The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-01-24
THE STATE PRINTING SETTLED.

face the evidence that the committee
has left 10 stone unturned to get a.
every fact IL connection with the print
ing done by the state. lis report is
fu'l, explicit and conclusive and will
convince every reasonable man that the
c!aDor worked upi regard 10 The State
printing contract was wanting in reason.
and t2a5 there vas no evil to be rome
;ied.
Tne members Of the committee, who
made tho report, are Seniors AYcocK,
of Wayne. and ARDRY, Of II ck1enbusg;
nd Representatives, MC9LL, IF Cam,
2e-l4nd, HALL. of Halifax and HOLMAN
= Ir-G !, f7e nan who stand IS high
rs any men il North Caroline au3 whose
EXPRESSIONS upon all matters, upon which
hey speak, ara received as conclusive
wherever they are known Their report
viii DO accepted as entirely satisfactory
by evory reasonable man in the State.
When this report was made to the
House yesterday morning, it was SO SAT-
isfaotory 70 that body that, on motion Of
Mr. COVER Of Johnston, the report OF
the committee vas RECEIVED and ADoP
TED by unanimous Democratic vote A |
lev Republicans did vote against its
adoption, but every Democrat voted to
endorse the report and taey a3opta;i it.
In the Senate the same report was pre-
| santed, aud TIE same course taken. On
| motion O. SENATOR TURNER Of IredeIl
| county, the report f the committee vas
RECEIVED and ADOPTED by a UNANIMOUS
| vote. In secondire the motion to adopt
| the report of the Com. !, SENATOR GREEN,
OF Harnett, stated that he came to Raj
ign with the opinion that saving
| might be made by letting the contract
sor the public printing to the lowest
bidder After hearing the arguments
before the committee on printing (Which
ae had attended as a spectator) be was
firmly convinced that t:e State could
afely make no reduction in the price
| paid for printing In this opinic all
he Senators coaoerre3 by their votes.
This matter IS, therefore, happily set
.lad to the entire satisfaction OF al par
ia8 except the dogs in-the managers
ghom nothing would satisfy except the
furtherance OF their own plans.
The Committees Report.
! The following is the full text of She
report Of the Committees.
The committee on public printing tc
] | whom was referred House Resolution
Is, in relation to the public printing
1as gathered all the information attain
{ | sbio, III accordance with the resolution
| and beg leave to report:
That the joint committee on Public
| Printing called meeting Tuesday after
aoon, Jan. Gosh, at O'Clock. and fol
he purpose Of obtaining information il
addition to what they had been able t
: procure by private inquiry, invited AM
and ali parties, who chose TO do so, K
; cone before the committee and discus;
{ | he question Of Public Printing in all it
e bearings Several gentlemen familiar
. With BE subject availed themselves Q
the invitation.
} a proposition in writing Was submit
e ted TO the committee by Capt. s. a
{ | Ashe n behalf Of the News and Obstl
+ YER Pub Co., 10 take the public print
3g Tor Ire next two years ensuing q
prizes fifteen per cent. less than those
. 10" paiJ; but the committee has no at
o uority 10 accept the proposition, for th
4 Feas9n that the prices now paid for t b
!, public printing are positively fixed b
law and cannot O9 reduced or increa!
I'd except by act OF the Gcneral 4
mbIy.
2, hr J. Il. Afford, q practical printel
al md foreman OF the Biblical Record
r. flee, stated that he had no connectio
in any way with the State Printing, an
y came before the committee in the int
he est Of the toilers. He urged ID their b
I'd half that there should be no Toductio
cb ia the prices paid By the State for prtn
ing, as it would inevitably result in
Ok reduction Of the wages paid to then
IS he said that when the prices for sta
ii printing were reduced to the presel
i figures il forced reduction in the pric
| paid to the printers for type setting, al
ls hat the last reduction made b. the Sta
| Itu Idu tuC Ci1CNC VI iOouNlLS u
wages of the printers to the lowest lin
possible to enable them 10 support the
families.
~ Mr. ". X. Jones, former Commissio
er of Labor Statistics, and retir
ase practical printer Of many years expe
on. ence, said that instead Of reducing t
iii prices Of public printing, i would
,va wiser and juster to increase themi Ii
80 the prices paid by the Safe Of Nor
5eP Carolina are lower than those Of a
'on State OF which he had any knowledge.
1or He asserted that the profits on
nv State printing, considering the capital
vested for material &c, was smaller ia
il any other business he thought
duction il prices would work an init
at both to the printers and to the Sta
Mr. Jones prefaced his remarks with
statement, that be was friend to Ca
of Ashe and Mr. Daniels, and that if
,als could, he would give it to both OF tn
gentlemen. That he came before
nes committee with reluctance, and solely
the interest CT the composltors and
orn speak for their protection.
-op) Mr. g. B Edwards, practical pr'n
18th of over a quarter of a century, gave II