The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-07-21
THE WEISER SIGNAL.
THURSDAY, JULY IL, 1892.
The Pocatello Tribune has the fol

hV L OSutCllO IllDuut HAS lut lOI-
lowing very pointed remarks to make
By what color of right the severa
county commissioners of idaho see fit tC
patronize foreign printing companies with
work that can be done within the confines
OF our own state we are unable to detect
There is in our state today gentleman
representing the George d. Barnard Print
ing Company of st. Louis. Mo, who takes
annually thousands of dollars from our
state for printing that can well be done
At home. We are not referring TO our own
county commissioners, for they are broad
minded on this important issue, but there
are, for instance, several counties that are
today giving the election printing COM
plete to this house, and we assert without
fear of contradiction, that there are TWEEN
ty job Offices within our own state that
can Go this work in a creditable manner
AT the same election at which this print
ing will be used this fall will be felt the
influence Of several publications in the
state, and yet they are robbed of the profit
on the printing and binding of the neces-
sary stationery to carry on our home cleo
tions.
Again. certain county officials are work
ing on the order OF the extravaganza. in
mat common ordinary printed letter
heads and envelopes are not good enough
for their use, but they give Geo. d. Bar
nard " 20. the job of printing Autograph
work for their use. With county in
debt like the majority of the Idaho coun-
Ties are today, the printing done by Idaho
job offices, it appears to u.s. should be
good enough for our county officials.
1t does not tend to build up a home
publication TO patronze outside houses.
but on the contrary regardless of the ma
teridl sustenance 1t is to a paper. is but
calculated to discourage the most ambi-
tious proprietors OF county and state pa
pers which should receive good support al
the hands of its own county and State
officials.
we by no means blame this company
Tor keeping man in the field to get all
the work he can. They have an A No.
man in Idaho; good smooth talker and
hgurer and one who knows how to put UP
price when the commissioners are una
ware OF the genuine cost of the same
Perhaps no other house can furnish better
election booths than this one but for
county officials in any district to allow
them to do printing that can be done at
home is breach of public trust that no
man can afford to be guilty of doing.
The above is only too true in most
counties of this state. Here in Wash
ington county, however we have no
cause for complaint, as Auditor
Smith, who has charge of furnishing
most of the county supplies, is one of
those broad minded men who believe
in giving home institutions the prefer
ence, and this office is always given
the first opportunity to furnish any
thing needed by the county, and
nothing that we are able to furnish is
purchased elsewhere. This county
saves money thereby, and our prices
are as low and in some things lower
than those of Barnard or Hall 81
O'Donald, and the cost of transporta-
ton is saved. Even should home
prices be little higher, it is to any
county's interest to patronize the local
printing houses, as this patronage
enables the local house to add new
material and increase the value of
its plant, thereby increasing the
amount Of taxes it pays into the
county treasury, which increase will
more than make up the difference be-
tween outside and home prices.