The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-01-13
PATRoNIzE HOME PRINTERS.
A Duty Cohhty officials Have here
tofore Ignored.

Now that a new set of officials. are
entering on their term OF office in
this county, we deem it a fitting
opportunity to call their attention
TO the grea injustice that has n
years past been practiced by their
predecessors in sending nearly
all the county job printing out of
the county TO San Francisco anu
Eastern houses. The usual plea of
those officials has been that the wo. k
was done cheaper abro d. Very
likely it was. But If this practice
were followed by our people in all
their business details there would be
very little property in White Pine
county on which to raise taxes To
support these officials. The mercan-
tile business of the county WOULD he
ruined, as would every other industry
that depended on home patronage for
existence. Two Years ago The County
commissioners asked for bids 10 DO "A
certain namber of Official blanks.
The Nhws put in a did, nj a very low
h-ure for this country, stating at the
Time We did not propose to compete
with san Francisco or Eastern houses.
Tue work Vas sen to Ohio, and we
are reliably informed that but 80 cents
on the thousand was made by the
transaction, or 81 or IS on the whole
JOB. THIS vas not righs nor just. and
we condemned the act al the time as
unworthy Of the officers OF this coun-
~, all Of whom, as we'll Us ourselves,
are dependent on local support for
their bread ana butter. The NEWS
has a good job pruning office, and is
prepared to turn out in good shape all
kinas OF county work, at fair, living
prices. We contribute our share to.
wards supper ing The public burden,
the sick and The unfortunate, and we
think we are not demanding any
thing but II just rights, when we
ask that The money the county has to
eXpend for printing be given to its
home offices. They have as UNI
doubted u right To II, as these officials
have to their salaries; provided they
do the work well and at reasonable
rates. The following, which we find
in the Idaho Statesman, Is SO peril
nent TO the subject that we give it
place In our columns. We commend
ITS careful perusal 10 our county Off
cialS, and ask them if it is not every
word true:
Prom the bills recently allowed by the
County Commissioner of Alturas county it
appears that tho Commissioners OF that county
send their printing to Omch1, instead of TO
their own publishing hoases. We believe
some, if not all. of these Commissioners are
msffhants salCCn-keepers, or are engaged
Ia some business dependent on the patronage
VI The people OF the county. Did it ever oc-
eur to these gentlemen that If the people
would do as they havs done, send 10 Omaha
for what they wanted 10 buy, the merchants
aud saloon men, to-wit. the County Commls-
sionefs OF Altaras county. would ave to shut
up shop and leave the country. or engage in
some othor basiness? The merchant who
brings a stock of goods to Wood River. be-
comes a citizen. pays taxes and supplies the
people with his WIRES. lie may have to sell
his goods u it'll higher than the Omaha mef-
chant. bat nevertheless supplies "A want and
engages in a business viii h must be carried
on IN every county OF town. The Ia borer gets
higher wig sand can afford to pay more for
has merchandise, aud il he continues to get
good wages he must patronize his merchants
al home. 1t is SO with the printer. There
are hef a dozen newspapers in Wood River,
Altaras county. right under the noses OF the