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Postmsster-Genera Smith Sets Aside tins
Award 70 the Purcell Company.


Award 20 the Purcell Company
WASHINGTON, July 22.-Postmaster-Gener
! Smith to-day ret aside the award made by
Postmaster General Gary to the Purcell I'm
! velope Company Of Holyoke. Mass, for the con-
tract OF furnishing to the Government stamped
envelopes for the coming four years. Mr.
smith has determined TO advertise for new
bids, and II is possible that the Purcell Com-
pany will continue to fight for the contract.
An application was made In the District
courts to-day for an Injunction to prevent the
Postmaster General from setting aside or an
nulling the contract with the Purcell Company
for furnishing the Post once Department with
! envelopes and newspaper wrappers. The APP
~plication for the injunction gives a brief history
of the case from the standpoint OF the Purcell
| Company. and represents that the company Is
in all respects able and willing to perform tho
contract. and that 1t has sufficient machinery
to do all the work expected OF 1t. Justice Hag-
ner issued a ruling requiring the Postmaster
General TO show cause on or before Aug. 2 why
The action OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Smith in
regard TO the stamped envelope contract was
that he heId u up f por a period eHGSp Of three months
the contract which had been drawn up and exc
Gpntedn BY the Purcell Company; but not by ths
the time in which the company was expected to
prepare itself to deliver to the department the
AuA ~ NuutAblblCo vi bballlbOu VhNOhOpNo hSNNo
taken as an evidence that in the end he pro-
nEsstor & esnDss ap'V Gary fye and SMr't thus %ST cnabble the
Morgan Plympton and other paper companies
9uentiy the SaUi Purcell 6id Compass e prepared itseif.
snd b its a a1e95lisSSS s in.t fp IN hal tp }SS SsSIsi TSS Of 5ef eSS
%hfte the r 9e@esel Etf e.v 81 the Re'Pf Purcell Com;
pany are very discreet in their utteranses and
parent that they believe themselves to have
been unjpstly treated. and that it is practically
e o0]hssausSt fSf i th Is do u sSip f the thsS c%U wifi satS ana
another BID One Of them said his afternoon
S fsttV eesn the h . ope sans o of the G new vEp BIDS sI and d,t TIE
time when the delivery Of envelopes must be
commenced. as was Given under the old pro-
see Sssf how Hfh@es Gould al be m IN Better shape SSI to fur
nish the envelopes six. months from now than
- Po S5 1SsSeSri general Sns rae s Gahffn n SEEING sssi aside
t the sRaf e EHy Tpd RS seSa0a Chat tsI he nj does sS' not S s,-
lieys the Purcell Company to be- properly
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states. N Purcell people, however. claim
that they are thoroughly equipped: and several
Who have "a knowledge q the envelope business
say that they, are perfectly. capable Of supplying
mated by the department. that the Contract for
The next four years. as originally given to the
the rates paid the Morgan, Piympton Company
until four years ago $1,000 Until four
years ago the Morgan Plympton Company. by
arrangement with other bidders. held the con-
tract at practically its own figures. Mr.. Purcell.
tractors, entered a bid four years ago at about
$2,00O,OOO less than the Morgan Plympton bid.
Although bitter fight was made to prevent
him from SECURING. the contract, 1t was awarded
TO him. The Morgan Plympton Company
f claimed sdt thSt he would mI N not bs n able to ni tuTnls6
ans vef snH''R iactory. Os set, % Up e r%Essa DT SsPiSS
machines and furnished about 6O.000.00Q
envelopes to the department.. This convinced
the department and his rivals that he was able
TO furnish the envelopes agreed to in the con;
their hands the Morgan Plympton Company
agreed to give him a royalty Of ,12K cents per
thousand envelopes and take the contract of
a,boDus Of about $4,000 per annum from the
ih a1essed Ri II eaaippi 6Sn Bis fsct T9js % aSd %hs eS
the time came around for new bid he had q
factory equipped with. the latest machinery,
on his own account.
The Morgan Plympton Company. desirops Of
sand, dollars lower than the bid four years ago.
but Mr.. Purcell again underbid them Tn
Morgan Plymptop Company BID was $4S2.oQ0.
and his was $466.000. but notwithstanding the
favorable showing OF the Purcell Company 1t
ISrs tse ls sGPsEsc Il t RSSlitdIs ss,. T snd 'a pSa Il %o4 have
PIympton Company claimed that the contract
was awarded TO the Purcell Company on ae-
count OF the connection Of Louis +. Payp with
the company Mr.. Payn's claims being supported
pany's works are located at Holyoke. Mass. the
company was, opposed strongly by, Senators
Hoar and Lodge and members Of the Massa-
chusetts delegation.