The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-04-20
pucllc conTRAcrs

The eonniy PriniiEg eontrars ior Ehe
coming year was awarded 10 the Silver
BLADE. Is being the lowest respensihie
ladder. Our figures uere Is Per cent.
sb0rs ibe Kisdr's and the bid Of the
KOstsasi C01niy Repabiiezn las 50 per
eent belos il. The had q the SILVER
Blade 10 away b~iSw commercial rzirs
and viii i-are bat ht;ls prost, u any. 10
the pBblisbeT The k~PublieAn. IN
sosne instances. bid heloE the actual eoss
u material laid down 81 the ssnic- and in
no ease SER its figures high enoagh 10
paw for stork Hsd labor, even thosEh Mr..
Iost o. riorm-d The labor hims~lf; coase-
qu-Btly bis bid Sns nOt legitimate. nor
Has i his intention 10 enter into . CO.'S
tract Sith the eoaRiy il aWaTd-d 10 him.
HE fsilare 10 Do this NoGld have simply
resulted IN additional expense and delay
in readrsrfipiHg for bs,ls. therefore the
board Of commissioners dai right IN r.
jeetiBE lie BID and accepting he Ext
lONrst. la commenting - The matter
the Republican ksys: III tiss bids had
bern nearly equal Ne should hardly
ds~nl Il Il s8fheisa. interest 10 mention
thu tn attrf. bsezUse ne eos.h not rrazou
ably expect contract nndsr such eOt,-
1iii9ns bot the difference in the BlAde'r
bsd, which was aeeeptsd aud the RspHb
leans I'D, which W4s rejected. il -
great that the taxpayers should kHOw
Alost il. We did not really expect 70
gel the contract under any conditions.
and are therefore not disaPPoiLt ted at tb-
hoaFd's action, bot soa4e II the board
have had consider able 70 say &bogt eeDn-
0aDy IN the management Vi rouBtY Affairs
and We simply took advantage Of this
opportunity TO test their sincerity and
plAee them On record" This Is an adj
tnission that ilas Republican did dos sK-
peet the contract Ana Woald hare r-iased
IL II AWARDED, bat Has willing 10 folio4
its rat printer methods in order 10 pat
SINE ore on record. IfkOotenai coaniy
p+Opls are ia 3 positiOB uheFe > rat
printer mast BE- allowed 10 inieet his
pauper prices into county Affairs. We
mistake theiF ideas as 10 Ahat is riSht
and jnst. We claim that county ~
state Is Justified 10 REJECTING bids for any
public WORK that are based on pznp~r
labor prize, On the ground o. pablir
ec"Domy, for SByoEs who bi,ls b-Iow cnet
sill skin the pnblir in some way to gsf
even. We believe that Commissioner
Bash acted sin erely in voting for ths
low'ss bidder. We alec believe thr
other commissioners weTe sincere in do
ing that which HAs beet for the county
~ economy does not always ONE from
accepting the lowest bid II an irTespou
slide bidder. The Boise Statesman
adopted these tactics in rpgard 10 iiaisla
tive printing. When the r. pubNezns
we're n power il charged 1850 pr page
f'r printing bills. When they were ont
it bid 80 cents page for the same work.
and was very properly turned do4n With
its pAuper prices. IL plared the Drmo-
Gratis on record as the Kootenai CONT,
Republican has done; but he party can
well afford 10 20 on record sgainst pauper
prices. The latoring classes Of the state
sill approve the stand il has taken aud
support il for the honorable action Of its
officials ia standing mp Tor something
near living prices. We hope the Demo.
cratic party viii continue along the same
lines.