The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-01-22

4 y % a 49,
Thst cesaty Priatiss Mister.
We suppose that the county COM
missioners were expecting the regular
annual "cussing" about the county
printing, and they surely got it from
the Advocate and Herald last week.
1t seems to be impossible for the COM
missioners to please all the newspa-
pers. and We believe they will hereaf-
ter cndeavor to act for the best inter-
ests Of the county. let those ''cuss"
who will. 1t seems to he their deter
minatiOn to let each newspaper stand
on its own merits, and not their pur-
pose to support every irresponsible
newspaper adventnrer who comes
along, and his paper, q, the expense of
the county
Last year land the only year except
one during the county's history the
printing was let to the lowest bidder,
and the JOURNAL Wa. awarded the
contract. The printing for the year
last Past has cost the county much
less than it ever did before. The actu-
al cxl'ease 10 tie county has been $50
20. The delinquent tax list, final
notices, etc, have amounted i'm all tn
s2s:5.A As our readers have been told
time and time again the amount paid
out for the delinquent tax list and
final notices Of the treasurer, is no bur-
den on the tax payers, or the county.
except where the tax payer has failed
to pay his faxes. In the last event he
will find his portion Of the Seed Ia
he . cents for each tract of land, or
ten cents for each town lot. Counting
in the delinquent tax list, all final
notices, and all other county printing.
We find that the sum total is S459.90.
How does the Herald like those fig
ures, when it remembers that the
amount that paper received for several
Successive years was at the rate Of
about 1000 per annum each year.
There is q general expression from
the county officers that the job print
ing was never 40 well done before.
We made special point to do the
work, if possible, better for the county
than any one else. and We have been
rewarded by many compliments from
the county officers.
The commissioners have crc,us;re
control ct the county printing, and il
is discretionary with them wheih-
er they shall let il TO bids ornot. They
were well aware of the good and faith
full work done by the JOURNAL for the
county. They knew that our paper
had twice the circulation of any Eng
lish newspaper in Salina, and hence
through its columns the county ad-
vertising would he read by many more
taxpayers. They knew that the
work could not he done well for less
amount than it had been done the
past year, and that only the JOURNAL
Office possessed the facilities for doing
it at that price. In consideration Of
all these facts they did not hesitate TO
accept the JOURNALS proposition to
renew the old contract for the ensuing
year.
Now with reference to the attacks of
the advocate and Herald upon COM
missiOners SchOll and Miller, We have
only a few words to say: The John
sons were Of the opinion, and so in
formed Commissioners SchOll and Mil
Ter that they would not agree TO do
the county printing as cheap as the
JOURNAL did last year. II was too
cheap, they said. Their idea was that
il should he equally divided among the
three papers mentioned-in which
case il would have cost the county |
some where about SiOJo Stacy also
told Messrs. Scholl and Miller that he |
would not agree 10 do the printing as |
cheap as the Journal did last year,
and his idea of fairness was To divide |
Il equally between the JOURNAL and
Herald. He would not let the Adro- |
cate or Independent, of Brookville,
have '.even smell"
Neither Scholl or Miller ever prom
ised any newspaper man that the
printing should he divided, and both I
acted in the matter for what they con- I
sidered was the best interests Of Saline
county.
The attempts of the Adrocdie and
Hcr0id TO lecry their characters and
reputation for honesty goes for naught.
No two men in Saline county have
better standing among their ncighbcr-
and fellow citizens than W. II. Scholl
and Arson Miller. and Saline county
never had two more conscientious men
In Office than they. II would not be
hard to prove by the hack files OF both
the .fdrOcote and Hcrn,d that such il
the ease. This onslaught upon the
has not resulted in ere
ating that "indignation" 40 fondly
hoped for by both the .ddroco,e and
Hcrakd The waters are not even
ruffied. Both Scholl and Miller. in
their prayers. have asked an all-wi-e
{" look compassionately
down upon the Johnsons for their
heing conscious all the while
that ''they have dealt fairly between
man and man in disposing Of this
county printing"
0fookviile Items.
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