
Germ to have come down as low as it pleased be-
fore the GLOBE came into existence. But Bill
King is not that kind of Minneapolis scoun-
drel.
The GLOBE bill for January was 81, 1923.
Why? Because work had been ACCOMPLISHING
in the Board of Public Works for three YeayS,
which a recent decision of the court compelled
them to perform, and a considerable portion of
it was crowded into one month. For the month
OF February the GLOBE bill was 1914, and in
March will probably be still less, as
the accumulated work is disposed of.
The size of the bill was not because of any ex-
orbitant price charged, but owing to the
amount Of work to be performed. The GLOBE
has no concealments to make in the city print
ing. 1t courts the fullest inquiry, and tasks
and receives no unfair compensation. Business
men are charged at the GLOBE counter every
day far above city rates. and if grant that
our Minneapolis contemporary would do the
work, even at a loss, in order to deal business
blow at the GLOBE, we do not believe tax
payer in the city would vote to have it SO done.
In the long run the city would be swindled, as
we have shown was the case in former years.
The GLOBE saves the city thousands of dol
lars by doing the work at low rate, indie
pendent of all rings and combinations, and as the
only st. Paul morning paper in the city it asks
not dollar gratuity, but simple fair dealing.
honor and deoenoy are things unknown to our
minneapolis cotemporary, who never thought
OF low prices until the G1oRz came,