The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1900-09-20

cOuHty, they are q cheaper lot of people
than THE News editor thinks they are
In fact, after deductIng the cost of la
Dor, paper, etc, the county printing
does not leave good man more than 8
months salary out Of years patron
age. The Republican party of oterC
county could not repay THE NEWS fol
its work In their behalf with five times
the patronage they are able to give.
THE NEWS would have been much bet
ter of financially II II had not taken a
political stand, and would have had
many more friends and patrons than II
has now. When politicians want a
newspaper to blow their horn they for
get that the paper must do 1t at the cost
of the Democratic patronage of the
town.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
About the second meeting of the
board OF county commissioners 1t was
considered If the county could not get
its printing done cheaper somewhere
else. This regardless of the fact that
THE News was the only paper Of gener-
al circulation in the county and the only
Republican newspaper. The editor did
not care much about the break. and
considered it made through ignorance OF
such matters. 1t was new board and
the members thought it perfectly right.
1t was pointed out to them that the max
imum rate was fixed by law and that it
was the price paid by every other cOun-
ty in the territory. In this connection
THE News desires to state that if the
Democratic paper ever gets an opportu-
nifty to do the county printing it will do
the work at the full legal rate and no
bid will be made against them. There
is little enough in the work, and con-
sistent party paper is entitled to all the
patronage it can get.
Considering that the county commits
sioners desired to take the printing from
this concern and give it to cheaper
paper, it does not look as though they
we're in any combination or were at any
tiae breaking their necks to ''feed poll
tical pap to The News"
THE FIRST BLANK.
When the blank for the assessors office,
referred to in the Democratic paper, was
brought to THE News office, the mana
ger advised the man who brought it
that it was an expensive blank and that
he would have To get an order from the
.E,asirman of the board before the job
Eould be tackled. Unfortunately, the
deputy assessor had no copy to go by
Ind as the manager of the paper could
make out what was wanted, it was
led over to the foreman. The latter
all of two days making out the
running around with proofs, fix
up box headings, etc, before he
ascertain exactly what was de-
After it was done and the job set
ype new deputy had charge and
ted something else, so the job
pver again. In all, the time
in preparing copy, compost
press work, etc. was nearly
nd that time was Maid q
week man (THE News does not hire
npetent printers and the concern
takes up the time of good man
from the office has to pay for it, The
statement that the Democratic paper
could have done it for Sc is pure rot
That institution does not possess man
with brains enough to prepare the copy
material enough to set up the job or q
press large enough to print it. 1t was q
blank larger than mortgage deed ant
one which would ordinarily have cost 8
county 10 cents per sheet. THE News
placed the price at cents. At thu
meeting of the board a bill came in fol
some other blanks from the New Mexi
can printing campany which were larg
er and cost less, and the commissioner
desired to know why the New Mexican
blanks could be printed so cheap. TIL
News editor went over the cost of tn
blank furnished by this Office with tn
foreman and found that the bill was no
exorbitant. The fault In cost was par
TALLY due to the failure of the deputy t.
furnish copy, and in taking up the tim
of THE News foreman in preparing II
The cost Of the blank was shown TIL
commissioners and their attention wa
called to the fact that the blank fur
nished by the New Mexican was some
thing used in every county in the terri
tory and that, Judging from the numbe
furnished OterO county, fully 5000
must have been printed, showing
handsome sum for the work in tote
There is some difference between prin
ing $4,000 and 1000 blanks, but y ma
who is incapable of figuring on any sol
of a printing job is not supposed to rea
lie this. The commissioners agreed
pay the bill. 1.-The honorable Mr.. MAJ
ming" did not make ''whining plea
for he does not do business that wa
He conducts business on business pri
ciples, knows the cost of work al
knows what constitutes fair profit al