The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-02-06

"A Cna11eusos
Two of the newspapers of this tow
have. during the past six months, beer
making considerable splurge and oluste
over their facilities for doing job piintins
and their ability to beat the earth.
THE News and the Herald have KEEP
silent, thus far, on the question, but We
have decided to take hand. First We
Will give the statements of the others.
This is what the mirror says:
at is matter of fact, which can bt
easily demonstrated by personal investiga
ton, that the facilities of the Mirror Office
for job work of every description are I'M
surpassed 1t has more room, more pow
er, more presses, more material and en-
ploys more skilled workmen than any
printing office in Burlington county
These facts should be borne in mind when
You are in need of printing of any kind"
This is what the dispatch says:
''The Dispatch has lately made a special
effort to build up its job work trade and
has succeeded admirably. Six months ago
the Office did not have any Job printing
trade whatever. By the exercise of hard
work. and the turning out of superior
work at lower prices than other offices
charged, we are now in possession of a
solid job printing business that will COM
pare fayorably with that of the best offices
IL the county, and is vastly superior to
that of the majority. Hustling brings it's
own reward"
This is what the News says:
THE News does not profess to have
more presses, more skilled workmen, etc,
etc., ETC., neither does it resort to city Of
fees to get any portion of job done, ami
then claim the entire thing as a home
production. 1t does claim to be able to
hold it's own with any job office in town
or county and is willing to let others de-
eide upon the character of its work.
Hence it makes a proposition. As the
Herald has not opened Its lips on this
subject-probably because, like THE NEWS
it is able TO get all the work it can do
without so much chin music-we shall
leave it out of the contest, except to ask
its editor to act as mentioned further on.
Our proposition is that the Mirror, Dis
patch and News each deposit, on or before
the 10th day of February, 1894, with
William B. Wills, editor of the Mount
Holly Herold, twelve or more specimens
of job work done at any time from the
year 1918 until the 31st of January, 1894,
all of which work must be the bona tide
production, in every particular of compo-
sition, makeup and press work, of the
Office presenting it.
Mr.. Wills is to forward the specimens
to The Inland Printer, Chicago, Illinois. or
to some other authority on such work, and
ask for an opinion on it. Each of the
three papers is to publish the result in full
As an earnest of its good faith in this
matter, THE News has already deposited
with Mr.. Wills % specimens of work it is
willing to submit, which number will be
increased if desired by the other offices.
If our friends have not on hand any
specimens that they feel are of
sufficient merit to contest with, but
feel that they are just getting under way
in their ability to beat the earth, we have
another proposition. We will take one,
two or three men from our Office against
a similar number from each of the other
two offices, and will contest over GER
tain number of jobs. Each set of men is
to 60 to strange office-in the county
Or out of it-and set up and print
The jobs, leaving the result to be deter
mined by a competent Judge, who shall
lake into consideration the work laid be-
fore him and the time consumed in Its |
This contest to take place
within one month from the first of Feb
ruary, the contestants to he workmen en-
ployed in the Offices on the Goth day of
January, 1894
These are practical methods of solving
his question and will do more towards
he "easy demonstration" than columns
Of gush can accomplish.