The record-union., 1893-02-10
HALL OF SACRAMENTO FEEDER
ATED TRADES COUNCIL,
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HALL OF SACRAMENTO FEEDER
ATED TRADES COUNCIL,
Sacramento, Feb. 8, 1893.
To HIS ErceJlency the Governor and the
Members Of the Legislature Of the State Of
California, assembled: AT regular
meeting of the Sacramento Federated
Trades Council, held Monday evening,
January a. 1898, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, The Commercial Publish
ing Company, in the city OF San Fran
cisco, are, by means of circulars addressed
10 all the members of the present Legls-
lature, trying to abolish the present State
Printing Once; and, whereas, the SAID
irm in their circular, claim to be doing
ten times the amount OF printing at pres
ent than is now being done in the State
Printing Office, while at the same time
we find they only employ seven journey
men printers, yet they otfer TO do the State
printing for one-fourth the amount that Is
at presentiexpended for such work; and,
whereas, it is generally conceded that the
Commercial Publishing Company is none
other than the firm who represent the
book ring on this coast, thereby disclos-
ing their duplicity in most bareiaced
manner in regard TO the real object to be
attained; and, whereas, we view with
alarm the proposition advanced, and feel
that it is another undetermined method that
has been resorted to by the corrupting
book ring to cripple the State Printing
Office first, and later the school text
book system; and whereas, under the
present system none but union printers,
binders and pressmen are being employed
at present in the State Printing Office, we
protest against the State printing being
let out by contract, as the same would
eventually go into the hands of employ
arS of nOn-nniOn labor.
ReSOLUed, That in the interest of organ
lied labor of the State of California we
protest against the State printing being
turned over to parties who would make
all the profit and the working people re-
ceive none of the benefits of the work
now being done by the State. Therefore
be it
ResoLUed, That the Sacramento Fed
Grated Trades Council condemn the ac-
ton of the Commercial Publishing Com
pany as being a most diabolical scheme to
assist the book ring TO destroy the will of
the people and abolish the present sys-
tenn of school books. Be it further
RESOLVED, That the Legislative Com
mittee of this Council be instructed to
appear before the Printing Committee of
the present Legislature and present a
truthful statement of what the work will
cost when done by union workmen, and
also what like work has cost when done
Commercial Publishing Company, who
were not allied with publishing
concerns.
The Legislative Committee, under your
instructions, have given the matter care
ful consideration, and beg to submit the
following statement as a result of their
findings:
To show the absolute falseness of the
proposition of the Commercial Publishing
Company to do the printing for the State
for two years for $4,000, we will take as
an item of comparison the work re-
quired by the Legislature.
Since January LIST, to date, the Senate
has been furnished with q $50 letter
heads and 200 envelopes, and the As
sembly with 5000 letter-heads and II 800
envelopes. All printed with the names
OF committees and the names of mem bers
composing them on each letter-head in
lots from 100 to 800. Roll-calls, committee
lists, receipt-books, pay-rolls, bill-covers,
standing rules, blanks, ETC., have also to
be furnished in large quantities. Each
house has printed daily 800 copies of jour
nails, 500 additional copies daily tor bind
ing, at close of each week; 500 files
daily; besides other special printing and
binding ordered from day to day.
At the end of each week there is printed
500 copies of weekly history for each
house. There have been 691 bills, etc,
introduced in the Senate, making 34S, 800
copies; and 725 in the Assembly, making
49,, 500 copies-a total of Ill 900 copies up
to date, and the session is not half
through.
This work requires very large force
which must be kept at work night and
day in order to get the journals and files
out in time to have them on the members
desks before the opening of the session
each morning.
The following figures are to show the
increased value of property OF the State,
and the increased amount of revenue,
necessarily making a corresponding in
crease in the business of all the depart
ments of the State Government, and the
creation of new departments demanding
an increase in the amount OF printing:
1873.
Total value of property. S527, 303, $50 90
Total amount raised, rate
2,ooO,911 OF
1891.
Total amount of property 1.241, 231,1O5 90
TOTAL amount raised, rate
Increase OF value of prop
erty from 1873 to 1891
about 135 per cent.D.... 714,O27,123 Oo
Increase in receipts from
taxes, 1873 to 1891
about 131 per cent ).... 3,442, 975 "a
Rate of taxation has been reduced SO.O54
on S10o valuation.
The provisions of the new Constitution
requiring the printing of every bill in
troduced before the Legislature, and also
the reprinting of such bills every time
they are amended or corrected (many o.
which have to be printed five or six
times, has greatly added to the cost o.
that kind OF work, rs may be seen by
comparing the cost of printing for the
twenty session prior to the
adoption of the new Constitution with
that of the twenty-ninth session
aCraiaS n hills hni
printed as against 240 during the twenty
second session.
TwENTY-sECoND SESSION.
1856 5s
Assembly 1851 5e
Total cost................ ,sss Ii
TwENTY-NINTH SESSION.
1877 2e
Assembly 1879 o.
Total $40
From the above it will be seen that the
cost OF. printing is now about the same
as it was before the formation of the
state Printing Office-provided that nc
more printing was necessary than in
1873: but the fact is that twice as much
printing is now ecessary-making the
cost TO the State about one-half what il
was before the State Office was estab.
lished.
The good results do not stop at the de.
creased cost of the States printing. Tn.
der the present benefcent law the
mechanic is now enjoying the advan.
tages and benefits that formerly belonged
TO the contractor.
The total cost OF printing for four years
1S7l-IS75, under the contract system, be-
lore the State Printing Office was estab-
lished, was, SS54, l26 St.
Total cost last four years, 1SS9-ls92 was
S506, 1874 03.
Excess of latter over former was, pei