The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1900-07-28
What { J Killed Cock Robin.

If the reader will insert between
the parentheses the words " "Ought
to Have" he will have more cor
rect designation than that given
above of the document that follows.
While it did not kill him, it Grip
pied him badly, however.
This document states the case
about as correctly as one who is not
a printer could be expected to do;
but it contains several incorrect
statements, and these inaccuracies
one and all initiate in favor, and in
extenuation of the misdeeds, of the
parish printer. We may point them
out later. But, as it stands, this
document makes out a pretty strong
case, as the reader will admit.
Now, we will give another object
slesson i'm connection with this re-
port. AS it appears in the Clarion,
it occupies nearly 81 inches. But,
for a wonder, it is set solid Gust as
this matter should always be, but
seldom is), and therefore offers the
best basis on which to compute the
rate of his overcharges-in that one
direction - assuming that all the
other matter was set in the same
honest way. The reader will OBJ
serve that this report occupies only
4 inches here. The amount of over
charge on all his solid matter, hon
estly set up, is therefore 379 (thirty-
seven and a half per cent!
Hence, the overcharge on solid
matter, honestly set up, being 375
per cent; the overcharge on loaded
matter, dishonesty set up, being
as we have shown elsewhere-50 per
cent; what, IN mercy'S name, will
| be the total average percentage of
oyercharge when @he false measure
ments, the extraor superfuous in
sertions of ordinances, Sc, are tax
en- iato acceaht? Z?
But heresis the report. Read it
carefullyand file it away. Pity that
each Of you cannot get Il copy OF
that puzzling (g) Auditors circular
THAT remarkable document that.
according to the Clarion, was issued
at least three years before the de
cision contained therein was ren
dered-and file it away also as
companion piece.
To the Honorable President of the Police Jury
/ of the parish of ST. Landry:
Your committee appointed TO investigate IN
Usher of the Opelonsas Courier, as to overcharg
by the st. Landry Clarion for publishing tn
proceedings OF the Police Jury beg leave TO re
MI. Breaux, Publisher of the st. Landry Cha
rion and parish printer and Mr.. SaIdoz bot
appeared before the committee: MT. Breau,
admitted his bills against the parish for oIllcla
out on the basis of one inch mini0n type as
| SQUARE. His measument he said was based p
him upon circular issued 6y the state auu y,
| nexed for reference This measurement wa
| arrived at on the assumption that ten d0) line
of nonpareil was legal square. On that az
sumption his measurement wOuld be correc
but ten lines n0npareil is legal square only !
| the advertisement OF tax sales with when IN
| circular hereto annexed ana ABOVE relerfeo i.
| exclusively dealt. But tho legal square to
| publishing the proceedings and other 0fiicia
advertisements of the Police Jury under AZ
1873 of 1894 is a square of one hundred Worn
| Tt is admitted that one inch of a column OF I'll
Clarion in miniOn type does not contain on
hundred words hut say from sixty to seventy
five words of solid matter,
Mr. Breaux now admits that hIs eOnstructln
. | of said circular was erroneous and that tn
charge against the parish should have pee
based on a square of one hundred words Il
stead of q alnare of ten lines nonparei and
perfectly willing to re-adjust his bills aeeor
| ingly.
Your committee therefore beg leave to repo
} | that Mr.. Breaux's charges for the oftcl
printing have been Illegal as admitted by hin
self in the presence of your committee.
! Respectfully submitted,
SAM'II HAAS, Chairman
j. p. SMITH.
FL OLIBE MANUEL.